2004 Edgar® Awards Banquet

Photos from our 58th Gala Edgar® Awards Banquet, April 29, 2004, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel,
New York City. The 2004 Edgar Allan Poe Awards® honored the best in mystery
fiction, non-fiction, television and film published or produced in 2003.

Before the show, Edgars® lined up awaiting presentation		Edgar® Banquet producer and National Board member Robert S. Levinson, along with Marianna Heusler, also a Board member

Lorraine Haricombe (holding award) and Nancy Down accepted the Raven Award for the Ray and Pat Browne Library for Popular Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University; presenters Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark accompany them		Sylvia Maultash Warsh, winner of the Best Paperback Original award, with presenters Steve Hamilton and Barbara D'Amato

MWA National President Michael Connelly		Master of Ceremonies William Windom		The evening's musical entertainment: Don Bruns

Best Short Story Winner G. Miki Hayden, flanked by presenters Linda Landrigan and Janet Hutchings (r)		Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, winner of the Best Juvenile award, with presenters Margaret Maron and Gayle Lynds (r)

Best Fact Crime Erik Larson, with presenters Robert Morgenthau and Phillip Margolin (r)		Andrew Wilson received the Best Critical/Biographical award from Ridley Pearson and Otto Penzler (r)

Peter Blake, winner for Best TV Series Episodic Screenplay, with presenters Ian Rankin and Val McDermid		Sandy Balzo displays her Robert L. Fish Memorial Award; with her are presenters Charles Todd and Caroline Todd

This year's Grand Master, Joseph Wambaugh (r), with Dominick Donne		Best Novel recipient Ian Rankin		Roger Moley accepted the Special Edgar for HBO from Rupert Holmes (r)

Rebecca Pawel accepted the Best First Novel Edgar® from Stuart Woods and last year's winner, Jonathon King (r)		After the show, Ian Rankin tries to convince Michael Connelly that Edgar® can speak