When: Friday, February 24, 2012, 6:00-8:00pm

Where: Morrison Library (inside Doe Memorial Library), University of California, Berkeley

Map: http://www.berkeley.edu/map/3dmap/3dmap.shtml?doe

Featured Authors:

• Mark Coggins: http://markcoggins.com/

• Janet Dawson: http://www.janetdawson.com/

• Diana Orgain: http://dianaorgain.com/

• Sheldon Siegel: http://sheldonsiegel.com/

• Simon Wood: http://simonwood.net/

Download the reception flyer: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/sfmystery/extras/batb_flyer.pdf

“Bullets Across the Bay” exposes the richness of the University Library collections for the study of detective narrative and genre fiction set in the San Francisco Bay Area. From 19th-century dime novels to today’s bestsellers, the exhibit features examples of novels both iconic and obscure that provide commentary on topics such as cultural diversity and historical events represented in popular literature. It also highlights resources for the academic study of the mystery genre and chronicles the careers and influence of some of the titans of the Bay Area mystery scene: Dashiell Hammett, Anthony Boucher, Marcia Muller, and Bill Pronzini—as well as the work of many other authors whose writing contributes to the wealth of fiction on either side of the Bay Bridge.

The exhibit is on display in the Bernice Layne Brown Gallery through February 29, 2012.

Questions? Contact: rbrandt@library.berkeley.edu

• March 6: the second Professor Sophie Knowles mystery by Ada Madison, THE PROBABILITY OF MURDER, from Berkley Prime Crime.

• April 2: the sixth miniature mystery by Margaret Grace, MIX-UP IN MINIATURE, from Perseverance Press.

BEST NOVEL

The Ranger by Ace Atkins (Penguin Group USA – G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

Gone by Mo Hayder (Grove/Atlantic – Atlantic Monthly Press)

The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino (Minotaur Books)

1222 by Anne Holt (Simon & Schuster – Scribner)

Field Gray by Philip Kerr (Penguin Group USA – G.P. Putnam’s Sons – Marion Wood Books)

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR

Red on Red by Edward Conlon (Random House Publishing Group – Spiegel & Grau)

Last to Fold by David Duffy (Thomas Dunne Books)

All Cry Chaos by Leonard Rosen (The Permanent Press)

Bent Road by Lori Roy (Penguin Group USA – Dutton)

Purgatory Chasm by Steve Ulfelder (Minotaur Books – Thomas Dunne Books)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

The Company Man by Robert Jackson Bennett (Hachette Book Group – Orbit Books)

The Faces of Angels by Lucretia Grindle (Felony & Mayhem Press)

The Dog Sox by Russell Hill (Pleasure Boat Studio – Caravel Mystery Books)

Death of the Mantis by Michael Stanley (HarperCollins Publishers – Harper Paperbacks)

Vienna Twilight by Frank Tallis (Random House Trade Paperbacks)

BEST FACT CRIME

The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars by Paul Collins (Crown Publishing)

The Savage City: Race, Murder, and a Generation on the Edge by T.J. English (HarperCollins – William Morrow)

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard (Random House – Doubleday)

Girl, Wanted: The Chase for Sarah Pender by Steve Miller (Penguin Group USA – Berkley)

The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter by Mark Seal (Penguin Group USA – Viking)

BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL

The Tattooed Girl: The Enigma of Stieg Larsson and the Secrets Behind the Most Compelling Thrillers of our Time by Dan Burstein, Arne de Keijzer & John-Henri Holmberg (St. Martin’s Griffin)

Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making by John Curran (HarperCollins)

On Conan Doyle: Or, the Whole Art of Storytelling by Michael Dirda (Princeton University Press)

Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective Film by Philippa Gates (SUNY Press)

Scripting Hitchcock: Psycho, The Birds and Marnie by Walter Raubicheck and Walter Srebnick (University of Illinois Press)

BEST SHORT STORY

“Marley’s Revolution” – Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by John C. Boland (Dell Magazines)

“Tomorrow’s Dead” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by David Dean (Dell Magazines)

“The Adakian Eagle” – Down These Strange Streets by Bradley Denton (Penguin Group USA – Ace Books)

“Lord John and the Plague of Zombies” – Down These Strange Streets by Diana Gabaldon (Penguin Group USA – Ace Books)

“The Case of Death and Honey” – A Study in Sherlock by Neil Gaiman (Random House Publishing Group – Bantam Books)

“The Man Who Took His Hat Off to the Driver of the Train” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Peter Turnbull (Dell Magazines)

