Awards and Nominations

A rather belated round up of recent awards and nominations!

Awards –

The winners of the Left Coast Crime Awards were given out on Saturday 23 March 2013. Winning title in bold.

The Lefty for best humorous mystery novel since 1996:
Cruising in Your Eighties Is Murder by Mike Befeler (Five Star)
Swift Run by Laura DiSilverio(Minotaur)
December Dread by Jess Lourey (Midnight Ink)
Trail of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz (Simon & Schuster)
The Girl Next Door by Brad Parks (Minotaur)
Fit To Be Dead  by Nancy Glass West (Southwest Publications)
    
The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award for mystery novels covering events before 1960.   

The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen (Berkley Prime Crime)
 A City of Broken Glass by Rebecca Cantrell (Forge)
Live by Night by Dennis Lehane (William Morrow)

Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for a Murder by Catriona McPherson (Minotaur)
Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear (HarperCollins)

The Rocky for best mystery novel set in the Left Coast Crime Geographical Region:
Buffalo Bill’s Dead Now by Margaret Coel (Berkley Prime Crime)
Hush Money by Chuck Greaves (Minotaur)
Wicked Eddies by Beth Groundwater (Midnight Ink)
Sonora Crossing by Darrell James Midnight Ink)
As the Crow Flies by Craig Johnson (Viking)

The Watson for mystery novel with best sidekick:
In a Witch’s Wardrobe by Juliet Blackwell (Obsidian)
Taken by Robert Crais (Putnam)
Fun House  by Chris Grabenstein, (Pegasus)
When the Past Haunts You by L.C. Hayden, (CreateSpace)

Brouja Brouhaha by Rochelle Staab (Berkley Prime Crime) 

The 2013 Dilys Award was won by Peter Robinson for his novel Before the Poison.  The Dilys Award has been given annually since 1993 by the IMBA (Independent Mystery Booksellers Association) to the mystery title of the year which the member booksellers have most enjoyed selling. The Dilys Award is named in honour of Dilys Winn, the founder of the first specialty bookseller of mystery books in the United States

Detective fiction writer Petros Markaris was honoured with the Quais du Polar Festival 2013 Award.  It was announced on March 29 by the President of the Jury for the Crime Novel (European Crime Fiction Jury), Jean-Louis Debre during a formal ceremony held in the city of Lyon. Also honoured was P D James who was give the Medal of Honour of the city by the Mayor of Lyon.  The ceremony was also attended by Henning Mankell, Harlan Coben, Qiu Xialong and a number of other famous crime writers.

Nominations

The nominees for 2013 ITW (International Thriller Writers) Awards have been announced.

BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL
The Trinity Game by Sean Chercover (Thomas & Mercer)
Spilled Blood by Brian Freeman (SilverOak)
Catch Me by Lisa Gardner (Dutton Books)
The Survivor by Gregg Hurwitz (St. Martin’s Press)
Defending Jacob by William Landay (Delacorte Press)

BEST FIRST NOVEL
Don’t Ever Get Old by Daniel Friedman (Minotaur Books)
The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen (Putnam Adult)
The Expats by Chris Pavone (Crown)
The 500 by Matthew Quirk (Reagan Arthur Books)
                                 Black Fridays by Michael Sears (Putnam Adult)


BEST SHORT STORY
“The Devil to Pay” by David Edgerley Gates – (Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine)
“The Street Ends at the Cemetery” by Clark Howard – (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine)
“The Consumers” by Dennis Lehane – (Mulholland Books)
“The History Lesson” by Gordon McEachern – (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine)
“Lost Things” by John Rector – (Thomas & Mercer)


BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL
Pines by Blake Crouch (Thomas & Mercer)
Lake Country by Sean Doolittle (Bantam)
And She Was by Alison Gaylin (Harper)
The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood (Penguin Books)
Night Blind by Michael W. Sherer (Thomas & Mercer)

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Don’t Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon (HarperCollins)
If We Survive by Andrew Klavan (Thomas Nelson)
False Memory by Dan Krokos (Hyperion Books CH)
Crusher by Niall Leonard (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)
Dark Eyes by William Richter (Razorbill)

BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL
Pandora’s Temple by Jon Land (Open Road E-riginal)
Blind Faith by CJ Lyons (CJ Lyons)
Huntress Moon by Alexandra Sokoloff (Alexandra Sokoloff)
Dead End Deal by Allen Wyler (Astor + Blue Editions)
Dead Wrong by Allen Wyler (Astor + Blue Editions)

The 2013 Thriller Award Winners will be announced at ThrillerFest VIII, July 13, 2013, at the Grand Hyatt (New York City). Congrats to all.

