Anthony Award nominees 2008

The 2008 Anthony Awards will be announced at Bouchercon in Baltimore at the closing brunch, so I guess that is on October 12.

The guests of honour at Bouchercon 2008 are

• Lawrence Block, Distinguished Contribution to the Genre
  
• Laura Lippman, American Guest of Honor
  
• John Harvey, International Guest of Honor
  
• Mark Billingham, Toastmaster
  
• Robert Rosenwald & Barbara Peters, Lifetime Achievement Award
  
• Thalia Proctor, Fan Guest of Honor

Shortlisted for Anthony Awards:

Best Novel:

• James Lee Burke- Tin Roof Blowdown- Simon and Schuster
• Lee Child - Bad Luck and Trouble Delacorte Press
• Robert Crais- The Watchman Simon and Schuster
• William Kent Krueger- Thunder Bay Atria
• Laura Lippman - What the Dead Know William Morrow

Best First Novel:

• Sean Chercover- Big City, Bad Blood William Morrow
• Tana French- In the Woods Viking Adult
• Lisa Lutz- The Spellman Files Simon and Schuster
• Craig McDonald- Head Games Bleak House Books
• Marcus Sakey- The Blade Itself St. Martin Minotaur

Best Paperback Original

• Megan Abbott- Queenpin Simon and Schuster
• Ken Bruen and Jason Starr - Slide Hard Case Crime
• David Corbett- Blood of Paradise Ballantine Books
• Robert Fate- Baby Shark's Beaumont Blues Capital Crime Press
• P.J. Parrish- A Thousand Bones Pocket

Maddy Van Hertbruggen the creator of 4MA has been shortlisted for a Special Services award.
4MA is a very busy and well run Yahoo list that I have been a member of for over 6 years.

See the short list for all categories here.