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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]
2008 EDGAR AWARDS GIVEN
Last night, May 1, MWA (Mystery Writers of America) presented the Edgar Awards at the annual banquet. Winners were as follows:
[5/02/2008]
ST MARTIN'S/MWA CONTEST WINNER
St Martin's Minotaur and MWA will formally present the winner of their "First Crime Novel" contest at the Edgar Awards Banquet, scheduled for tonight, May 1, in New York City.
[5/01/2008]
AGATHA AWARDS ANNOUNCED
The Agatha Awards were announced at Malice Domestic XX, held this weekend in Arlington, Virginia. The winners were as follows:
[4/27/2008]
THRILLER AWARD NOMINEES
International Thriller Writers has announced the nominees for this year's "Thriller" awards. The winners will be announced at the banquet during ThrillerFest 2008, held in New York in July.
The nominees are as follows:
BEST NOVEL
No Time For Goodbye, Linwood Barclay (Bantam)
The Watchman, Robert Crais (Simon & Schuster)
The Ghost, Robert Harris (Simon & Schuster)
The Crime Writer, Gregg Hurwitz (Viking)
Trouble, Jesse Kellerman (Putnam)
BEST FIRST NOVEL
Interred With Their Bones, Jennifer Lee Carrell (Dutton)
Big City, Bad Blood, Sean Chercover (William Morrow)
From the Depths, Gerry Doyle (McBook Press)
Volk's Game, Brent Ghelfi (Henry Holt and Co.)
Heart-Shaped Box, Joe Hill (William Morrow)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
The Last Nightingale, Anthony Flacco (Ballantine)
A Thousand Bones, P.J. Parrish (Pocket)
The Midnight Road, Tom Piccirilli (Bantam)
The Queen of Bedlam, Robert McCammon (Pocket)
Shattered, Jay Bonansinga (Pinnacle)
For more information, see http://www.thrillerwriters.org/
[3/22/2008]
FORENSIC SYMPOSIUM
Pittsburgh's Duquesne University will host "Where Fact Meets Fiction: A National Symposium on the Intersection of Forensic Science and Pop Culture" on April 3-5. Participants include authors Jan Burke, Linda Fairstein. D P Lyle, Lee Goldberg and Robert Tanenbaum along with technical experts in legal and forensic fields. Other faculty include writers, actors and researchers from several top television programs which use these themes.
For more information on the program, see the website http://www.duq.edu/factmeetsfiction)>www.duq.edu/factmeetsfiction. There is a discount for registering before March 17.
[3/14/2008]
AGATHA NOMINATIONS
Malice Domestic XX has announced the nominees for the annual Agatha Awards. The awards will be given at the convention to be held April 25-27 in Arlington, VA. The nominees are as follows: BEST NOVEL BEST NON-FICTION BEST CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULT For information, see http://www.malicedomestic.org/
THE PENGUIN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, Donna Andrews, St. Martin's Minotaur
HER ROYAL SPYNESS, Rhys Bowen, Penguin Group
HARD ROW , Margaret Maron, Grand Central Publishing
A FATAL GRACE , Louise Penny, St. Martin's Minotaur
MURDER WITH RESERVATIONS, Elaine Viets, NAL
BEST FIRST NOVEL
A BEAUTIFUL BLUE DEATH, Charles Finch, St. Martin's Minotaur
A REAL BASKET CASE ,Beth Groundwater, Five Star
SILENT IN THE GRAVE, Deanna Raybourn, Mira
PRIME TIME, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Harlequin
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE: A LIFE IN LETTERS, Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower and Charles Foley, Penguin Press
THE OFFICIAL NANCY DREW HANDBOOK, Penny Warner, Quirck Productions
BEST SHORT STORY
"A Rat's Tale" Donna Andrews, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Sept/Oct, 2007
"Please Watch Your Step" Rhys Bowen, The Strand, Spring, 2007
"Casino Gamble" Nan Higginson, Murder New York Style,L & L Dreamspell
"Death Will Clean Your Closet" Elizabeth Zelvin, Murder New York Style, L & L Dreamspell
A LIGHT IN THE CELLAR, Sarah Masters Buckey, American Girl
BRAVO ZULU, SAMANTHA!, Kathleen Benner Duble, Peachtree Publishers
COVER-UP: MYSTERY AT THE SUPER BOWL, John Feinstein, Knopf (Random House)
THE FALCONER'S KNOT, Mary Hoffman Bloomsbury, USA Childrens' Books
THEODOSIA AND THE SERPENTS OF CHAOS, R.L. LaFevers, Houghton Miffli
[3/11/2008]
GUMSHOE NOMINATIONS
The Gumshoe Awards are given annually by the website Mystery Ink "to recognize the best achievements in the world of crime fiction." The winners will be announced on April 21, 2008. The nominees are as follows: BEST MYSTERY BEST FIRST NOVEL Still to be announced is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented in April. For more information on the awards or Mystery Ink, see www.mysteryinkonline.com.