The Bloody Words Bony Blithe Award nominations have been announced and the winner will be announced on Wednesday 29 May 2013 in Toronto.

Threaded for Trouble by Janet Bolin (Berkley Prime Crime)
Food for the Gods by Karen Dudley(Ravenstone)
A Small Hill to Die On by Elizabeth J. Duncan (Minotaur)
A Private Man by Chris Laing (Seraphim)
Blood Bath & Beyond by Michelle Rowen (NAL Obsidian)
The Mastersinger from Minsk by Morley Torgov (Dundurn)

The 2013 Barry Awards have been announced.  The winners will be announced September 19, 2013 at the Opening Ceremonies of Bouchercon 2013 in Albany, New York  -

Best Novel
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown)
The Black House by Peter May (Silver Oak)
Trust Your Eyes by Linwood Barclay (NAL)
Defending Jacob by William Landay (Delacorte)
Live by Night, Dennis Lehane (Morrow)
Dead Scared by S.J. Bolton (Minotaur)

Best First Novel
The Yard by Alex Grecian (Putnam)
A Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller (Minotaur)
Sacrifice Fly by Tim O’Mara (Minotaur)
The Dark Winter by David Mark (Blue Ridge Press)
Black Fridays by Michael Sears (Putnam)
The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen (Putnam)

Best Paperback Original
Pago Pago Tango by John Enright (Thomas & Mercer)
Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Elia McNeal (Bantam)
Blessed are the Dead by Malla Nunn (Washington Square)
The Other Woman’s House by Sophie Hannah (Penguin)
Bloodland by Alan Glynn (Picador)
Beneath the Abbey Wall by A.D. Scott (Atria)

Best Thriller
The Last Refuge by Ben Coes (St. Martin’s)
The Right Hand  by Derek Haas (Mulholland)
The Fallen Angel by Daniel Silva (Harper)
A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming (St. Martin’s)
House Blood by Mike Lawson (Atlantic Monthly)
Red Star Burning by Brian Freemantle (Minotaur)

The Strand Magazine Critics Awards nominations have been announced.  The winners will be announced on 9 July 2013.

Best Novel:
The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye (Putnam)
Broken Harbour by Tana French (Viking)
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown)
Defending Jacob by William Landay (Delacorte)
Live by Night by Dennis Lehane (Morrow)

Best Debut Novel:
A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash (Morrow)
The Yard by Alex Grecian (Putnam)
The Expats by Chris Pavone (Crown)
Disappeared by Anthony Quinn (Mysterious Press/Open Road)
The 500 by Matthew Quirk (Hachette)

Faye Kellerman will be presented with The Strand’s Lifetime Achievement award “for excellence in crime writing.”

The 2013 Spinetingler Awards have been announced.

The nominations are as follows:-

Best Novel: New Voices

A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash

Cold Quiet Ground by Clayton Lindemuth

The Devoted by Eric Shapiro

Flashover by Gordon Highland

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Ghosting by Kirby Gann

Last Call for the Living by Peter Farris

The Ninth Step by Grant Jerkins

Nearly Nowhere by Summer Brenner

The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen

Best Novel: Rising Star/Legend

Capture by Roger Smith

The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty

Dare Me by Megan Abbott

Edge of Dark Water by Joe R. Lansdale

Kings of Cool by Don Winslow

Lake Country by Sean Doolittle

The Last Kind Words by Tom Piccirilli

Live By Night by Dennis Lehane

Tumblin’ Dice by John McFetridge

What it Was by George Pelecanos

Best Novella/Short Novel

A Woman and a Knife by Matthew C. Funk

Bang Bang You’re Dead by Nick Quantrill

Driven by James Sallis

Driving Through the Desert by Donna Lynch

Driving Alone by Kevin Lynn Helmick

Die, You Bastard Die! by Jan Kozlowski

Lost Things by John Rector

Best Anthology/Short Story Collection

Beat to a Pulp 2: Round 2

Crime Factory: Hard Labour

Lonely No More by Seymour Shubin

Red Heads Die Quickly by Gil Brewer

Roachkiller by Ritchie Navaez

Short Stack

Sleepwalking by Ray Nayler

Shotgun Honey Presents: Both Barrels (vol 1)

Shoebox Train Wreck by John Mantooth

Ugly Behavior by Steve Rasnic Tem

Best Short Story on the Web

Angel of Hospitality by Ken Bruen

Amputee by Pete Risley

Crooked Ladder by Terry Butler

The Death of Newark by Michael A Gonzales –

if i ever get off this mountain/Coming Down the Mountain by Brian Panowich

Marbles by Alex Mattingly

Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Art Taylor

The New Sleep by Daniel Mkiwa

Slick Texas Money by Frank Wheeler Jr.

