EQMM, May 2010 by Dell Magazine Authors

Author:Dell Magazine Authors
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dell Magazines

Department: 2009 READERS AWARD

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Mick Herron

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Doug Allyn

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Clark Howard

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Dave Zeltserman

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We have a tie this year, and a newcomer enters the winner's circle: Mick Herron's “Dolphin Junction” and Doug Allyn's “An Early Christmas” both take first place!

Novel readers will know Mick Herron as the author of the thriller Reconstruction and four P.I. novels featuring Zoe Boehm. Hot off the presses from Soho is another Herron novel, Slow Horses. The Oxford, England, author is clearly equally adept at short-story writing. His “Proof of Love” (EQMM 9-10/08) was nominated for last year's BarryAward. Like it, this year's first-place “Dolphin Junction” (12/09) is filled with the kind of menace, psychological insight, and unexpected twists that EQMM readers relish.

Past Edgar Allan Poe Award winner Doug Allyn has claimed the Readers Award's top spot many times. “An Early Christmas” (1/09), this year's first-place tale, is darker than usual, but Mr. Allyn is unfailingly skilled at making readers care about the characters he creates, whatever his plot or setting. The short-story form is the Michigan musician-turned-writer's forte, but he's also an accomplished novelist whose two latest books were recently published in Europe.

Also a multiple Readers Award winner, Clark Howard claimed second place this year for his dark adventure tale “White Wolves” (11/09). Set in Alaska, the story demonstrates the past Edgar winner's brilliant evocation of setting and the tension that infuses his work. In 2009, Clark Howard received (to a standing ovation) the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement. As well as being favorites of EQMM readers, his stories regularly claim places in best-of-the year anthologies.

Third place this year goes to Dave Zeltserman for “Julius Katz” (9-10/09), a story that contains a most unusual character: a tie-clip-sized electronic device. His new Readers Award scroll is far from the only recognition the New Jersey author has received lately. His novel Small Crimes was named one of the top five mystery novels of 2008by NPR and one of the best novels of 2008 by the Washington Post. A second novel in that series, Pariah, appeared on the Washington Post's list of best novels of 2009.

Fourth ... “Famous Last Words” by Doug Allyn

Fifth ... “The Valhalla Verdict” by Doug Allyn

Sixth ... “For the Jingle” by Jack Fredrickson

Seventh ... “The Bleeding Chair” by Janwillem van de Wetering

Eighth ... “The Case of the Piss-Poor Gold” by Lee Goldberg

Ninth ... “Central Islin, U.S.A.” by Lou Manfredo

Tenth ... “Dummy” by Brian Muir

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