Anthony Award Nominations

Nominations for the 2017 Anthony Awards have been announced. Works and authors of genre interest include:

Best Novel

• You Will Know Me, Megan Abbott (Little, Brown)
• Where It Hurts, Reed Farrel Coleman (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
• Wilde Lake, Laura Lippman (Morrow)

Best Paperback Original

• Shot in Detroit, Patricia Abbott (Polis)
• Rain Dogs, Adrian McKinty (Seventh Street)

Best Short Story

• “Oxford Girl”, Megan Abbott (Mississippi Noir)
• “Autumn at the Automat”, Lawrence Block (In Sunlight or in Shadow)
• “Gary’s Got A Boner”, Johnny Shaw (Waiting to Be Forgotten)
• “Queen of the Dogs”, Holly West (44 Caliber Funk)

Best Critical Non-fiction Work

• Alfred Hitchcock: A Brief Life, Peter Ackroyd (Nan A. Talese)
• Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life, Ruth Franklin (Liveright)
• Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, David J. Skal (Liveright)

Best Children’s/YA Novel

• Snowed, Maria Alexander (Raw Dog Screaming)
• My Sister Rosa, Justine Larbalestier (Soho Teen)

Best Anthology

• Cannibals: Stories from the Edge of the Pine Barrens, Jen Conley (Down & Out)

Best Novella

• Cleaning Up Finn, Sarah M. Chen (self-published)
• No Happy Endings, Angel Luis Colón (Down & Out)
• Crosswise, S.W. Lauden (Down & Out)
• Beware the Shill, John Shepphird (Down & Out)

Winners will be announced on October 15, 2017 during Bouchercon 2017, held at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto, Canada. For more information, including a complete list of nominees, see the convention website.