Anthony Awards

2009 Winners

The 2009 Anthony Award Winners were announced on October 17, during this year's Bouchercon World Mystery Convention.

The winners include:

Best Novel
THE BRASS VERDICT by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)

Best First Novel
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)

Best Paperback Original
State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy (Berkley)

Best Short Story
"A Sleep Not Unlike Death" by Sean Chercover, from HARDCORE HARDBOILED (Kensington)

Best Critical Nonfiction Work
ANTHONY BOUCHER: A Biobibliography by Jeffrey Marks (McFarland)

Best Children's/Young Adult Novel
THE CROSSROADS by Chris Grabenstein (Random House)

Best Cover Art
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, designed by Peter Mendelsund (Knopf)

Special Service Award
Jon and Ruth Jordan

2008 Winners

On October 12, 2008, at this year's Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, the winners of the annual Anthony Awards were announced. They include:

Best Novel
WHAT THE DEAD KNOW by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)

Best First Novel
IN THE WOODS by Tana French (Viking Adult)

Best Paperback Original
A THOUSAND BONES by P. J. Parrish (Pocket)

Short Story
"Hardly Knew Her" by Laura Lippman, in DEAD MAN'S HAND, edited by Otto Penzler (Harcourt)

Critical Work
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE: A Life in Letters by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower and Charles Foley (Penguin)

Special Services
Jon and Ruth Jordan - Crime Spree Magazine

Web Site
Stop You're Killing Me - Stan Ulrich and Lucinda Surber

2008 Nominees

Members of the 2008 award committee, led by Jon Purcell, recently announced the nominees for this year's Anthony Awards, which honor outstanding works in the mystery and crime-writing genre published during the previous year. The winners will be honored at Bouchercon 2008 World Mystery Convention, which will be held from October 9-12 in Baltimore, MD.

Best Novel
TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster)
BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE by Lee Child (Delcacorte Press)
THE WATCHMAN by Robert Crais (Simon & Schuster)
THUNDER BAY by William Kent Krueger (Atria)
WHAT THE DEAD KNOW by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)

Best First Novel
BIG CITY, BAD BLOOD by Sean Chercover (William Morrow)
IN THE WOODS by Tana French (VIking Adult)
THE SPELLMAN FILES by Lisa Lutz (Simon and Schuster)
HEAD GAMES by Craig McDonald (Bleak House Books)
THE BLADE ITSELF by Marcus Sakey (St. Martin Minotaur)

Best Paperback Original
QUEENPIN by Megan Abbott (Simon and Schuster)
SLIDE by Ken Bruen and Jason Starr (Hard Case Crime)
BLOOD OF PARADISE by David Corbett (Ballantine Books)
BABY SHARK'S BEAUMONT BLUES by Robert Fate (Capital Crime Press)
A THOUSAND BONES by P. J. Parrish (Pocket)

Best Short Story
"Please Watch Your Step" by Rhys Bowen (The Strand Magazine - Spring 07)
"Dear Dr. Watson" by Steve Hockensmith (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
"How Stella Got Her Grave Back" by Toni L. P. Kelner in MANY BLOODY RETURNS edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner (Ace Hardcover)
"Hardly Knew Her" by Laura Lippman, in DEAD MAN'S HAND edited by Otto Penzler (Harcourt)
"Uncle" by Daniel Woodrell, in A HELL OF A WOMAN: An Anthology of Female Noir edited by Megan Abbott (Busted Flush Press)

Best Critical Nonfiction
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE: A Life in Letters by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower & Charles Foley (Penguin)
THE ESSENTIAL MYSTERY LISTS compiled by Roger Sobin (Poisoned Pen Press)
THE TRIUMPH OF THE THRILLER: How Cops, Crooks and Cannibals Captured Popular Fiction by Patrick Anderson (Random House)
DEVIANCE IN CONTEMPORARY CRIME FICTION by Christiana Gregoriou (Palgrave MacMillan)

Special Services Award
Jon and Ruth Jordan - Crime Spree Magazine
Ali Karim - Shotz Magazine
Maddy Van Hertbruggen - 4MA
Sarah Weinman - Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind
Judy Bobalik - for being one of the best friends and supporters of mystery writers anywhere

