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MWA Announces 2018 Grand Master, Raven & Ellery Queen Award Recipients

November 20, 2017 - New York, NY - Jane Langton, William Link, and Peter Lovesey have been chosen as the 2018 Grand Masters by Mystery Writers of America (MWA). MWA’s Grand Master Award represents the pinnacle of achievement in mystery writing and was established to acknowledge important contributions to this genre, as well as for a body of work that is both significant and of consistent high quality. Ms. Langton, Mr. Link, and Mr. Lovesey will receive their awards at the 72nd Annual Edgar Awards Banquet, which will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City on April 26, 2018.
William Link's love of writing began with the cartoons he drew as a very young boy. When he learned to write, he immediately created stories for them.

The first day of middle school, he would meet a classmate, Richard Levinson. They went home and started writing together that afternoon. The partnership of these two creative minds would change television history and the format of the crime drama forever with shows like Columbo, Ellery Queen, Mannix, And Murder She Wrote to name a few. They even wrote a Broadway musical, Merlin. After the death of his best friend and writing partner he continued on alone.

Bill has received numerous awards for excellence including 2 Emmys, 2 Golden Globes, 4 Edgar Awards, The Ellery Queen, The Marlowe, The Poirot, the George Foster Peabody, The Paddy Chayefsky Laurel award. He was inducted into The Television Academy Hall of Fame.

Even with all these accomplishments, when the call came in with the news that he is to be named Grand Master for 2018 he said, "I was stunned and moved to tears. In the words of Lt. Columbo, 'Just one more thing...' This is the highest honor I could possibly receive and I couldn't be more proud of the recognition. I am humbled and thrilled to be included in the company of so many of my favorite authors.
 

ARTICLE IN MAGIC MAGAZINE!
"THE MAGIC OF LEVINSON& LINK"
by Peter Samelson

"The real magic of Levinson & Link is that they were able to be so successful and yet have such compassion and progressive thinking in their work with social relevance.
CLICK ON THE COVER BELOW TO READ MORE.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT MAGIC MAGAZINE HERE.
 


The Fall 2007 issue of Crimestalker Casebook Volume IX, No. 2, featured a terrific interview with William Link by Andrew McAleer.
We thought that our readers would like a chance to read this ar
ticle, so we're including it here on the website. Enjoy!

CLICK HERE TO READ THE INTERVIEW.


article on the production of William Link and Richard Levinson's play "Merlin!" Click below!


RECENT IN E-BOOKS FROM WILLIAM LINK!
William Link's story "Murder Medium Rare" is in the new e-book edition of The Ellery Queen anthology "The Crooked Road - Volume 2".

In this story Mafia Hit-man, Sally goes to Mexico City on assignment. No Bull!

For more information, and to purchase your copy, click here!

 


HERE'S ANOTHER COLUMBO STORY
William Link's "Death Leaves a Bookmark," a new Columbo short story, is now available as part of The Mysterious Bookshop's bibliomystery series! The hardcover numbered edition $50.00, lettered edition $100. and the Paperback $4.95. To order, and for more information on the series, visit
here.

Interview with William Link on DVD ELLERY QUEEN set
This set includes a long interview with Link discussing how he and his collaborator wrote the pilot and then shepherded the other writing assignments to various talented television mystery writers. Read more a view a preview here.

BLOOD RELATIONS
I'd like to call your attention to the newly published book by Joseph Goodrich, BLOOD RELATIONS: THE SELECTED LETTERS OF ELLERY QUEEN, 1947-1950.

Goodrich has given us a superlative book of letters from the great Ellery Queen. Queen, as aficionados of the mystery know, was really two cousins. Goodrich gives us some jaw-dropping revelations about how they worked or didn't work together in their quest for self-respect and success in their field.

As I say in my preface to the book, we all owe a debt of gratitude to Goodrich who uncovered these gems. I'm sure the book will be devoured by mystery fans and even those who just want a damn good read. Congratulations, Joseph!

The publisher is Perfect Crime Books. It can be ordered at Barnes and Noble now and will be available from B&N, Amazon, and mystery book stores.

William Link
 
       
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