Text Box: Special points of interest: Edgars! J&L Self Defense Products! Text Box: Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce its Winners for the 2008 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television and film published or produced in 2007. BEST NOVEL Down River by John Hart (St. Martin's Minotaur) BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR In the Woods by Tana French (Penguin Group – Viking) BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL Queenpin by Megan Abbott (Simon & Schuster) BEST FACT CRIME Reclaiming History: The Text Box: Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi (W.W. Norton and Company BEST CRITICAL /BIOGRAPHICAL Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower and Charles Foley (The Penguin Press) BEST SHORT STORY "The Golden Gopher ' – Los Angeles Noir by Susan Straight (Akashic Books BEST JUVENILE The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh (Hyperion Books for Young Readers) Text Box: BEST YOUNG ADULT Rat Life by Tedd Arnold (Penguin – Dial Books for Young Readers) BEST PLAY Panic by Joseph Goodrich (International Mystery Writers' Festival) BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY "Pilot" – Burn Notice, Teleplay by Matt Nix (USA Network/Fox Television Studios) BEST MOTION PICTURE SCREENPLAY Michael Clayton, Screenplay by Tony Gilroy (Warner Bros. Pictures) *** Text Box: What’s new? Edgar Awards Text Box: Published Monthly for Mystery Writers Text Box: Mystery Writers Resource Text Box: May 2008 Text Box: Know your weapons! Text Box: J & L Self Defense Products has a new catalog out. They recently updated their webpage and it is easy to shop and browse self-defense items and police supplies. Text Box: I’ve had very good luck with orders from them. They carry a good line of products and have good delivery time and prices. Irv Miller runs a good business and is very concerned with customer relations. Text Box: If you are interested in self defense items, such as stun guns and pepper spray, there is a lot of information in their catalog. You order a copy of their catalog online, or just view the products at: www.selfdefenseproducts.com

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