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The winners of this year's Anthony Awards, recognizing excellence in the mystery and crime writing genre, were announced at the Sheraton Hotel & Towers in Chicago on September 3rd. They were nominated by fans and voted upon by attendees of Bouchercon 2005, the World Mystery Convention.
The winners included:
Best Novel
BLOOD HOLLOW by William Kent Kruger (Simon & Schuster/Atria)
Best First Novel
DATING DEAD MEN by Harley Jane Kozak (Random House/Doubleday)
Best Paperback Original
TWISTED CITY by Jason Star (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
Best Short Story
"Wedding Knife" from CHESAPEAKE CRIMES by Elaine Viets (Quiet Storm)
Best Cover Art
BROOKLYN NOIR by Sohrab Habibion, Tim McLoughlin (Akashic)
Best Critical/Nonfiction
MEN'S ADVENTURE MAGAZINES by Max Alan Collins (et al) (Taschen)
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More information about Bouchercon and the Anthony Awards can be found at http://www.boucherconworld.org/2005con.html.
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The 2005 Anthony Award Nominees
Nominees for the Anthony Awards for works published in 2004 have been announced. The Anthony Awards, named for mystery's premier reviewer and critic, Anthony Boucher, will be presented on Saturday, September 3, at Bouchercon 2005, the World Mystery Convention at the Sheraton Hotel & Towers in Chicago.
Best Novel
THE KILLING OF THE TINKERS by Ken Bruen (St. Martins/Minotaur)
THE MADMAN'S TALE by John Katzenbach (Random House/Ballantine)
BLOOD HOLLOW by William Kent Krueger (Simon & Schuster/Atria)
BY A SPIDER'S THREAD by Laura Lippman (HarperCollins)
CALIFORNIA GIRL by T. Jefferson Parker (HarperCollins)
OUT OF THE DEEP I CRY by Julia Spencer-Fleming (St. Martins/Minotaur)
Best First Novel
UNCOMMON GROUNDS by Sandra Balzo (Five Star)
UNTIL THE COWS COME HOME by Judy Clemens (Poisoned Pen Press)
RETRIBUTION by Juliane P. Hoffman (Putnam)
WHISKEY SOUR by JA (Joe) Konrath (Hyperion)
DATING DEAD MEN by Harley Jane Kozak (Random House/Doubleday)
Nonfiction Work
FAMOUS AMERICAN CRIMES & TRIALS by Frankie Bailey & Steven Chermak (Greenwood Publishing)
MEN'S ADVENTURE MAGAZINES by Max Allan Collins (et al) (Taschen)
BLUE BLOOD by Edward Conlon (Penguin Putnam/Riverhead)
THE NEW ANNOTATED SHERLOCK HOLMES by Leslie S. Klinger (ed) (Norton)
THE BALLAD OF THE WHISKEY ROBBER by Julian Rubinstein (TimeWarner/Little, Brown)
Best Paperback Original
COLD CASE by Robin Burcell (HarperCollins/Avon)
PUTT TO DEATH by Roberta Isleib (Penguin/Berkley Prime Crime)
BLUE BLOOD by Susan McBride (HarperCollins/Avon)
THE HALO EFFECT by M.J. Rose (Harlequin/Mira)
TWISTED CITY by Jason Starr (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
Best Short Story
Bowen, Rhys"Voodoo," Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2004
Faherty, Terence"The Widow of Slane," ELLERY QUEEN MYSTERY MAGAZINE, March/April 2004
Hertel, Ted Jr"It's Crackers to Slip a Rozzer the Dropsey in Snide," SMALL CRIMES; Bracken, ed (Betancourt/Wildside)
Nersesian, Arthur"Hunter Trapper," BROOKLYN NOIR (Akashic Books)
Viets, Elaine"Wedding Knife," CHESAPEAKE CRIMES (Quiet Storm)
Best Cover Art
BROOKLYN NOIRSohrab Habibion; Tim McLoughlin (Akashic)
FADE TO BLONDEcover by Gregory Manchess; Max Phillips (Hard Case Crime)
WHISKEY SOURSal Barracca/Bradford Foltz Design; JA Konrath (Hyperion)
GOOD MORNING DARKNESSRobert Santora; Ruth Francisco (TimeWarner/Mysterious)
MONKOLOGYMichael Kellner; Gary Phillips (Dennis McMillan)
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More information about Bouchercon and the Anthony Awards can be found at http://www.boucherconworld.org/2005con.html.
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