Nominations for 2009 Anthony Award Announced

The nominations for the 2009 Anthony Awards have been posted on the Bouchercon 2009 World Mystery Convention website. The award is named for the late Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White), well-known writer and critic from the New York Times, who helped found the Mystery Writers of America. The winners are selected by registered attendees of the conference. Below are the nominations for three of the seven categories:

Best Novel:
Trigger City by Sean Chercover [William Morrow]
The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly [Little, Brown]
Red Knife by William Kent Krueger [Atria]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson [Knopf]
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny [St. Martin's Minotaur]

Best First Novel:
Pushing Up Daisies by Rosemary Harris [Minotaur]
Stalking Susan by Julie Kramer [Doubleday]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson [Knopf]
Death of a Cozy Writer by G. M. Malliet [Midnight Ink]
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith [Grand Central]

Best Paperback Original:
The First Quarry by Max Allan Collins [Hard Case Crime]
Money Shot by Christa Faust [Hard Case Crime]
State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy [Berkley Prime Crime]
In a Dark Season by Vicki Lane [Dell]
South of Hell by P. J. Parrish [Pocket Star]

indicates a review by Mysterious Reviews.

Congratulations from everyone at MBN to the nominees!

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