The Australian Crime Writers Association has announced the shortlist for the Ned Kelly Awards 2019. Now in its 24th year, the awards are Australia’s oldest and most prestigious crime writing awards, with past winners including Jon Cleary, Peter Corris, Adrian McKinty, Jane Harper, Helen Garner, Peter Temple, and Michael Robotham. Here are the lists:
Best Fiction
Killshot by Garry Disher
Gone By Midnight by Candice Fox
The Spotted Dog by Kerry Greenwood
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
The Other Wife by Michael Robotham
Live and Let Fry by Sue Williams
Best first fiction
The Portrait of Molly Dean by Katherine Kovacic
The Yellow House by Emily O'Grady
The Rúin by Dervla McTiernan
Greenlight by Ben Stevenson
Best true crime
Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee
The Arsonist by Chloe Hooper
Siege: Inside the Lindt Cafe by Deborah Snow
Waiting for Elijah by Kate Wild
The winners will be announced Friday, September 6, in Sydney.
The Southern California Independent Booksellers Association has announced finalists for its 2019 book awards, winners of which will be celebrated at SCIBA's annual trade show, to be held September 27-28 in San Gabriel (HT to Shelf Awareness). The finalists in the T. Jefferson Parker Mystery Award category include:
The Feral Detective, by Jonathan Lethem
The Good Detective, by John McMahon
The Border, by Don Winslow
The Capital Crime festival will host the inaugural New Voices Awards to champion the next generation of talent in the crime and thriller community. Entries will be uploaded to Capital Crime’s website, where festival pass holders can read and vote for their favorite entries. The authors of the ten highest placed entries will be revealed on September 19, and the winner, judged by the Capital Crime team from the top ten entries, will be announced at Capital Crime’s opening night cocktail party on September 26. Submissions close at midnight on September 18.
Investigative journalist and author Dylan Howard has formed a new true-crime imprint for Skyhorse and Start called Front Page Detectives. Its first title will be Howard's Diana: Case Solved, which the publisher calls "the definitive account" of Princess Diana's death that "proves what really happened" and will "smash wide open the conspiracy of silence." Howard is also creator and narrator of the recent podcast Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood. Start Publishing will publish e-book versions of Front Page Detectives books. (HT to Shelf Awareness)
Crime writer and criminal attorney Olly Jarvis is launching a new true-crime website on September 9, thecrimehub.com. Content will include a series of podcast stories recorded in Los Angeles, including Murder at the Palace by Gyles Brandreth, narrated by Stephen Fry, and The Plater by Ann Cleeves, narrated by Alfred Molina. The site will also bring readers true crime interviews with leading figures from the criminal justice system. Olly’s aim is to create a place online for audio crime content: "We wanted to create something that showcased the best thriller writers, but also gave a real insight into the real world of crime detection, evidence, and jury trials and the people who work within this fascinating world," he says. (HT to Crime Fiction Lover)
For fans of real-life criminal drama, Bookriot compiled a list of "Eighteen of the Best International True Crime Books You’ve Never Heard Of."
Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times arts critic, is throwing her hat into the ring of crime fiction news and reviews for the newspaper, joining long-time columnist Adam Woog who has compiled book reviews for several years. Macdonald's first column of “The Plot Thickens" shares a few of her favorite recent reads including bestselling titles from Attica Locke, Denise Mina, and Casey Cep.
The LA Review of Books profiled Anthony Horowitz, screenwriter and author of stand-alone mystery novels and YA series as well as his new "meta detective" series in which Horowitz himself becomes a character. Or as the article says about the second installment in that series, "There’s a reality television component to his story that’s oddly reassuring and agreeable."
This week's crime poem at the 5-2 is "Investment Banking" by Richard Spillman.
In the Q&A roundup, Karin Slaughter spoke with Parade Magazine about "Why We Really Love True Crime Thrillers; Australian crime writer Sarah Bailey, author of the bestselling The Dark Lake and Into the Night, chatted with the Sydney Morning Herald about books that "changed me"; and the New York Times Magazine snagged James Ellroy to chat about his life in crime, his imaginary dog, and the need to provoke.
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