Thursday, January 31, 2008

And Now It’s the Hammett

Only hours after we finally heard who won the inaugural set of Spinetingler Awards, we’ve received the list of nominees for the 2008 Hammett Prize, given annually by the North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers to “a work of literary excellence in the field of crime writing by a U.S. or Canadian author.” The contenders are:

The Outlander, by Gil Adamson (House of Anansi Press)
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins)
End Games, by Michael Dibdin (Pantheon)
Dahlia’s Gone, by Katie Estill (St. Martin’s Press)
Stalin’s Ghost, by Martin Cruz Smith (Simon & Schuster)

A winner is to be announced during the Bloody Words conference to be held in Toronto, Canada, from June 6 to 8.

(Hat tip to Sarah Weinman.)

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