AWARDS Edgar Winner, Best Novel, 1999: Bones Agatha Winner, Best Short Story, 2000: "The Man in the Civil Suit" Macavity Winner, Best Short Story, 2001: "The Abbey Ghosts" Macavity Winner, Best Short Story, 1994: "Unharmed" Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers' Award Winner: "Unharmed" NOMINATIONS Bloodlines Anthony Nominee, Best Novel Barry Nominee, Best Novel Flight Anthony Nominee, Best Novel Nero Award Finalist Bones Anthony Nominee, Best Novel Named one of the best mysteries of the year by Library Journal (Best Books of the Year 1999) Liar Agatha Nominee, Best Novel Hocus Agatha Nominee, Best Novel Macavity Nominee, Best Novel Barry Nominee, Best Novel Goodnight, Irene Agatha Nominee, Best First Novel Anthony Nominee, Best First Novel Writing Mysteries Agatha Nominee, Best Nonfiction Book, 2002 "Devotion" Agatha Nominee, Best Short Story, 2002 "The Abbey Ghosts" Edgar Nominee, Best Short Story, 2001 "The Man in the Civil Suit" Macavity nominee, Best Short Story "Mea Culpa" Audie Award (as part of Malice Domestic 6 Audio edition) "Two Bits" Anthony nominee, Best Short Story OTHER HONORS Keynote mystery events speaker, Santa Barbara Book Festival, 2002 Keynote speaker, Dark and Stormy Nights Conference, 2003 Guest of Honor, Deadly Ink, 2002 Guest of Honor, Mayhem in the Midlands, 2003 Romantic Times Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award for Contemporary Suspense Nominated for a Gumshoe Award, given by Mystery Ink each year to recognize the best achievements in the world of mystery fiction.