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The Agatha Award is given yearly by Malice Domestic to honor the traditional mystery as typified by the works of Agatha Christie.
Best Children's/Young Adult Novel: "A Light In The Cellar" by Sarah Masters Buckey
Best Short Story: "A Rat's Tale" by Donna Andrews, published in "Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine"
Best Nonfiction: "Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters" by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower, and Charles Foley
Best First Novel: "Prime Time" by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Best Novel: "A Fatal Grace" by Louise Penny