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[10/24/2008]
VAN DE WETERING HAS DIED
Celebrated Dutch author Janwillem van de Wetering died in early July at the age of 77. According to the New York Times, the cause of death was "complications of cancer".
While he was born in the Netherlands and set his detective series there, Van de Wetering traveled widely and had lived in the US for many years, originally moving to Maine to join a Zen community. While that community later ended, he remained in Maine until his death.
Van de Wetering wrote several children's books along with his long running series featuring police officers de Gier and Grijpstra. He wrote other novels, as well as short stories and n0n-fiction, and created several radio plays based on his series characters.
[7/29/2008]
DAGGER AWARDS ANNOUNCED
Britain's Crime Writer's Association has awarded its 2008 Dagger Awards. They are as follows
Duncan Lawrie Dagger: Frances Fyfield for BLOOD FROM STONE
The International Duncan Lawrie Dagger: Dominique Manotti for LORRAINE CONNECTION (translated from the French by Amanda Hopkinson and Ros Schwartz)
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger: Tom Rob Smith for CHILD 44
Non-Fiction Dagger: Kester Aspden for NATIONALITY: WOG - THE HOUNDING OF DAVID OLUWALE
John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger: Matt Rees for THE BETHLEHEM MURDERS
Dagger in the Library: Craig Russell
Short Story Award: Martin Edwards for "The Bookbinder's Apprentice"
Debut Dagger: Amer Anwar for WESTERN FRINGES
For more information, see the CWA website at http://www.thecwa.co.uk/
[7/14/2008]
THRILLERFEST AWARDS
International Thriller Writers announced their awards on July 12 at the 2008 ThrillerFest. Winners were as follows
Best Novel:
THE GHOST, Robert Harris (Simon & Schuster)
Best First Novel:
HEART-SHAPED BOX, Joe Hill (William Morrow)
Best Paperback Original:
THE MIDNIGHT ROAD, Tom Piccirilli (Bantam)
The Silver Bullet Award was presented to both Macy's and to David Baldacci for "contribution to the advancement of literacy".
The 2008 ThrillerMaster Award was given to Sandra Brown "in recognition of her illustrious body of work and many contributions to the field".
[7/14/2008]
HAMMETT AWARD ANNOUNCED
The North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers (IACL) has announced that Gil Adamson's The Outlander has won the annual Hammett Prize. The award was given during Bloody Words in Toronto on June 7.
Other books nominated for the 2007 award were The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon, End Games by the late Michael Dibdin, Dahlia's Gone by Katie Estill and Stalin's Ghost by Martin Cruz Smith.
Ms. Adamson received a bronze trophy designed by sculptor Peter Boiger. The Hammett Prize is given "for a work of literary excellence in the field of crime writing."
[6/10/2008]
ARTHUR ELLIS WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Crime Writers of Canada has announcd the winners of the 2008 Arthur Ellis Awards. They are:
Best Novel
Jon Redfern, Trumpets Sound No More
Best First Novel
Liam Durcan, Garcia's Heart
Best Short Story
Leslie Watts , "Turners"
Best Non-Fiction
Julian Sher, One Child at a Time
Best Crime Writing in French
Mario Bolduc, Tsiganes
Best Juvenile
Shane Peacock, Eye of the Crow
[6/06/2008]
DAGGER NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
Britain's Crime Writers' Association has announced the 2008 "shortlists" for the Dagger awards. The nominees are as follows"
BEST NOVEL
THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN, James Lee Burke
THE CORONER'S LUNCH, Colin Cotterill
BLOOD FROM STONE, Frances Fyfield
NIGHT WORK, Steve Hamilton
WHAT THE DEAD KNOW, Laura Lippman
A VENGEFUL LONGING, R.N. Morris
DUNCAN LAWRIE INTERNATIONAL DAGGER
The Patience of the Spider, Andrea Camilleri
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
Lorraine Connection, Dominique Manotti
A Deal with the Devil, Martin Suter
This Night's Foul Work, Fred Vargas
NON-FICTION DAGGER
Nationality: Wog - The Hounding of David Oluwale, Kester Aspden
The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed Bishop Gerardi, Francisco Goldman
Violation, David Rose
The Lost Boy, Duncan Staff
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House, Kate Summerscale
Into the Darkness, Peter Zimonjic
IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER
Ritual, Mo Hayder
I See You, Gregg Hurwitz
Shatter , Michael Robotham
Child 44, Tom Rob Smith
The Echelon Vendetta, David Stone
SHORT STORY DAGGER
Robert Barnard, "Provenance", The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries ed. Maxim Jakubowkski
Michael Connelly, "One Dollar Jackpot", Dead Man's Hand ed. Otto Penzler
Martin Edwards, "The Bookbinder's Apprentice", The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries
Laura Lippman , "One True Love" Best American Mystery Stories 2007 eds. Otto Penzler and Carl Hiaasen
Danuta Reah - "Glazed" Getting Even: Revenge Stories ed. Mitzi Szereto
JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) DAGGER
BEST FIRST NOVEL
Zoë Ferraris, THE NIGHT OF THE THE MI’RAJ (U.S. title FINDING NOUF)
Elena Forbes, DIE WITH ME
Caro Ramsey ABSOLUTION
Matt Rees THE BETHLEHEM MURDERS (U.S. title THE COLLABORATOR OF BETHLEHEM)
Tom Rob Smith, CHILD 44
The Dagger in the Library given to "the author of crime fiction whose work is currently giving the greatest enjoyment to library users"
Elizabeth Corley
Andrew Martin
Denise Mina
Craig Russell
CJ Sansom
Chris Simms
[6/04/2008]
BARRY NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine and Mystery News have announced the nominees for the Barry Awards. Winners will be announced at Bouchercon in Baltimore, Maryland.
