Saturday, January 31, 2015

Hammett Prize Nominees

NOMINEES FOR NORTH AMERICAN HAMMETT PRIZE ANNOUNCED

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:           
       
Wayfaring Stranger: A Novel, by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster)
Smoke River, by Krista Foss (McClelland & Stewart)
Gangsterland: A Novel, by Tod Goldberg (Counterpoint)

Mr. Mercedes: A Novel, by Stephen King (Scribner)
Goodhouse: A Novel, by Peyton Marshall (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

The organization will name the HAMMETT PRIZE  winner, during  the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association’s (NAIBA) Fall Conference, in Somerset, New Jersey, October 2-4.

2 comments:

Keith Raffel said...

Delighted to see Tod Goldberg's book recognized. A romp where a Chicago hit man goes under cover as a Las Vegas rabbi.

reserche2 said...

So excited to see Tod Goldberg's book nominated! More than well deserved. He is a genius.