2014 Anthony, Shamus, Macavity Winners

The Anthony Awards, given during Bouchercon, the Shamus Awards from the Private Eye Writers of America, and the Macavity Awards from Mystery Readers International are among the mystery genre’s highest awards.

Here are the winners who were honored during Bouchercon 2014 in Long Beach, California. The Shamus winners were announced during the PWA banquet held the weekend of Bouchercon.

We congratulate the winners and the nominees. Here is a full list of the novels nominated for an Anthony Award.

ANTHONY AWARD WINNERS

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Best Novel

William Kent Krueger, Ordinary Grace

Best First Novel
Matt Coyle, Yesterday’s Echo

Best Paperback Original Novel
Catriona McPherson, As She Left It

Best Short Story
John Connolly, “The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository”

Best Critical or Non-Fiction Work
Daniel Stashower, The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War

Best Children’s or Young Adult Novel
Joelle Charbonneau, The Testing

Best Television Episode Teleplay First Aired in 2013
Jon Bokenkamp, The Blacklist, Pilot

Best Audio Book
Robert Glenister, reading The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith

 

 


SHAMUS AWARD WINNERS
(Here's a full list of the novels nominated for the Shamus Award)

Best Hardcover PI Novel
Brad Parks, The Good Cop 

Best First PI Novel

Lachlan Smith, Bear Is Broken 

Best Original Paperback PI Novel

P.J. Parrish, Heart of Ice

Best PI Short Story

Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane, “So Long, Chief”

Best Indie PI Novel

M. Ruth Myers, Don’t Dare a Dame 

 


MACAVITY AWARD WINNERS

Best Mystery Novel
William Kent Krueger, Ordinary Grace

Best First Mystery

Terry Shames, A Killing at Cotton Hill

Best Mystery Short Story

Art Taylor, "The Care and Feeding of Houseplants"

Best Nonfiction
Daniel Stashower, The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War

Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award
David Morrell, Murder as a Fine Art

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oline Cogdill
2014-11-15 10:10:00