Subscribers and readers of both magazines are eligible to vote.
BEST NOVEL (Published in the U.S. in 2007)
SOUL PATCH, Reed Farrel Coleman (Bleak House)
THE UNQUIET, John Connolly (Atria)
DOWN RIVER, John Hart (St Martin’s Minotaur)
DIRTY MARTINI, J.A. Konrath (Hyperion)
WHAT THE DEAD KNOW, Laura Lippman (Morrow)
RED CAT, Peter Spiegelman (Knopf)
BEST FIRST NOVEL (Published in the U.S. in 2007)
MISSING WITNESS, Gordon Campbell (Morrow)
BIG CITY, BAD BLOOD, Sean Chercover (Morrow)
IN THE WOODS, Tana French (Viking)
THE SPELLMAN FILES, Lisa Lutz (Simon & Schuster)
THE COLLABORATOR OF BETHLEHEM, Matt Beynon Rees (Soho Press)
THE BLADE ITSELF, Marcus Sakey (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
BEST BRITISH CRIME NOVEL (published in the U.K. in 2007, not necessarily written by a British writer nor set in the U.K )
A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS, R.J. Ellory (Orion)
PIG ISLAND, Mo Hayder (Bantam Press)
ONE UNDER, Graham Hurley (Orion)
THE DEATH LIST, Paul Johnston (Mira)
THE 50/50 KILLER, Steve Mosby (Orion)
DAMNATION FALLS, Edward Wright (Orion)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
QUEENPIN, Megan Abbott (Simon & Schuster)
BLACK WIDOW AGENCY, Felicia Donovan (Midnight Ink)
CHOKE POINT, Jay MacLarty (Pocket)
THE MARK, Jason Pinter (Mira)
WASH THIS BLOOD CLEAN FROM MY HAND, Fred Vargas (Penguin)
WHO IS CONRAD HIRST?, Kevin Wignall (Simon & Schuster)
BEST THRILLER
NO TIME FOR GOODBYE, Linwood Barclay (Bantam)
THE CLEANER, Brett Battles (Delacorte)
THE WATCHMAN, Robert Crais (Simon & Schuster)
VOLK’S GAME, Brent Ghelfi (Henry Holt)
SILENCE, Thomas Perry (Harcourt)
MIDNIGHT RAMBLER, Jim Swain (Ballantine)
BEST SHORT STORY
Doug Allyn, "Dead As a Dog" (EQMM July 2007)
Dale C. Andrews and Kurt Sercu, "The Book Case" (EQMM May 2007)
Jon L. Breen, "The Missing Elevator Puzzle" (EQMM February 2007)
Jeffrey Deaver, "Bump" (Dead Man's Hand)
Edward D. Hoch, "The Problem of the Summer Snowman" (EQMM November 2007)
Gillian Roberts, "The Old Wife's Tale" (EQMM March-April 2007)
Neil Schofield, "Murder: A User's Guibe" (AHMM July-August 2007) Note: According to Deadly Pleasures The word “Guibe” is not a typo.
Votes can be submitted to george@deadlypleasures.com or by mail to P.O. Box 969, Bountiful, UT 84011. The deadline for voting is September 15, 2008. Please supply name and zip with vote.
[6/04/2008]
ANTHONY NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
The 2008 Anthony Award nominations have been announced by Bouchercon 2008, the World Mystery Convention. The awards honor works published and done in the year 2007. The Anthony Awards will be presented at Bouchercon, held this year in Baltimore, October 9-12.
