Tonight in a series of events across Canada
the shortlists for the Arthur Ellis Awards sponsored by the Crime Writers of
Canada were announced. It is a little discouraging as I have not read any of
the books listed in any of the categories. The shortlists are:
Best Novel
- Linwood Barclay, Trust
Your Eyes, Doubleday Canada
- Giles Blunt,
Until the Night, Random House Canada
- Sean Chercover, The
Trinity Game, Thomas & Mercer
- Stephen Miller, The
Messenger, Delacorte Press
- Carsten Stroud, Niceville, Knopf
Best First Novel
- Peggy Blair, The
Beggar’s Opera, Penguin Canada
- Deryn Collier, Confined
Space, Simon & Schuster
- Peter Kirby, The
Dead of Winter, Linda Leith Publishing
- Chris Laing, A
Private Man, Seraphim
- Simone St. James, The Haunting of Maddy Clare, NAL
Best Novella
- Lou Allin, Contingency
Plan, Orca Rapid Reads
- Vicki Delany, A
Winter Kill, Orca Rapid Reads
- Barbara Fradkin, Evil
behind that Door, Orca Rapid Reads
- Christopher Moore, "Reunion", Phnom Penh Noir, Heaven Lake Press
Best Short Story
- Melodie Campbell, “Life
without George” in Over My Dead Body Mystery Magazine,
August 2012
- Sandy Conrad, “Sins of
the Fathers” in Daughters and Other Strangers, The
Brucedale Press
- Scott MacKay, “Cruel
Coast” in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, July 2012
- Jas R. Petrin, “Mad
Dog” in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, October 2012
- Yasuko Thanh, “Spring-blade Knife” in Floating Like the Dead, McClelland & Stewart
Best Nonfiction
- Anita Arvast, Bloody
Justice: The Truth behind the Bandidos Massacre at Shedden, John
Wiley & Sons
- Guy Lawson, Octopus:
Sam Israel, the Secret Market, and Wall Street’s Wildest Con,
Crown Books/Random House
- Steve Lillebuen, The
Devil’s Cinema: The Untold Story behind Mark Twitchell’s Kill Room,
McClelland & Stewart
- Bruce Livesey, Thieves of Bay Street: How Banks, Brokerages and the Wealthy Steal Billions from Canadians, Random House Canada
Best Juvenile/YA
- Lisa Harrington, Live
to Tell, Cormorant Books
- Y.S. Lee, The
Agency: The Traitor in the Tunnel, Candlewick Press
- Sylvia McNicoll, Crush
Candy Corpse, James Lorimer & Company
- Shane Peacock,
Becoming Holmes, Tundra Books
- Elizabeth Stewart, The Lynching of Louie Sam, Annick Press
Best Crime Book in
French
- Mario Bolduc, La Nuit
des albinos: Sur les traces de Max O’Brien, Libre Expression
- André Jacques, De
pierres et de sang, Druide
- Jean Lemieux, L’homme
du jeudi, La courte échelle
- Martin Michaud, Je me
souviens, Goélette
- Richard Ste Marie, L’inaveu, Alire
Best Unpublished
First Crime Novel: the Unhanged Arthur
- William Hall, Cold
Black Tide
- Ilonka Halsband, The
Raffle Baby
- Coleen Steele, Sins Revisited
Tickets for the Arthur Ellis Awards Gala on May
30 at the Arts and Letters Club in Toronto are now available.
I've not even heard of many of the authors, let alone not having ready any. Sigh. Too many writers, not enough time :)
ReplyDeleteBill - Thanks for sharing this. I'm guilty too of not reading these. There just isn't enough time to read everything one would like to read.
ReplyDeleteBernadette: Thanks for the comment. Sigh and sigh again. Not enough time in Saskatchewan either.
ReplyDeleteMargot: Thanks for the comment. I wish I could find alittle more time but it is unlikely.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this list. I am always interested in sampling Canadian authors, even though it may take a while before I can get to them.
ReplyDeleteTracyK: Thanks for the comment. I look forward to more reading trips north to Canada by yourself.
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