The Tractor Thief’s Jacket by Gita M. Smith

The Wait by Chris Benton

Best Cover 

To vote in each category please go here.

Awards, nominations and winners!

The Edgar® Awards were presented to the winners at their 64th Gala Banquet, on April 29, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City and the winners are:-

Grandmaster: Dorothy Gilman, author of the Mrs. Pollifax mysteries
Best Novel: The Last Child by John Hart (Minotaur Books)
Best First Novel by an American Author: In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff (Minotaur Books)

Best Paperback Original: Body Blows by Marc Strange (Castle Street Mysteries)
Best Short Story: "Amapola" by Luis Urrea in Phoenix Noir (Akashic Books)
Best Critical/Biographical: The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Detectives, edited by Otto Penzler (Hachette Book Group-Little, Brown)
Best Juvenile: Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn (HMH Children's Book)
Best Young Adult: Reality Check by Peter Abrahams (HarperTeen)
Best TV Episode Teleplay: "Place of Execution," teleplay by Patrick Harbinson (PBS) (based on the novel by Val McDermid)
Best Fact Crime: Columbine by Dave Cullen (Twelve)
Ellery Queen Award: Poisoned Pen Press, Barbara Peters & Robert Rosenwald
Raven Award #1: Zef Buffman, International Mystery Writers Festival
Raven Award #2: Mystery Lovers Bookshop (Oakmont, PA)
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: "A Dreadful Day" by Dan Warthman, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine (Dell Magazines)

More information can be found here from the MWA and here from the Wall Street Journal.

On Wednesday 28 April 2010 SJ Bolton won the Simon & Schuster- Mary Higgins Clark Award for her novel Awakening (Minotaur Books). The award was presented at the MWA's Agents and Editors Party. More info can be found here.

The winners of the annual Reviewers' Choice Awards were announce by RT Book Reviews (Romantic Times). The nominees and winners of these awards, given in many categories, are selected by a staff of over 50 reviewers representing the readers' voice in the women's fiction industry.

The winners in the Mystery, Suspense, and Thriller category are (for books published in 2009):
Amateur Sleuth: Plum Pudding Murder by Joanne Fluke (Kensington)
Contemporary Mystery: Kill For Me by Karen Rose (Grand Central)
First Mystery: A Bad Day for Sorry by Sophie Littlefield (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Historical Mystery: What Remains of Heaven by C. S. Harris (NAL)
PI/Police Procedural Novel: A Darker Domain by Val McDermid (Harper)
Suspense/Thriller: The Messenger by Jan Burke (Simon & Schuster)
A complete list of all the nominees and winners can be found here


Deadly Ink have announced the following nominations for the 2010 David G. Sasher, Sr. Award-aka "The David"- for the best mystery published during the prior year (2009).

Lincoln Child - Terminal Freeze
Mary Jane Clark - Dying For Mercy
Harlan Coben - Long Lost
Hallie Ephron - Never Tell a Lie
Parnell Hall - Dead Man's Puzzle
Elaine Viets - Killer Cuts

Attendees at the 2010 Deadly Ink Mystery Conference will vote for their favorite, and the winner will be announced at the Saturday Night Awards Banquet. The 2010 Deadly Ink Mystery Conference will take place June 25-27, 2010 at Parsippany Sheraton, Parshippany, NJ where the Guest of Honor will be Gillian Roberts.

