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Awards

OK… First things first… I have to admit that I never got on the NYPD Blue bandwagon. I definitely tried, but I just couldn't quite "get the show" the way other people were… One of my good cozy mystery reading friends absolutely loved the show, so I tried to like it on different occasions. Try as I did, I just didn't "get it."

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I posted the Edgar Awards' Best Episode for a Television Series winners and nominees a few days ago, and  BOY, do I feel old!

The following lists of television shows were amongst the winners and nominees. (I know that there were many other shows, but for the purposes of this blog, I only used some of the Edgar winning and nominated shows.)  

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I continue to work on the Edgar Awards…. the Best First Novel category. Well, I am embarrassed to admit it, but I didn't know who Richard L. Fish is…. other than I know that there is a special Edgar Award which is given every year in his name. Well, imagine my surprise this afternoon when I discovered that he won the Best First Novel in 1963 (for a novel called The Fugitive.) He wrote many other books…. as Richard L. Fish and Robert L. Pike. Aha! Now I know….

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I think that I have written about how little time I now spend actually reading my favorite cozy mysteries. I find that I am spending more and more time researching for the site than I had expected. While trying to put together the past lists of the Edgar nominations and winners, I found myself smiling as I came across one after another familiar authors… some of whom I enjoy immensely, but simply haven't read in a while.

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I have been working on the Edgar Awards for the last few days, and am not sure that I am going to continue. You know, they started in 1946, and with as many awards as they give out each year, and with as many nominations, that's a lot of information.

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As I said in an earlier blog, I am going to try to make my way through all of the awards that are presented to mystery authors and their books…….. There are many more than I was aware of!

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Derringers for Hire!?!

May 19, 2007

Well, I finally found the Derringer Award winners for 2006. I have posted them on the Derringer Award pages. As, I have said before, I think that ALL of the nominated authors are WINNERS

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