https://thrillerwriters.org/2023-thriller-awards/

BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL

Delilah S. Dawson – THE VIOLENCE (Del Rey)

Jennifer Hillier – THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK (Minotaur)

Alma Katsu – THE FERVOR (Penguin/Putnam)

Jennifer McMahon – THE CHILDREN ON THE HILL (Simon & Schuster)

Chris Pavone – TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON (MCD)

Catriona Ward – SUNDIAL (Macmillan)

BEST AUDIOBOOK

Kimberly Belle, Fargo Layne, Cate Holahan, Vanessa Lillie – YOUNG RICH WIDOWS (Audible)

Narrated by Dina Pearlman, Karissa Vacker, Helen Laser, Ariel Blake

Julie Clark – THE LIES I TELL (Audible)

Narrated by Anna Caputo, Amanda Dolan

J. L. Delozier – THE PHOTO THIEF (CamCat Publishing)

Narrated by Rachel L. Jacobs, Jeffrey Kafer

Jennifer Hillier – THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK (Macmillan Audio)

Narrated by Carla Vega

Minka Kent – THE SILENT WOMAN (Blackstone Publishing)

Narrated by Christine Lakin, Kate Rudd

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Lauren Nossett – THE RESEMBLANCE (Flatiron Books)

Sascha Rothchild – BLOOD SUGAR (Penguin/Putnam)

Hayley Scrivenor – DIRT TOWN (Dirt Creek)

Stacy Willingham – A FLICKER IN THE DARK (Minotaur)

Erin Young – THE FIELDS (Flatiron Books)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL

Mary Burton – THE LIES I TOLD (Montlake Romance)

Mark Edwards – NO PLACE TO RUN (Thomas & Mercer)

Minka Kent – UNMISSING (Thomas & Mercer)

Freida McFadden – THE HOUSEMAID (Grand Central Publishing)

Wanda Morris – ANYWHERE YOU RUN (William Morrow)

Holly Wainwright – THE COUPLE UPSTAIRS (Pan Macmillan)

Loreth Anne White – THE PATIENT’S SECRET (Montlake Romance)

BEST SHORT STORY

Dominique Bibeau – RUSSIAN FOR BEGINNERS (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

Barb Goffman – THE GIFT (Down & Out Books)

Smita Harish Jain – PUBLISH OR PERISH (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

Joyce Carol Oates – 33 CLUES INTO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MY SISTER (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

Anna Scotti – SCHRÖDINGER, CAT (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

Catherine Steadman – STOCKHOLM (Amazon Original Stories)

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

Melissa Albert – OUR CROOKED HEARTS (Flatiron Books)

Gillian French – SUGARING OFF (Algonquin Young Readers)

Kate McLaughlin – DAUGHTER (Wednesday Books)

Francesca Padilla – WHAT’S COMING TO ME (Soho Teen)

Courtney Summers – I’M THE GIRL (Wednesday Books)

BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL

Bill Byrnes – EVASIVE SPECIES (Self-published)

Diane Jeffrey – THE COUPLE AT CAUSEWAY COTTAGE (HarperCollins)

Grant McKenzie – THE SEVEN TRUTHS OF HANNAH BAXTER (Self-published)

Rick Mofina – THE HOLLOW PLACE (Self-published)

Carrie Rubin – FATAL ROUNDS (Self-published)

ITW will announce the winners at ThrillerFest XVIII on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York City.

fwd TM

https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/03/short-story-wednesday-james-baldwin.html

https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/02/ssw-worlds-of-if-retrospective.html