He was nominated for an
Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America for editing "Selected Letters
of Dashiell Hammett, 1921-1960.

"Booktastic ! is covert education at its finest," said Hansen.

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"The Edgar Award is one of the most
influential literary awards in the world, so I am sure this nomination will
expose Mr. The 2006 Edgar Awards , honoring the best in mystery
fiction, nonfiction, television, and film from 2005, will be presented to
the winners at the Mystery Writers of America's 60th Gala Banquet on April
27, 2006 in New York City.
Booktastic! today announced the official
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George Weigel lives with his wife and family in North Bethesda,
Maryland .S. An incredible amalgam of photos, memos, letters, reviews,
whatever, this will make fans of the book or the film gasp as one
unexpected delight succeeds another.

About the Edgar Awards

The Edgar Allen Poe Awards are the most prestigious and sought-after awards
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Participants in the contest submit questions for possible use in future
editions of Booktastic! and are entered to win a personalized, autographed
novel by bestselling young adult author Lynne Hansen.

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"Richard Layman put a heroic effort into creating 'Discovering The Maltese
Falcon and Sam Spade,' and I am glad that his work has been recognized,"
said Vince Emery, the book's publisher. Layman lives in
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NEW YORK----HarperCollins will
publish a new book about the end of Pope John Paul II's life and the
beginning of a new era for the Catholic Church by George Weigel, Roman
Catholic theologian and author of Witness to Hope: The Biography of
John Paul II, which became an international bestseller upon its
publication in 1999.
"I'm absolutely certain that he will provide a rich, illuminating
account that stands as the defining chronicle of this next phase in
the Church's history. Layman 's delightful book to a wider audience." He is vice president of Bruccoli Clark
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About Richard Layman

Richard Layman, the editor of "Discovering The Maltese Falcon and Sam
Spade," has written six books on Dashiell Hammett ., which produces reference works in literary and social history,
including the "Dictionary of Literary Biography.booktasticgame.com/FamilyContest."

Since its release in 2004, Booktastic! is now carried in over 1500 various
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HarperCollins is one of the leading English-language publishers in
the world and is a subsidiary of News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS. To
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The result of a lifetime of research by Hammett expert Layman, "Discovering
The Maltese Falcon and Sam Spade" provides hundreds of surprises about the
novel, its author, and its film versions:

-- For rights to the now-famous novel (which has sold more than 4.

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In addition to Witness to Hope, Weigel is the author of The Cube
and the Cathedral: Europe, America, and Politics Without God, Letters
to a Young Catholic, The Courage to Be Catholic , and The Truth of
Catholicism, among several other books. With this book, wonders really do
never cease.

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Weigel's as yet untitled new book, to be published later this
year, will examine the death of the pope and the Church he left
behind, while also offering an unparalleled inside account of the
election of the next pope. You can visit HarperCollins Publishers on the
Internet at http: //www.LynneHansen.

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Kenneth Turan of The Los Angeles Times hailed the new Edgar Award nominee
as "a treasure beyond price for fans of both the classic Hammett novel and
the three (that's right, three) film versions of the doomed quest for a
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"No writer today has a better understanding of the papacy than
George Weigel," says Tim Duggan, Executive Editor at HarperCollins. Its
publishing groups include the HarperCollins General Books Group,
HarperCollins Children's Books Group, Zondervan, HarperCollins UK,
HarperCollins Canada, HarperCollins Australia/New Zealand and
HarperCollins India.

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-- The sculptor who created the legendary statuette of the black bird for
the 1941 Humphrey Bogart movie may have been an accomplice of the Black
Dahlia murderer and the killer of author James Ellroy's mother.
Her second novel "The Change" won the 2005 EPPIE for Best Young Adult
Novel.

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"We continue to support teachers and librarians looking for innovative new
ways to keep kids learning," said Laine Keneller, president of Booktastic!
"This contest provides young people an opportunity to have their writing
featured in a board game available throughout the United States.booktasticgame.

About Lynne Hansen

Lynne Hansen is the bestselling author of the Heritage of Horror series of
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-- Working notes (printed here for the first time) for "The Secret
Emperor ," Hammett's first, never-finished novel, show that it included
elements he later used in "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Glass Key.

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, and a consultant on
Vatican affairs for NBC News, Weigel's weekly column, "The Catholic
Difference ," is syndicated to newspapers across the United States.5
million copies in English alone), publisher Alfred A. The contest runs
through November 15, 2005, and prize winners will be randomly selected .

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With his unique access and experience,
Weigel plans to provide an in-depth portrait of this key figure who
will lead the Church into the 21st century, and a challenging analysis
of the issues he and the people of the Church will confront. Knopf paid author
Hammett an advance of nothing .

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The critically praised book "Discovering
The Maltese Falcon and Sam Spade," edited by Richard Layman, has been
nominated by the Mystery Writers of America for the Edgar Award -- the
mystery field's most prestigious award -- as the Best Critical/Biographical
book of the year.

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