The finalists for the 33rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards were announced this week, selected by a panel of over 60 literary professionals from more than 1,000 book submissions (and over 300 publishers). The titles in the LGBTQ Mystery category include Death Before Dessert by A.E. Radley; Find Me When I’m Lost by Cheryl A. Head; Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood; I Hope You’re Listening by Tom Ryan; and Vera Kelly Is Not a Mystery by Rosalie Knecht. This is the first year for the combined LGBTQ category of five nominees; in previous years, there were five finalists each for Best Lesbian and Best Gay mystery.
The finalists for the Foreword Reviews Book Awards were announced, including those in the Mystery and Thriller & Suspense Categories. More than 2,000 entries spread across 55 genres were submitted for consideration, with the finalists determined by Foreword’s editorial staff. Winners are now being decided by teams of librarians, and winners in each genre—along with Editor’s Choice Prize winners and Foreword’s Independent Publisher of the Year—and will be announced June 17, 2021.
The NAACP Image Awards that were just announced include a category for Outstanding Literary Works. Among that list are the crime fiction/author titles, Lakewood by Megan Giddings (HarperCollins Publishers) and The Awkward Black Man by Walter Mosley (Grove Atlantic). For all nominees, follow this link. (HT to Mystery Fanfare)
I'm a day late for pointing out Mystery Fanfare's list of St. Patrick's Day crime fiction, but we'll just consider it St. Patrick's week and call it square.
Steve Powell of the Venetian Vase blog continues his series on the influences of music in James Ellroy's crime novels.
During the pandemic, the Ohio Shakespeare Festival has been performing original radio plays for at-home listening, including some based on mystery-related works. The offerings include "The False Burton Combs" based on the story by Carroll John Daly; "Lady Molly of Scotland Yard" based on the stories by Baroness Orczy; and "The Monkey's Paw" based on the short story by W. W. Jacobs. (HT to The Bunburyist)
Just another reminder to support your local bookstores before they're gone forever.
What happens in your brain when you "lose yourself" in fiction? Scientists now have a better idea.
The latest flash fiction piece up at Shotgun Honey is "Lemmings" by Jay Butkowski
The latest crime poem at the 5-2 Weekly is "Murder They Say" by Sharon Lask Munson.
In the Q&A roundup, E. B. Davis interviewed Amy Pershing about A Side of Murder, the first book in Amy Pershing’s Cape Code Foodie Mystery series, for the Writers Who Kill blog; and J.A. Jance chatted with Deborah Kalb about Missing and Endangered, the latest in her Joanna Brady suspense series.
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