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Last night during ThrillerFest VI, held in New York City and hosted by the International Thriller Writers (ITW), the winners of this year’s Thriller Awards were announced as follows:

Best Hardcover Novel: Bad Blood, by John Sandford (Putnam)

Also nominated: The Reversal, by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown); Edge, by Jeffery Deaver (Simon & Schuster); The Burying Place, by Brian Freeman (Minotaur); and Skin, by Mo Hayder (Grove)

Best First Novel: Still Missing, by Chevy Stevens (St. Martin’s)

Also nominated: The Things That Keep Us Here, by Carla Buckley (Random House); The Poacher’s Son, by Paul Doiron (Minotaur); The Insider, by Reece Hirsch (Berkley); and Drink the Tea, by Thomas Kaufman (Minotaur)

Best Paperback Original: The Cold Room, by J.T. Ellison (Mira)

Also nominated: Down Among the Dead Men, by Robert Gregory Browne (St. Martin’s); You Can’t Stop Me, by Max Allan Collins and Matthew Clemens (Pinnacle); Torn Apart, by Shane Gericke (Pinnacle); and The Venice Conspiracy, by John Trace (Hachette Digital)

Best Short Story: “The Gods for Vengeance Cry,” by Richard Helms (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

Also nominated: “Second Wind,” by Mike Carey (from The New Dead: A Zombie Anthology, edited by Christopher Golden; St. Martin’s); “Blue on Black,” by Michael Connelly (The Strand Magazine); “Madeeda,” by Harley Jane Kozak (from Crimes By Midnight, edited by Charlaine Harris; Berkley); “Chasing the Dragon,” by Nicolas Kaufman (ChiZine Magazine); and “Long Time Dead,” by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins (The Strand Magazine)

True Thriller Award (non-fiction): Joe McGinniss

Silver Bullet Award: Karin Slaughter

In addition, author R.L. Stine was named this year’s ThrillerMaster “in recognition of his legendary career and outstanding contributions to the thriller genre.”

(Hat tip to Mystery Fanfare.)