The Arthur Ellis Award Shortlist was announced on Thursday April 22, 2010. These are the annual awards for the Best in Canadian crime fiction presented by the Crime Writers of Canada

Best Crime Novel:
Aloha, Candy Hearts by Anthony Bidulka
Arctic Blue Death by R.J. Harlick
Finger's Twist by Lee Lamothe
Death Spiral by James W. Nichol
High Chicago by Howard Shrier

Best First Novel:

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
The Cold Light of Mourning by Elizabeth J. Duncan
The Weight of Stones by C.B. Forrest
A Magpie's Smile by Eugene Meese
Darkness at the Stroke of Noon by Dennis Richard Murphy

Best Crime Writing in French:
Je compte les morts by Genevieve Lefebvre
Le mort du chemin des Arsène by Jean Lemieux
La faim de la terre by Jean-Jacques Pelletier
Peaux de chagrin by Diane Vincent

Best Non-Fiction:
The Fat Mexican: The Bloody rise of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club by Alex Caine
Runaway Devil by Robert Remington and Sherri Zickefoose
The Slasher Killings by Patrick Brode
Post Mortem by Jon Wells
Murder without Borders by Terry Gould

Best Juvenile:
Not Suitable for Family Viewing by Vicki Grant.
Haunted by Barbara Haworth-Attard.
Homicide Related by Norah McClintock.
The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade
The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones

Best Unpublished First Crime Novel(the Unhanged Arthur)
This Cage of Bones by Pam Barnsley
Confined Space by Deryn Collier
The Corpse Flower by Gloria Ferris
A Bait of Pleasure by Blair Hemstock
Putting Them Down by Peter Kirby

Best Short Story
"Backup" by Rick Mofina
"Prisoner in Paradise" by Dennis Richard Murphy
"Nothing is Easy" by James Petrin
"Time Will Tell" by Twist Phelan
"Clowntown Pajamas" by James Powell

The winners will be announced on May 27


Agatha Awards -

The winners of the Agatha Awards have been announced and they are:-

Best Novel:
The Brutal Telling, by Louise Penny

Best First Novel:
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley

Best Short Story:


"On the House," by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Best Nonfiction:
Dame Agatha's Shorts, by Elena Santangelo

Best Children's/Young Adult:
The Hanging Hill, by Chris Grabenstein


China Miéville has won a third Arthur C Clarke Award with his novel The City and The City. More information can be found in an article in the Guardian. Last month the book won the British Science Fiction Association prize for best novel.


The Short Mystery Fiction Awards also known as the Derringer Awards have been announced.

The 2010 Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer For Lifetime Achievement was awarded to Lawrence Block.

BEST FLASH STORY (Up to 1,000 Words)
"And Here's To You, Mrs. Edwardson," by Hamilton Waymire (Winner)Published in the webzine *Big Pulp*, November 23, 2009
"Awake" by David Dean Published in EQMM, July 2009
"Gutterball" by Stephen D. Rogers Published in Woman's World Magazine, Sep 7, 2009
"The Right Track" by R.T. Lawton Published in Woman's World Magazine, 10/26/09
"Unplanned" by Libby Cudmore Published in Thrillers, Killers 'n' Chillers, August 2009


BEST SHORT STORY (1,001 - 4,000 Words)
"Identity Theft" by Robert Weibezahl Published in Beat to a Pulp, March 2009
"The Biography of Stoop the Thief" by Steven Torres Published in Uncage Me!, July 2009
"The Hard Sell" by Jay Stringer Published in Beat to a Pulp, 2009
"The Right to Remain Silent" by Debbi Mack Published in Back Alley Webzine, August 2009
"Twas the Night" by Anita Page (Winner)Published in The Gift of Murder, 2009


BEST LONG STORY (4,001 - 8,000 Words)
"A Stab in the Heart" by Twist Phelan Published in EQMM, February
"Famous Last Words" by Doug Allyn (winner) Published in EQMM, November
"Regarding Certain Occurrences in a Cottage at the Garden of Allah" by Robert S. Levinson Published in AHMM, November
"Snow on Bloedkoppie" by Berhard Jaumann (translated from the German by Mary Tannert)Published in EQMM, August
"The Shipbreaker" by Mike Wiecek Published in EQMM, March/April


BEST NOVELETTE (8,001 - 17,500 Words)
"Adjuncts Anonymous" by B.K. Stevens Published in AHMM, June
"Julius Katz" by Dave Zeltserman (Winner)Published in EQMM, September/October
"The Last Drop" by R.W. Kerrigan Published in EQMM, February
"The Pirate's Debt" by Toni L.P. Kelner Published in EQMM, August
"Uncle Brick and Jimmy Kills" by Allan Leverone Published in Mysterical-E

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees.