The Detective/Mystery Caucus of the Popular Culture Assocation announced its latest Dove Awardee:
David Geherin, professor emeritus of English at Eastern Michigan University, who is an Edgar nominee in the Best Critical/Biographical category this year for
Organized Crime on Page and Screen. He received earlier Edgar nominations for
The Crime World of Michael Connelly: A Study of His Works and Their Adaptations (2022),
Scene of the Crime: The Importance of Place in Crime and Mystery Fiction (2008; also nominated for a Macavity Award), and
The American Private Eye: The Image in Fiction (1985). His other books include
Carl Hiaasen: Sunshine State Satirist (2019),
Funny Thing About Murder: Modes of Humor in Crime Fiction and Films (2017),
Small Towns in Recent American Crime Fiction (2015), and
Elmore Leonard (1989).
The award, given to individuals who have contributed to the serious study of mystery, detective, and crime fiction, honors well-known mystery scholar George N. Dove. The chair of the Dove Award Committee is Rachel Schaffer (Montana State University Billings). Past recipients include Frankie Y. Bailey (University at Albany, SUNY), Martin Edwards, Barry Forshaw, Douglas G. Greene, P.D. James, Christine Jackson, H. R. F. Keating, Margaret Kinsman, Maureen Reddy (Rhode Island College), Janet Rudolph, J. K. Van Dover (Lincoln University), and yours truly.
