On the 198th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, the father of the mystery fiction genre, the Mystery Writers of America announced their 2007 award nominees.
The nominees for Best Novel are:
- The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard
- The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin
- Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris
- The Dead Hour by Denise Mina
- The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
- The Liberation Movements by Olen Steinhauer
Other award categories include Best First Novel by an American Author, Best Paperback Original, Best Fact Crime, Best Critical/Biographical, Best Short Story, Best Juvenile, Best Young Adult, Best Play, Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay, and Best Motion Picture Screenplay. For the entire list of nominees, click here.
The awards will be presented at the Mystery Guild's annual gala banquet on April 26, 2007 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.
