2020 ITW Thriller Awards

On 11 July 2020 the International Thriller Writers proudly announced the recipients of the 2020 ITW Thriller Awards. The awards were presented during “Virtual” Thrillerfest.

Best Hardcover Novel

The Chain by Adrian McKinty (Mulholland Books)

Best First Novel

Miracle Creek by Angie Kim (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

Best Paperback Original Novel

The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan (penguin books)

Best Short Story

“The Long-Term Tenant” by Tara Laskowski (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

Best Young Adult

Keep This To Yourself by Tom Ryan (Albert Whitman & Company)

Best E-book Original

Close To You by Kerry Wilkinson (Bookouture)

Congratulations to all the winners and nominated authors.

2020 Arthur Ellis Award Winners

Crime Writers of Canada have announced the Winners of the 2020 Arthur Ellis Awards. Congratulations to all!

Best Crime Novel sponsored by Rakuten Kobo with a $1000 prize
Greenwood by Michael Christie (MacClelland & Stewart)

The Best Crime First Novel sponsored by Maureen Jennings with a $500 prize , Nobody Move by Philip Elliott (Into the Void Press)

Best Novella sponsored by Mystery Weekly with a $200 prize 

The Red Chesterfield by Wayne Arthurson (University of Calgary Press)

Best Short Story sponsored by Mystery Weekly with a $300 prize,

Closing Doors by Peter Sellers (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

Best French Book

Tempêtes by Andrée Michaud (Éditions Québec Amériques)

Best Juvenile or YA Book sponsored by Shaftesbury with a $500 prize
Keep This to Yourself by Tom Ryan (Albert Whitman & Company)

Best Nonfiction Book
Murdered Midas: A Millionaire, His Gold Mine, and a Strange Death on an Island Paradise by Charlotte Gray (HarperCollins)

The Unhanged Arthur Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript sponsored by Dundurn Press with a $500 prize
The Dieppe Letters by Liz Rachel Walker

The complete shortlist can be found here.