Tuesday, June 30, 2020

NGAIO MARSH AWARD LONGLIST

The Ngaio Marsh Awards have celebrated the best New Zealand crime, mystery, thriller, and suspense writing since 2010.

The Longlist for this year’s Best Novel prize is: 

• SHADOW OF A DOUBT by SL Beaumont (Paperback Writers Publishing)
• TRUST ME, I'M DEAD by Sherryl Clark (Verve Books)
• WHATEVER IT TAKES by Paul Cleave (Upstart Press)
• ONE SINGLE THING by Tina Clough (Lightpool Publishing)
• GIRL FROM THE TREE HOUSE by Gudrun Frerichs
• AUE by Becky Manawatu (Makaro Press)
• THE NANCYS by RWR McDonald (Allen & Unwin)
• HIDE by SJ Morgan (MidnightSun Publishing)
• THE GREAT DIVIDE by LJM Owen
• IN THE CLEARING by JP Pomare (Hachette)
• THE WILD CARD by Renee (Cuba Press)
• A MADNESS OF SUNSHINE by Nalini Singh (Hachette)

The longlist is currently being considered by a judging panel of crime, thriller, and suspense writing experts from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.

The finalists for both this Best Novel category and Best First Novel will be announced later this year.

The finalists will be celebrated, and the winners announced, as part of a special event at this year’s WORD Christchurch Festival, held from 29 October to 1 November.

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