2017 Scribe Award Nominees

The International Association of Media Tie-in Writers announced the nominees for the 2017 Scribe Awards. These prizes are intended to “honor licensed (published) works that tie in with other media such as television, movies, gaming, or comic books. These include original works set in established universes, and adaptations of stories that have appeared in other formats and that cross all genres.” Among the five categories of Scribe nominees are these of interest to mystery readers:

Adapted—General and Speculative:
• Assassin’s Creed, by Christie Golden
• Road to Perdition, by Max Allan Collins
• Suicide Squad, by Marv Wolfman

General Original:
• 24: Trial by Fire, by Dayton Ward
• Don Pendleton’s The Executioner: Missile Intercept, by Michael Black
• Murder Never Knocks, by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins
• Robert B. Parker’s Slow Burn, by Ace Atkins
• Tom Clancy’s True Faith and Allegiance, by Mark Greaney

Winners will be announced at Comic-Con International in San Diego, (July 20-23).




Hat Tip: The Rap Sheet