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 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

Crimefest Awards Shortlists Announced

Adrian Muller, co-chair of CrimeFest, sent the shortlists for the Sounds of Crime Awards and the Last Laugh Awards. For more info on CrimeFest, go to info@crimefest.com or visit the Website.
Sounds Of Crime Awards

The Sounds of Crime Awards are sponsored by Audible UK, the Internet's leading premium spoken audio source.

The awards are for the best abridged and unabridged crime audiobooks first published in 2008 in both printed and digital formats, and available for download from the Audible UK website. The award goes to both the author and the reader of the winning entry.

Nominees for Best Abridged Crime Audiobook:
- Mark Billingham for In the Dark. Reader: Adjoa Andoh. (Hachette Digital)
- Harlan Coben for Hold Tight. Reader: Tim Machin. (Orion)
- Sue Grafton for T is for Trespass. Reader: Lorelei King. (Macmillan)
- Stieg Larsson for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Reader: Martin Wenner. (Quercus)
- Val McDermid for A Darker Domain. Reader: Valerie Gogan. (HarperCollins)
- Ian Rankin for Doors Open. Reader: James McPherson. (Orion)

Nominees for Best Unabridged Crime Audiobook:
- Kate Atkinson for When Will There Be Good News? Reader: Steven Crossley. (BBC Audiobooks)
- Harlan Coben for Hold Tight. Reader: Richard Ferrone. (Whole Story Audio Books)
- Tess Gerritsen for The Bone Garden. Reader, Lorelei King. (BBC Audiobooks)
- Declan Hughes for The Dying Breed. Reader: Stanley Townsend. (Isis Publishing Ltd)
- Alexander McCall Smith for The Miracle at Speedy Motors. Reader: Adjoa Andoh. (Isis Publishing Ltd)
- RD Wingfield for A Killing Frost. Reader: Stephen Thorne. (Isis Publishing Ltd)

Audible UK customers and CRIMEFEST delegates will vote for the winning titles which will be announced at the Gala Dinner on the 16th of May at the Marriott Royal Hotel, Bristol. The winners receive a commemorative award provided by Bristol Blue Glass.

One Audible customer or CRIMEFEST delegate who votes for the winning titles will be randomly selected and receive an iPod and all 12 shortlisted titles.

The Last Laugh Award
The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel published in the British Isles in 2008. Goldsboro Books, Britain’s book collector’s bookseller, is providing a £1,000 cash prize for the winner.

Last Laugh Award nominees:
- Gilbert Adair for And Then There Was No One (Faber & Faber)
- Christopher Brookmyre for A Snowball in Hell (Little, Brown)
- Colin Cotterill for Anarchy and Old Dogs (Quercus)
- Christopher Fowler for The Victoria Vanishes (Transworld/Doubleday)
- Mike Ripley for Angels Unaware (Allison & Busby)
- Donald Westlake for Don't Ask (Quercus)

CRIMEFEST delegates will vote for the winning title which will be announced at the Gala Dinner on the 16th of May at the Marriott Royal Hotel, Bristol. In addition to the £1,000 cash prize the winner receives a commemorative award provided by Bristol Blue Glass.

CrimeFest: May 14-17, 2009. Bristol, UK. Guests of Honor: Michael Connelly, Simon Brett, Hakan Nesser, Andrew Taylor. Toastmistress: Meg Gardiner. For the full list of attending authors, go here. Great pre- and post- trips. Book Room, writer workshops and more. Fans and readers and authors welcome.