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ELLERY QUEEN TO OFFER SPECIAL KATRINA ISSUE

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine has announced a special New Orleans-themed issue due on the newsstands in early September, recognizing the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The issue will feature native writers and artists from New Orleans.

The issue, which actually bears a November publication date, will offer work celebrating New Orleans’ rich ethnic and cultural diversity. It will feature short stories by a host of Big Easy names including John Edward Ames, O’Neil De Noux, Tony Dunbar, Tony Fennelly, Barbara Hambly, Greg Herren, Edward D. Hoch, Dick Lochte, William Dylan Powell, Sarah Shankman, and Julie Smith.

Ten of the issue’s authors, including poetry contributor James Sallis, hail from the beleaguered city, and everal lost homes or property as a result of Katrina's devastation. Artwork in the issue will feature several artists from the city as well.
Also included in the issue will be a book review column by Jon L. Breen, looking at the work of other notable New Orleans writers.

Dell Magazine, EQMM’s publisher, is to be praised for donating all advertising for this special issue to organizations with rebuilding or relief efforts including Bridge House, the Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans, Covenant House, Habitat for Humanity, Reader to Reader, Inc., Save the Children, and the Volunteers of America.

The magazine's website provides links to all of the participating charities.
To order single copies of this special issue, you can visit their website at www.themysteryplace.com/eqmm/, or call toll free (1-800-220-7443).

[6/29/2006]

DAGGER AWARDS ANNOUNCED

Britain's Crime Writers' Association has announced the winners for this year's Dagger award, given " to celebrate the very best in crime and thriller writing" in 2006. The awards were presented Thursday, June 29, at a dinner in London.

The winners are as follows:

DUNCAN LAWRIE DAGGER: For Best Crime Novel written in English.

RAVEN BLACK, Ann Cleeves (Macmillan)

DUNCAN LAWRIE INTERNATIONAL DAGGER: For crime, thriller, suspense novels or spy fiction translated into English.

THE THREE EVANGELISTS, Fred Vargas, translated by Sîan Reynolds

THE CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER: For Best Thriller.

MR CLARINET, Nick Stone (Penguin)

THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION:

THE DAGENHAM MURDER, Linda Rhodes, Lee Sheldon and Kathryn Abnett (the Borough of Barking and Dagenham)

THE CWA NEW BLOOD DAGGER: For first books by previously unpublished writers. (Formerly the CWA John Creasey Memorial Dagger)

STILL LIFE, Louise Penny (Headline)

CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY: Nominated and judged by librarians and awarded to an author for a body of work, not one single title.

Jim Kelly

CWA DEBUT DAGGER: For unpublished novels by unpublished authors.

D V Wesselmann (aka Otis Twelve) for 'Imp' (USA)

The Ellis Peters Award (formerly the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger) and the CWA Short Story Award (formerly the CWA Short Story Dagger) will be announced later this year.

For more information see the CWA website: www.thecwa.co.uk

[6/29/2006]

SHAMUS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) has announced its nominees for the annual Shamus Awards. The 2006 awards cover works published in 2005, and will be presented September 29, at the PWA banquet during Bouchercon.

The nominees are as follows:

BEST HARDCOVER:

OBLIVION, Peter Abrahams (Wm. Morrow)
THE LINCOLN LAWYER, Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
THE FORGOTTEN MAN, Robert Crais (Doubleday)
IN A TEAPOT, Terence Faherty (Crum Creek Press)
THE MAN WITH THE IRON-ON BADGE, Lee Goldberg (Five Star)
CINNAMON KISS, Walter Mosley (Little, Brown)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL:

FALLING DOWN, David Cole (Avon)
THE JAMES DEANS, Reed Farrel Coleman (Plume)
DEADLOCKED, Joel Goldman (Pinnacle)
CORDITE WINE, Richard Helms (Back Alley Books)
A KILLING RAIN, PJ Parrish (Pinnacle)

BEST FIRST NOVEL:

BLOOD TIES, Lori G. Armstrong (Medallion)
STILL RIVER, Harry Hunsicker (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur)
THE DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND, J. D. Rhoades (St.Martin's Minotaur)
FORCING AMARYLLIS, Louise Ure (Mysterious Press)

BEST SHORT STORY:

"Oh, What a Tangled Lanyard We Weave", Parnell Hall, MURDER MOST CRAFTY
"Two Birds with One Stone", Jeremiah Healy (AHMM Jan/Feb 2005)
"The Big Road" by Steve Hockensmith (AHMM May 2005)
"A Death in Ueno", Michael Wiecek (AHMM March 2005)
"The Breaks" Timothy Williams (EQMM, Sept/Oct 2005)

[6/25/2006]

ITW ANNOUNCES AWARD NOMINEES

International Thriller Writers announced the award nominees for the first ITW Thriller Awards, to be given at the convention, ThrillerFest on July 1, 2006. Deadline News apologizes for the late posting - this information was available some time ago but we just heard.

