The 2009 Arthur Ellis Award Nominees
As announced today by the Crime Writers of Canada:
Nominees in the best novel category are:
- Linwood Barclay, Too Close to Home (Bantam)
- Maureen Jennings, The K Handshape (Dundurn)
- James W. Nichol, Transgression (MacArthur & Company)
- Louise Penny, The Murder Stone (MacArthur & Company)
- Michael E. Rose, The Tsunami File (MacArthur & Company)
Nominees in the best first novel category are:
- Nadine Doolittle, Iced Under (Bayeux Arts/Gondolier).
- John C. Goodman, Talking to Wendigo (Turnstone).
- April Lindgren, Headline: Murder (Second Story Press).
- Howard Shrier, Buffalo Jump (Vintage Canada).
- Phyllis Smallman, Margarita Nights (McArthur & Company).
Nominees in the best juvenile novel category are:
- Vicki Grant, Res Judicata (Orca).
- Susan Juby, Getting the Girl (HarperCollins).
- Elizabeth MacLeod, Royal Murder (Annick Press).
- Norah McClintock, Dead Silence (Scholastic Canada).
- Sharon E. McKay, War Brothers (Penguin Canada).
Nominees for best crime writing in French are:
- Jacques Côté, Le Chemin des brumes (Alire).
- Maxime Houde, Le Poids des illusions (Alire).
- Andre Jacques, La Tendresse du serpent (Québec Amerique).
- Sylvain Meunier, L'Homme qui détestait le golf (La courte échelle).
- Antoine Yaccarini, Meurtre au Soleil (VLB éditeur).
Nominees in the best short-story category are:
- Pasha Malla, "Filmsong" in Toronto Noir (Akashic Books).
- James Powell, "Clay Pillows" in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (June 2008).
- Peter Robinson, "Walking the Dog" in Toronto Noir (Akashic Books).
- Amelia Symington, "An Ill Wind" in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (Sept./Oct. 2008).
- Kris Wood, "Thinking Inside the Box" in Going Out with a Bang (RendezVous Crime).
Nominees in the best non-fiction category are:
- Daphne Bramham, The Secret Lives of Saints: Child Brides and Lost Boys in Canada's Polygamous Mormon Sect (Vintage Canada/RHC).
- Sharon Butala, The Girl in Saskatoon: A Meditation on Friendship, Memory and Murder (Phyllis Bruce Books/HarperCollins).
- Alex Caine, Befriend and Betray: Infiltrating the Hells Angels, Bandidos and Other Criminal Brotherhoods (Vintage Canada/RHC).
- Michael Calce & Craig Silverman, Mafiaboy: How I Cracked the Internet and Why It's Still Broken (Penguin Canada).
- Kerry Pither, Dark Days: The Story of Four Canadians Tortured in the Name of Fighting Terror (Penguin Canada).
Nominees in the best unpublished novel category are:
- Pam Barnsley, This Cage of Bones.
- Gloria Ferris, Cheat the Hangman.
- Stephen Maher, Salvage.
- Douglas A. Moles, Louder.
- Kevin Thornton, Condemned.
Winners in all categories will be announced at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on June 4. Congratulations to all the nominees.
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