The nominees are as follows:
Best Novel
Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke (Simon and Schuster)
Bad Luck and Trouble, Lee Child (Delacorte Press)
The Watchman, Robert Crais (Simon and Schuster)
Thunder Bay, William Kent Krueger (Atria)
What the Dead Know, Laura Lippman (William Morrow)
Best First Novel
Big City, Bad Blood , Sean Chercover (William Morrow)
In the Woods, Tana French (Viking Adult)
The Spellman Files, Lisa Lutz (Simon and Schuster)
Head Games, Craig MacDonald (Bleak House Books)
The Blade Itself, Marcus Sakey (St. Martin Minotaur)
Best Paperback Original
Queenpin, Megan Abbott (Simon and Schuster)
Slide, Ken Bruen and Jason Starr (Hard Case Crime)
Blood of Paradise, David Corbett (Ballantine Books)
Baby Shark’s Beaumont Blues , Robert Fate (Capital Crime Press)
A Thousand Bones, P.J. Parrish (Pocket)
Short Story
"Please Watch Your Step", Rhys Bowen (The Strand Magazine-Spring 07)
"Dear Dr. Watson", Steve Hockensmith (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
"How Stella Got her Grave Back", Toni L. P. Kelner - (Many Bloody Returns edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner), Ace Hardcover
"Hardly Knew Her", Laura Lippman (Dead Man’s Hand edited by Otto Penzler), Harcourt
"Uncle", Daniel Woodrell – (A Hell of A Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir edited by Megan Abbott) Busted Flush Press
Critical Work
Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters, edited by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower & Charles Foley (Penguin)
The Essential Mystery Lists Compiled by Roger Sobin, (Poisoned Pen Press)
The Triumph of the Thriller: How Cops, Crooks and Cannibals Captured Popular Fiction, Patrick Anderson (Random House)
Deviance in Contemporary Crime Fiction- Christiana Gregoriou (Palgrave MacMillan)
Special Services
Jon and Ruth Jordan- Crime Spree Magazine
Ali Karim- Shotz Magazine
Maddy Van Hertbruggen- 4MA
Sarah Weinman- Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind
Judy Bobalik- for being one of the best friends and supporters of mystery writers anywhere
Web Site
Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind- Sarah Weinman
Rap sheet/January Magazine –J Kingston Pierce
Murderati – A Writer’s Blog
Stop You’re Killing Me- Stan Ulrich & Lucinda Surber
Crime Fiction Dossier- David Montgomery
[6/03/2008]
2008 Arthur Ellis Shortlist
Crime Writers of Canada was founded in 1982 as a professional organization designed to raise the profile of Canadian crime writers from coast to coast. Our members include authors, publishers, editors, booksellers, librarians, reviewers, and literary agents as well as many developing authors. The winners will be announced at the Arthur Ellis Awards dinner on Thursday, June 5, at the Downtown Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel in Toronto. For more information visit www.crimewriterscanada.com.
Best Short Story
Vicki Cameron, “Eight Lords A’Leaping” in Locked Up (Deadlock Press)
Maureen Jennings, “Wreckwood” in Blood on the Holly (Baskerville Books)
D.J. McIntosh, “The Hounds of Winter” in Blood on the Holly (Baskerville Books)
Rick Mofina, “As Long as We Both Shall Live” in Blood on the Holly (Baskerville Books)
Leslie Watts, “Turner” in Kingston Whig-Standard (July 7, 2007)
Best Non-Fiction
Rodrigo Bascunan & Christian Pearce, Enter the Babylon System (Random House Canada)
Robert J. Hoshowsky, The Last to Die: Ronald Turpin, Arthur Lucas, and the End of Capital Punishment in Canada (Hounslow/Dundurn)
Julian Sher, One Child at a Time: The Global Fight to Rescue Children from Online Predators (Random House Canada)
Brian Vallée, The War on Women: Elly Armour, Jane Hurshman, and Criminal Violence in Canadian Homes (Key Porter)
Paul Watson, Where War Lives (McClelland & Stewart)
Best Juvenile
Anita Daher, Racing for Diamonds (Orca)
Anita Daher, Spider’s Song (Puffin Canada/Penguin Canada)
Vicki Grant, I.D. (Orca)
Shane Peacock, Eye of the Crow (Tundra)
Drew Hayden Taylor, The Night Wanderer (Annick Press)
Best Crime Writing in French
Mario Bolduc, Tsiganes (Libre Expression)
Johanne Seymour, Le Cercle des Pénitents (Libre Expression)
Pierre H. Richard, GHB: Grossier, Horrible et Bête (Editions Pratiko)
Diane Vincent, Epidermes (Triptyque)
Norbert Spehner, Scènes de Crimes: Enquêtes sur le Roman Policier Contemporain (Alire)
Best First Novel (cash award from Book City, Toronto)
Claire Cameron, The Line Painter (HarperCollins)
Sean Chercover, Big City, Bad Blood (William Morrow/HarperCollins)
Liam Durcan, García’s Heart (McClelland & Stewart)
Susan Parisi, Blood of Dreams (Penguin Australia)
Sharon Rowse, The Silk Train Murder (Carroll & Graf)
Marc Strange, Sucker Punch (Castle Street Mysteries/Dundurn)
Best Novel (cash award from Sleuth of Baker Street, Toronto)
Linwood Barclay, No Time for Goodbye (Bantam)
Terry Carroll, Snow Candy (Mercury Press)
Maureen Jennings, A Journeyman to Grief (McClelland & Stewart)
Louise Penny, The Cruellest Month (McArthur & Company)
Jon Redfern, Trumpets Sound No More (RendezVous Crime/Napoleon & Company)
Best Unpublished First Crime Novel: the Unhanged Arthur (cash award from McArthur & Company)
Patricia Flewwelling, Mummer’s the Word
D.J. McIntosh, The Witch of Babylon
Amy Tector, The Paris Letters
Kevin Thornton, Condemned
[5/02/2008]
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