I’ve been following the Edgar Awards tonight, and I was so thrilled to see that Anna Stolley Persky, an MFA graduate from George Mason University, won the Robert L. Fish Award for best first mystery story—a tremendous honor! She first wrote the story, “The Jews of Elm Street,” in my course “Crossing Genres” a couple of years back. I knew then it was great work, but what a joy to see it get published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine‘s “Department of First Stories” and now go on to win the top prize in the field today. Holy Cow indeed! (…to quote Anna’s acceptance speech.)
Former Student Wins Robert L. Fish Award
