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Barry Awards Announced

The Barry Awards, named after well-loved mystery fan Barry Gardner were presented this past weekend at Bouchercon. The Barry Awards were presented as follows:

Best Novel - CITY OF BONES, Michael Connelly

Best First Novel - IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER, Julia Spencer-Fleming

Best British Novel - THE WHITE ROAD, John Connolly

Best Paperback Original - COLD SILENCE, Danielle Girard

The Don Sandstrom Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement in Mystery Fandom was presented to Maggie Mary Mason.

[10/20/2003]

Shamus Awards presented at Bouchercon

Private Eye Writers of America recently gave out their Shamus Awards for 2002 at Bouchercon.

Best P.I. Novel - BLACKWATER SOUND, James W. Hall (St. Martin's)

Best First P.I. Novel - THE DISTANCE, Eddie Muller (Scribner)

Best Paperback Original P.I. Novel - THE POISONED ROSE, D. Daniel Judson (Bantam)

Best P.I. Short Story - "The Second Coming", Terence Faherty (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 11/02)

The Eye, PWA's award for lifetime achievement, was presented to Sue Grafton.

[10/20/2003]

Macavity Award Winners Announced

2003 MACAVITY AWARD WINNERS were announced at Bouchercon last weekend. The Macavity Award are nominated and voted on by members of Mystery Readers International.

Best Novel: S.J. Rozan, WINTER AND NIGHT
Best First Novel: Julia Spencer-Fleming, IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER
Best Critical Work: Jim Huang, ed., THEY DIED IN VAIN: OVERLOOKED, UNDERAPPRECIATED AND FORGOTTEN MYSTERY NOVELS
Best Short Story: Janet Dawson, "Voice Mail" in SCAM AND EGGS

[10/20/2003]

ANTHONY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Best Novel: Michael Connelly, CITY OF BONES
Best First Novel: Julia Spencer-Fleming, IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER
Best Paperback Original: Robin Burcell, FATAL TRUTH
Best Critical: Jim Huang, Ed. THEY DIED IN VAIN: OVERLOOKED, UNDERAPPRECIATED AND FORGOTTEN MYSTERY NOVELS
Best Short Story: Marcia Talley, Too Many Cooks (MUCH ADO ABOUT MURDER, ed. Anne Perry, Berkley Prime Crime)
Best Cover Art: MEASURES OF POISON (anthology, Dennis McMillan Publications) (Michael Kellner, jacket design)

[10/20/2003]

British CWA Nominees announced

The Crime Writers' Association has announced its short lists for its Daggers Awards 2003. Winners will be announced on November 13 except for the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, to be announced on October 22.
Gold & Silver Daggers for Fiction:
Boris Akunin - The Winter Queen - Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Morag Joss - Half Broken Things - Hodder & Stoughton
Robert Littell - The Company - Macmillan
Carlo Lucarelli - Almost Blue - Harvill
Minette Walters - Fox Evil - Macmillan
Robert Wilson - The Blind Man Of Seville - HarperCollins

Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction:
Michael Bilton - Wicked Beyond Belief - HarperCollins
Erik Larson - Devil In The White City - Doubleday
Chandak Sengoopta - Imprint Of The Raj - Macmillan
Donald Thomas - Underworld At War - John Murray
Peter Walsh - Gang War - Milo Books
Samantha Weinberg - Pointing From The Grave - Hamish Hamilton

The CWA John Creasey Memorial Dagger
For first books by previously unpublished writers -Sponsored by BBC Audio
Rod Duncan - Backlash - Pocketbooks
William Landay - Mission Flats - Bantam
CJ Sansom - Dissolution - Macmillan

The CWA Short Story Dagger
Marion Arnott - Dollface
Judith Cutler - Doctor's Orders
Kate Ellis - Les Inconnus
Anthony Mann - Ester Gordon Framlingham
Jerry Sykes - Closer To The Flame

CWA Dagger In The Library
Sponsored by Random House. Nominated and judged by librarians.
Awarded to an author for a body of work, not one single title.
Stephen Booth
Christopher Brookmyre
Anne Cleeves
Julia Parsons
Mike Ripley

The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
For thrillers. Sponsored by Ian Fleming Publications Ltd.
Lee Child - Persuader - Transworld
Roger Jon Ellroy - Candlemouth - Orion
Dan Fesperman - The Small Boat of Great Sorrows - Transworld Bantam
Lucretia Grindle - The Nightspinners - Pan Macmillan
Robert Littell - The Company - Pan Macmillan
Henry Porter - Empire State - Orion
Gerald Seymour - Traitor's Kiss - Transworld Bantam

The CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger
Sponsored by the estate of Ellis Peters and her publishers, Headline and
Little Brown.
The White Russian - Tom Bradby - Bantam Press
The Advocate - Marcello Fois - Harvill Press
London Dust - Lee Jackson - Arrow
Blood on the Wood - Gillian Linscott - Virago
Dissolution - C.J. Sansom - Macmillan
The Bridge of Sighs - Olen Steinhauer- Century
The American Boy - Andrew Taylor - Harper Collins

The CWA Debut Dagger
For unpublished books, awarded on the basis of one chapter and a
synopsis.Set up to encourage new writers. Sponsored by Orion.
Duncan Brewer -- The Woman From Smyrna
Sandra Charan -- The Third Room
Margaret Dumas -- Speak Now
Kirsty Evans -- The Cuckoo
Avriel Geneson -- Speak No Evil
Judy Larkin -- Without Apparent Reason
Peter Wynn Norris -- The Long Train
Bryon Quertermous -- Lunchbox Hero
Chris Rose - Driftlines
Melissa Kate Rowberry -- The Mouths of Men
Maria E. Schneider -- Soul of the Desert
Michael Shenton -- The Amazing GM Dog
Betty Jacque -- Days of Future Past
Otis Twelve -- On the Albi

[10/09/2003]

Romantic Times announces awards

The November issue of ROMANTIC TIMES BOOKclub is out with its 2002 awards in several categories; in mystery, they were as follows:

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT:
Historical Mystery - Elizabeth Peters
Mystery Series - Toni L.P. Kelner
Female Sleuth Series - Janet Evanovich
Suspense - Tess Gerritsen

REVIEWERS' CHOICE:
Best Contemporary Mystery - WHISPER OF EVIL by Kay Hooper
Best Historical Mystery - BONE OF CONTENTION by Roberta Gellis
Best First Mystery - HOW TO MURDER A MILLIONAIRE by Nancy Martin
Best Suspense Novel - THE SURVIVORS CLUB by Lisa Gardner
Best Amateur Sleuth Novel - LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS by Charlaine Harris
Best PI Novel - THE BIG DIG by Linda Barnes

See http://www.ROMANTICTIMES.com for details.

[10/08/2003]

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