The nominees are as follows:

Best Novel:

PANIC, Jeff Abbott (Dutton)
CONSENT TO KILL, Vince Flynn (Atria)
VELOCITY, Dean Koontz (Bantam)
THE PATRIOTS CLUB, Christopher Reich (Delacorte Press)
CITIZEN VINCE, Jess Walter (Regan Books)

Best First Novel:

IMPROBABLE, Adam Fawer (William Morrow)
THE COLOR OF LAW, Mark Gimenez (Doubleday)
COLD GRANITE, Stuart MacBride (St. Martin's Minotaur)
PAINKILLER, Will Staeger (William Morrow)
BENEATH A PANAMANIAN MOON, David Terrenoire (Thomas Dunne Books)

Best Paperback Original:

SLEEPER CELL, Jeffrey Anderson (Berkley)
PRIDE RUNS DEEP, R. Cameron Cooke (Jove)
UPSIDE DOWN, John Ramsey Miller (Dell)
THE DYING HOUR, Rick Mofina (Pinnacle Books)
EXIT STRATEGY, Michael Wiecek (Jove)

Best Screenplay:

MATCH POINT
SYRIANA
CACHE (Hidden)
OLDBOY
MUNICH

The Lifetime Acheivement Award will be given to Clive Cussler

For more information, go to www.thrillerwriters.org; information on the awards and banquet can be found at www.thrillerwriters.org/thrillerfest/awards.html

[6/21/2006]

MACAVITY AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED

Nominations for the Macavity Award have been announced. The awards are nominated and voted on by members of Mystery Readers International. Winners will be announced at Bouchercon during opening ceremonies, September 28, 2006.

Best Novel:

ONE SHOT, Lee Child (Delacorte Press)
THE JAMES DEANS, Reed Farrel Coleman (Plume)
THE LINCOLN LAWYER, Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
VANISH, Tess Gerritsen (Ballantine Books)
STRANGE AFFAIR, Peter Robinson (William Morrow)
THE POWER OF THE DOG, Don Winslow (Knopf)
SOLOMON VS. LORD, Paul Levine (Bantam)

Best First Novel:

IMMORAL, Brian Freeman (St. Martin's)
ALL SHOOK UP, Mike Harrison (ECW Press)
BABY GAME, Randall Hicks (Wordslinger Press)
THE FIREMAKER, Peter May (St. Martin's)

Best Nonfiction:
TRACKS TO MURDER, Jonathan Goodman (Kent State University)
BEHIND THE MYSTERY: Top Mystery Writers Interviewed, Stuart Kaminsky; photographed by Laurie Roberts (Hothouse Press)
NEW ANNOTATED SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Novels, ed. Leslie S. Klinger (Norton)
GIRL SLEUTH: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her, Melanie Rehak (Harcourt)
SPOOK: Science Tackles the Afterlife, Mary Roach (Norton)

Best Short Story:
"It Can Happen", David Corbett in SAN FRANCISCO NOIR, Akashic Books
"Everybody's Girl", Robert Barnard
"The Big Road", Steve Hockensmith (AHMM, May 2005)
"There Is No Crime on Easter Island", Nancy Pickard (EQMM, Sept-Oct 2005)

Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award
IN LIKE FLYNN, Rhys Bowen (St. Martin's Minotaur)
SPECTRES IN THE SMOKE, Tony Broadbent (St. Martin's)
THE WAR OF THE WORLD MURDERS, Max Allan Collins
NIGHT'S CHILD, Maureen Jennings (McClelland and Stewart)
PARDONABLE LIES, Jacqueline Winspear, (Henry Holt)

For more information on MRI, see http://www.mysteryreaders.org

[6/19/2006]

HAMMETT AWARD ANNOUNCED

The North American Branch of IACW (International Association of Crime Writers) announced last week at Bloody Words in Toronto that the annual Hammett Prize had gone to ALIBI by Joseph Kanon.

The award, given by a panel of judges, was chosen from a list of nominees that included ISLANDBRIDGE by John Brady, THE DOOR TO BITTERNESS by Martin Limon, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN by Cormac McCarthy and THE POWER OF THE DOG by Don Winslow.

[6/15/2006]

CWC ANNOUNCES ARTHUR ELLIS AWARDS

Crime Writers of Canada, presented the 23rd annual Ellis Awards last night (June 8) at a banquet in Toronto. The winners are as follows:

BEST NOVEL:
APRIL FOOL, William Deverell (McClelland & Stewart)

BEST FIRST NOVEL:
STILL LIFE, Louise Penny (McArthur & Company)

BEST SHORT STORY: "Lightning Rider," Rick Mofina (MURDER IN VEGAS, ed. Michael Connelly; Forge Books)

BEST NON-FICTION:
UNDER THE BRIDGE: The True Story of the Murder of Reena Virk, Rebecca Godfrey (HarperCollins Canada)

BEST JUVENILE:
QUID PRO QUO, Vicki Grant (Orca Book Publishers)

BEST CRIME WRITING IN FRENCH:
MOTEL RIVIERA, Gerald Galarneau (Les Editions JCL)

DERRICK MURDOCH AWARD: Mary Jane Maffini ("The tiny perfect CWC volunteer")

For more information, see http://crimewriterscanada.com/cwc/index.html

[6/09/2006]

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