Anthony Award Nominees Announced

Congratulations to the nominees!

BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL
What You Don’t See, by Tracy Clark (Kensington)
Blacktop Wasteland, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)
Little Secrets, by Jennifer Hillier (Minotaur Books)
And Now She’s Gone, by Rachel Howzell Hall (Forge Books)
The First to Lie, by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge Books)


BEST FIRST NOVEL
Derailed, by Mary Keliikoa (Camel Press)
Murder in Old Bombay, by Nev March (Minotaur Books)
Murder at the Mena House, by Erica Ruth Neubauer (Kensington)
The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman (Pamela Dorman Books)
Winter Counts, by David Heska Wanbli Weiden (Ecco Press)


BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINALl/E-BOOK/AUDIOBOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL
The Fate of a Flapper, by Susanna Calkins (Griffin)
When No One is Watching, by Alyssa Cole (William Morrow)
Unspeakable Things, by Jess Lourey (Thomas & Mercer)
The Lucky One, by Lori Rader-Day (William Morrow)
Dirty Old Town, by Gabriel Valjan (Level Best Books)


BEST SHORT STORY
“Dear Emily Etiquette,” by Barb Goffman, EQMM (Dell Magazines)
“90 Miles,” by Alex Segura, Both Sides: Stories From the Border (Agora Books)
“The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74,” by Art Taylor, AHMM (Jan-Feb) (Dell Magazines)
“Elysian Fields,” by Gabriel Valjan, California Schemin’ (Wildside Press)
“The Twenty-Five Year Engagement,” by James W. Ziskin, In League with Sherlock Holmes (Pegasus Crime)


BEST JUVENILE/YOUNG ADULT
Midnight at the Barclay Hotel, by Fleur Bradley (Viking Books for Young Readers)
Premeditated Myrtle, by Elizabeth C. Bunce (Algonquin Young Readers)
From the Desk of Zoe Washington, by Janae Marks (Katherine Tegen Books)
Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco, by Richie Narvaez (Piñata Books)
Star Wars Poe Dameron: Free Fall, by Alex Segura (Disney Lucasfilm Press)


BEST CRITICAL NON-FICTION WORK
Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy, by Leslie Brody (Seal Press)
Article continues after advertisementAmerican Sherlock: Murder, Forensics and the Birth of American CSI, by Kate Winkler Dawson (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club, edited by Martin Edwards (Collins Crime Club)
The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia, by Emma Copley Eisenberg (Hachette Books)
Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman behind Hitchcock, by Christina Lane (Chicago Review Press)
Article continues after advertisementUnspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession, edited by Sarah Weinman (Ecco Press)


BEST ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION
Shattering Glass: A Nasty Woman Press Anthology, edited by Heather Graham (Nasty Woman Press)
Both Sides: Stories from the Border, edited by Gabino Iglesias (Agora Books)
Noiryorican, by Richie Narvaez (Down & Out Books)
The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell, edited by Josh Pachter (Untreed Reads Publishing)
California Schemin,‘ edited by Art Taylor (Wildside Press)
Lockdown: Stories of Crime, Terror, and Hope During a Pandemic, edited by Nick Kolakowski and Steve Weddle (Polis Books)