The 62nd Annual Edgar Awards held in New York last night honored three Penguin authors in what turned out to be an exciting evening. Penguin Press author Tana French won the award for 'Best First Novel By An American Author' for In The Woods, while Dial author Tedd Arnold won in the 'Best Young Adult' category for Rat Life. The final award garnered for 'Best Critical/Biographical' was split three ways between the Penguin Press triumverate of Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower, and Charles Foley for Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters.

Our heart-felt congratulations go out to them all! 

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Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez are our guest bloggers during the week of May 5th. If you have any questions for them add a comment to any of their posts. Here is some brief information about Perfumes:The Guide:

Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez are experts in the world of scent. Turin, a renowned scientist, and Sanchez, a longtime perfume critic, have spent years sniffing the world’s most elegant and beautiful—as well as some truly terrible—perfumes. In Perfumes: The Guide, they combine their talents and experience to review more than twelve hundred fragrances, separating the divine from the good from the monumentally awful. Through witty, irreverent, and illuminating prose, the reviews in Perfumes not only provide consumers with an essential guide to shopping for fragrance, but also make for a unique reading experience.

Perfumes features introductions to women’s and men’s fragrances and an informative “frequently asked questions” section including:
• What is the difference between eau de toilette and perfume?
• How long can I keep perfume before it goes bad?
• What’s better: splash bottles or spray atomizers?
• What are perfumes made of?
• Should I change my fragrance each season?