Anthony Accolades

The winners of the 2023 Anthony Awards were handed out last night at the annual Bouchercon conference, this year held in San Diego, California. Congrats to all the winners and finalists!

Best Hardcover: Like a Sister, by Kellye Garrett (Mulholland)

Also nominated:

• The Devil Takes You Home, by Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland)
• The Bullet That Missed, by Richard Osman (Pamela Dorman)
• A World of Curiosities, by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
• The Maid, by Nita Prose (Ballantine)
• Secret Identity, by Alex Segura (Flatiron)

Best Paperback/E-book/Audiobook: The Quarry Girls, by Jess Lourey (Thomas & Mercer)

Also nominated:

• Real Bad Things, by Kelly J. Ford (Thomas & Mercer)
• Dead Drop, by James L’Etoile (Level Best)
• Hush Hush, by Gabriel Valjan (Historia)
• In the Dark We Forget, by Sandra S.G. Wong (HarperCollins)

Best First Novel: The Maid, by Nita Prose (Ballantine)

Also nominated:

• Don’t Know Tough, by Eli Cranor (Soho Crime)
• Shutter, by Ramona Emerson (Soho Crime)
• The Bangalore Detectives Club, by Harini Nagendra (Pegasus)
• Devil’s Chew Toy, by Rob Osler (Crooked Lane)

Best Historical: Anywhere You Run, by Wanda M. Morris (Morrow)

Also nominated:

• The Lindbergh Nanny, by Mariah Fredericks (Minotaur)
• In Place of Fear, by Catriona McPherson (Mobius)
• Danger on the Atlantic, by Erica Ruth Neubauer (Kensington)
• Under a Veiled Moon, by Karen Odden (Crooked Lane)
• Lavender House, by Lev A.C. Rosen (Forge)

Best Humorous: Scot in a Trap, by Catriona McPherson (Severn House)

Also nominated:

• Bayou Book Thief, by Ellen Byron (Berkley)
• Death by Bubble Tea, by Jennifer J. Chow (Berkley)
• A Streetcar Named Murder, by T.G. Herren (Crooked Lane)
• Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking, by Raquel V. Reyes (Crooked Lane)

Best Short Story: “Beauty and the Beyotch,” by Barb Goffman (Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, February 2022)

Also nominated:

• “Still Crazy After All These Years,” by E.A Aymar (from Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon, edited by Josh Pachter; Down & Out)
• “The Impediment,” by Bruce Robert Coffin (from Deadly Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022, edited by Christine Bagley, Susan Oleksiw, and Leslie Wheeler; Crime Spell)
• “The Estate Sale,” by Curtis Ippolito (Vautrin Magazine, Summer 2022)
• “C.O.D.,” by Gabriel Valjan (from Low Down Dirty Vote, Volume 3: The Color of My Vote, edited by Mysti Berry; Berry Contest)

Best Critical/Non-fiction: The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators, by Martin Edwards (Collins Crime Club)

Also nominated:

• The Alaska Blonde: Sex, Secrets, and the Hollywood Story That Shocked America, by James T. Bartlett (Terrirory)
• American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America’s Jack the Ripper, by Daniel Stashower (Minotaur)
• Promophobia: Taking the Mystery Out of Promoting Crime Fiction, edited by Diane Vallere (Sisters in Crime)
• Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free, by Sarah Weinman (Ecco)
• Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman, by Lucy Worsley (Pegasus Crime)

Best Children’s/Young Adult: Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade, by Nancy Springer (Wednesday)

Also nominated:

• In Myrtle Peril, by Elizabeth C. Bunce (Algonquin Young Readers)
• Daybreak on Raven Island, by Fleur Bradley (Viking Books for Young Readers)
• #Shedeservedit, by Greg Herren (Bold Strokes Press)
• The New Girl, by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Sourcebooks Fire)
• Vanish Me, by Lee Matthew Goldberg (Wise Wolf)

Best Anthology: Crime Hits Home: A Collection of Short Stories from Crime Fiction’s Top Authors, edited by S.J. Rozan (Hanover Square Press)

Also nominated:

• Low Down Dirty Vote, Volume 3: The Color of My Vote, edited by Mysti Berry (Berry Contest)
• Lawyers, Guns, and Money: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Warren Zevon, edited by Libby Cudmore and Art Taylor (Down & Out)
• Land of 1,000 Thrills: Bouchercon Anthology 2022, edited by Greg Herren (Down & Out)
• Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon, edited by Josh Pachter (Down & Out)