CRIMEFEST AWARDS 2019 NOMINATIONS

CrimeFest announced their Awards Nominations tonight! Congrats to all!


AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD
The Audible Sounds of Crime Award is for the best unabridged crime audiobook first published in the UK in 2018 in both printed and audio formats, and available for download from audible.co.uk, Britain’s largest provider of downloadable audiobooks. Courtesy of sponsor Audible UK, the winning author and audiobook reader(s) share the £1,000 prize equally and each receives a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.

Audible Sounds of Crime Award nominees:
– Ben Aaronovitch for Lies Sleeping, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Orion Publishing Group)
– Louise Candlish for Our House, read by Deni Francis & Paul Panting (Whole Story Audiobooks)
– Bill Clinton & James Patterson for The President Is Missing, read by Dennis Quaid, January LaVoy, Peter Ganim, Jeremy Davidson, Mozhan Marnò and Bill Clinton (Random House Audiobooks)
– Robert Galbraith for Lethal White, read by Robert Glenister (Hachette Audio)
– Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen for The Wife Between Us, read by Julia Whelan (Pan Macmillan Publishers)
– Stephen King for The Outsider, read by Will Patton (Hodder & Stoughton)
– Clare Mackintosh for Let Me Lie, read by Gemma Whelan & Clare Mackintosh (Little, Brown Book Group)
– Peter May for I’ll Keep You Safe, read by Anna Murray & Peter Forbes (riverrun)
– Ian Rankin for In a House of Lies, read by James MacPherson (Orion Publishing Group)
– Sarah Vaughan for Anatomy of a Scandal, read by Julie Teal, Luke Thompson, Esther Wane and Sarah Feathers (Simon & Schuster Audio UK)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and Audible UK listeners established the shortlist and the winning title.

eDUNNIT AWARD
The eDunnit Award is for the best crime fiction ebook first published in both hardcopy and in electronic format in the British Isles in 2018. The winner receives a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.

eDunnit Award nominees:
– Leye Adenle for When Trouble Sleeps (Cassava Republic Press)
– Steve Cavanagh for Thirteen (Orion Fiction)
– Martin Edwards for Gallows Court (Head of Zeus)
– Laura Lippman for Sunburn (Faber and Faber)
– Khurrum Rahman for Homegrown Hero (HQ – HarperCollins)
– Andrew Taylor for The Fire Court (HarperCollins)

LAST LAUGH AWARD
The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel first published in the British Isles in 2018. The winner receives a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.

Last Laugh Award nominees:
– Simon Brett for A Deadly Habit (Crème de la Crime – Severn House)
– Christopher Fowler for Bryant & May – Hall of Mirrors (Transworld)
– Mario Giordano for Auntie Poldi and the Fruits of the Lord (John Murray)
– Mick Herron for London Rules (John Murray)
– Khurrum Rahman for Homegrown Hero (HQ – HarperCollins)
– Lynne Truss for A Shot in the Dark (Bloomsbury)
– Antti Tuomainen for Palm Beach Finland (Orenda Books)
– Olga Wojtas for Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Golden Samovar (Contraband – Saraband)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.

H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
The H.R.F. Keating Award is for the best biographical or critical book related to crime fiction first published in the British Isles in 2018. The award is named after H.R.F. ‘Harry’ Keating, one of Britain’s most esteemed crime novelists, crime reviewers and writer of books about crime fiction. The winning author receives a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass award.

H.R.F. Keating Award nominees:
– Nils Clausson for Arthur Conan Doyle’s Art of Fiction (Cambridge Scholars Publishing)
– Brian Cliff for Irish Crime Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan)
– Glen S. Close for Female Corpses in Crime Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan)
– Laura Joyce & Henry Sutton for Domestic Noir (Palgrave Macmillan)
– Barry Forshaw for Historical Noir (No Exit Press)
– Steven Powell for The Big Somewhere: Essays on James Ellroy’s Noir World (Bloomsbury)
– James Sallis for Difficult Lives – Hitching Rides (No Exit Press)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.

BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN
This award is for the best crime novel for children (aged 8-12) first published in the British Isles in 2018. The winner receives a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass award.

Best Crime Novel for Children nominees:
– P.G. Bell for The Train to Impossible Places (Usborne Publishing)
– Fleur Hitchcock for Murder At Twilight (Nosy Crow)
– S.A. Patrick for A Darkness of Dragons (Usborne Publishing)
– Dave Shelton for The Book Case: An Emily Lime Mystery (David Fickling Books)
– Lauren St. John for Kat Wolfe Investigates (Macmillan Children’s Books)
– Nicki Thornton for The Last Chance Hotel (Chicken House)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and reviewers of fiction for children and young adults voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.

2019 BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN (AGES 8–12) AWARD ENTRIES
http://www.crimefest.com/awards-cf/#child_ll

BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS
This award is for the best crime novel for young adults (aged 12-16) first published in the British Isles in 2018. The winner receives a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass award.

Best Crime Novel for Young Adults nominees:
– David Almond for The Colour of the Sun (Hodder Children’s Books)
– Mel Darbon for Rosie Loves Jack (Usborne Publishing)
– Julia Gray for Little Liar (Andersen Press)
– Tom Pollock for White Rabbit, Red Wolf (Walker Books)
– Nikesh Shukla for Run, Riot (Hodder Children’s Books)
– Neal & Jarrod Shusterman for Dry (Walker Books)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and reviewers of fiction for children and young adults voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.

CRIMEFEST annually presents its awards at a dinner which in 2019 will be held on Saturday, 11 May.
– Sarah Ward for The Shrouded Path (Faber and Faber)
Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.