Sorry about posting this so “after the fact”… I kept thinking that I wanted to post the 2009 Anthony Award nominees and winners, who were announced at Bouchercon 2009 last month. Another case of better late than never…
Congratulations to all of the authors nominated for these great awards, and to all of those authors who won:
2009 Anthony Award Best Novel:
The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly (Winner)
Trigger City by Sean Chercover
Red Knife by William Kent Krueger
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
2009 Anthony Award Best First Novel:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Winner)
Pushing Up Daisies by Rosemary Harris
Stalking Susan by Julie Kramer
Death of a Cozy Writer by G. M. Malliet
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
2009 Anthony Award Best Paperback Original:
State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy (Winner)
The First Quarry by Max Allan Collins
Money Shot by Christa Faust
In a Dark Season by Vicki Lane
South of Hell by P. J. Parrish
2009 Anthony Award Best Short Story:
A Sleep Not Unlike Death by Sean Chercover (Winner)
The Night Things Changed by Dana Cameron
Killing Time by Jane K. Cleland
Skull and Cross Examination by Toni L. P. Kelner
Scratch a Woman by Laura Lippman
The Secret Lives of Cats by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
2009 Anthony Award Best Critical Nonfiction Work:
Anthony Boucher: A Bibliography by Jeffrey Marks (Winner)
African American Mystery Writers: A Historical and Thematic Study by Frankie Y. Bailey
How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries by Kathy Lynn Emerson
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale
2009 Anthony Award Best Children’s/Young Adult Novel:
The Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein (Winner)
Paper Towns by John Green
Kiss Me, Kill Me by Lauren Henderson
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart
Sammy Keyes and the Cold Hard Cash by Wendelin Van Draanen
2009 Anthony Award Best Cover Art:
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Peter Mendelsund (Winner)
Death Was the Other Woman by David Rotstein
Death Will Get You Sober by David Rotstein
The Fault Tree by David Rotstein
Money Shot by Steve Cooley
2009 Anthony Award Special Service Award:
Jon and Ruth Jordan (Winner)
Ali Karim
David Montgomery
Gary Warren Niebuhr
Sarah Weinman
2009 Bouchercon Guest of Honor:
Michael Connelly
2009 Bouchercon Toastmaster:
S.J. Rozan
2009 Bouchercon Honored Youth Author:
Wendelin Van Draanen
Bouchercon 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient:
Allen J. Hubin
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