Anthony Award nominations

And I must say, the cliche is true - it really is just an honor to be nominated:

Best Mystery Novel
 Bloodlines, Jan Burke, Simon and Schuster
 Lincoln Lawyer, Michael Connelly, Little, Brown
 Mercy Falls, William Kent Krueger, Atria
 Red Leaves, Thomas H. Cook, Harcourt
 To the Power of Three, Laura Lippman

Best First Mystery
The Baby Game, Randall Hicks, Wordslinger Press
Die a Little, Megan Abbott, Simon and Schuster
 Immoral, Brian Freeman, St. Martin’s Minotaur
 Officer Down, Theresa Schwegel, St. Martin’s Minotaur
 Tilt-a-Whirl, Chris Grabenstein, Carroll & Graf

Best Paperback Original
 Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Susan McBride, Avon
 The James Deans, Reed Farrel Coleman, Plume
 A Killing Rain, P.J. Parrish, Pinnacle
 Kiss Her Goodbye, Allan Guthrie, Hard Case Crime
 Six Bad Things, Charlie Huston, Ballantine

Best Short Story
“Driven to Distraction,” Marcia Talley, Chesapeake Crimes II, Quiet Storm
“House Rules,” Libby Fischer Hellmann, Murder in Vegas, Forge
“Killer Blonde,” Elaine Viets, Drop-Dead Blond, Signet
“Misdirection,” Barbara Seranella, Greatest Hits, Carroll & Graf
“There is No Crime on Easter Island,” Nancy Pickard, EQMM

Best Critical/Nonfiction
Behind the Mystery, Stuart Kaminsky, Hot House
Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her, Melanie Rehak, Harcourt
Heirs of Anthony Boucher, Marv Lachman, Poison Pen
New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Leslie S. Klinger, W.W. Norton
Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel, Hallie Ephron, Writer’s Digest

Best Fan Publication
Crimespree Magazine, Jon and Ruth Jordan
Deadly Pleasures, George Easter
Mystery News, Lynn Kaczmarek and Chris Aldrich
Mystery Scene Magazine, Brian Skupin and Kate Stine
Mystery Readers Journal, Janet Rudolph

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

Winners will be announced on Saturday, September 30, at Bouchercon in Madison, Wisconsin. Congratulations to all the nominees.

Comments

[Mary]

Congrats Sarah and all the nominees.

[Patricia]

Congratulations Sarah!! what a great list it is indeed.

[Annie]

Wonderful lists -- warmest congrats to Sarah, Jon & Ruth, and all nominees..

[Otis]

Sarah, CrimeSpree, Brian, Allan, P.J., Laura, et al... so much to root for here. Congrats all.

[Laura]

This is a list where it's hard to imagine an outcome that won't delight people -- especially Best Novel. I could root for anyone on that list, but I am especially thrilled to see Bloodlines, which was in my top five.

And now I really have to read Red Leaves, which I've been delaying only because I thought it would wreck my head, given the nature of my current WIP. (Fallout from an unsolved tragedy, etc.)

[Rae]

Congratulations to you Sarah, and to all the nominees.....

[Steven]

Wow, congrats to you and to all. A great list.

[louiseure]

I agree with Laura. It's a fine list that will delight many, many readers. There are lots of my favorites from last year listed, particularly in the Best Novel and Best PBO categories. And special congratulations to Janet and Sarah both in the Special Services arena!

[Dave White]

This is Al's week.

[Dave White]

And congrats to Laura and Sarah and Theresa... (I sound like Romper Room... and if you get that reference, you must be from Jersey.)

[Ali]

Excellent news, good luck Sarah - you are in excellent company - 4 great folk tough choices in all brackets.

Being nominated is just great, good luck you are all winners in my book

Ali
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[Elaine Flinn]

Here'a yet another congrat, Sarah! Yes-the cliche is true, ain't it a grand feeling?

It's great to see so many favorites nominated - but sad to note others I'd hoped would be short-listed missing.

[Laura]

Ahem, Mr. White -- Romper Room was a Baltimore-creation, the brainchild of the Clasters, Bert and Nancy. The show was filmed here and local teachers then did inserts. But the Magic Mirror was born on TV Hill.

And Miss Nancy was a great handicapper. I once spent a day at the track with her.

[Dave White]

I come from the Miss Molly era... I don't even know who Miss Nancy is.

[M.J]

Oh Sarah, I'm delighted for you.

And all the other nominees.

[Naomi]

A great list, indeed. And as a native Angeleno, I must do a shout-out for Hobo Kelly, although Romper Room was pretty cool, too. Didn't know about the local inserts.

[Bryon Quertermous]

Rock on Sarah. We always knew you were, er, special. And screw this Romper room BS. I'm a Polka Dot Door kid. That song...

[ed]

Congrats, Sarah. Cash payments have been sent to the appropriate people. Don't worry. I'm on the case.

[Rob Tiffey]

Congrats Sarah! Confessions is always something I look forward to reading as a rookie scribbler.

[Patty Smiley]

Congrats, Sarah. A well-deserved honor.

[Dave White]

Oh... and congrats Megan! I should really read these entire lists before I post. And Reed!

[Mary]

That's why I went with 'all the nominees'.

Oh and there were a number of places with their own Romper Room shows. I was on the one in Boston. We had Miss Jean. I still remember being extremely depressed that I was sick the day they used the punching balls.

[David Terrenoire]

Excellent news, Sarah. Congratulations and everyone repeat after me:

"I'm a fucking nominee!"

It gets you the best seats in all the finer restaurants. Trust me.

[Aldo]

Congrats Sarah. It is always wonderful to have so many friends nominated and so deserving of recognition. I'm once again glad that I don't have to decide....you guys are all winners in my mind.

[Ayo Onatade]

Wow!! Excellent list. Congratulations to everyone who has been nominated especially Sarah, Jon and Ruth. I think it will be interesting to see the results.

Ayo