The Agatha awards are presented at the annual Malice Domestic mystery convention, having been voted on by convention attendees. Winners were announced at the Agatha Awards Banquet May 2, 1999. The award is named in honor of Agatha Christie, author of many "cozy" mysteries, and is shaped like a teapot, as the traditional cozy takes place in the English countryside.

Best Novel Nominees

Jan Burke	Liar (Simon & Schuster)
Earlene Fowler	Dove In The Window - (Berkley)
Virginia Lanier	Blind Bloodhound Justice (Harper Collins)
Laura Lippman	Butcher'S Hill (Avon)
Margaret Maron	Home Fires (Mysterious Press)
Elizabeth Peters	The Ape Who Guards The Balance (Avon)

Best First Mystery Nominees

Jerrilyn Farmer	Sympathy For The Devil (Avon)
Jacqueline Fiedler	Tiger'S Palette (Pocket)
Judy Fitzwater	Dying To Get Published (Fawcett)
Robin Hathaway	The Doctor Digs A Grave (St. Martins)
Sharon Kahn	Fax Me A Bagel (Scribner)

Best Nonfiction Nominees

Alzina Stone Dale	Mystery Reader'S Walking Guide To Washington D.C. (Passport Books)
Ed Gorman and Martin Greenberg	Speaking Of Murder (Berkley)
Jan Grape, Dean James, Ellen Nehr	Deadly Women (Carroll & Graf)
Victoria Nichols and Susan Thompson	Silk Stalkings II (Scarecrow)
Jean Swanson and Dean James	Killer Books (Berkley)

Best Short Nominees

Laurien Berenson	"Sleeping Dogs Lie" - Canine Crimes (Ballantine)
Harlan Coben	"A Simple Philosophy" - Malice Domestic 7 (Avon)
Barbara D'Amato	"Of Course You Know that Chocolate Is a Vegetable" - Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1998
Dean James	"The Village Vampire and the Oboe of Death" - Malice Domestic 7 (Avon)
Daniel Stashower	"A Deliberate Form of Frenzy" - Malice Domestic 7 (Avon)

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