The 2011 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year longlists were announced today. Simon Theakston, T&R Theakston executive director, said: "I'm delighted to see such a wide range of authors on this year's longlist. It's particularly exciting to see many new names emerging who will hopefully continue to fly the flag for British and Irish crime writing for many years to come." The longlisted and shortlisted titles will also be featured in a UK-wide library campaign.
The public (this means you) can vote for your favorite novel through June 5th. The top six votegetters become the shortlist, to be announced June 27th, and the winner from that group will be chosen by a panel of judges including this year's Festival chair Dreda Say Mitchell; the journalist and novelist Henry Sutton; the winner of a Daily Mirror reader competition; and Simon Theakston, Executive Director of T&R Theakston Ltd.
Here's the longlist, in alphabetical order by author's last name:
Blacklands by Belinda Bauer (Corgi)
From the Dead by Mark Billingham (Sphere)
Blood Harvest by S J Bolton (Corgi Books)
61 Hours by Lee Child (Bantam Books)
Winterland by Alan Glynn (Faber)
A Room Swept White by Sophie Hannah (Hodder)
The Woodcutter by Reginald Hill (Harper Fiction)
Rupture by Simon Lelic (Picador)
Sister by Rosamund Lupton (Piatkus)
Dark Blood by Stuart MacBride (Harper Fiction)
Fever of the Bone by Val McDermid (Sphere)
Fifty Grand by Adrian McKinty (Serpent's Tail)
Still Bleeding Steve Mosby (Orion)
The Twelve by Stuart Neville (Vintage)
Random by Craig Robertson (Simon & Schuster)
The Holy Thief by William Ryan (Pan Books)
The Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylor (Michael Joseph)
A Capital Crime by Laura Wilson, (Quercus)
















