The annual Anthony Awards are usually anounced in-person at the Bouchercon crime fiction conference, but due to this year's event in New Orleans being cancelled, the award ceremony was held virtually online tonight. Congratulations to all this year's winners!
Best Hardcover Novel: Blacktop Wasteland - S.A. Cosby - Flatiron Books
Also nominated:
- What You Don’t See– Tracy Clark – Kensington
- Little Secrets – Jennifer Hillier – Minotaur Books
- And Now She’s Gone – Rachel Howzell Hall -Forge Books
- The First to Lie – Hank Phillippi Ryan – Forge Books
Best First Novel: Winter Counts - David Heska Wanbli Weiden - Ecco Press
Also nominated:
- Derailed – Mary Keliikoa – Camel Press
- Murder in Old Bombay – Nev March – Minotaur Books
- Murder at the Mena House – Erica Ruth Neubauer – Kensington
- The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman – Pamela Dorman Books
Best Paperback Original Novel: Unspeakable Things - Jess Lourey - Thomas & Mercer
Also nominated:
- The Fate of a Flapper – Susanna Calkins – Griffin
- When No One is Watching – Alyssa Cole – William Morrow
- The Lucky One – Lori Rader-Day – William Morrow
- Dirty Old Town – Gabriel Valjan – Level Best Books
Best Short Story: "90 Miles" - Alex Segura - Both Sides: Stories From the Border - Agora Books
Also nominated:
- “Dear Emily Etiquette” – Barb Goffman – EQMM – Dell Magazines
- “The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74” – Art Taylor – AHMM (Jan-Feb) – Dell Magazines
- “Elysian Fields” – Gabriel Valjan – California Schemin’ – Wildside Press
- “The Twenty-Five Year Engagement” – James W. Ziskin – In League with Sherlock Holmes – Pegasus Crime
Best Juvenile/Young Adult: Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco - Richie Narvaez - Piñata Books
Also nominated:
- Midnight at the Barclay Hotel – Fleur Bradley – Viking Books for Young Readers
- Premeditated Myrtle – Elizabeth C. Bunce – Algonquin Young Readers
- From the Desk of Zoe Washington – Janae Marks – Katherine Tegen Books
- Star Wars Poe Dameron: Free Fall – Alex Segura – Disney Lucasfilm Press
Best Critical or Nonfiction Work: Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession - Sarah Weinman, ed. - Ecco Press
Also nominated:
- Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy – Leslie Brody – Seal Press
- American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics and the Birth of American CSI – Kate Winkler Dawson – G.P. Putnam’s Sons
- Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club – Martin Edwards, ed. – Collins Crime Club
- The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia – Emma Copley Eisenberg – Hachette Books
- Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock – Christina Lane – Chicago Review Press
Best Anthology or Collection: Shattering Glass: A Nasty Woman Press Anthology - Heather Graham, ed. - Nasty Woman Press
Also nominated:
- Both Sides: Stories from the Border – Gabino Iglesias, ed. – Agora Books
Noiryorican – Richie Narvaez – Down & Out Books - The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell – Josh Pachter, ed. – Untreed Reads Publishing
- California Schemin‘ – Art Taylor, ed. – Wildside Press
- Lockdown: Stories of Crime, Terror, and Hope During a Pandemic – Nick Kolakowski and Steve Weddle, eds. – Polis Books
David Thompson Award Special Service Award: Janet Rudolph
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