Bouchercon has announced the finalist for the 2021 Anthony Awards—and what a thrill to find my own work on the slate!
“The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74,” originally published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and then the title story for my collection for Crippen & Landru, has been named a finalist for Best Short Story, alongside stories by Barb Goffman, Alex Segura, Gabriel Valjan, and James W. Ziskin. (You can read my story here.)
And California Schemin’: Bouchercon Anthology 2020 has been named a finalist for Best Anthology or Collection, alongside books edited by Heather Graham, Gabino Iglesias, Josh Pachter, and Nick Kolakowski and Steve Weddle, plus a single-author collection by Richie Narvaez.
Congratulations to all—and to writers on the full slate of finalists below!
Best Hardcover Novel
- What You Don’t See – Tracy Clark
- Blacktop Wasteland – S.A. Cosby – Flatiron Books
- Little Secrets – Jennifer Hillier – Minotaur Books
- And Now She’s Gone – Rachel Howzell Hall – Forge Books
- The First to Lie – Hank Phillippi Ryan – Forge Books
Best First Novel
- Derailed – Mary Keliikoa – Camel Press
- Murder in Old Bombay – Nev March – Minotaur Books
- Murder at the Mena House – Erica Ruth Neubauer – Kensington
- The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman – Pamela Dorman Books
- Winter Counts – David Heska Wanbli Weiden – Ecco Press
Best Paperback Original/E-Book/Audiobook Original Novel
- The Fate of a Flapper – Susanna Calkins – Griffin
- When No One is Watching – Alyssa Cole – William Morrow
- Unspeakable Things – Jess Lourey – Thomas & Mercer
- The Lucky One – Lori Rader-Day – William Morrow
- Dirty Old Town – Gabriel Valjan – Level Best Books
Best Short Story
- “Dear Emily Etiquette” – Barb Goffman – EQMM – Dell Magazines
- “90 Miles” – Alex Segura – Both Sides: Stories From the Border – Agora Books
- “The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74” – Art Taylor – AHMM (Jan-Feb) – Dell Magazines
- “Elysian Fields” – Gabriel Valjan – California Schemin’ – Wildside Press
- “The Twenty-Five Year Engagement” – James W. Ziskin – In League with Sherlock Holmes – Pegasus Crime
Best Juvenile/Young Adult
- Midnight at the Barclay Hotel – Fleur Bradley – Viking Books for Young Readers
- Premeditated Myrtle – Elizabeth C. Bunce – Algonquin Young Readers
- From the Desk of Zoe Washington – Janae Marks – Katherine Tegen Books
- Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco – Richie Narvaez – Piñata Books
- Star Wars Poe Dameron: Free Fall – Alex Segura – Disney Lucasfilm Press
Best Critical or Nonfiction Work
- Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy – Leslie Brody – Seal Press
- American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics and the Birth of American CSI – Kate Winkler Dawson – G.P. Putnam’s Sons
- Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club – Martin Edwards, ed. – Collins Crime Club
- The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia – Emma Copley Eisenberg – Hachette Books
- Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman behind Hitchcock – Christina Lane – Chicago Review Press
- Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession – Sarah Weinman, ed. – Ecco Press
Best Anthology or Collection
- Shattering Glass: A Nasty Woman Press Anthology – Heather Graham, ed. – Nasty Woman Press
- Both Sides: Stories from the Border – Gabino Iglesias, ed. – Agora Books
- Noiryorican – Richie Narvaez – Down & Out Books
- The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell – Josh Pachter, ed. – Untreed Reads Publishing
- California Schemin’ – Art Taylor. ed. – Wildside Press
- Lockdown: Stories of Crime, Terror, and Hope During a Pandemic – Nick Kolakowski and Steve Weddle, eds. – Polis Books