https://edgarawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/EdNoms24.pdf The Mystery Writers of America has announced the nominees for the *2024 Edgar Allan Poe Awards*, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2023. The 78th Annual Edgar® Awards, which also celebrates the 215th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, will be celebrated on May 1, 2024. ___________________________ BEST NOVEL Flags on the Bayou by James Lee Burke (Grove Atlantic – Atlantic Monthly Press) All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron Books) The Madwomen of Paris by Jennifer Cody Epstein (Penguin Random House – Ballantine Books) Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll (Simon & Schuster – Simon Element – Marysue Rucci Books) An Honest Man by Michael Koryta (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown and Company – Mulholland Books) The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger (Simon & Schuster – Atria Books) Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead (Penguin Random House – Doubleday) ___________________________________ BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry (Simon & Schuster – Atria Books) The Golden Gate by Amy Chua (Macmillan Publishing – Minotaur Books) Small Town Sins by Ken Jaworowski (Macmillan Publishing – Henry Holt and Co.) The Last Russian Doll by Kristen Loesch (Penguin Random House – Berkley) Murder by Degrees by Ritu Mukerji (Simon & Schuster) ___________________________________ BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL Boomtown by A.F. Carter (Penzler Publishers – Mysterious Press) Hide by Tracy Clark (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer) The Taken Ones by Jess Lourey (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer) Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Penguin Random House – Berkley) Lowdown Road by Scott Von Doviak (Hard Case Crime) ___________________________________ BEST FACT CRIME In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America’s Child by Kim Cross (Hachette Book Group – Grand Central Publishing) Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall by Zeke Faux (Penguin Random House – Crown Currency) Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders by John Glatt (Macmillan Publishers – St. Martin’s Press) Crooked: The Roaring ’20s Tale of a Corrupt Attorney General, a Crusading Senator, and the Birth of the American Political Scandal by Nathan Masters (Hachette Book Group – Hachette Books) I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever by Barbara Rae-Venter (Penguin Random House – Ballantine Books) The Lost Sons of Omaha: Two Young Men in an American Tragedy by Joe Sexton (Simon & Schuster – Scribner) ___________________________________ BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL Perplexing Plots: Popular Storytelling and the Poetics of Murder by David Bordwell (Columbia University Press) Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction by Max Allan Collins & James L. Traylor (Penzler Publishers – Mysterious Press) A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawidziak (Macmillan Publishing – St. Martin’s Press) Fallen Angel: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Robert Morgan (LSU Press) Love Me Fierce in Danger – The Life of James Ellroy by Steven Powell (Bloomsbury Publishing – Bloomsbury Academic) ___________________________________ BEST SHORT STORY “Hallowed Ground,” by Linda Castillo (Macmillan Publishers – Minotaur Books) “Thriller,” Thriller by Heather Graham (Blackstone Publishing) “Miss Direction,” Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September-October 2023 by Rob Osler (Dell Magazines) “The Rise,” Amazon Original Stories by Ian Rankin (Amazon Publishing) “Pigeon Tony’s Last Stand,” Amazon Original Stories by Lisa Scottoline (Amazon Publishing) ___________________________________ BEST JUVENILE Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity by Elizabeth C. Bunce (Hachette Book Group – Workman Publishing – Algonquin Young Readers) The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto by Adrianna Cuevas (Macmillan Publishers – Farrar, Straus and Giroux BFYR) Epic Ellisons: Cosmos Camp by Lamar Giles (HarperCollins Publishers – Versify) The Jules Verne Prophecy by Larry Schwarz & Iva-Marie Palmer (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski (HarperCollins Publishers – Quill Tree Books) ___________________________________ BEST YOUNG ADULT Girl Forgotten by April Henry (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Star Splitter by Matthew J. Kirby (Penguin Young Readers – Dutton Books for Young Readers) The Sharp Edge of Silence by Cameron Kelly Rosenblum (HarperCollins Publishers – Quill Tree Books) My Flawless Life by Yvonne Woon (HarperCollins Publishers – Katherine Tegen Books) Just Do This One Thing for Me by Laura Zimmerman (Penguin Young Readers – Dutton Books for Young Readers) ___________________________________ BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY “Time of the Monkey” – Poker Face, Written by Wyatt Cain & Charlie Peppers (Peacock) “I’m a Pretty Observant Guy” – Will Trent, Written by Liz Heldens (ABC) “Dead Man’s Hand” – Poker Face, Written by Rian Johnson (Peacock) “Hózhó Náhásdlii (Beauty is Restore)” – Dark Winds, Written by Graham Roland & John Wirth (AMC) “Escape from Shit Mountain” – Poker Face, Written by Nora Zuckerman & Lilla Zuckerman (Peacock) ___________________________________ ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD “Errand for a Neighbor,” Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January-February 2023 by Bill Bassman (Dell Magazines) “The Body in Cell Two,” Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May-June 2023 by Kate Hohl (Dell Magazines) “The Soiled Dove of Shallow Hollow,” Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January-February 2023 by Sean McCluskey (Dell Magazines) “It’s Half Your Fault,” Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July-August 2023 by Meghan Leigh Paulk (Dell Magazines) “Two Hours West of Nothing,” Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September-October 2023 by Gabriela Stiteler (Dell Magazines) ___________________________________ THE SIMON & SCHUSTER MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD Play the Fool by Lina Chern (Penguin Random House – Bantam) The Bones of the Story by Carol Goodman (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow) Of Manners and Murder by Anastasia Hastings (Macmillan Publishers – Minotaur Books) The Three Deaths of Willa Stannard by Kate Robards (Crooked Lane Books) Murder in Postscript by Mary Winters (Penguin Random House – Berkley) ___________________________________ THE G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD Hard Rain by Samantha Jayne Allen (Macmillan Publishers – Minotaur Books) An Evil Heart by Linda Castillo (Macmillan Publishers – Minotaur Books) Bad, Bad Seymour Brown by Susan Isaacs (Grove Atlantic – Atlantic Monthly Press) Past Lying by Val McDermid (Grove Atlantic – Atlantic Monthly Press) A Stolen Child by Sarah Stewart Taylor (Macmillan Publishers – Minotaur Books) ___________________________________ THE LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN MEMORIAL AWARD Glory Be by Danielle Arceneaux (Pegasus Books – Pegasus Crime) Misfortune Cookie by Vivien Chien (Macmillan – St. Martin’s Paperbacks) Hot Pot Murder by Jennifer J. Chow (Penguin Random House – Berkley) Murder of an Amish Bridegroom by Patricia Johns (Crooked Lane Books) The Body in the Back Garden by Mark Waddell (Crooked Lane Books) ___________________________________ SPECIAL AWARDS: GRAND MASTER Katherine Hall Page R.L. Stine ELLERY QUEEN AWARD Michaela Hamilton ******* https://thrillerwriters.org/2024-thriller-awards/ *2024 ITW Thriller Awards* International Thriller Writers is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2024 ITW Thriller Awards! BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL S.A. Cosby – ALL THE SINNERS BLEED (Flatiron Books) Robert Dugoni – HER DEADLY GAME (Thomas & Mercer) J.T. Ellison – IT’S ONE OF US (Harlequin – MIRA Books) Mick Herron – THE SECRET HOURS (Soho Crime) Joe Ide – FIXIT (Mulholland Books) C.J. Tudor – THE DRIFT (Ballantine Books) BEST AUDIOBOOK I.S. Berry – THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW (Simon & Schuster Audio) Narrated by Pete Simonelli Gregg Hurwitz – THE LAST ORPHAN (Macmillan) Narrated by Scott Brick Freida McFadden – THE HOUSEMAID’S SECRET (Bookouture) Narrated by Lauryn Allman James Patterson, Mike Lupica – THE HOUSE OF WOLVES (Hachette Audio) Narrated by Ellen Archer Emma Rosenblum – BAD SUMMER PEOPLE (Macmillan) Narrated by January LaVoy BEST FIRST NOVEL I.S. Berry – THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW (Atria) Amy Chua – THE GOLDEN GATE (Minotaur) Margot Douaihy – SCORCHED GRACE (Zando) Kerryn Mayne – LENNY MARKS GETS AWAY WITH MURDER (Bantam Books) Steve Urszenyi – PERFECT SHOT: A THRILLER (Minotaur) BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL Tracy Clark – HIDE (Thomas & Mercer) Luke Dumas – THE PALEONTOLOGIST (Atria) Tess Gerritsen – THE SPY COAST (Thomas & Mercer) Lisa Gray – TO DIE FOR (Thomas & Mercer) Jonathan Maberry – CAVE 13: A JOE LEDGER AND ROGUE TEAM INTERNATIONAL NOVEL (St. Martin’s Griffin) J. Todd Scott – CALL THE DARK (Thomas & Mercer) BEST SHORT STORY Chris Bohjalian – SLOT MACHINE FEVER DREAMS (Amazon Original Stories) J.T. Ellison – THESE COLD STRANGERS (Amazon Original Stories) Smita Harish Jain – "An Honoeable Choice", *Black Cat Weekly*, #96, edited by Barb Goffman and Michael Bracken (Wildside Press) Richard Santos – "Rush Hour", *Austin Noir,* edited by Scott Montgomery, Hopeton Hay and Molly Odintz (Akashic Books) Lisa Unger – UNKNOWN CALLER (Amazon Original Stories) Stacy Woodson – "One Night in 1965", *More Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties*,, edited by Michael Bracken (Down & Out Books) BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL Sorboni Banerjee, Dominique Richardson – RED AS BLOOD (Wolfpack Publishing LLC) Darcy Coates – WHERE HE CAN’T FIND YOU (Sourcebooks Fire) Courtney Gould – WHERE ECHOES DIE (Wednesday Books) Andrea Hannah – WHERE DARKNESS BLOOMS (Wednesday Books) Elizabeth Wein – STATELESS (Little, Brown & Co.) BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL Jeff Buick – THE VULTURE FUND (Self-published) Rona Halsall – THE BIGAMIST (Bookouture) Matt Phillips – A GOOD RUSH OF BLOOD (RunAmok Books) Lisa Regan – CLOSE HER EYES (Bookouture) Robert Swartwood – THE KILLING ROOM (Blackstone Publishing) Laura Wolfe – THE IN-LAWS (Bookouture) ITW will announce the winners at ThrillerFest XIX on Saturday, June 1, 2024 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York City. Congratulations to all the finalists! Tosca Lee ITW Board of Directors, Vice President, Awards fwd Todd Mason https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2019/04/ffb-hitchcock-in-prime-time-edited-by.html https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/03/januaryfebruary-underappreciated-music.html ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the FICTION_L list, click the following link: https://ccpllists.cuyahogalibrary.net/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=FICTION_L