The Strand Magazine Announces Nominees for the 2008 Critics Awards for Best Mystery Novel and Best First Mystery Novel

Detroit, MI (PRWEB) March 25, 2009

The Strand Magazine has announced its nominees for the 2008 Strand Magazine Critics Awards. Recognizing excellence in the field of mystery fiction, the Critics Awards are judged by a select group of book reviewers from the nation's top daily newspapers. Otto Penzler served as the award chair for best novel and Andrew Gulli served as the award chair for best first novel. This year's judges include Dennis Drabelle of The Washington Post, David Ulin of the LA Times, Lev Grossman of Time Magazine, Carol Memmott of USA Today, Maureen Corrigan of NPR, and Bruce DeSilva of the Associated Press.

Best Novel:

When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson (Little, Brown and Company)

Master of the Delta by Thomas H. Cook (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company)

Lush Life by Richard Price (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

Hollywood Crows by Joseph Wambaugh (Little, Brown and Company)

Best First Novel:

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)

City of the Sun by David Levien (Doubleday)

A Cure for Night by Justin Peacock (Doubleday)

Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (Grand Central Publishing)

A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley (Harper)

"All judges sent to me, as committee chairman, a list of their 10 favorite books. I made a list that included all of these books--and a disparate selection it was--and the five with the most votes were to be the finalists," said Otto Penzler, the world famous publisher and proprietor of the Mysterious Bookshop. "As it happened, there were three books that made it onto the short list, with five others tied for fourth, so we had a runoff with an extra round of voting to determine the top five nominees. Judges were then asked to list these top five in order of preference, with a first-place vote awarded five points, a second-place vote four points, and so on."

"I couldn't have been more pleased with this selection of nominees," said Andrew F. Gulli, the managing editor of The Strand. "When I read several of these books last year, I had a feeling they would be nominated for the Critics Award."

Awards will be presented in the categories of Best Novel and Best First Novel at an invitation-only cocktail party, hosted by The Strand on July 8, 2009, in New York City. A lifetime achievement award will be given posthumously to English author John Mortimer.

For more information, please contact Christine Jones at 248 569 3702 or cjones (at) strandmag (dot) com.

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Richard Price and Tom Rob Smith Win Strand's Critics Awards

New York, NY (PRWEB) July 9, 2009

The Strand Magazine has announced the winners of the 2008 Strand Magazine Critics Awards. Richard Price took the top prize for Best Novel for Lush Life and Tom Rob Smith won for Best First Novel for Child 44. The winners were announced at an invitation only cocktail party in Manhattan, by bestselling author Jonathan Santlofer. Price and Smith thanked the judges and paid tribute to their fellow nominees.

Richard Price earned rave reviews for his meticulously researched crime novel Lush Life which was set in New York's Lower Eastside and explores themes from crime to class inequality, and the struggle to survive in a violent environment. Tom Rob Smith's first novel Child 44, hit the New York Times bestseller list and became an overnight sensation, the novel is loosely based on a true story about a chilling serial killer in Communist Russia.

Best Novel:

When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson (Little, Brown and Company)

Master of the Delta by Thomas H. Cook (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company)

Lush Life by Richard Price (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

Hollywood Crows by Joseph Wambaugh (Little, Brown and Company)

Best First Novel:

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)

City of the Sun by David Levien (Doubleday)

A Cure for Night by Justin Peacock (Doubleday)

Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (Grand Central Publishing)

A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley (Harper)

"Lush Life and Child 44 were worthy efforts by Richard Price and Tom Rob Smith," said Andrew F. Gulli, the managing editor of The Strand. "The voting was so close this year, that the winners and nominees were separated by only a handful of votes."

This year's judges included Otto Penzler, Dennis Drabelle of The Washington Post, David Ulin of the LA Times, Lev Grossman of Time Magazine, Carol Memmott of USA Today, Maureen Corrigan of NPR, and Bruce DeSilva of the Associated Press.

A lifetime achievement award was given posthumously to English author John Mortimer which was accepted by his wife Penny Mortimer.

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Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly are Among the Nominees for The Strand Critics Awards

New York, NY (PRWEB) April 9, 2011

The Strand Magazine has announced its nominees for the 2010 Strand Magazine Critics Awards. Recognizing excellence in the field of mystery fiction, the Critics Awards were judged by a select group of book critics and journalists, including Dennis Drabelle (The Washington Post), Dich Lochte (Los Angeles Times), Jordan Foster (Publishers Weekly), Jack Batten (Toronto Star), Jeff Ayers (Associated Press), Mary Ann Gwinn (Seattle Times), Jeff Johnson (Chicago Sun Times), Sarah Weinman (Los Angeles Times), and Larry Gandle (Tampa Tribune).

Best Novel:

The Reversal by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company)

Faithful Place by Tana French (Viking)

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)

Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane (William Morrow)

I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)

Best First Novel

Blacklands by Belinda Bauer (Simon and Schuster)

Rock Paper Tiger by Lisa Brackmann (Soho Press)

The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron (Minotaur Books)

The Sherlockian by Graham Moore (Twelve)

Snow Angels by James Thompson (Putnam)

"The panel chose a fantastic list of books this year," said Andrew F. Gulli, the managing editor of The Strand. "It's always nice to see some books that you felt were great, but somehow fell under the radar of a lot of people get the recognition they deserve."

The awards will be presented in the categories of Best Novel and Best First Novel at an invitation-only cocktail party, hosted by The Strand on July 6, 2011, in New York City.

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