Anthony Award for Best First Novel
Appearance
Anthony Award for Best First Novel | |
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Awarded for | Debut mystery novel |
Presented by | Bouchercon World Mystery Convention |
First awarded | 1986 |
Website | bouchercon |
The Anthony Award for Best First Novel, established in 1986, is an annual award presented as part of the Anthony Awards on behalf of Mystery Writers of America.
Recipients
[edit]Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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1986 | Jonathan Kellerman | When the Bough Breaks | Winner | [3] |
Susan Kelly | The Gemini Man | Finalist | ||
Dick Lochte | Sleeping Dog | Finalist | ||
Robert Reeves | Doubting Thomas | Finalist | ||
Andrew Vachss | Flood | Finalist | ||
1987 | Bill Crider | Too Late To Die | Winner | [3] |
Joan Hess | Strangled Prose | Finalist | ||
Faye Kellerman | The Ritual Bath | Finalist | ||
Joseph Koenig | Floater | Finalist | ||
Mike Lupica | Dead Air | Finalist | ||
1988 | Gillian Roberts | Caught Dead in Philadelphia | Winner | [3] |
Michael Allegretto | Death on the Rocks | Finalist | ||
Robert Bowman | The House of Blue Lights | Finalist | ||
Mary Monica Pulver | Murder at the War | Finalist | ||
Les Roberts | An Infinite Number of Monkeys | Finalist | ||
1989 | Elizabeth George | A Great Deliverance | Winner | [3] |
Mary Lou Bennett | Murder Once Done | Finalist | ||
Caroline Graham | The Killings at Badger's Drift | Finalist | ||
Linda Grant | Random Access Murder | Finalist | ||
Gar Anthony Haywood | Fear of the Dark | Finalist | ||
David Stout | Carolina Skeletons | Finalist | ||
1990 | Karen Kijewski | Katwalk | Winner | [3] |
Jill Churchill | Grime & Punishment | Finalist | ||
Melodie Johnson Howe | The Mother Shadow | Finalist | ||
Edith Skom | The Mark Twain Murders | Finalist | ||
Susan Wolfe | The Last Billable Hour | Finalist | ||
1991 | Patricia Cornwell | Postmortem | Winner | [3] |
Janet Dawson | Kindred Crimes | Finalist | ||
Diane Mott Davidson | Catering to Nobody | Finalist | ||
Rochelle Krich | Where’s Mommy Now? | Finalist | ||
James McCahery | Grave Undertaking | Finalist | ||
1992 | Sue Henry | Murder on the Iditarod Trail | Winner | [3] |
Mary Cahill | Carpool | Finalist | ||
Margaret Lucke | A Relative Stranger | Finalist | ||
Rebecca Rothenberg | The Bulrush Murders | Finalist | ||
Leslie Elizabeth Watts | The Chocolate Box | Finalist | ||
Gloria White | Murder on the Run | Finalist | ||
1993 | Barbara Neely | Blanche on the Lam | Winner | [3] |
Susan Wittig Albert | Thyme of Death | Finalist | ||
Carol Higgins Clark | Decked | Finalist | ||
Michael Connelly | The Black Echo | Finalist | ||
Charlene Weir | The Winter Widow | Finalist | ||
1994 | Nevada Barr | Track of the Cat | Winner | [3] |
Jan Burke | Goodnight, Irene | Finalist | ||
Laurie R. King | A Grave Talent | Finalist | ||
Sharan Newman | Death Comes as Epiphany | Finalist | ||
Abigail Padgett | Child of Silence | Finalist | ||
1995 | Caleb Carr | The Alienist | Winner | [3] |
David Guterson | Snow Falling on Cedars | Finalist | ||
Alex Keegan | Cuckoo | Finalist | ||
Dennis Lehane | A Drink Before the War | Finalist | ||
Carol O'Connell | Mallory’s Oracle | Finalist | ||
Laura Joh Rowland | Shinjū | Finalist | ||
Michelle Spring | Every Breath You Take | