International Association of Crime Writers, North American Branch

NEWS

Dashiell Hammett Street, San Francisco
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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