The Awards will be presented at the Anthony Awards banquet in Toronto, Canada during the 2017 Bouchercon convention running from Oct. 12 - Oct. 15. There are now links from the book titles to our library catalog, and from the authors' names to their web sites!
ANTHONY AWARD NOMINATIONS for 2017
Best Novel
Best First Novel
Best Paperback Original
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
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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