The 2017 Anthony Awards have been announced by the world's largest mystery convention. There are so many great books and stories on this list. I'm proud to have a story in Blood on the Bayou, one of the nominees for best anthology.
Congratulations to all who were nominated.
Best Novel
- You Will Know Me – Megan Abbott [Little, Brown]
- Where It Hurts – Reed Farrel Coleman [G.P. Putnam’s Sons]
- Red Right Hand – Chris Holm [Mulholland]
- Wilde Lake – Laura Lippman [William Morrow]
- A Great Reckoning – Louise Penny [Minotaur]
Best First Novel
- Dodgers – Bill Beverly [Crown]
- IQ – Joe Ide [Mulholland]
- Decanting a Murder – Nadine Nettmann [Midnight Ink]
- Design for Dying – Renee Patrick [Forge]
- The Drifter – Nicholas Petrie [G.P. Putnam’s Sons]
Best Paperback Original
- Shot in Detroit – Patricia Abbott [Polis]
- Leadfoot – Eric Beetner [280 Steps]
- Salem’s Cipher – Jess Lourey [Midnight Ink]
- Rain Dogs – Adrian McKinty [Seventh Street]
- How to Kill Friends and Implicate People – Jay Stringer [Thomas & Mercer]
- Heart of Stone – James W. Ziskin [Seventh Street]
Best Short Story
- “Oxford Girl” – Megan Abbott, Mississippi Noir [Akashic]
- “Autumn at the Automat” – Lawrence Block, In Sunlight or in Shadow [Pegasus]
- “Gary’s Got A Boner” – Johnny Shaw, Waiting to Be Forgotten [Gutter]
- “Parallel Play” – Art Taylor, Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning [Wildside]
- “Queen of the Dogs” – Holly West, 44 Caliber Funk: Tales of Crime, Soul and Payback [Moonstone]
Best Critical Nonfiction Work
- Alfred Hitchcock: A Brief Life – Peter Ackroyd [Nan A. Talese]
- Letters from a Serial Killer – Kristi Belcamino & Stephanie Kahalekulu [CreateSpace]
- Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life – Ruth Franklin [Liveright]
- Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker – David J. Skal [Liveright]
- The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer – Kate Summerscale [Bloomsbury/Penguin]
Best Children’s/YA Novel
- Snowed – Maria Alexander [Raw Dog Screaming]
- The Girl I Used to Be – April Henry [Henry Holt]
- Tag, You’re Dead – J.C. Lane [Poisoned Pen]
- My Sister Rosa – Justine Larbalestier [Soho Teen]
- The Fixes – Owen Matthews [HarperTeen]
Best Anthology
- Unloaded: Crime Writers Writing Without Guns – Eric Beetner, ed. [Down & Out]
- In Sunlight or in Shadow – Lawrence Block, ed. [Pegasus]
- Cannibals: Stories from the Edge of the Pine Barrens – Jen Conley [Down & Out]
- Blood on the Bayou: Bouchercon Anthology 2016 – Greg Herren, ed. [Down & Out]
- Waiting To Be Forgotten: Stories of Crime and Heartbreak, Inspired by the Replacements – Jay Stringer, ed. [Gutter]
Best Novella (8,000-40,000 words)
- Cleaning Up Finn – Sarah M. Chen [All Due Respect Books]
- No Happy Endings – Angel Luis Colón [Down & Out]
- Crosswise – S.W. Lauden [Down & Out]
- Beware the Shill – John Shepphird [Down & Out]
- The Last Blue Glass – B.K. Stevens, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, April 2016 [Dell]
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