 
				
				
				Mission Statement 
				
				Bio & 
				Philosophy 
				
				Route 
				of My Walk 
				
				Team Members 
				
				
				Petitions to Sign 
				
				Events 
				
				Charities 
				
				Photo Album 
				
				
				Interview Archives 
				
				Government 
				&
				Agencies 
				
				Important Organizations 
				
				Heroic
				First Responders 
				
				Business 
				& News 
				
				Fitness Technologies 
				
				The Arts 
				
				
				Celebrities 
				
				& 
				
				
				Remarkable People 
				Games 
				
				Everything Educational 
				
				Conspiracies 
				&  
				  
				
				Other Paranormal Mysteries 
				
				
				Scientists & 
				
				Technology 
				
				Metaphysics & Mystics 
				
				Our Top Rated Music, Videos, Books & Art 
				
				
				Classifieds & Employment 
				
				Neo's List of People 
				
				  
				
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				
				  
				 | 
				
				 
				WRITERS 
				
				
				The Edgar 
				Awards 
				
				  
				
				
				2001 
				Best Novel: The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale
				 
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				Best First Novel: A Conspiracy of Paper by 
				David Liss  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				Best Paperback Original: The Black Maria by 
				Mark Graham   
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				2000 
				Best Novel: Bones by Jan Burke  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				Best First Novel: The Skull Mantra by Eliot 
				Pattison 
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				Best Paperback Original: Fulton County Blues 
				by Ruth Birmingham  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1999 
				Best Novel: Mr. White's Confession by 
				Robert Clark  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				Best First Novel: A Cold Day in Paradise by 
				Steve Hamilton  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				Best Paperback Original: The Widower's Two-Step
				by Rick Riordan   
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1998 
				Best Novel: Cimarron Rose by James Lee 
				Burke  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				Best First Novel: Los Alamos by Joseph 
				Kenon  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				Best Paperback Original: Charm City by 
				Laura Lippman  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1997 The Chatham School Affair, by Thomas 
				A. Cook  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1996 Come To Grief, by Dick Francis   
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1995 The Red Scream, by Mary Willis Walker
				 
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1994 Sculptress, by Minette Walters  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1993 Bootlegger’s Daughter, by Margaret 
				Maron  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1992 A Dance At The Slaughterhouse, by 
				Lawrence Block  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1991 New Orleans Mourning, by Julie Smith
				 
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1990 Black Cherry Blues, by James Lee Burke
				 
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1989 A Cold Red Sunrise, by Stuart M. 
				Kaminsky  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1988 Old Bones, by Aaron Elkins  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1987 A Dark-Adapted Eye, by Barbara Vine
				 
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1986 The Suspect, by L.R. Wright  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1985 Briarpatch, by Ross Thomas  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1984 LaBrava, by Elmore Leonard  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1983 Billingsgate Shoal, by Rick Boyer  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1982 Peregrine, by William Bayer   
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1981 Whip Hand, by Dick Francis  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1980 The Rheingold Route, by Arthur Maling
				 
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1979 The Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follett
				 
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1978 Catch Me: Kill Me, by 
				William Hallahan  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1977 Promised Land, by Robert Parker  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1976 Hopscotch, by Brian Garfield  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1975 Peter’s Pence, by Jon Cleary  
				1974 Dance Hall of the Dead, by Tony 
				Hillerman  
				
				
				Amazon.com 
				 
				1973 The Lingala Code, by Warren Kiefer  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1972 The Day of the Jackal, by Frederick 
				Forsyth  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1971 The Laughing Policeman, by Maj Sjowall 
				and Per Wahloo  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1970 Forfeit, by Dick Francis  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1969 A Case of Need, by Jeffery Hudson  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1968 God Save the Mark, by Donald E. 
				Westlake  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1967 King of the Rainy Country, by Nicolas 
				Freeling  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1966 The Quiller Memorandum, by Adam Hall
				 
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1965 The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, by 
				John Le Carre  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1964 The Light of Day, by Eric Ambler  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1963 Death and the Joyful Woman, by Ellis 
				Peters  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1962 Gideon’s Fire, by J.J. Marric  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1961 Progress of a Crime, by Julian Symons
				 
				1960 The Hours Before Dawn, by Celia 
				Fremlin  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1959 The Eighth Circle, by Stanley Ellin
				 
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1958 Room to Swing, by Ed Lacy  
				1957 A Dram of Poison, by Charlotte 
				Armstrong   
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1956 Beast in View, by Margaret Millar  
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1955 The Long Goodbye, by Raymond Chandler
				 
				
				
				Amazon.com  
				1954 Beat Not the Bones, by Charlotte Jay
				 
				
				
				Amazon.com 
				
				
				Other links: 
				
				
				Writers Homepage 
				
				Nobel Prize Winners 
				
				Bookman Award Winners 
				
				Hugo Award 
				Winners 
				
				A Few of 
				Oprah's Favorites 
				
				Pulitzer 
				Prize Winners 
				  
				
				If You Are Interested in the 
				Variety of Fun Ways You Can Win Prizes or Have You or Your Work 
				Showcased,  Then Click On This 
				
				"Have Fun & Earn 
				Prizes" 
				Link Page! 
				
				  
				
				
				
				SITE MAP 
  
  
  
				
				 | 
				
				 
				  
				
				
				  
				
				 
				
				
				  
				
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				  
				   | 
			
			
				| 
				  | 
				
				 
				  
				
				            
				Director of OMP 
				
				My 
				name is Vinny. 
				
				I am 
				innately Promethean, Philosophic in nature, and philanthropic in 
				actual deed 
				
				I am 
				also an ex-marine and an ex-agent of the federal government. 
				My mission is to raise money for charities, help 
				facilitate individuals and organizations, and generate more money for 
				their good causes. 
				
				I hope to meet 
				intelligent life while I   
				
				continue my 
				education. 
				
				I like to share 
				effective life strategies with other people like myself. 
				
				By emphasizing the 
				importance of networking, collaborating, sharing information and 
				influence, we are likely to serve the betterment of mankind. 
				
				I believe it is 
				important for each of us to become fully actualized.  | 
				
				  |