AWARD WINNERS 09/2022-2023

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Jane Harper Wins Neddie

The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) announced the winners of the 2023 Ned Kelly Awards (aka. Neddies) online in September 01 to celebrate the best in Australian crime writing as follows:

Best Crime Fiction: EXILES, by Jane Harper (Pan Macmillan Australia)
Best Debut Crime Fiction: WAKE, by Shelly Burr (Hachette Australia)
Best True Crime: BETRAYED, by Sandi Logan (Hachette Australia)
Best International Crime Fiction Published in Australia: THE LEMON MAN, by Keith Bruton (Brash Books)

(September 04, 2023)


Kellye Garrett Wins Anthony

Bouchercon 2023 has announced the winners for the 2023 Anthony awards as follows:

Best Hardcover: LIKE A SISTER, by Kellye Garrett (Mulholland)
Best Paperback: THE QUARRY GIRLS, by Jess Lourey (Thomas & Mercer)
Best First Novel: THE MAID, by Nita Prose (Ballantine)
Best Humorous: SCOT IN A TRAP, by Catriona McPherson (Severn House)
Best Short Story: "Beauty and the Beyotch," by Barb Goffman (Sherlock Holmes Magazine, February 2022)
Best Critical/Non-fiction: THE LIFE OF CRIME, by Martin Edwards (Collins Crime Club)
Best Children's/Young Adult: ENOLA HOLMES AND THE ELEGANT ESCAPADE, by Nancy Springer (Wednesday)
Best Anthology: CRIME HITS HOME, edited by S.J. Rozan (Hanover Square Press)
David Thompson Special Service Award Recipient: Sara Paretsky

The winners were announced on Saturday, September 02 during Bouchercon 2023 held in San Diego, California. (September 03, 2023)


Michael Connelly Wins Barry

Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine has announced the winners for the 2023 Barry Awards as follows:

Best Mystery or Crime Novel: DESERT STAR, by Michael Connelly (Little,Brown)
Best Debut Mystery or Crime Novel: THE MAID, by Nita Prose (Ballantine)
Best Thriller: KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE, by Deanna Raybourn (Berkley)
Don Sandstrom Award for Lifetime Achievement in Mystery Fandom: "Mystery" Mike Bursaw

The winners were voted by Deadly Pleasures readers and announced on Thursday, August 31 during the opening ceremonies of 2023 Bouchercon in San Diego, California. (September 03, 2023)


Jonathan Ames Wins Shamus

The Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) announced the winners for the 2023 Shamus Awards as follows:

Best P.I. Hardcover: THE WHEEL OF DOLL, by Jonathan Ames (Mulholland Books), featuring Happy Doll
Best Original P.I. Paperback: DEAD-BANG FALL, by J.R. Sanders (Level Best Books), featuring Nate Ross
Best First P.I. Novel: THE GOLDENACRE, by Philip Miller (Soho Crime), introducing Thomas Tallis & Shona Sandison
Best P.I. Short Story: "Charlie's Medicine," by Libby Cudmore (in Lawyers, Guns, and Money: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Warren Zevon; Down & Out Books), featuring Martin Wade

The winners were announced on Friday, September 01 near the Bouchercon convention hotel in San Diego, California. (September 02, 2023)


Elly Griffiths Wins Fingerprint

Capital Crime Festival has announced the winners for the 2023 Fingerprint Awards as follows:

Crime Book of the Year: BLEEDING HEART YARD, by Elly Griffiths (Quercus)
Thriller Book of the Year: WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME, by Gillian McAllister (Penguin)
Historical Book of the Year: A FATAL CROSSING, by Tom Hindle (Cornerstone)
Genre-Busting Book of the Year: THE SKELETON KEY, by Erin Kelly (Hodder & Stoughton)
Debut Book of the Year: THE MAID, by Nita Prose (HarperCollins)
Audio Book of the Year: ONE LAST SECRET, by Adele Parks; narrated by Kristin Atherton (HQ)
Industry Award of the Year: Richard Osman
Lifetime Achievement Award of the Year: Jane Wood

The winners were announced on Thursday, August 31 during Capital Crime Festival to be held in London (the CAPITAL city of UK). (September 01, 2023)


M.W. Craven Wins Theakston Crime Award

Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival announced that the winner for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 is:
THE BOTANIST, by M.W. Craven (Little, Brown/Constable)

... and decided to recognize...
THE LOCKED ROOM, by Elly Griffiths (Quercus)
...as Hightly Commended.

In addition, Ann Cleeves received the Theakston Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution Award for her impressive writing career.

The Theakston Crime Award is run by Harrogate International Festivals, and is open to full length cime novels published in paperback from May 01, 2022 to April 30, 2023 by UK and Irish authors. The winner were announced on Thursday July 20. (July 22, 2023)


George Dawes Green Wins Dagger

The Crime Writers' Association of Britain (CWA) announced the WINNERs for the 2023 Dagger Awards as follows:

Gold Dagger: The Kingdoms of Savannah, by George Dawes Green (Headline Fiction)
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger: Seventeen, by John Brownlow (Hodder & Stoughton)
John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger: Dirt Town, by Hayley Scrivenor (Macmillan)
Historical Dagger: The Darkest Sin, by DV Bishop (Macmillan)
Gold Dagger for Non-Fection: Unlawful Killings, by Wendy Joseph (Doubleday)
Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger: Even the Darkest Night, by Javier Cercas, trans by Anne McLean (Quercus/MacLehose Press)
Short Story Dagger: "Cast A Long Shadow," by Hazell Ward (from Cast A Long Shadow, edited by Katherine Stansfield and Caroline Oakley (Honno Welsh Women's Press)
Publishers' Dagger: Viper (Profile Books)
Dagger in the Library: Sophie Hannah
Debut Dagger: SIDEWAYS, by Jeff Marsick
Diamond Dagger Award Recipient: Walter Mosley
TWO Red Herring Award Recipients: Corinne Turner and Gary Stratmann

The winners were announced at the Dagger Awards Dinner, on Thursday, July 06 at the Leonardo City Hotel in London. (July 07, 2023)


Samantha Jayne Alien Wins Hammett

The International Association of Crime Writers/North America (IACW/NA) announced that PAY DIRT ROAD, by Samantha Jayne Allen (Minotaur) is the winner for the 2023 Hammett Prize as the best book published in 2022 for literary excellence in crime writing.

The Hammett Prize winning novel, introducing Texas private investigator Annie McIntyre, is the winner for the 2019 Tony HIllerman Prize, and has been nominated for the 2023 Shamus Award in the first P.I. novel catgory.

The location of the presentation of the 2023 Hammett Prize will be announced. (June 25, 2023)


Catriona Ward Wins Thriller

The International Thriller Writers (ITW) announced the winners for the 2023 Thriller Awards as follows:

Best Hardcover Novel: SUNDIAL, by Catriona Ward (Macmillan)
Best Audiobook: THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK, by Jennifer Hillier; Narrated by Carla Vega (Macmillan Audio)
Best First Novel: THE RESEMBLANCE, by Lauren Nossett (Flatiron Books)
Best Paperback Original Novel: THE HOUSEMAID, by Freida McFadden (Grand Central)
Best Short Story: "Stockholm," by Catherine Steadman (Amazon Original Stories)
Best Young Adult Novel: DAUGHTER, Kate McLaughlin (Wednesday Books)
Best E-Book Original Novel: THE COUPLE AT CAUSEWAY COTTAGE, by Diane Jeffrey (HarperCollins)
TWO ThrillerMaster Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients: Charlaine Harris and Walter Mosley
Silver Bullet Award Recipient: Michael Connelly
Thriller Legend Award Recipient: Minotaur Books

The winners were announced at ThrillerFest XVIII on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York City. (June 04, 2023)


Anthony Bidulka Wins CWC Award of Excellence

The Crime Writers of Canada CWC) Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) announcee the winners for the 2023 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence in Canadian Crime Writing as follows:

2023 Derrick Murdoch Award Recipient: Jack Batten
Best Crime Novel: GOING TO BEAUTIFUL, by Anthony Bidulka (Stonehouse Publishing)
Best Crime First Novel: CITIZENS OF LIGHT, by Sam Shelstad (TouchWood Editions)
Howard Engel Award for Best Crime Novel Set in Canada: A SNAKE IN THE RASPBERRY PATCH, by Joanne Jackson (Stonehouse Publishing)
Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery: DEEP HOUSE, by Thomas King (HarperCollins Canada)
Best Crime Novella: "The Man Who Went Down Under," by Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazines, July/August 2022)
Best Crime Short Story: "The Girl Who Was Only Three Quarters Dead," by Craig H. Bowlsby (Mystery Magazine, April 2022)
Best French Crime Book: MONSIEUR HAMMERLI, by Richard Ste-Marie (Editions Alire)
Best Juvenile or YA Crime Book: HEARTBREAK HOMES, by Jo Treggiari (Nimbus Publishing Limited)
Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book: THE BETRAYAL OF ANNE FRANK, by Rosemary Sullivan (HarperCollins Canada)
Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript: SNOWED, by Mary Keenan

