Anthony Awards

Categories

• Best Novel
• Best First Novel
• Best Paperback Original
• Best Short Story
• Best Critical / Non-fiction Work
• Special Service award

Anthony Award winners

2019

• Best Novel award – Lou Berney, "November Road"
• Best First Novel award – Oyinkan Braithwaite, "My Sister, the Serial Killer"
• Best Paperback Original award – Lori Rader-Day, "Under a Dark Sky"
• Best Short Story award – S.A. Cosby, "The Grass Beneath My Feet"
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award – Michelle McNamara, "I'll Be Gone in the Dark"

  2018

• Best Novel award – Attica Locke, Bluebird, Bluebird
• Best First Novel award – Kellye Garrett, Hollywood Homicide
• Best Paperback Original award – Lori Rader-Day, The Day I Died
• Best Short Story award – Hilary Davidson, “My Side of the Matter”
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award – David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
• Bill Crider Award for Best Novel in a Series – Sue Grafton, Y is for Yesterday
• Best Anthology – Gary Phillips, The Obama Inheritance
• Best Online Content –

  2017

• Best Novel award – Louise Penny, A Great Reckoning
• Best First Novel award – Joe Ide, IQ
• Best Paperback Original award – James W. Ziskin, Heart of Stone
• Best Short Story award – Megan Abbott, Oxford Girl
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award – Ruth Franklin, Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
• Best Young Adult Novel – April Henry, The Girl I Used to Be
• Best Anthology or Collection – Greg Herren, editor, Blood on the Bayou: Bouchercon Anthology 2016
• Best Novella – B.K. Stevens – The Last Blue Glass

  2016

• Best Novel award – Chris Holm, The Killing Kind
• Best First Novel award – Glen Erik Hamilton, Past Crimes
• Best Paperback Original award – Lou Berney, The Long and Faraway Gone
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award – Val McDermid, Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime
• Best Short Story award – Megan Abbott, The Little Men
• Best Young Adult Novel – Joelle Charbonneau, Need
• Best Anthology or Collection – Art Taylor, editor, Murder Under the Oaks

  2015

• Best Novel award – Laura Lippman, After I'm Gone
• Best First Novel award – Lori Rader-Day, The Black Hour
• Best Paperback Original award – Catriona McPherson, The Day She Died
• Best Short Story award – Art Taylor, "The Odds Are Against Us"
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award – Hank Phillippi Ryan, ed., Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer's Journey

  2014

• Best Novel award – William Kent Krueger, Ordinary Grace
• Best First Novel award – Matt Coyle, Yesterday's Echo
• Best Paperback Original award – Catriona McPherson, As She Left It
• Best Short Story award – John Connolly, "The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository"
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award – Daniel Stashower,

  2013

• Best Novel award – Louise Penny, The Beautiful Mystery
• Best First Novel award – Chris Pavone, The Expats
• Best Paperback Original award – Johnny Shaw, Big Maria
• Best Short Story award – Dana Cameron, "Mischief in Mesopotamia" from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 2012
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award – John Connolly and Declan Burke, Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels

  2012

• Best Novel award — Louise Penny, A Trick of the Light
• Best First Novel award — Sara J. Henry, Learning to Swim
• Best Paperback Original award — Julie Hyzy, Buffalo West Wing
• Best Short Story award — Dana Cameron, "Disarming" from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 2011
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award — Charlaine Harris, The Sookie Stackhouse Companion

  2011

• Best Novel award — Louise Penny, Bury Your Dead
• Best First Novel award — Hilary Davidson, Damage Done
• Best Paperback Original award — Duane Swierczynski, Expiration Date
• Best Short Story award — Dana Cameron, "Swing Shift", from Crimes By Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award — John Curran, Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks
• Special Service award — Ali Karim, Shots

• Best Graphic Novel — Jason Starr, The Chill
• Best Website / Blog — Lucinda Surber & Stan Ulrich, "Stop, You're Killing Me!"
• Lifetime Achievement award — Sara Paretsky

  2010

• Best Novel award — Louise Penny, The Brutal Telling
• Best First Novel award — Sophie Littlefield, A Bad Day for Sorry
• Best Paperback Original award — Bryan Gruley, Starvation Lake
• Best Short Story award — Hank Phillippi Ryan, "On the House", from Quarry: Crime Stories by New England Writers
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award — P.D. James, Talking About Detective Fiction
• Special Service award — no award issued

  2009

• Best Novel award — Michael Connelly, The Brass Verdict
• Best First Novel award — Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Best Paperback Original award — Julie Hyzy, State of the Onion
• Best Short Story award — Sean Chercover, "A Sleep Not Unlike Death" from Hardcore Hardboiled
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award — Jeffrey Marks, Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography
• Special Service award — Jon and Ruth Jordan, publishers and editors of Crimespree magazine

• Best Children's / Young-adult novel — Chris Grabenstein, The Crossroads
• Best Cover art — Peter Mendelsund, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Lifetime Achievement award — Allen J. Hubin

  2008

• Best Novel award — Laura Lippman, What the Dead Know
• Best First Novel award — Tana French, In the Woods
• Best Paperback Original award — P. J. Parrish, A Thousand Bones
• Best Short Story award — Laura Lippman, "Hardly Knew Her" from Dead Man's Hand
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award — Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower & Charles Foley, Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters
• Special Service award — Jon and Ruth Jordan, publishers and editors of Crimespree magazine

• Best Website / Blog — Lucinda Surber & Stan Ulrich, "Stop, You're Killing Me!"
• Lifetime Achievement award — Robert Rosenwald and Barbara G. Peters

  2007

• Best Novel award — Laura Lippman, No Good Deeds
• Best First Novel award — Louise Penny, Still Life
• Best Paperback Original award — Dana Cameron, Ashes and Bones
• Best Short Story award — Simon Wood, "My Father's Secret", from Crimespree Magazine B'con 2006 Special Ed, pp 20–22
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award — Jim Huang & Austin Lugar – Mystery Muses
• Special Service award — Jim Huang, Crum Creek Press and The Mystery Company

• Lifetime Achievement award — James Sallis

  2006

• Best Novel award — William Kent Krueger, Mercy Falls
• Best First Novel award — Chris Grabenstein, Tilt-a-Whirl
• Best Paperback Original award — Reed Farrel Coleman, The James Deans
• Best Short Story award — Barbara Seranella, "Misdirection", from Greatest Hits
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award — Marv Lachman, The Heirs of Anthony Boucher
• Special Service award — Janet Rudolph, Mystery Readers International

• Best Fan Publication — Jon and Ruth Jordan, Crimespree Magazine
• Lifetime Achievement award — Robert B. Parker

  2005

• Best Novel award — William Kent Krueger, Blood Hollow
• Best First Novel award — Harley Jane Kozak, Dating Dead Men
• Best Paperback Original award — Jason Starr, Twisted City
• Best Short Story award — Elaine Viets, "Wedding Knife", from Chesapeake Crimes
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award — Max Allan Collins & et al., Men's Adventure Magazines
• Special Service award — no award issued

• Best Cover art — Sohrab Habibion, Brooklyn Noir
• Lifetime Achievement award — Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller

  2004

• Best Novel award — Laura Lippman, Every Secret Thing
• Best First Novel award — P. J. Tracy, Monkeewrench
• Best Paperback Original award — Robin Burcell, Deadly Legacy
• Best Short Story award — Rhys Bowen, "Doppelganger", from Blood on Their Hands
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award — Gary Warren Niebuhr,
• Special Service award — no award issued

• Best Young-adult mystery — J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Best Historical mystery — Rhys Bowen, For The Love Of Mike

  2003

• Best Novel award — Michael Connelly, City of Bones
• Best First Novel award — Julia Spencer-Fleming, In the Bleak Midwinter
• Best Paperback Original award — Robin Burcell, Fatal Truth
• Best Short Story award — Marcia Talley, "Too Many Cooks", from Much Ado About Murder
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award — Jim Huang,
• Special Service award — no award issued

• Best Cover art — Michael Kellner from photograph by Christopher Voelker, Measures of Poison

  2002

• Best Novel award — Dennis Lehane, Mystic River
• Best First Novel award — C. J. Box, Open Season
• Best Paperback Original award — Charlaine Harris, Dead Until Dark
• Best Short Story award — Bill Crider & Judy Crider, "Chocolate Moose", from Death Dines at 8:30
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award — Tony Hillerman, Seldom Disappointed
• Special Service award — Doris Ann Norris

• Best Cover art — Michael Storrings, from photograph by Josef Beck, Reflecting the Sky
• Best Young-adult mystery — Penny Warner, The Mystery of the Haunted Caves

  2001

• Best Novel award — Val McDermid, A Place of Execution
• Best First Novel award — Qiu Xiaolong, Death of a Red Heroine
• Best Paperback Original award — Kate Grilley, Death Dances to a Reggae Beat
• Best Short Story award — Edward D. Hoch, "The Problem of the Potting Shed", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine July 2000
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award — Jim Huang, 100 Favorite Mysteries Of The Century

• Best Anthology / Short-story collection — Lawrence Block, Master's Choice II
• Best Fan publication — Chris Aldrich & Lynn Kaczmarek, Mystery News
• Lifetime Achievement award — Edward D. Hoch

  2000

• Best Novel award — Peter Robinson, In a Dry Season
• Best First Novel award — Donna Andrews, Murder with Peacocks
• Best Paperback Original award — Laura Lippman, In Big Trouble
• Best Short Story award — Meg Chittenden, "Noir Lite", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine January 1999
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award — Willetta L. Heising, Detecting Women

• Best Series of the century — Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot series
• Best Writer of the century — Agatha Christie
• Best Novel of the century — Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca
• Lifetime Achievement award — Jane Langton

  1999

• Best Novel award — Michael Connelly, Blood Work
• Best First Novel award — William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake
• Best Paperback Original award — Laura Lippman, Butchers Hill
• Best Short Story award — Barbara D'Amato, "Of Course You Know that Chocolate Is a Vegetable", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine November 1998
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award — George Easter, Deadly Pleasures Magazine

• Lifetime Achievement award — Len & June Moffatt

  1998

• Best Novel award — S. J. Rozan, No Colder Place
• Best First Novel award — Lee Child, Killing Floor
• Best Paperback Original award — Rick Riordan, Big Red Tequila
• Best Short Story award — Jan Grape, "A Front Row Seat", from Vengeance is Hers and Edward D. Hoch, "One Bag of Coconuts", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine November 1997
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award — no award issued

• Best Cover art — Michael Kellner, Night Dogs

  1997

• Best Novel award — Michael Connelly, The Poet
• Best First Novel award — Dale Furutani, Death in Little Tokyo and Terris McMahan Grimes, Somebody Else's Child
• Best Paperback Original award — Terris McMahan Grimes, Somebody Else's Child
• Best Short Story award — Carolyn Wheat, "Accidents Will Happen", from Malice Domestic 5
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award — Willetta L. Heising, Detecting Women 2: Reader's Guide and Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women

• Best Fanzine — The Armchair Detective
• Lifetime Achievement award — Donald E. Westlake

  1996

• Best Novel award — Mary Willis Walker, Under the Beetle's Cellar
• Best First Novel award — Virginia Lanier, Death in Bloodhound Red
• Best Paperback Original award — Harlan Coben, Deal Breaker
• Best Short Story award — Gar Anthony Haywood, "And Pray Nobody Sees You", from Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes
• Best Critical / Non-Fiction Work award — Kate Stine, The Armchair Detective Book of Lists, 2nd Edition

• Best Cover art — Pamela Patrick, The Body In The Transept
• Best Editor — Sara Ann Freed
• Best Magazine / Digest / Review publication — The Armchair Detective
• Best Movie — The Usual Suspects
• Best Publisher — St. Martin's Press
• Best Short Story collection — Marcia Muller, The McCone Files: The Complete Sharon McCone Stories
• Best True crime — Ann Rule, Dead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer?
• Best TV show — The X-Files

  1995

• Best Novel award — Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills
• Best First Novel award — Caleb Carr, The Alienist
• Best Paperback Original award — no award issued
• Best Short Story award — Sharyn McCrumb, "The Monster of Glamis", from Royal Crimes
• Best Critical work — B.A. Pike & J. Cooper, Crime Fiction, 2nd Edition

• Best Anthology / Short Story collection — Tony Hillerman, The Mysterious West
• Best Film — Pulp Fiction
• Best True crime — David Canter,
• Best TV Series — Prime Suspect
• Lifetime Achievement award — Ruth Rendell

  1994

• Best Novel award — Marcia Muller, Wolf in the Shadows
• Best First Novel award — Nevada Barr, Track of the Cat
• Best Paperback Original award — no award issued
• Best Short Story award — Susan Dunlap, "Checkout", from Malice Domestic 2
• Best Critical work — Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, The Fine Art Of Murder: The Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion

• Best Anthology / Short Story collection — Martin H. Greenberg, Mary Higgins Clark presents Malice Domestic 2
• Best True crime — Ann Rule, A Rose for Her Grave and Other True Cases
• Lifetime Achievement award — Tony Hillerman

  1993

• Best Novel award — Margaret Maron, Bootlegger's Daughter
• Best First Novel award — Barbara Neely, Blanche on the Lam
• Best Paperback Original award — no award issued
• Best Short Story award — Diane Mott Davidson, "Cold Turkey", from Sisters in Crime 5
• Best Critical work — Ellen Nehr, Doubleday Crime Club Compendium 1928-1991

• Best Motion Picture — The Crying Game
• Best True Crime — Barbara D'Amato,
• Lifetime Achievement award — Hammond Innes and Ralph McInerny

  1992

• Best Novel award — Peter Lovesey, The Last Detective
• Best First Novel award — Sue Henry, Murder on the Iditarod Trail
• Best Paperback Original award — no award issued
• Best Short Story award — Liza Cody, "Lucky Dip", from A Woman’s Eye
• Best Critical work — Maxim Jakubowski, 100 Great Detectives

• Best Anthology / Short Story collection — Sara Paretsky, A Woman's Eye
• Best True crime — David Simon,
• Lifetime Achievement award — Charlotte MacLeod

  1991

• Best Novel award — Sue Grafton, "G" Is for Gumshoe
• Best First Novel award — Patricia Cornwell, Postmortem
• Best Paperback Original award — James McCahery, Grave Undertaking & Rochelle Krich, Where's Mommy Now?
• Best Short Story award — Susan Dunlap, "The Celestial Buffet", from Sisters in Crime 2
• Best Critical work — Jon L. Breen & Martin H. Greenberg, Synod Of Sleuths

• Best Motion Picture — Presumed Innocent
• Best Television series — Mystery!
• Lifetime Achievement award — William Campbell Gault

  1990

• Best Novel award — Sarah Caudwell, The Sirens Sang of Murder
• Best First Novel award — Karen Kijewski, Katwalk
• Best Paperback Original award — Carolyn Hart, Honeymoon with Murder
• Best Short Story award — Nancy Pickard, "Afraid All The Time", from Sisters in Crime

• Best Movie — Crimes and Misdemeanors
• Best TV Series — Inspector Morse
• Lifetime Achievement award — Michael Gilbert

  1989

• Best Novel award — Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs
• Best First Novel award — Elizabeth George, A Great Deliverance
• Best Paperback Original award — Carolyn Hart, Something Wicked
• Best Short Story award — no award issued

• Lifetime Achievement award — Dorothy Salisbury Davis

  1988

• Best Novel award — Tony Hillerman, Skinwalkers
• Best First Novel award — Gillian Roberts, Caught Dead in Philadelphia
• Best Paperback Original award — Robert Crais, The Monkey's Raincoat
• Best Short Story award — Robert Barnard, "Breakfast Television", from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1987

• Best Movie — The Big Easy
• Best TV Series — Mystery!

  1987

• Best Novel award — Sue Grafton, "C" Is for Corpse
• Best First Novel award — Bill Crider, Too Late to Die
• Best Paperback Original award — Robert Wright Campbell, The Junkyard Dog
• Best Short Story award — Sue Grafton, "The Parker Shotgun", from Mean Streets

  1986

• Best Novel award — Sue Grafton, "B" Is for Burglar
• Best First Novel award — Jonathan Kellerman, When the Bough Breaks
• Best Paperback Original award — Nancy Pickard, Say No to Murder
• Best Short Story award — Linda Barnes, "Lucky Penny", from The New Black Mask, No. 3

• Best Movie — Witness
• Best TV Series — Murder, She Wrote
• Grand Master — Barbara Mertz