C.J. Box wins Edgar Award

C.J. Box, a Wyoming writer and member of the local Mystery Writers of America Chapter, was awarded an Edgar Award for BEST NOVEL by MWA. Chosen from a field of approximately 500 novels, BLUE HEAVEN spent four weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and has been optioned for film by Michael Besman ("About Schmidt") and Cameron Lamb. It was also selected by the American Library Association as a 2008 Reading List award winner n the category "Adrenalin." BLUE HEAVEN tells the story of twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother who go on the run in the woods of North Idaho, pursued by four men they have just watched commit murder--retired cops from Los Angeles, who easily persuade the inexperienced sheriff to let them lead the search for the missing children. William and Annie's unexpected savior comes n the form of an old-school rancher teetering on the brink of foreclosure. But, as one man against four, he knows he needs allies...Examiner