The winners were announced on Thursday, May 25, 2023. (May 26, 2023)


Sara Gran Wins CrimeFest Award

CrimeFest has announced the winners for the 2023 CrimeFest Awards as follows:

eDunnit Award: THE BOOK OF THE MOST PRECIOUS SUBSTANCE, by Sara Gran (Faber & Faber)
Debut Crime Novel: A FLICKER IN THE DARK, by Stacy Willingham (HarperCollins)
H.R.F Keating Biografical/Critical Award: THE LIFE OF CRIME, by Martin Edwards (Collins Crime Club)
Last Laugh Award: BRYANT & MAY'S PECULIAR LONDON, by Christopher Fowler (Doubleday)
Thalia Proctor Memorial Award for Best Adapted TV Crim Drama: SLOW HORSES (Seasons 1&2), produced by See-Saw, based on the books by Mick Herron
Best Crime Novel for Children: THE GOOD TURN, by Sharna Jackson (Puffin)
Best Crime Novel for Young Adults: FIVE SURVIVE, by Holly Jackson (Electric Monkey)

The winners were announced on Saturday, May 13 during the Gala Awards Dinner of this year's CrimeFest to be held in Bristol, England. (May 14, 2023)


Robert Dugoni Wins Spotted Owl

Friends of Mystety, a non-profit organization headquartered in Portland, Oregon, has announced that THE SILENT SISTERS, by Robert Dugoni (Thomas & Mercer) is the winner of the 2023 Spotted Owl Award for books published in 2022 by authors living in the Pacific Northwest. (May 09, 2023


Louise Penny Wins Agatha

Malice Domestic announced the winners for the 2023 Agatha Awards as follows:

Best Contemporary Novel: A WORLD OF CURIOSITIES, by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
Best Historical Novel: BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH, by Amanda Flower (Berkley)
Best First Novel: CHEDDAR OFF DEAD, by Korina Moss (St. Martin's Press)
Best Nonfiction: PROMOPHOBIA, edited by Diane Vallere (Sisters in Crime)
Best Short Story: "Beauty and the Beyotch," by Barb Goffman (Sherlock Holmes Magazine, February 2022)
Best Children/Young Adult: ENOLA HOLMES AND THE ELEGANT ESCAPADE, by Nancy Springer (Wednesday Books)
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Ann Cleeves

The winners were announced on Saturday, April 29 at the Malice Banquet held in Bethesda, Maryland. (April 30, 2023)


W. Edward Blain Wins EQMM Readers Award


Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (EQMM) has announced the winners for the winners for the 2023 EQMM Readers Awards as follows:

First Place: "The Secret Sharer," by W. Edward Blain (July/August 2022 issue)
Second Place: "Blind Baseball," by Doug Allyn (May/June 2022 issue)
Third Place: "Schrodinger, Cat," by Anna Scotti (March/April 2022 issue)

(April 30, 2023)


Danya Kukafka Wins Edgar

Mystery Writers of America announced the winners for the 2023 Edgar Awards as follows:

Best Novel: NOTES ON AN EXECUTION, by Danya Kukafka (William Morrow)
Best First Novel: DON'T KNOW TOUGH, by Eli Cranor (Soho Crime)
Best Paperback Original: OR ELSE, by Joe Hart (Thomas & Mercer)
Best Fact Crime: TELL ME EVERYTHING, by Erika Krouse (Flatiron Books)
Best Critical/Biographical: THE LIFE OF CRIME, by Martin Edwards (Collins Crime Club)
Best Short Story: "Red Flag," by Gregory Fallis (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2022)
Best Juvenile: AGGIE MORTON MYSTERY QUEEN: THE SEASIDE CORPSE, by Marthe Jocelyn (Tundra Books)
Best Young Adult: THE RED PALACE, by June Hur (Feiwel & Friends)
Best Television Episode Teleplay: "Episode 1" (in Magpie Murders), written by Anthony Horowitz (Masterpiece/PBS)
Rober L. Fish Memorial Award Recipient: "Dogs in the Canyon," by Mark Harrison (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2022)
Mary Higgins Clark Award: A DREADFUL SPLENDOR, by B.R. Myers (William Morrow)
Sue Grafton Memorial Award: HIDEOUT, by Louisa Luna (Doubleday)
Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award: BURIED IN A GOOD BOOK, by Tamara Berry (Poisoned Pen Press)
Two Grand Master Award Recipients: Michael Connelly and Joanne Fluke
Two Raven Award Recipients: Crime Writers of Coplor and Eddie Muller
Ellery Queen Award Recipient: The Strand Magazine

