World Literary Awards

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Edition 6 (1993)

Best Contemporary NovelBest Historical NovelBest First NovelBest Short StoryBest Non-FictionBest Children's/Young Adult Mystery

Winners

4 people
Nevada Barr ねばだ・ばー Winner

The first Anna Pigeon novel sends a park ranger into a murder investigation set against the harsh beauty of a national park.

The severity of nature becomes the case's tension.

272 pages
nature writingnational parksmysterymurderseries fiction
Carolyn Hart きゃろりん・はーと Winner

A Henrie O mystery in which retired newswoman Henrie O'Dwyer Collins is drawn into trouble while traveling and keeps pushing toward the truth.

An older sleuth unravels a case far from home.

352 pages
mysteryfemale protagonisttravelseries fiction
M. D. Lake えむ・でぃー・れいく Winner

A short mystery by M. D. Lake that uses observation and memory as the clues through which the puzzle slowly takes shape.

Pieces of memory become the entry to the truth.

short storyobservationmemorymystery
Barbara D'Amato ばーばら・だまーと Winner

A true-crime account of the Dr. John Branion murder case, tracing the trial and the problem of wrongful conviction through documents and case history.

The case history and the shadow over the justice system are brought together as one record.

235 pages
nonfictiontrue crimetrialwrongful conviction