The opening ceremony and
reception has taken place at Bouchercon on Thursday evening. The event took place at the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame.
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| Peter James with his Barry Award - ©
Ali Karim 2012 |
The Awards given out were the
Macavity Award and the Barry Award.
The results are as follows –
Barry Award
Best novel – The Keeper of
Lost Causes (aka Mercy) by Jussi
Adler Olsen
Best first novel – The
Informationist by Taylor Stevens
Best British Novel – Dead Man’s
Grip by Peter James
Best Paperback Original – Death
of the Mantis by Michael Stanley
Best Thriller – The
Informants by Thomas Perry
Best Short Story – The Gun Also Rises by Jeff Cohen
Don Sandstrom Fan Award was awarded
to Allen J Hubin
Macavity
Award
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Best Mystery Novel – Clare De
Witt and the City of Dead by Sara Gran
Best First Mystery – All Cry
Chaos by Leonard Rosen
Best Mystery Non-fiction – Sookie Stackhouse Companion by Charlaine Harris Best Mystery Short Story – Disarming by Dana Cameron
Sue Feder
Memorial Historical Mystery – Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of
Bloodstains by Catriona McPherson
Congratulations
to all the winners!
Also
awarded was the Dilys Award
which is given by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association to the book which
the member booksellers have most enjoyed selling. The Dilys Award is named after Dilys Winn, who founded the first
specialty bookseller of mystery books in the United States. The Award was given to S
J Rozan for Ghost Hero.
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Ali Karim accepting the award on behalf of Jussi Adler Olsen ©
Ali Karim 2012
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The Short Mystery Fiction
Society also re-announced the fact that author Bill Pronzini was awarded this year’s Edward D. Hoch Memorial
Golden Derringer Award.
Thanks to my erstwhile colleague Ali Karim for the results and the photographs!
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