BEST JUVENILE

Horton Halfpott by Tom Angleberger (Abrams – Amulet Books)

It Happened on a Train by Mac Barnett (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

Vanished by Sheela Chari (Disney Book Group – Disney Hyperion)

Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby (Scholastic Press)

The Wizard of Dark Street by Shawn Thomas Odyssey (Egmont USA)

BEST YOUNG ADULT

Shelter by Harlan Coben (Penguin Young Readers Group – G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson (Penguin Young Readers Group – G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

The Silence of Murder by Dandi Daley Mackall (Random House Children’s Books – Knopf BFYR)

The Girl is Murder by Kathryn Miller Haines (Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group – Roaring Creek Press)

Kill You Last by Todd Strasser (Egmont USA)

BEST PLAY

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club by Jeffrey Hatcher (Arizona Theatre Company, Phoenix, AZ)

The Game’s Afoot by Ken Ludwig (Cleveland Playhouse, Cleveland, OH)

BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY

“Innocence” – Blue Bloods, Teleplay by Siobhan Byrne O’Connor (CBS Productions)

“The Life Inside” – Justified, Teleplay by Benjamin Cavell(FX Productions and Sony Pictures Television)

“Part 1″ – Whitechapel, Teleplay by Ben Court & Caroline Ip (BBC America)

“Pilot” – Homeland, Teleplay by Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon & Gideon Raff (Showtime)

“Mask” – Law & Order: SVU, Teleplay by Speed Weed (Wolf Films/Universal Media Studios)

ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD

“A Good Man of Business” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by David Ingram (Dell Magazines)

GRAND MASTER

Martha Grimes

RAVEN AWARDS

M is for Mystery Bookstore, San Mateo, CA

Molly Weston, Meritorious Mysteries

ELLERY QUEEN AWARD

Joe Meyers of the Connecticut Post/Hearst Media News Group

THE SIMON & SCHUSTER – MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD

(Presented at MWA’s Agents & Editors Party on Wednesday, April 25, 2012)

Now You See Me by S.J. Bolton (Minotaur Books)

Come and Find Me by Hallie Ephron (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)

Death on Tour by Janice Hamrick (Minotaur Books)

Learning to Swim by Sara J. Henry (Crown Publishing Group)

Murder Most Persuasive by Tracy Kiely (Minotaur Books – Thomas Dunne Books)

Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce on the 203rd anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, its Nominees for the 2012 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2011.  The Edgar® Awards will be presented to the winners at our 66th Gala Banquet, April 26, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York, New York.

When: 2 pm 1/22/2012

Who and What:

MWA NorCal will host a conversation/roundtable and workshop with Charlie Newton on January 22, 2012 at 2:00 PM. Charlie and his private editor, Ed Stackler, will discuss the publishing journey, the novels, the research, the choice of multiple gender first person, and what we authors may have ahead of us in publishing’s brave new world. Please visit his website www.CharlieNewton.com

SleuthFest is sponsored by the Florida Chapter of Mystery Writers of America. Our guests of honor in 2012 are Charlaine Harris and Jeffery Deaver, and our Thursday Spotlight Speaker is Chris Grabenstein. In addition to our jam-packed schedule of panels, demonstrations, luncheons, the SleuthFest 101 Dinner, Readers’ Corner, our short story contest, and our Agents and Editors cocktail party (to name just a few!), attendees also have the option to sign up for Third Degree Thursday, a day devoted to craft-oriented, hands-on workshops. Additionally, our Orlando location this year has allowed us to schedule a few new activities, such as a trip to a gun range and a mystery dinner theatre.

 Our hotel, the Royal Plaza, is located in the Walt Disney World© Resort and is within walking distance of restaurants, shopping and entertainment. It’s a great destination location for writers and their families.

 More information about the conference is available at www.sleuthfest.com. If you have any questions, let me know and I’ll be happy to answer them.

Every year, MWA awards two promising mystery writers up to $500 each for tuition or registration fees for classes, courses, workshops, or other programs to improve your writing — whether your mystery is in the form of a short story, novel, script or nonfiction. Submissions for the annual Helen McCloy-MWA Scholarship must be postmarked no later than the last day in February. Live classes (not online) must take place in the U.S. and may begin any time after April 30. There are no membership requirements or application fees. Complete rules and the official application form are posted on the national MWA website: http://mysterywriters.org (click McCloy scholarship in the sidebar).

Email Chris Roerden at mccloy-mwa@lycos.com for a copy of the FAQs and to ask any further questions about the scholarship.