Monday, May 13, 2019

Strand Commends Old Hands and Newbies

The Strand Magazine today broadcast its nominee selections for the 2019 Strand Critics Awards, in two separate categories.

Best Mystery Novel:
Lullaby Road, by James Anderson (Crown)
Transcription, by Kate Atkinson (Little, Brown)
November Road, by Lou Berney (Morrow)
Dark Sacred Night, by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
The Witch Elm, by Tana French (Viking)
Sunburn, by Laura Lippman (HarperCollins)

Best Debut Mystery Novel:
Dodging and Burning, by John Copenhaver (Pegasus)
The Other Side of Everything, by Lauren Doyle Owens (Touchstone)
The Chalk Man, by C.J. Tudor (Crown)
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, by Stuart Turton
(Sourcebooks Landmark)
Beautiful Bad, by Annie Ward (Park Row)

The Strand’s news release regarding these commendations doesn’t say when the winners will be announced, but recent history suggests it should be sometime this coming summer.

In addition, the Strand has chosen two well-known authors as recipients of its latest Lifetime Achievement Awards: Heather Graham and Donna Leon. And it’s named Dominique Raccah, the publisher/CEO of Sourcebooks, as its Publisher of the Year Award winner.

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