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ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The winners of the 2005 Arthur Ellis Awards have been announced, and presented by Crime Writers of Canada:

Best First Novel:
Jon Evans, DARK PLACES (HarperCollins Canada)

Best Novel:
Barbara Fradkin, FIFTH SON (RendezVous Press)

Best Short Story:
Leslie Watts, "Crocodile Tears" in REVENGE: A Noir Anthology (Insomniac Press)

Best Non-Fiction:
Matthew Hart, THE IRISH GAME: A True Story of Crime and Art (Viking Canada)

Best Juvenile:
Carrie Mac, The BECKONERS (Orca Book Publishers)

Best Crime Writing in French:
Ann Lamontagne, LES DOUZE PIERRES (Vents d'Ouest)

Derrick Murdoch Award:
Max Haines, for years of giving new life to old crimes

For more information, go to http://www.crimewriterscanada.com/

[6/12/2005]

MACAVITY NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

Mystery Readers international has announced the nominees for its Macavity Awards, nominated and voted on by members of MRI. Winners will be announced at Bouchercon in September 2005.

Best Novel:
THE KILLING OF THE TINKERS, Ken Bruen (St. Martin's Minotaur)
COLD CASE, Robin Burcell (Avon)
DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER, Jeff Lindsay (Doubleday)
HIGH COUNTRY FALL, Margaret Maron (Mysterious Press)
CALIFORNIA GIRL, T. Jefferson Parker (HarperCollins)
PLAYING WITH FIRE, Peter Robinson (William Morrow)

Best First Novel:
UNCOMMON GROUNDS, Sandra Balzo (Five Star)
SUMMER OF THE BIG BACHI, Naomi Hirahara (Delta)
WHISKEY SOUR, J A Konrath (Hyperion)
DATING DEAD MEN, Harley Jane Kozak (Doubleday)
MISDEMEANOR MAN, Dylan Schaffer (Bloomsbury)

Best Nonfiction:
FAMOUS AMERICAN CRIMES & TRIALS, Vol. 1, Frankie Y Bailey & Steven Chermak, (Praeger Publishers)
JUST THE FACTS: True Tales of Cops & Criminals, Jim Doherty (Deadly Serious Press)
THER NEW ANNOTATED SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Complete Short Stories, ed. Leslie S. Klinger (W.W.Norton)
LATIN AMERICAN MYSTERY WRITERS: An A-to-Z Guide, Darrell B. Lockhart (Greenwood Press)
FORENSICS FOR DUMMIES, D.P. Lyle, MD (Wiley Publishing)

Best Short Story:
"Viscery" by Sandra Balzo (EQMM, December 2004)
"The Widow of Slane" by Terence Faherty (EQMM, March/April 2004)
"The Lady's Not for Dying" by Alana White (Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine, Winter, 2004)

[6/08/2005]

SHAMUS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

PWA (Private Eye Writers of America) has announced this year's nomaintions for the Shamus Awards. Winners will be announced during Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention held this year in Chicago, Sept. 1-4.

BEST P.I. NOVEL:

FADE TO CLEAR, Leonard Chang (St Martin's Press)
THE WAKEUP, Robert Ferrigno (Pantheon)
AFTER THE RAIN, Chuck Logan (HarperCollins)
CHOKE POINT, James Mitchell (SMP)
WHILE I DISAPPEAR, Ed Wright (Putnam)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL P.I. NOVEL:

CALL THE DEVIL BY HIS OLDEST NAME. Sallie Bissell (Dell)
SHADOW OF THE DAHLIA, Jack Bludis (Quiet Storm Publishing)
LONDON BLITZ, Max Allan Collins (Berkley Prime Crime)
ISLAND OF BONES, P. J. Parrish (Pinnacle Books)
FADE TO BLONDE, Max Phillips (A Hard Case Crime Book, Dorchester)

BEST FIRST P.I. NOVEL:

LITTLE GIRL LOST, Richard Aleas (Five Star)
THE LAST GOODBYE, Reed Arvin (HarperCollins)
THE DEAD, Ingrid Black (SMP)
ASPEN PULP, Patrick Hasburgh (SMP
SOME DANGER INVOLVED by Will Thomas (Simon & Schuster)

BEST P.I. SHORT STORY:

"Hasidic Noir" by Pearl Abraham (BROOKLYN NOIR, Akashic Press, 2004)
"Burnt WoodP by Mitch Alderman (AHMM, 7/04)
"Trumpeter Swan" by John F. Dobbyn (AHMM 1,2/04)
"Dog on Fire" by Gregory S. Fallis (AHMM, 5/04)
"Tricks" by Steve Hockensmith (AHMM, 8/04)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT RECIPIENT:

Sara Paretsky

[6/07/2005]

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