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The man behind <I>CSI</I> is presented with an award.<p><I>CSI</I> creator <font color=yellow>Anthony Zuiker</font> is set to appear at the <A class="link" HREF="http://www.newmysteries.org/">International Mystery Writers' Festival</a> in Owensboro, Kentucky later this month. "I always thought of <I>CSI</I> as a modern Sherlock Holmes in many respects," Zuiker said in a phone interview with the <A class="link" HREF="http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/">Messenger-Inquirer</a>. He is attending the festival to share his own experiences and to learn about the experiences of other writers. "Mystery, in my opinion, is a storyline that has missing pieces to a puzzle," he said. "I believe that <I>CSI</I> does that very well."<p>On June 21, Zuiker and <font color=yellow>Mary Higgins Clark</font> will co-present the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Award to <font color=yellow>Gene Hackman</font> and <font color=yellow>Dan Lenihan</font> for <I>Escape from Andersonville -- a Novel of the Civil War</I>. Later that night, Zuiker will do a Writer's Reel presentation on the BB&T Plaza. He will talk about his work on <I>CSI</I> and do a question and answer session.<p>Zuiker will also attend the festival on June 22, when he is scheduled to do a master class panel with Clark and <font color=yellow>Carol Higgins Clark</font>. Zuiker will also be presented with the Ira Levin Award at the Angie Award ceremony. The award, which will not be given annually, is presented to someone who has come from behind to become a success. Zuiker, for example, was a tram driver in Las Vegas before he started the hit <I>CSI</I> franchise.<p>The original article is from <A class="link" HREF="http://www.redorbit.com/news/entertainment/1410774/crime_shows_to_be_represented_csi_creator_law__order/">Red Orbit</a>.<center></center>