Mystery Readers International is a fan/reader organization open to all readers, fans, critics, editors, publishers, and writers of
Mystery fiction
Mystery is a genre fiction, fiction genre where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains wiktionary:mysterious, mysterious until the end of the story. Often within a closed circle of suspects, each suspect is usually prov ...
. It was founded by Janet A. Rudolph in
Berkeley, California
Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emer ...
.
It publishes the ''Mystery Readers Journal'' quarterly.
It presents the
Macavity Awards
The Macavity Awards are a literary award for mystery writers. Nominated and voted upon annually by the members of the Mystery Readers International, the award is named for the " mystery cat" of T. S. Eliot's ''Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'' ...
annually in several categories, including: Best Mystery Novel, Best First Mystery Novel, Best Bio/Critical Mystery Work, Best Mystery Short Story. The Macavity is named for T.S. Eliot's "mystery cat", from his ''Old Possum's Book of Cats''.
[main page, mysteryreaders.org, official website of the Mystery Readers, International] The first awards were issued in 1987.
References
External links
official web site
Mystery fiction
Literary fan clubs
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