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
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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.

CrimeFest Awards

CrimeFest 2017 announced the winners of its six award categories at the convention’s annual gala dinner this evening. The awards gala is the highlight of the UK’s biggest international crime fiction festival, with previous winners including Ian Rankin, Kate Atkinson, Stieg Larsson and Philip Kerr. The event is a celebration of a fantastic year in crime fiction, with Robin Stevens snapping up the first ever CrimeFest Award for Children’s Crime Fiction as one of the UK’s most popular children’s book authors for her Murder Most Unladylike series. Simon Mason won the first ever award for Young Adult Crime Fiction for his teenage murder mystery Kid Got Shot, beating American bestseller John Grisham’s lucrative YA Theodore Boone series.

Audible Sounds of Crime Award
WINNER: Clare Mackintosh for I See You, read by Rachel Atkins (Hachette Audio / Isis)

eDunnit Award
WINNER: Laura Lippman for Wilde Lake (Faber & Faber)

H.R.F. Keating Award
WINNER: Barry Forshaw for Brit Noir (Pocket Essentials)

Last Laugh Award
WINNER: Mick Herron for Real Tigers (John Murray)

Best Crime Novel for Children (8 – 12)
WINNER: Robin Stevens for Murder Most Unladylike: Mistletoe and Murder (Puffin)

Best Crime Novel for Young Adults (12 – 16)
WINNER: Simon Mason for Kid Got Shot (David Fickling Books)

The ceremony took place at the Bristol Royal Marriott Hotel to mark the climax of a convention that saw hundreds of authors, publishers, agents and lovers of crime fiction descend on the city for four days of exciting panel discussions, author talks and interviews with award-winning, bestselling crime fiction authors. Highlights of this year’s convention included guest author appearances from Anthony Horowitz, Ann Cleeves, Peter Lovesey and Martin Edwards.

Crimefest Awards Shortlist

CRIMEFEST AWARDS SHORTLISTS
Winners will be announced at the CRIMEFEST Gala Awards Dinner on Saturday, May 21. Congratulations 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 2016 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.

Nominees for Best Unabridged Crime Audiobook:
– Rachel Abbott for Kill Me Again, read by Lisa Coleman (Bolinda / Audible)
– Fiona Barton for The Widow, read by Clare Corbett (Bolinda / Audible)
– Clare Mackintosh for I See You, read by Rachel Atkins (Sphere)
– Holly Seddon for Try Not to Breath, read by Jot Davies, Lucy Middleweek & Katy Sobey (Bolinda)
– Ben Aaronovitch for The Hanging Tree, read by Kobna Holdbrook– Smith (Orion Publishing Group)
– Lee Child for Night School, read by Jeff Harding (Transworld Digital)
– Anthony Horowitz for Magpie Murders, read by Allan Corduner & Samantha Bond (Orion Publishing Group)
– Peter May for Coffin Road, read by Peter Forbes (Riverrun)

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 2016.

Nominees for the eDunnit Award:
– Linwood Barclay for The Twenty– Three (Orion Publishing Group)
– Steph Broadribb for Deep Down Dead (Orenda Books)
– Michael Connelly for The Wrong Side of Goodbye (Orion Publishing Group)
– Ragnar Jonasson for Blackout (Orenda Books)
– Laura Lippman for Wilde Lake (Faber & Faber)
– Ian Rankin for Rather Be the Devil (Orion Publishing Group)
– Andrew Taylor for The Ashes of London (HarperFiction)
– L.C. Tyler for Cat Among the Herrings (Allison & Busby)

Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.

LAST LAUGH AWARD
The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel first published in the British Isles in 2016. The winner receives a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.

Nominees for the Last Laugh Award:
– Ken Bruen & Jason Starr for PIMP (Hardcase Crime)
– John Dufresne for I Don’t Like Where This Is Going (Serpent’s Tail)
– Judith Flanders for A Cast of Vultures (Allison & Busby)
– Mick Herron for Real Tigers (John Murray)
– Carl Hiaasen for Razor Girl (Little, Brown Book Group)
– Vaseem Khan for The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown (Hodder & Stoughton)
– L.C. Tyler for Cat Among the Herrings (Allison & Busby)
– Chris Whitaker for Tall Oaks (Twenty7)

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 2016. 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.

Nominees for the H.R.F. Keating Award:
– Mark Aldridge for Agatha Christie on Screen (Palgrave Macmillan)
– J.C. Berthnal for Queering Agatha Christie (Palgrave Macmillan)
– Barry Forshaw for Brit Noir (No Exit Press)
– Rachel Franks & Alistair Rolls for Crime Uncovered: Private investigator (Intellect)
– Katharina Hall for Crime Fiction in German: Der Krimi (University of Wales Press)
– Megan Hoffman for Gender and Representation in British ‘Golden Age’ Crime Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan)
– Elizabeth Mannion for The Contemporary Irish Detective Novel (Palgrave Macmillan)

BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN (08 – 12)

– Lyn Gardner for Rose Campion and The Stolen Secret (Nosy Crow)
– Fleur Hitchcock for Murder In Midwinter (Nosy Crow)
– Gareth P. Jones for The Thornthwaite Betrayal (Piccadilly Press)
– Tom McLaughlin for The Accidental Secret Agent (Oxford University Press)
– Robin Stevens for Murder Most Unladylike: Jolly Foul Play (Puffin)
– Robin Stevens for Murder Most Unladylike: Mistletoe and Murder (Puffin)
– Harriet Whitehorn for Violet and the Smugglers (Simon & Schuster)
– Katherine Woodfine for The Mystery of the Jewelled Moth (Egmont)

Eligible titles were submitted by publishers, and reviewers of fiction for children and young adults voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.

BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS (12 – 16)
– Leigh Bardugo for Crooked Kingdom (Hachette Children’s Group)
– Kerry Drewery for Cell 7 (Hot Key Books)
– John Grisham for Theodore Boone: The Scandal (Hodder & Stoughton)
– Erin Lange for Rebel, Bully, Geek, Pariah (Faber & Faber)
– Patrice Lawrence for Orangeboy (Hachette Children’s Group)
– Simon Mason for Kid Got Shot (David Fickling Books)
– Simon Mayo for Blame (Penguin)
– Eliza Wass for In The Dark, In The Woods (Hachette Children’s Group)

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 Award Winners 2016

CRIMEFEST announced the following Award winners at the banquet in Bristol this evening. Congratulations to all!

Audible Sounds of Crime Award:
Paula Hawkins for The Girl on the Train, read by Clare Corbett, India Fisher & Louise Brealey (Random House Audiobooks)

Kobo eDunnit Award:
Michael Connelly for The Crossing (Orion Publishing Group)

Last Laugh Award:
Christopher Fowler for Bryant & May and the Burning Man (Transworld)

H.R.F. Keating Award:
Martin Edwards for The Golden Age of Murder (HarperCollins)

Petrona Award:
Jørn Lier Horst for The Caveman, translated by Anne Bruce (Sandstone Press; Norway)

CrimeFest Award Nominees

CRIMEFEST annually presents its awards at a dinner which in 2016 will be held on Saturday, 21 May. Bristol, England. Congratulations to all the Nominees

Nominees for the Audible Sounds of Crime Award
Rachel Abbott for Sleep Tight, read by Melody Grove & Andrew Wincott (Whole Story Audiobooks)
Lee Child for Make Me, read by Jeff Harding (Random House Audiobooks)
Harlan Coben for The Stranger, read by Eric Meyers (Orion Publishing Group)
Robert Galbraith for Career of Evil, read by Robert Glenister (Hachette Audio UK)
Paula Hawkins for The Girl on the Train, read by Clare Corbett, India Fisher & Louise Brealey (Random House Audiobooks)
Stephen King for Finders Keepers, read by Will Patton (Hodder & Stoughton)
David Lagercrantz for The Girl in the Spider’s Web, translated by George Goulding and read by Saul Reichlin (Quercus)
Clare Mackintosh for I Let You Go, read by David Thorpe & Julia Barrie (Hachette Audio)
Ian Rankin for Even Dogs in the Wild, read by James Macpherson (Orion Publishing Group)

