Nagrada Agatha je literarna nagrada, ki jo od leta 1989 za predhodno leto podeljujejo avtorjem kriminalnih romanov. Nagrada je poimenovana po Agathi Christie in jo podeljuje Malice Domestic Ltd v šestih kategorijah.

  • Najboljši prvi kriminalni roman
  • Najboljši kriminalni roman
  • Najboljši zgodovinski kriminalni roman (od 2011)
  • Najboljša nefikcija (od 1993)
  • Najboljša kratka zgodba
  • Najboljša kriminalka za otroke/mladino (od 2001)
Agatha Christie

Nagrajena dela ne smejo vsebovati nasilja ali spolnosti in morajo biti objavljena v angleškem jeziku. Občasno se podeljujeta tudi posebni nagradi Poirot, ki je poimenovana po literarnem liku Agathe Christie Hercule Poirot in Malice Domestic nagrada za življenjsko delo. Podeljujeta se ustvarjalcem in zaslužnim za razvoj kriminalnega romana in jih ni mogoče uvrstiti v katero od kategorij letne nagrade.

Nagrada Agatha je ustanovljena leta 1989 in je od leta 1992 voluntersko organizacijsko vodena s strani odbora direktorjev.[1] Slavnostna podelitev je vsako leto v Washingtonu D.C..[2]

Prejemniki nagrade uredi

Najboljši prvi kriminalni roman uredi

  • 1988 Elizabeth George, A Great Deliverance
  • 1989 Jill Churchill, Grime and Punishment
  • 1990 Katherine Hall Page, The Body in the Belfry
  • 1991 Mary Willis Walker, Zero at the Bone
  • 1992 Barbara Neely, Blanche on the Lam
 
Nevada Barr
  • 1993 Nevada Barr, Track of the Cat
 
Jeff Abbott
  • 1994 Jeff Abbott, Do Unto Others
  • 1995 Jeanne M. Dams, The Body in the Transept
  • 1996 Anne George, Murder on a Girl's Night Out
  • 1997 Sujata Massey, The Salaryman's Wife
  • 1998 Robin Hathaway, The Doctor Digs a Grave
  • 1999 Donna Andrews, Murder with Peacocks
  • 2000 Rosemary Stevens, Death on a Silver Tray
  • 2001 Sarah Strohmeyer, Bubbles Unbound
  • 2002 Julia Spencer-Fleming, In the Bleak Midwinter
  • 2003 Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs
 
Harley Jane Kozak
  • 2004 Harley Jane Kozak, Dating Dead Men
  • 2005 Laura Durham, Better Off Wed
  • 2006 Sandra Parshall, The Heat of the Moon
  • 2007 Hank Phillippi Ryan, Prime Time
  • 2008 G.M.Malliet, Death of a Cozy Writer
  • 2009 Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
  • 2010 Avery Aames, The Long Quiche Goodbye
  • 2011 Sara J. Henry, Learning to Swim
  • 2012 Susan M. Boyer, Lowcountry Boil
  • 2013 Leslie Budewitz, Death Al Dente
  • 2014 Terrie Farley Moran, Well Read, Then Dead
  • 2015 Art Taylor, On the Road with Del and Louise

Najboljši kriminalni roman uredi

  • 1988 Carolyn G. Hart, Something Wicked
  • 1989 Elizabeth Peters, Naked Once More
 
Nancy Pickard
  • 1990 Nancy Pickard, Bum Steer
  • 1991 Nancy Pickard, I.O.U.
  • 1992 Margaret Maron, Bootleggers's Daughter
  • 1993 Carolyn Hart, Dead Man's Island
  • 1994 Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills
  • 1995 Sharyn McCrumb, If I'd killed Him Whein I Met
  • 1996 Margaret Maron, Up Jumps The Devil
  • 1997 Kate Ross, The Devil in Music
 
