The Hammett Prize Nominees 2019

The North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers announced  the nominees for their annual HAMMETT PRIZE for a work of literary excellence in the field of crime writing by a US or Canadian author. Congratulations to all.

The nominees: 

William Boyle, The Lonely Witness (Pegasus Crime)
Lisa Unger, Under My Skin (Park Row)
Sam Wiebe, Cut You Down (Random House Canada)
Lou Berney, November Road (William Morrow)
Robert Olen Butler, Paris in the Dark (The Mysterious Press)

HAMMETT PRIZE NOMINEES

NOMINEES FOR ANNUAL NORTH AMERICAN HAMMETT PRIZE ANNOUNCED

The North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers announced the 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:           

Craig Davidson, Cataract City: A Novel (Doubleday Canada)
Heywood Gould, Green Light for Murder (Tyrus Books)
Richard Lange, Angel Baby: A Novel (Mulholland Books)
Lisa Moore, Caught (House of Anansi Press)
George P. Pelecanos, The Double (Little, Brown)

A reading committee of IACW/NA members selected the nominees, based on recommendations from other members and the publishing community.  The committee was headed by Wendy Hornsby and included Michael Bowen, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Deen Kogan, and Ann Romeo.

The winner will be chosen by three distinguished outside judges: Steven Kruger, author of The Spectral Jew: Conversion and Embodiment in Medieval Europe; Ben McNally, owner of Ben McNally Books in Toronto; and Karen Solie, winner of the 2010 Griffin Poetry Prize for Pigeon.

The organization will name the HAMMETT PRIZE  winner, during the Bloody Words Conference, in Toronto, June 6-8. The winner will receive a bronze trophy, designed by sculptor Peter Boiger.

Hammett Prize Nominees

The North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers just announced the nominees for their annual HAMMETT PRIZE for a work of literary excellence in the field of crime writing by a US or Canadian author. 
       
William Landay, Defending Jacob: A Novel (Delacorte)
Jim Lynch, Truth Like the Sun: A Novel (Knopf)
Howard Owen, Oregon Hill (Permanent)
Kurt Palka, Patient Number 7 (McCelland & Stewart) 
G. Willow Wilson, Alif the Unseen (Emblem/Canada; Grove/US)

The organization will name the HAMMETT PRIZE  winner, during  the  New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) Fall Conference, in Somerset, New Jersey, September 30-October 2. The winner will receive a bronze trophy, designed by sculptor Peter Boiger.