Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine has announced that New Jersey author and former police chief David Dean has picked up first-place honors in its 2023 Readers Award contest. He won for his story “Mrs. Hyde,” which appeared in the publication’s March/April 2023 issue.
“This is the third time David Dean has placed first in the Readers Award voting,” we’re told. “He’s been writing for EQMM for more than thirty years and his contributions to the magazine have been nominated for the Edgar, Shamus, Barry, and Derringer awards. The final of several collections of his stories from Genius Books, Shadow Lane and Other Tales of Dangerous Children, is now out, and we should not omit that he is also a novelist with several books in print.”
Richard Helms has won second-place Readers Award accolades for “Spear Carriers” (November/December 2023), while Paul Ryan O’Connor came in third with “Teddy's Favorite Thing” (September/October 2023). Seven additional contenders are listed here.
(Hat tip to The Gumshoe Site.)
Monday, April 15, 2024
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All three are SMFS list members so we have the news up on SMFS blog.
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