Nominees for the eDunnit Award:
Linwood Barclay for Broken Promise (Orion Publishing Group)
Michael Connelly for The Crossing (Orion Publishing Group)
Judith Flanders for A Bed of Scorpions (Allison & Busby)
Suzette A. Hill for A Southwold Mystery (Allison & Busby)
Laurie R. King for Dreaming Spies (Allison & Busby)
Jax Miller for Freedom’s Child (HarperCollins)
Denise Mina for Blood, Salt, Water (Orion Publishing Group) – Andrew Taylor for The Silent Boy (HarperCollins)

Nominees for the Last Laugh Award:
Sascha Arango for The Truth and Other Lies (Simon & Schuster)
Alan Bradley for As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Orion Publishing Group)
Simon Brett for Mrs Pargeter’s Principle (Severn House Publishing)
Christopher Fowler for Bryant & May and the Burning Man (Transworld)
Elly Griffiths for Smoke and Mirrors (Quercus)
Malcolm Pryce for The Case of the ‘Hail Mary’ Celeste (Bloomsbury)
Mike Ripley for Mr Campion’s Fox (Severn House Publishing)
Jason Starr for Savage Lane (No Exit Press)

Nominees for the H.R.F. Keating Award:
David Stuart Davies & Barry Forshaw for The Sherlock Holmes Book (Dorling Kindersley) – Martin Edwards for The Golden Age of Murder (HarperCollins)
Fergus Fleming for The Man With the Golden Typewriter: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters (Bloomsbury)
Barry Forshaw for Crime Uncovered: Detective (Intellect)
Julius Green for Curtains Up: Agatha Christie
A Life in Theatre (HarperCollins)
Maysam Hasam Jaber for Criminal Femmes Fatales in American Hardboiled Crime Fiction (Palgrave Macmillan)
Fiona Peters & Rebecca Stewart for Crime Uncovered: Anti-hero (Intellect)
Adam Sisman for John le Carré: The Biography (Bloomsbury)

Nominees for the Petrona Award:
Karin Fossum for The Drowned Boy, translated by Kari Dickson (Harvill Secker; Norway)
Kati Hiekkapelto for The Defenceless, translated by David Hackston (Orenda Books; Finland)
Jørn Lier Horst for The Caveman, translated by Anne Bruce (Sandstone Press; Norway)
David Lagercrantz for The Girl in the Spider’s Web, translated by George Goulding (MacLehose Press; Sweden)
Hans Olav Lahlum for Satellite People, translated by Kari Dickson (Mantle/Pan Macmillan; Norway)
Antti Tuomainen for Dark As My Heart, translated by Lola Rogers (Harvill Secker; Finland)

CrimeFest Awards Shortlists

 
THE 2015 CRIMEFEST AWARDS SHORTLISTS

The winners will be announced at the CRIMEFEST Gala Awards Dinner on Saturday, 16 May.

The Audible Sounds of Crime Award for the best unabridged crime audiobook first published in the UK in 2014 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 share the £1,000 prize equally and each receives a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.

- Ben Aaronovitch for Foxglove Summer, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Orion Publishing Group)
- Lee Child for Personal, read by Jeff Harding (Penguin Random House Audio)
- Robert Galbraith for The Silkworm, read by Robert Glenister (Little, Brown Book Group)
- Anthony Horowitz for Moriarty, read by Derek Jacobi & Julian Rhind-Tutt (Orion Publishing Group)
- Peter James for Want You Dead, read by Daniel Weyman (Macmillan Digital Audio)
- Stephen King for Mr Mercedes, read by Will Patton (Hodder & Stoughton)
- Jo Nesbø for The Son, read by Sean Barrett (Penguin Random House Audio)
- James Oswald for The Hangman’s Song, read by Ian Hanmore (Penguin Random House Audio)

Eligible titles were submitted by publishers for the longlist, and Audible UK listeners established the shortlist and the winning title.