The winners were announced at the Edgar Awards Banquet at the New York Marriott Marquis Times Square on Thursday, April 27. (April 28, 2023)<


Alex Segura Wins LAT Book Prize

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books has announced the winners for the 2023 LAT Book Prizes. The winner in the mystery/thriller category is:

SECRET IDENTITY, by Alex Segura (Flatiron)

James Ellroy has received the 2023 Robeert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement. The winners in all the categories were announced on Friday, April 21 at the University of Southern California's Bovard Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. (April 23, 2023)


Kellye Garrett Wins Lefty

Left Coast Crime 2023 has announced the winners for its 2023 Lefty Awards as follows:

Best Humorous Mystery Novel: BAYOU BOOK THIEF, by Ellen Byron (Berkley Prime Crime)
Best Historical Mystery Novel: ANYWHERE YOU RUN, by Wanda M. Morris (Morrow)
Best Debut Mystery Novel: SHUTTER, by Ramona Emerson(Soho Crime)
Best Mystery Novel: LIKE A SISTER, by Kellye Garrett (Mulholland)
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: J.A. Jance

The winners were announced during an awards banquet on Saturday, March 18 during Left Coast Crime Convention to be held in Tucson, Arizona from March 16 thru 19. (March 19, 2023)



Candiice Fox Wins Neddie

Better late than nover!
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) announced the winners of the 2022 Ned Kelly Awards (aka. Neddies) online in August to celebrate the best in Australian crime writing as follows:

Best Crime Fiction: THE CHASE, by Candice Fox (Random House Australia)
Best True Crime: BANQUET: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ADELAIDE'S FAMILY MURDERS, by Debi Marshall (Random House Australia)
Best Debut Crime Fiction: BANJAWARN, by Josh Kemp (UWA Publishing)
Best International Crime Fiction Published in Australia: THE MAID, by Nita Prose (HarperCollins)

(October 07, 2022)



S.A. Cosby, C.J. Tudor, Abigail Dean Win Fingerprints

Capital Crime, a new mystery convention held at Battersea Park in London, has announced the winners for the 2022 Inaugural Fingerprint Awards as follows:

The following six awards were voted for online by crime and thriller fans:
Crime Book of the Year 2021: THE SANATORIUM, by Sarah Pearse (Transworld)
Thriller Book of the Year 2021: BLACK WASTELAND, by S.A. Cosby (Headline)
Historical Crime Book of the Year 2021: SHAPE OF DARKNESS, by Laura Purcell (Bloomsbury)
Debut Book of the Year 2021: GIRL A, by Abigail Dean (HarperCollins)
Genre-Busting Book of the Year 2021: THE BURNING GIRL, by C.J. Tudor (Penguin)
Audiobook of the Year 2021: The Girl Who Died THE GIRL WHO DIED, by Ragnar Jonasson & its narrator Amanda Redman (Penguin)

The following two awards were chosen solely by the Capital Crime Advisory Board:
Industry Award the year 2021: HarperCollins for GIRL A (by Abigail Dean)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Thalia Proctor (posthumous)

This year's Captal Crime Festival began in London on September 29 and ended on October 01. (October 04, 2022)



S.A. Cosby Wins Strand Critics

The Strand Magazine has announced the winners for the 2022 Strand Critics Awards as follows:

Best Mystery Novel: RAZORBLADE TEARS, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)
Best Mystery Debut: BULLET TRAIN, by Kotaro Isaka (Harry Abrams), trans. by Sam Malissa
[the basis for the 2022 movie of the same name, starring Brad Pitt]

TWO Lifetime Achievement Award Recipienets:
Sandra Brown and
Nelson DeMille

Publisher of the Year Award Recipient:
Morgan Entrekin, president and publisher of Grove/Atlantic Inc. in New York City.

