Anthony Award Nominees for 2013

Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, is pleased to announce the Anthony Award Nominees for 2013. The winners will be chosen by the full time members of Bouchercon XLIV, September 19-22, in Albany, New York.

BEST NOVEL
Dare Me - Megan Abbott
The Trinity Game - Sean Chercover
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
The Beautiful Mystery - Louise Penny
The Other Woman - Hank Phillippi Ryan

BEST FIRST NOVEL
Don't Ever Get Old - Daniel Friedman
The Professionals - Owen Laukkanen
The Expats - Chris Pavone
The 500 - Matthew Quirk
Black Fridays - Michael Sears

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Whiplash River - Lou Berney
Murder for Choir - Joelle Charbonneau (a big DSD "woohoo")
And She Was - Alison Gaylin]
Blessed are the Dead - Malla Nunn
Big Maria - Johnny Shaw

BEST SHORT STORY
"Mischief in Mesopotamia" - Dana Cameron, EQMM, Nov 2012
"Kept in the Dark" - Shelia Connolly, Best New England Crime Stories: Blood Moon
"The Lord is My Shamus" - Barb Goffman, Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder
"Peaches" - Todd Robinson, Grift, Spring 2012
"The Unremarkable Heart" - Karin Slaughter, MWA Presents: Vengeance,

BEST CRITICAL NONFICTION WORK
Books to Die For - John Connolly and Declan Burke, eds.
Blood Relations - Joseph Goodrich, ed.
More Forensics and Fiction - D.P. Lyle, M.D.
The Grand Tour - Mathew Prichard, ed.
In Pursuit of Spenser - Otto Penzler, ed.

Our congratulations to all the nominees!

A complete online listing is available athttp://www.bouchercon.info/nominees.html

Best regards,
B.G. Ritts
2013 Anthony Awards Chair