Laura Lipman
  • 1998 Laura Lippman, Butchers Hill
  • 1999 Earlene Fowler, Mariner's Compass
  • 2000 Margaret Maron, Storm Track
  • 2001 Rhys Bowen, Murphy's Law
  • 2002 Donna Andrews, You've Got Murder
  • 2003 Carolyn Hart, Letter From Home
  • 2004 Jacqueline Winspear, Birds of a Feather
  • 2005 Katherine Hall Page, The Body in the Snowdrift
  • 2006 Nancy Pickard, The Virgin of Small Plains
 
Louise Penny
  • 2007 Louise Penny, A Fatal Grace
  • 2008 Louise Penny, The Cruelest Month
  • 2009 Louise Penny, A Brutal Telling
  • 2010 Louise Penny, Bury Your Dead
 
Margaret Maron
  • 2011 Margaret Maron, Three-day Town
  • 2012 Louise Penny, The Beautiful Mystery
  • 2013 Hank Phillippi Ryan, The Wrong Girl
  • 2014 Hank Phillippi Ryan, Thruth Be Told
  • 2015 Margaret Maron, Long Upon the Land

Najboljši zgodovinski kriminalni roman uredi

  • 2011 Rhys Bowen, Naughty in Nice
  • 2012 Catriona McPherson, Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for Murder
  • 2013 Charles Todd, A Question of Honor
  • 2014 Rhys Bowen, Quenn of Hearths
  • 2015 Laurie R. King, Dreaming Spies

Najboljša nefikcija uredi

  • 1993 Barbara D'Amato, The Doctor, the Murder, the Mystery
  • 1994 Jean Swanson in Dean James, By a Woman's Hand
  • 1995 Alzina Stone Dale, Mystery Readers Walking guide-Chicago
  • 1996 Willetta L. Heising, Detecting Women 2
  • 1997 Willetta L. Heising, Detecting Men
  • 1998 Alzina Stone Dale, Mystery Readers's Walking Guide to Washington D.C.
  • 1999 Daniel Stashower, Teller of Tales: the Life of Arthur Conan Doyle
  • 2000 Jim Huang (urednik), 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century
  • 2001 Tony Hillerman, Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir
  • 2002 Jim Huang (urednik), They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated, and Forgotten Mystery Novels
  • 2003 Elizabeth Peters in Kristen Whitbread (urednici) in Dennis Forbes (oblikovanje), Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendium
  • 2004 Jack French, Private Eye-Lashes: Radio's Lady Detectives
  • 2005 Melanie Rehak, Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her
  • 2006 Chris Roerden, Don't Murder Your Mystery
  • 2007 Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower in Charles Foley, Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters
  • 2008 Kathy Lynn Emerson, How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries
  • 2009 Elena Santangelo, Dame Agatha's Shorts
  • 2010 John Curran, Agatha Christie's Secreet Notebooks: 50 Years of Mysteries in the Making
  • 2011 Leslie Budewitz, Books, Crooks and Counselors: How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure
 
John Connolly
  • 2012 John Connoly, Book to Die For: The World's Greatest Mysteries Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels
  • 2013 Daniel Stashower, The Hour of Peril, The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War
  • 2014 Hank Phillippi Ryan (urednik), Writers of Passage: Adventures on the Writer's Journey
  • 2015 Martin Edwards, The Golden Age of Murder: The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story

Najboljša kratka zgodba uredi

  • 1988 Robert Barnard, More Final Than Divorce
  • 1989 Sharyn McCrumb, A Wee Doch And Doris
  • 1990 Joan Hess, Too Much To Bare
  • 1991 Margaret Maron, Deborah's Judgment
 
