During the Edgar Awards next April 26, the Mystery Writers of America
will give Raven Awards to several booksellers who have been "major
supporters of fiction and nonfiction crime writers": Kathy and Tom
Harig of Mystery Loves Company, Baltimore and Oxford, Md., and Mitch
Kaplan, owner of Books & Books, with stores in Coral Gables, Miami
Beach and Bal Harbour, Fla.
The MWA board cited the Harigs for "the role that Mystery Loves Company
has played in supporting the careers of hundreds of established and
emerging crime writers, and in connecting mystery enthusiasts from the
Maryland community with authors."
Mitch Kaplan was cited for "the support that his Books & Books
bookstores have given writers over the years, as well as for his
leadership in founding and chairing the largest book fair in the
country, Miami Book Fair International."
Oh, and Stephen King is receiving a Grand Master.