Among the winners was mystery writer, Janet Evanovich for her novel, Twelve Sharp. Other nominees in the mystery category included Michael Connelly, Harlan Coban, Elizabeth Peters, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for a release of his collected stories. Ms. Evanovich also won the Quill Award in 2005, that time for her novel, Eleven on Top.
The Quill Awards, sponsored by NBC Universal and Reed Publishing, are a sort of "people's choice" awards for the publishing industry.