Nominees Announced for 2009 Arthur Ellis Awards

The nominees for the 2009 Arthus Ellis Awards, named after the nom de travail of Canada's official hangman and recognizing excellence in Canadian crime writing, were announced today by the Crime Writers of Canada.

For Best Novel, the nominees are:

• Too Close to Home by Linwood Barclay (Bantam)
• The K Handshape by Maureen Jennings (Dundurn)
• Transgression by James W. Nichol (MacArthur & Co.)
• The Murder Stone by Louise Penny (MacArthur & Co.)
• The Tsunami File by Michael E. Rose (MacArthur & Co.)

For Best First Novel, the nominees are:

• Iced Under by Nadine Doolittle (Bayeux Arts)
• Talking to Wendigo by John C. Goodman (Turnstone)
• Headline: Murder by April Lindgren (Second Story Press)
• Buffalo Jump by Howard Shrier (Vintage Canada)
• Margarita Nights by Phyllis Smallman (McArthur & Co.)

For Best Juvenile, the nominees are:

• Res Judicata by Vicki Grant (Orca)
• Getting the Girl by Susan Juby (HarperCollins)
• Royal Murder by Elizabeth MacLeod (Annick Press)
• Dead Silence by Norah McClintock (Scholastic Canada)
• War Brothers by Sharon E. McKay (Penguin Canada)

indicates a review by Mysterious Reviews.

Nominees were also announced for Best Crime Writing in French, Best Short Story, Best Non-Fiction, and Best Unpublished Novel.

The winners will be announced at the 26th annual Arthur Ellis Awards dinner in Ottawa in early June.

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