Aaron Eakins
  • 1992 Aaron in Charlotte Elkins, Nice Gorilla
  • 1993 M.D.Lake, Kim's Game
  • 1994 Dorothy Cannell, The Family Jewels
  • 1995 Elizabeth Daniels Squire, The Dog Who Remembered Too Much
  • 1996 Carolyn Wheat, Accidents Will Happen
  • 1997 M.D.Lake, Tea For Two
  • 1998 Barbara D'Amato, Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is A Vegetable
  • 1999 Nancy Pickard, Out of Africa
  • 2000 Jan Burke, The Man in the Civil Suit
  • 2001 Katherine Hall Page, the Would-Be –Widower
  • 2002 Margaret Maron, The Dog That Didn't Bark in Marcia Talley, Too Many Cooks
  • 2003 Elizabeth Foxwell, No Man's Land
  • 2004 Elaine Viets, Wedding Knife
  • 2005 Marcia Talley, Driven to Distraction
  • 2006 Toni Kelner, Sleeping with the Plush
  • 2007 Donna Andrews, A Rat's Tale
  • 2008 Dana Cameron, The Night Things Changed
  • 2009 Hank Phillippi Ryan, On the House
  • 2010 Mary Jane Maffini, So Much in Common
  • 2011 Dana Cameron, Disarming
  • 2012 Dana Cameron, Mischief in Mesopotamia
  • 2013 Art Taylor, The Care and Feeding oh House Plants
  • 2014 Art Taylor, The Odds Are Against us
  • 2015 Barb Goffman, A Year Without Santa Claus

Najboljša kriminalka za otroke/mladino uredi

  • 2001 Penny Warner, Mystery Of The Haunted Caves: A Trop 13 Mystery
  • 2002 Daniel J. Hale in Matthew LaBrot, Red Card: A Zeke Armstrong Mystery
  • 2003 Kathleen Karr, The 7th Knot
 
Blue Balliet
  • 2004 Blue Balliett, Chasing Vermeer
  • 2005 Peter Abrahams, Down the Rabbit Hole in Carl Hiaasen, Flush
  • 2006 Nancy Means Wright, Pea Soup Poisonings
  • 2007
  • 2008 Chris Grabenstein, The Crossroads
  • 2009 Chris Grabenstein, The Hanging Hill
  • 2010 Sarah Smith, The Other Side of Dark
  • 2011 Chris Grabensetin, The Black Heart Crypt
  • 2012 Penny Warner, The Code Busters Club, Case #2
  • 2013 Chris Grabenstein, Escape From Mr.Lemoncello's Library
  • 2014 Penny Warner, The Code Busters Club, Case #4
  • 2015 Amanda Flower, Andi Unstoppable

Posebne nagrade uredi

Za življenjsko delo uredi

  • 1990 Phyllis A. Whitney
  • 1994 Mignon G. Eberhart
  • 1996 Mary Stewart
  • 1997 Emma Lathen
  • 1998 Charlotte MacLeod
  • 1999 Patricia Moyes
  • 2000 Dick Francis
  • 2001 Mildred Wirt Benson
  • 2002 Tony Hillerman
  • 2003 Barbara Mertz, Elizabeth Peters in Barbara Michaels
  • 2004 Marian Babson
  • 2005 H.R.F. Keating
  • 2007 Carolyn Hart
  • 2008 Peter Lovesey
 
Anne Perry
  • 2009 Anne Perry
 
Mary Higgins Clark
 
Sue Grafton
  • 2011 Sue Grafton
  • 2012 Simon Brett
  • 2014 Dorothy Cannell, Joan Hess in Margaret Maron
  • 2015 Sara Paretsky

Nagrada Poirot uredi

 
David Suchet
  • 2003 David Suchet
  • 2004 Ruth Calvin, urednica založbe Thomas Dunne Bokks
 
Angela Lansbury leta 1989
  • 2005 Angela Lansbury
  • 2006 Douglas G. Greene, izdajatelj Crippen & Landru Press
  • 2008 Janet Hutchings, urednica Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in Linda Landrigan, urednica Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
  • 2009 Kate Stine in Brian Skupin, izdajatelja Mystery Scene Magazine
  • 2010 William Link
  • 2011 Janet Rudolph
  • 2012 Lee Goldberg
  • 2014 Tom Schantz

Sklici uredi

  1. »Malice Domestic Ltd: Agatha Awards«. Malicedomestic.org. Arhivirano iz prvotnega spletišča dne 21. januarja 2017. Pridobljeno 5. junija 2012.
  2. »Malice Domestic«. Arhivirano iz prvotnega spletišča dne 5. oktobra 2015. Pridobljeno 10. julija 2016.