Loading ...Is April gonna be an exciting month, or what? Well, it will be for some - and for others not quite the same. Yes, yes…I know the Edgar winners won’t be announced until May 1st - but we’ve got the Gumshoe Award winners due on April 21st - and the nominees for ITW’s Thriller Award are out.
The lists are a bit lengthy, but stick around for one hell of a fabulous interview with the one and only LEE CHILD. I spent much time pondering Lee’s introduction. I mean, the guy has been written up a zillion times, right? What more could I add? Well, maybe that I’d wished he’d been pegged as the new James Bond instead of Daniel Craig. Don’t get me wrong - Craig is okay, but to me he just doesn’t have that elusive sang-froid (as in tres cool), or the same elegant stance, or the low-key, but very sexy joie de vivre that oozes from Lee. And darlings, no one…I mean no one can smoke a cigarette like Lee. Even Jeremy Irons could take a lesson. So what to do? Well, when you get down aways, you’ll see…
AND NOW - THE NOMINEES…
THE GUMSHOE
This prestigious award from MYSTERY INK was created by one of our most discerning reviewers - David Montgomery. In it’s seventh year, The Gumshoe has become one of the most coveted awards in crime fiction. An additional award - Lifetime Achievement - will be announced along with the winners on April 21st. You can cheer, or weep at http://www.mysteryinkonline.com
BEST MYSTERY
James Lee Burke - TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN John Connolly - THE UNQUIET Ariana Franklin - MISTRESS OF THE ART OF DEATH Charlie Huston - THE SHOTGUN RULE Laura Lippman - WHAT THE DEAD KNOW
BEST THRILLER
Lee Child - BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE Robert Crais - THE WATCHMAN Joseph Finder - POWER PLAY Michael Gruber - THE BOOK OF AIR AND SHADOW Richard K. Morgan - THIRTEEN
BEST FIRST NOVEL
Sean Chercover - BIG CITY, BAD BLOOD Philip Hawley,Jr. - STIGMA Lisa Lutz - THE SPELLMAN FILES Craig McDonald - HEAD GAMES Nick Stone - MR. CLARINET
THE THRILLER AWARD
Already in it’s third year - the winners will be announced on July 12th - at Thrillerfest.
BEST NOVEL
Linwood Barclay - NO TIME FOR GOODBYE Robert Crais - THE WATCHMAN Robert Harris - THE GHOST Gregg Hurwitz - THE CRIME WRITER Jesse Kellerman - TROUBLE
BEST FIRST NOVEL
Jennifer Lee Carrell - INTERRED WITH THEIR BONES Sean Chercover - BIG CITY, BAD BLOOD Gerry Doyle - FROM THE DEPTHS Brent Ghelfi - VOLK’S GAME Joe Hill - HEART SHAPED BOX
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Anthony Flacco - THE LAST NIGHTINGALE P.J. Parrish - A THOUSAND BONES Tom Piccirilli - THE MIDNIGHT ROAD Robert McCammon - THE QUEEN OF BEDLAM Jay Bonansinga - SHATTERED
WHEW!! So many of my favorite books and favorite people - best wishes to you all! SPOTLIGHT ON THREE DYNAMIC DUO’S!Three great writing teams - and all family!
P.J. PARRISH aka Kris Montee and Kelly Nichols are the critically acclaimed and NYT bestselling sister-authors of the Louis Kincaid series. Their books have been nominated for the Edgar, Shamus, Anthony and the Thriller - which they won last year for AN UNQUIET GRAVE - and again this year for A THOUSAND BONES! Not to forget all the hard work they do for Sleuthfest and MWA!
PERRI O’SHAUGHNESSY - another marvelous sister team - Mary and Pamela - have thirteen books under their respective belts - hit the NYT list - and hoards of fans breathlessly waiting for the next - SHOW NO FEAR - out this fall. Now that’s sisterly love when you can collaborate on that many books and be best friends as well!
P.J. TRACY - This time we have a mother & daughter team! P.J. and Tracy Lambrecht hit the ground running with their first book, MONKEEWRENCH - by nabbing the Anthony, Barry and Gumshoe awards! Two more followed with great acclaim - and their next - tenatively titled DISCONNECTED - will be out this fall.Aren’t these dynamic duo’s fantastic? Just goes to show - the family that writes together… Hmmm, I’ll have to think about that. In the meantime, ladies - thanks so much for hours of intrigue, all those tense moments - terrific plots, and simply great characters. You will all always be on my TBR pile…and not just because you’re all terrific writers - but because you’re also great people.
GENT’S I LIKE TO DRINK WITH…
Recently:
- And Final Jeopardy goes to Val McDermid! What is it about Scotland that produces such brilliant artists??
- A funny thing happened in the middle of Laura Lippman’s career…
- The Marvelous Michael Connelly & The Perils of Polished Stairs!
- SUTTON’S LAW
- I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT…
- WELCOME TO THE NEW EVIL E!
- AND WHAT A NIGHT IT WAS…
- MAY I HAVE THE ENVELOPE PLEASE?
- THE GOOD OLD DAYS…
- IT’S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN…
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I want to mail Lee’s Hillary paragraph to the DNC.
Thanks to both of you. Great blog this month.
As always, Evil E, your blog is a much needed diversion
I loved the snippets about writing pairs. I’ve read all of them, they are fabulous. MONKEEWRENCH was one of my favorite books the year it was released. I’m an only child, my daughters are too young, my mom has no desire to write, and I’d kill my husband if we had to collaborate.
As far as guns go, I have my trusty S&W .357 which will always be my favorite, but after handling the MP5 last night, I want one. Unfortunately, I hear they are illegal in California. I need to move to another state.
Ah, Louise! I’d love to see Lee’s Hillary paragraph on the Op Ed page of the New York Times! And yeah-maybe we should all copy it to the DNC. Brilliant idea!
I’m in the same boat as you, Allison. My sisters would rather spend time in a casino than read - and my son and daughters would rather just read (my books too!). Joe hasn’t the patience for what writers go through, but he can spend hours building ship models. Go figure.
I love my Ruger (including the the two fifteen clips which are now illegal), but I didn’t tell you that, right?
A Mea Culpa to Guyot!
He was kind enough to point out an error. I left a word out of his first question to Lee. It should have read… ‘…us all worship AT the slightly chunky feet…’
Gee, thanks, Elaine. You’ve just spoiled my dream of consummating Guyot’s foot fetish.
Blame it on Guyot. Had he not caught my error…? But, uh - I’m sure there’s some other fetish of his that you might satisfy. Does he have a Micky Mouse watch?
p.s. Let’s see if he catches my newest error…
Great interview. I love this!
Hey, Cozy Crime!
Thanks so much for stopping by - welcome to the nut house.
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