2002 Awards

• 2002 AGATHA AWARDS:
  Established in 1989, Malice Domestic is an annual convention in metropolitan Washington, DC, saluting "mysteries of manners", books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie. The mystery genre is loosely defined as featuring an amateur detective (usually), a confined setting, and characters who know one another.
  
  
  • Best Children's/Young Adult Mystery Novel:
    THE MYSTERY OF THE HAUNTED CAVES (A Troop 13 Mystery) by Penny Warner
    
  
  
  
• 2002 BOOK SENSE AWARDS:
  Chosen by the American Booksellers Association from those most highly recommended to customers.
  
  
  • Children's Literature Winner:
    THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS by Ann Brashares (Delacorte)
    
    
  • Children's Illustrated Winner:
    OLIVIA SAVES THE CIRCUS by Ian Falconer (Atheneum)
    
    
    
• THE 2002 EDGAR AWARDS:
  The Edgars are presented by the Mystery Writers of America Organization. The awards are named after Mystery Writers of America's patron saint, Edgar Allan Poe, and are awarded to authors of distinguished work in various categories of the genre.
  
  
  • Best Young Adult:
    THE BOY IN THE BURNING HOUSE by Tim Wynne-Jones (FSG/Melanie Kroupa)
    
    
  • Best Juvenile:
    DANGLING by Lillian Eige (Simon Schuster, Atheneum)
    
    
    
• 7th ANNUAL AUDIE AWARDS:
  The Audio Publishers Association announced the winners of the Seventh Annual Audie Awards which honor excellence in audio publishing.
  
  
  • Children's Titles For Ages 0-7:
    BALLET STORIES: Coppelia, Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Swann Lake
    retold by David Angus, read by Jenny Agutter (Naxos AudioBooks Ltd.)
    
    
  • Children's Titles For Ages 8+:
    THE AMBER SPYGLASS by Philip Pullman, read by the author and a full cast
    (Random House - Listening Library)
    
    
    
• 14th ANNUAL LAMBDA LITERARY AWARDS:
  
  
  • Children / Young Adult:
    FINDING H.F. by Julia Watts (Alyson Books)
    

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