The award winners were announced on September 19. (September 20, 2022)


David Goodis Award Recipients Announced

The biannual NoirCon award ceremonies will take place virtually after the four-year absence due to the pandemic. The NoirCon Award recipients of 2018 and 2022 are as follows:

2018 David Goodis Award Recipient: Walter Mosley
2018 Anne Friedberg Award Recipent: Dana Polan (for contributions to noir and its preservation)
2018 Deen Kogan Award for Excellence Recipient: Geoffrey O'Brien and Max Rudin

2022 David Goodis Award Recipient: Megan Abbott
2022 Anne Friedberg Award Recipent: Sarah Weinman (for contributions to noir and its preservation)
2022 Deen Kogan Award for Excellence Recipient: Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini

The Virtual NoirCon 2022 will be a 3-day symposium to be held from Friday October 21 thru Sunday October 23. (September 19, 2022)


Ngaio Marsh Award Winners Announced

The WORD Chistchurch Writers & Readers Festival in Christchurch, New Zealand has announced the winners of the 2022 Ngaio Marsh Awards for excelence in New Zealand crime, mystery and thriller writing as follows:

Best Novel: BEFORE YOU KNEW MY NAME, by Jacqueline Bublitz (Allen & Unwin; Sphere, UK)
Best First Novel: BEFORE YOU KNEW MY NAME, by Jacqueline Bublitz (Allen & Unwin; Sphere, UK)

No, it is NOT my typing error or anybody's error. Ms. Jacqueline Bublitz has won the two Ngaio Awards for best novel and for best first novel selected by two separate judge groups. Probably it is the first time an winner receives both Ngaio awards.

The winning (first) novel was shortlisted for the 2022 CWA Gold Dagger in UK. The American edition will be published later this year from Emily Bestler Books/Atria. (September 17, 2022)


Alan Parks Wins McIlvanney

The Bloody Scotland has announced the winners for the 2022 McIlvanney Prize and the 2022 Bloody Scotland Debut Prize as follows:

McIlvanney Prize (for excellence in Scottish crime writing):
MAY GOD FORGIVE, by Alan Parks (Canongate)

The Bloody Scotland Debut Prize (for first crime fiction):
WELCOME TO COOPER, by Tariq Ashkanani (Thomas & Mercer).

The winners were announced on September 15 at The Albert Halls in Stirling, Scotland. (September 17, 2022)


S.A. Cosby Wins Two Anthony Awards

Bouchercon 2022 has announced the winners for the 2022 Anthony awards as follows:

Best Novel: RAZORBLADE TEARS, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)
Best First Novel: ARSENIC AND ADOBO, by Mia P. Manansala (Berkley)
Best Paperback: BLOODLINE, by Jess Lourey (Thomas & Mercer)
Best Short Story: "Not My Cross to Bear," by S.A. Cosby (in TROUBLE NO MORE, edited by Mark Westmoreland; Down & Out)
Best Anthology: THIS TIME FOR SURE, editd by Hank Philippi Ryan (Down & Out)
Best Critical/Non-Fiction: HOW TO WRITE A MYSTERY, edited by Lee Child & Laurie R. King (Simon & Schuster)
Best Children's/YA: I PLAY ONE ON TV: Alan Orloff (Down & Out)
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Ellen Hart
Int't Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Alexander McCall Smith

The winners were announced on Saturday, September 10 during Bouchercon 2022 held in Minneapolis, MInnesota. (September 11, 2022)


S.A. Cosby Wins Barry

Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine announced the winners for the 2022 Barry Awards in four categories as follows:

Best Mystery/Crime Novel: RAZORBLADE TEARS, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)
Best First Mystery Crime Novel: SLEEPING BEAR, by Connor Sullivan (Atria)
Best Paperback Original: THE GOOD TURN, by Dervla McTiernan (Blackstone)
Best thriller: FIVE DECEMBERS, by James Kestrel (Hard Case Crime)

The winners were voted by Deadly Pleasures readers and announced on September 08 during the opening ceremonies of 2022 Bouchercon held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (September 10, 2022)


S.A. Cosby Wins Macavity

The Mystery Readers International (MRI) has announced the winners for the 2022 Macavity Awards as follows:

Best Mystery Novel: RAZORBLADE TEARS, by S. A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)
Best First Mystery Novel: ARSENIC AND ADOBO, by Mia P. Manansala (Berkley)
Best Mystery Short Story: "Sweeps Weeks," by Richard Helms (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2021)
Best Nonfiction/Critical: HOW TO WRITE A MYSTERY, edited by Lee Child and Laurie R. King (Scribner)
Best Historical Mystery: CLARK AND DIVISION, by Naomi Hirahara (Soso Crime)

The winners were announced at opening ceremonies on Thursday, September 08 at Bouchercon held in Minneapolis, MInnesota. (September 09, 2022)


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