Congrats to all of the nominees.
BEST NOVEL
THE LAST CHILD – John Hart [Minotaur Books]
THE MYSTIC ARTS OF ERASING ALL SIGNS OF DEATH – Charlie Huston [Ballantine Books]
THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE – Stieg Larsson, translated by Reg Keeland [Quercus/Knopf]
THE BRUTAL TELLING – Louise Penny [Minotaur Books]
THE SHANGHAI MOON – S.J. Rozan [Minotaur Books]
BEST FIRST NOVEL
THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE – Alan Bradley [Delacorte Press]
STARVATION LAKE – Bryan Gruley [Touchstone]
A BAD DAY FOR SORRY – Sophie Littlefield [Minotaur Books]
THE TWELVE/THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST – Stuart Neville [Harvill Secker/Soho Press]
IN THE SHADOW OF GOTHAM – Stefanie Pintoff [Minotaur Books]
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
BURY ME DEEP – Megan Abbott [Simon & Schuster]
TOWER – Ken Bruen and Reed Farrel Coleman [Busted Flush Press]
QUARRY IN THE MIDDLE – Max Allan Collins [Hard Case Crime]
STARVATION LAKE – Bryan Gruley [Touchstone]
DEATH AND THE LIT CHICK – G.M. Malliet [Midnight Ink]
AIR TIME – Hank Phillippi Ryan [Mira]
BEST SHORT STORY
“Last Fair Deal Gone Down” – Ace Atkins, CROSSROAD BLUES [Busted Flush Press]
“Femme Sole” – Dana Cameron, BOSTON NOIR [Akashic Books]
“Animal Rescue” – Dennis Lehane, BOSTON NOIR [Akashic Books]
“On the House” – Hank Phillippi Ryan, QUARRY: Crime Stories by New England Writers [Level Best Books]
“Amapola” – Luis Alberto Urrea, PHOENIX NOIR [Akashic Books]
BEST CRITICAL NONFICTION WORK
TALKING ABOUT DETECTIVE FICTION – P.D. James [Bodleian Library/Knopf]
THE LINE UP: The World’s Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives – Otto Penzler, ed. [Little, Brown and Co]
HAUNTED HEART: The Life and Times of Stephen King – Lisa Rogak [Thomas Dunne Books]
DAME AGATHA’S SHORTS: An Agatha Christie Short Story Companion – Elena Santangelo [Bella Rosa Books]
THE TALENTED MISS HIGHSMITH: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith – Joan Schenkar [St. Martin's Press]
I have a collection of stories that was published in October. Is it possible to submit the collection for one award a story in it for the short story award?
Thank you very much.
Ed Gorman