Courtesy of The Gumshoe Site comes word that Norwegian author Karin Fossum has snagged this year’s Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the highly competitive Mystery/Thriller category for her 2007 novel, The Indian Bride (Harcourt; translated by Charlotte Barslund). Winners in nine awards categories were announced yesterday, during the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.
Also nominated in the Mystery/Thriller category this year: Christine Falls, by Benjamin Black (Henry Holt); Frozen Tracks, by Åke Edwardson (Viking); In the Woods, by Tana French (Viking); and Ice Moon, by Jan Costin Wagner (Harcourt).
For a listing of the winners in all categories, click here.
READ MORE: “Greetings from the UCLA Lawn,” by Sarah Weinman (Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind); “Festival of Books 2008--Saturday,” by Jeri Westerson (Getting Medieval); “L.A. Times Festival of Books--Sunday,” by Jeri Westerson (Getting Medieval); “... And That’s a Wrap,” by Sarah Weinman (Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind); “Festival Report: Hot Books and Free Squid,” by Christa Faust (Deadlier Than the Male).
Saturday, April 26, 2008
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