The Anthony Award nominations for 2018 have been announced on the St. Petesburg Bouchercon website and I’m so excited as you will see why when you scroll down the list of nominees. Winners will be announced at the Anthony Awards ceremony on Saturday, September 8, 2018. Congratulations to one and all!
Best Novel
– The Late Show by Michael Connelly
– Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
– Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
– Glass Houses by Louise Penny
– The Force by Don Winslow
Best First Novel
– Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett
– She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper
– The Dry by Jane Harper
– Ragged; or, The Loveliest Lies of All by Christopher Irvin
– The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka
Best Paperback Original
– Uncorking a Lie by Nadine Nettmann
– Bad Boy Boogie by Thomas Pluck
– What We Reckon by Eryk Pruitt
– The Day I Died by Lori Rader-Day
– Cast the First Stone by James W. Ziskin
Bill Crider Award for Best Novel in a (Continuing) Series
– Give Up the Dead (Jay Porter #3) by Joe Clifford
– Two Kinds of Truth (Harry Bosch #20) by Michael Connelly
– Y is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone #25) by Sue Grafton
– Glass Houses (Armand Gamache #13) by Louise Penny
– Dangerous Ends (Pete Fernandez #3) by Alex Segura
Best Short Story
– The Trial of Madame Pelletier by Susanna Calkins from Malice Domestic 12: Mystery Most Historical
– God’s Gonna Cut You Down by Jen Conley from Just to Watch Them Die: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Johnny Cash
– My Side of the Matter by Hilary Davidson from Killing Malmon
– Whose Wine Is It Anyway by Barb Goffman from 50 Shades of Cabernet
– The Night They Burned Miss Dixie’s Place by Debra Goldstein from Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, May/June 2017
– A Necessary Ingredient by Art Taylor from Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea
Best Anthology
– Just to Watch Them Die: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Johnny Cash, Joe Clifford, editor
– Killing Malmon, Dan & Kate Malmon, editors
– Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea, Andrew McAleer & Paul D. Marks, editors
– Passport to Murder, Bouchercon Anthology 2017, John McFetridge, editor
– The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir, Gary Phillips, editor
Best Critical/Non-fiction Book
– From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon by Mattias Boström
– The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books by Martin Edwards
– Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
– Chester B. Himes: A Biography by Lawrence P. Jackson
– Rewrite Your Life: Discover Your Truth Through the Healing Power of Fiction by Jessica Lourey
Best Online Content
– Dru’s Book Musings
– BOLO Books
– Do Some Damage: An Inside Look at Crime Fiction
– Jungle Red Writers
– Writer Types Podcast
Nominees were selected by attendees of 2017 Bouchercon in Toronto and registrants of 2018 Bouchercon in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Thanks for sharing this list with us Dru Ann, and Good Luck!
Thanks Celia
Wow Dru, you’re up against a number of friends from the Jungle Red group. This is amazing. Good luck and I hope you are the winner.
Thanks Nora
Congratulations on the nomination!!!
Thanks Jane
Wonderful!
Thanks Susan
Finding you on the list was no surprise. Your site is the most well written, thorough and creative of any out there. Good luck.
Thank you Judith.
Wow! Thank you for posting the list. So many friends in so many categories ….. but of course, Congrats to you! Do you think we can get Margaret Maron to photo bomb a picture of us again at Bouchercon??
Thanks Debra! Yeah, we’ll have to make sure we are where Margaret is.
Congratulations to Dru Ann and all the nominees!
Thanks Laurien
Dru Ann, all of us are so excited for your nomination!
Thanks Nancy
And a big congrats to you, Dru Ann, for the nomination for Best Online Content!
Thanks Marni
So excited for you, Dru!!! Keeping my fingers crossed. Congratulations on your nomination!
Thanks Linda
Quite an exciting line up! I see some fave authors on the list, thanks for posting this, Dru.
thanks for sharing Mary
Congratulations on your nomination!
Thanks Mary C
Congratulations! And I told you so.
Thanks Carolyn
YIPPEEEE!!! Huge congratulations on your nomination, Dru! Digits crossed for a win!!
Thanks Nancy
Woo Hoo! Yippee Skippee! Hip Hip Hooray! CONGRATULATIONS dear sweet beautiful awesome Dru Ann on your nomination! So happy 😁 and thrilled for you! Good luck 👍🍀 and sure hope you win….fingers crossed 🤞 and praying 🙏 for you!
Well, what good news, Dru. Congratulations.
Congrats for your best online content nomination, Dru. You deserve to win!
Thanks Jo-Ann
Congratulations, Dru! Well deserved nomination.
Thanks Cheryl
Congratulations!
Thanks Vicki