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| David Pietrusza's Rothstein Nominated for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award |
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February 2, 2004—David Pietrusza's Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series has been nominated for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award in the True Crime Category. The winner will be announced Thursday, April 29, 2004 at the 58th annual Edgar Awards dinner gala at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. The other nominees are: * Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder by Steve Hodel (Arcade) * The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Random/Crown) * Judgment Ridge: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murders by Dick Lehr and Mitchell Zuckoff (HarperCollins) * And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank by Steve Oney (Pantheon) Previous Edgar Award winners in the Fact Crime Category include: Earl Stanley Gardner (Court of Last Resort, 1953), Truman Capote (In Cold Blood, 1966), Joseph Wambaugh (Fire Lover, 2003), Tom Wicker (A Time to Die, 1976), Anthony Lewis (Gideon's Trumpet, 1965), Shana Alexander (Very Much a Lady, 1984), Peter Maas (In a Child's Name, 1991, Gerold Frank (The Boston Strangler, 1967; The Deed, 1964), Robert Lindsey (The Falcon and the Snowman, 1980), Francis Russell (Tragedy in Dedham, 1963), and Vincent Bugliosi (Helter Skelter, 1975). Previous Edgar Ward nominees in the Fact Crime Category include: William Bradford Huie (Ruby McCollum, 1957), Nicholas Pileggi (Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family, 1987), Louis Nizer (The Implosion Conspiracy, 1974), Ramsey Clark (Crime in America, 1971), Ira Berkow (The Man Who Robbed the Pierre, 1988), Harry Golden (A Little Girl is Dead, 1966), Ernest Tidyman (Dummy, 1975), and William Kunstler (The Minister and the Choir Singer, 1965). Rothstein is the story of legendary New York gambler Arnold Rothstein, who fixed the 1919 World Series and who was mysteriously murdered in November 1928. Pietrusza's Judge and Jury: The Life & Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis won the 1998 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year. For more information about the awards and organization, go to the Mystery Writers' Web site (www.mysterywriters.org). Rothstein is published by Carroll & Graf. |
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