
From left: Board Member-Edgar Awards Week Chair Barry Zeman, Best Novel
winner Ian Rankin, MWA National President Michael Connelly, Joseph
Wambaugh (honored this year as Grand Master), Bob, Phillip Margolin.
With Dominick Dunne, present to accept the honorary Raven award presented
Vanity Fair Magazine and its editor, Graydon Carter.

Bob with an icon of the legal profession, New York District Attorney Robert
Morgenthau (center) and Federal Judge Andrew Peck, an MWA national board
member and president of the New York chapter.

At the podium, about to get the show underway.

With CBS-TV Newsman Anthony Mason, a past Raven winner and among the Edgars
presenters I was lucky enough to line up for this year's event.

Sandra Levinson, reprising her usual role as hubby's backstop, backbone
and associate producer, with Master of Ceremonies William Windom.

With Michael Connelly and Joseph Wambaugh. Michael made the Grand
Master presentation to Joe, describing the influence Joe had on him.