Holmes County author nominated for Edgar Award

POPLAR SPRINGS — Nancy Springer, famed author of the Enola Holmes Mystery series, was nominated by MWA for a 2010 Edgar® Award in Best Juvenile for her book The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline. The Edgars are named after MWA’s patron saint, Edgar Allan Poe, and are considered the “Oscars” of the mystery genre.  

Nancy is an author of more than fifty fantasy, horror, mystery, and contemporary novels for adults and children:

•Winner of two Edgar Allen Poe Awards from the Mystery Writers of America

•An Enola Holmes Mystery, is not only an Edgar nominee but an ALA Amelia Bloomer Project listee, and an Agatha Christie award nominee

•The worldwide popularity of the Enola Holmes books is provided in translation for readers in places such as Brazil and Israel