NEWS
NOMINEES FOR ANNUAL HAMMETT PRIZE
The North American Branch of the International
Association of Crime Writers is pleased to announce nominees for their
annual HAMMETT PRIZE for a
work of literary excellence in the field of crime writing by a US or
Canadian author. The nominees are as follows:
Megan E. Abbott, Bury Me Deep: A
Novel (Simon & Schuster)
Ace Atkins, Devil’s
Garden (Putnam)
Jedediah
Berry, The Manual of Detection: A Novel (Penguin)
Walter
Mosley, The Long Fall (Riverhead)
George P.
Pelecanos, The Way Home (Little, Brown)
A reading committee of IACW/NA members selected the
nominees, based on recommendations from other members and the publishing
community. The committee was
headed by Lou Boxer and included Gil Adamson, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Greg
Herren, and Craig McDonald.
The winner will be chosen by three distinguished outside judges:
Stephanie Anderson, Manager of WORD bookstore in Brooklyn; Glenn Burger, author of Chaucer’s
Queer Nation; and Tamar Lewin, New York Times national
reporter covering education.
The organization will name the HAMMETT PRIZE winner,
during the tenth anniversary Bloody
Words Conference, in Toronto, May 28-30. The winner will receive a
bronze trophy, designed by sculptor Peter Boiger.
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