The International Thriller Writers organization has announced its nominees for the 2009 Thriller Awards. They are:
Best Thriller of the Year:
• Hold Tight, by Harlan Coben (Dutton)
• The Bodies Left Behind, by Jeffery Deaver (Simon & Schuster)
• The Broken Window, by Jeffery Deaver (Simon & Schuster)
• The Dark Tide, by Andrew Gross (Morrow)
• The Last Patriot, by Brad Thor (Atria Books)
Best First Novel:
• Calumet City, by Charlie Newton (Touchstone)
• Child 44, by Tom Rob Smith (Grand Central Publishing)
• Criminal Paradise, by Steven Thomas (Ballantine)
• Sacrifice, by S. J. Bolton (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
• The Killer’s Wife, by Bill Floyd (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
Best Short Story:
• “Between the Dark and the Daylight,” by Tom Piccirilli
(Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine [EQMM]
• “Last Island South,” by John C. Boland (EQMM)
• “The Edge of Seventeen,” by Alexandra Sokoloff (from The Darker Mask, edited by Gary Phillips and Christopher Chambers; Tor Books)
• “The Point Guard,” by Jason Pinter (from the Killer Year anthology, edited by Lee Child; St. Martin’s Minotaur)
• “Time of the Green,” by Ken Bruen (from the Killer Year anthology)
In addition, David Morrell will be given the ThrillerMaster Award in honor of “his influential body of work,” and Brad Meltzer will receive the Silver Bullet Award “for his outstanding charitable contributions.”
All of this year’s winners will be announced during ThrillerFest 2009, to be held in New York City from July 8 through 11. To find out more information or register for the convention, just click here.
Monday, March 30, 2009
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All men again. Surprise. Anyone else getting a little sick of how lopsided this organization has come to be?
SJ Bolton and Alexandra Sokoloff are men? Who knew? Sure had me fooled.
And it does seem unfortunate to nominate two books from one writer when there is so much fine work to draw from.
Congratulations to all the nominees. regardless of sex. And since that point appears to be important to some, I have to add that Alexandra Sokoloff and S.J. Bolton are both women.
As S J Bolton's husband, I can confirm there's not too much doubt about gender here...
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