James Lee Burke, Tin Roof Blowdown (Simon & Schuster)
John Connolly, The Unquiet (Atria)
Ariana Franklin, Mistress of the Art of Death (Putnam)
Charlie Huston, The Shotgun Rule (Ballantine)
Laura Lippman, What the Dead Know (William Morrow)
BEST THRILLER
Lee Child, Bad Luck and Trouble (Delacorte)
Robert Crais, The Watchman (Simon & Schuster)
Joseph Finder, Power Play (St. Martin's Press)
Michael Gruber, The Book of Air and Shadows (William Morrow)
Richard K. Morgan, Thirteen (Del Rey)
Sean Chercover, Big City, Bad Blood (William Morrow)
Philip Hawley, Jr., Stigma (Harper)
Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files (Simon & Schuster)
Craig McDonald, Head Games (Bleak House Books)
Nick Stone , Mr. Clarinet (HarperCollins)
[3/11/2008]
HAMMETT PRIZE NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
The North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers (IACW) has announced the nominees for their annual Hammett Prize. It is awarded for a work of "literary excellence in the field of crime writing" by an author from the United States or Canada. The nominees are as follows:
Gil Adamson, THE OUTLANDER (House of Anansi Press)
Michael Chabon, THE YIDDISH POLICEMAN'S UNION: A NOVEL (HarperCollins)
Michael Dibdin, END GAMES: AN AURELIO ZEN MYSTERY (Pantheon)
Katie Estill, DAHLIA'S GONE: A NOVEL (St. Martinís)
Martin Cruz Smith, STALIN'S GHOST: AN ARKADY RENKO NOVEL (Simon & Schuster)
A committee of IACW/NA members selected the nominees. A panel of outside judges will choose the winner. The award, a bronze trophy, will be presented during Bloody Words, a convention held this year in Toronto, June 6 - 8.
For more information, email Mary A. Frisque, at mfrisque@igc.org.
[1/31/2008]
ALA GIVES NEW GENRE AWARDS
At their Midwinter Conference in Philadelphia on January 16, the American Library Association awarded the first Reading List awards.
This award is given to outstanding fiction in a number of genres.The American Library Association's "Reading List Council" recently announced these new awards focusing on genre fiction. In order to "highlight outstanding genre fiction that merits special attention by general adult readers and the librarians who work with them" ALA announced recommended books for "The Reading List 2008" in eight different categories. These included "adrenaline titles", a category which is meant to cover "suspense, thrillers, and action adventure" as well as separate horror and mystery categories. The books were chosen by a jury. The winners in relevant categories were
Adrenaline
THE SECOND OBJECTIVE, Mark Frost (Hyperion, 2007)
Horror
THE HEART-SHAPED BOX, Joe Hill (William Morrow, 2007)
Mystery
MISTRESS OF THE ART OF DEATH, Ariana Franklin (G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2007)
[1/27/2008]
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