The eDunnit Award for the best crime fiction ebook first published in both hardcopy and in electronic format in the British Isles in 2014. The winning author receives £500 and a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.

- Linwood Barclay for No Safe House (Orion Publishing Group)
- Lawrence Block for The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons (Orion Publishing Group)
- Charles Cumming for A Colder War (HarperCollins)
- Chris Ewan for Dark Tides (Faber & Faber)
- Greg Illes for Natchez Burning (HarperCollins)
- Thomas Mogford for Hollow Mountain (Bloomsbury)
- Thomas Sweterlitsch for Tomorrow and Tomorrow (Headline)
- Andrew Taylor for The Silent Boy (HarperCollins)

Eligible titles were submitted by publishers for the longlist, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.                                                                                                                     

The Goldsboro Last Laugh Award for the best humorous crime novel first published in the British Isles in 2014. The £500 prize is sponsored by Goldsboro Books, the book collector's bookseller. The winner also receives a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.

- Lawrence Block for The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons (Orion Publishing Group)
- Declan Burke for Crime Always Pays (Severn House Publishers)
- Christopher Fowler for Bryant & May - The Bleeding Heart (Bantam/Transworld)
- Shane Kuhn for Kill Your Boss (Little, Brown Book Group)
- Chris Pavone for The Accident (Faber & Faber)
- L. C. Tyler for Crooked Herring (Allison & Busby)

Eligible titles were submitted by publishers for the longlist, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.

The H.R.F. Keating Award for the best biographical or critical book related to crime fiction first published in the British Isles between 2013 - 2014. 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.

- Pamela Bedore for Dime Novels and the Roots of American Detective Fiction (Palgrave 2013)
- Clare Clarke for Late Victorian Crime Fiction in the Shadows of Sherlock (Palgrave, 2014)
- Barry Forshaw for Nordic Noir (Pocket Essentials, 2013)
- Barry Forshaw for Euro Noir (No Exit Press, 2014)
- John Martin for Crime Scene: Britain & Ireland (Five Leaves, 2014)
- Lucy Worsley for A Very British Murder (BBC Books, 2013)

Eligible titles were collated by author and crime fiction expert Martin Edwards. A team of British crime fiction reviewers voted to establish the shortlist and the winning title.

CRIMEFEST 2013 AWARD WINNERS

The Crimefest Award Winners were announced at the CrimeFest Gala Dinner tonight. Congrats to all!

AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD
The Audible Sounds of Crime Award recognises the best crime audiobook published in both print and audio in 2012. Courtesy of sponsor Audible UK, the winning author and audiobook reader share the £1,000 prize equally and each receives a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass vase.

Ian Rankin for Standing In Another Man's Grave read by James MacPherson (Orion Audio)

GOLDSBORO LAST LAUGH AWARD
The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel of 2012. The £500 prize is sponsored by Goldsboro Books, the book collector's bookseller. The winner also receives a Bristol Blue Glass vase.

Ruth Dudley Edwards for Killing The Emperors (Allison & Busby)

eDUNNIT AWARD
The eDunnit Award is for the best crime fiction ebook published in 2012 in both hardcopy and in electronic format. The winning author receives £500, an eReader, as well as a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass vase.

Christopher Fowler for Bryant & May and the Invisible Code (Transworld)

THE H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
The H.R.F. Keating Award is for the best biography or critical book related to crime fiction published between 2008 and 2012. The award is named for Harry Keating, who died in 2011, one of Britain's most esteemed crime novelists, a reviewer for The Times, and writer of books about crime fiction.The winning author receives a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass vase.

Barry Forshaw (editor) for British Crime Writing: an Encyclopaedia (Greenwood World Publishing, 2008)

For Nominees in all categories, go HERE.

Hat Tip: Bill Gottfried, Fan Extraordinaire