Web Site
Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind - Sarah Weinman
Rap sheet/January Magazine - J Kingston Pierce
Murderati - A Writer's Blog
Stop You're Killing Me - Stan Ulrich & Lucinda Surber
Crime Fiction Dossier - David Montgomery

2007 Winners

The winners of the 2007 Anthony Awards were announced during this year's Bouchercon Festival held in Anchorage, AK. This year's winners include:

Best Novel
NO GOOD DEEDS by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)

Best First Novel
STILL LIFE by Louise Penny (St. Martin's Minotaur)

Best Paperback Original
ASHES AND BONES by Dana Cameron (Avon)

Best Short Story
"My Father's Secret" by Simon Wood (Crimespree Magazine, B'con Special Issue 2006)

Best Critical Nonfiction
MYSTERY MUSES, edited by Jim Huang & Austin Lugar (Crum Creek Press)

Special Services Award
Jim Huang

2006 Winners

At this year's Bouchercon --- the oldest and largest annual world mystery convention --- the winners of the 2006 Anthony Awards were announced during a ceremony held on September 30th in Madison, Wisconsin. The award honors the best mystery and crime writing of the preceding year.

Best Short Story
"Misdirection" by Barbara Seranella, from GREATEST HITS (Carroll & Graff)

Best First Mystery
TILT-A-WHIRL by Christ Grabenstein (Carroll & Graf)

Best Critical/Nonfiction
HEIRS OF ANTHONY BOUCHER by Marv Lachman (Poison Pen)

Best Paperback Original
THE JAMES DEANS by Reed Farrel Coleman (Plume)

Special Service to the Field
Janet Rudolph, Mystery Readers International

Best Mystery Novel
MERCY FALLS by William Kent Krueger (Atria)

2006 Nominees

The Nominees for the 2006 Anthony Awards were announced recently. They include:

Best Short Story
"Misdirection" by Barbara Seranella, from GREATEST HITS (Carroll & Graff)
"Driven to Distraction" by Marcia Talley, from CHESAPEAKE CRIMES II (Quiet Storm)
"House Rules" by Libby Fischer Hellmann, from MURDER IN VEGAS (Forge)
"Killer Blonde" by Elaine Viets, from DROP-DEAD BLONDE (Signet)
"There is No Crime on Easter Island" by Nancy Pickard (EQMM)

Best First Mystery
TILT-A-WHIRL by Christ Grabenstein (Carroll & Graf)
THE BABY GAME by Randall Hicks (Wordslinger Press)
DIE A LITTLE by Megan Abbot (Simon & Schuster)
IMMORAL by Brian Freeman (St. Martin's Minotaur)
OFFICER DOWN by Theresa Schwegel (St. Martin's Minotaur)

Best Critical/Nonfiction
HEIRS OF ANTHONY BOUCHER by Marv Lachman (Poison Pen)
BEHIND THE MYSTERY by Stuart Kaminsky (Hot House)
GIRL SLEUTH: NANCY DREW AND THE WOMEN WHO CREATED HER by Melanie Rehak (Harcourt)
NEW ANNOTATED SHERLOCK HOLMES by Leslie Klinger (W. W. Norton)
WRITING AND SELLING YOUR MYSTERY NOVEL by Hallie Ephron (Writer's Digest)

Best Paperback Original
THE JAMES DEANS by Reed Farrel Coleman (Plume)
GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER by Susan McBride (Avon)
A KILLING RAIN by P. J. Parrish (Pinnacle)
KISS HER GOODBYE by Allan Guthrie (Hard Case Crime)
SIX BAD THINGS by Charlie Huston (Ballantine)

Special Service to the Field
Janet Rudolph, Mystery Readers International
George Easter, Deadly Pleasures
Maddy Van Hertbruggen, 4 Mystery Addicts
Sarah Weinman, Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind

Best Mystery Novel
MERCY FALLS by William Kent Krueger (Atria)
BLOODLINES by Jan Burke (Simon & Schuster)
THE LINCOLN LAWYER by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
RED LEAVES by Thomas H. Cook (Harcourt)
TO THE POWER OF THREE by Laura Lippman (HarperCollins)