Otto Penzler's Best American Mystery Stories

[james_davis_nicoll]

Big thanks to everyone who helped, in particular bibliophile and John DeNardo. Any errors are my own.

Year      T    M   F    F/M   F/T                      Volume Editor
2011     20   17.5 2.5  .14   .125                     Harlan Corben (57)
2010     20   16   4    .25   .16                      Lee Child (56)
2009     20   14   6    .42   .3                       Jeffery Deaver  (59)
2008     20   13   7    .54   .35                      George P. Pelecanos (51)
2007     20   17   3    .18   .15                      Carl Hiaasen (54)
2006     21   14   7    .5    .33                      Scott Turow (57)                 
2005     20   18   2    .11   .1                       Joyce Carol Oates (67)
2004     20   18   2    .11   .1                       Nelson Demille (61)
2003     20   17   3    .18   .15                      Michael Connelly (47)
2002     20   18   2    .11   .15                      James Ellroy (54)
2001     20   17   3    .11   .15                      Lawrence Block (63)
2000     20   18   2    .11   .15                      Don Westlake (67)
1999     19   17   2    .12   .11                      Ed McBain (73)



Editor   
         T    M   F    F/M   F/T
        13   12   1    .083   .077

I added the editor's age at the time the book was published in case it turned out to be correlated to other stuff in interesting ways but it does not seem to be.

Comments

[jesuswasbatman]

You inspired me to look at the best known UK equivalent.

[james_davis_nicoll]

And?

[jesuswasbatman]

I posted it on my journal. Somewhat disappointing, and an argument against the idea that women editors are necessarily more positive towards woman writers (out of a number of editors, the male one regularly picked slightly more female contributors than the woman editors).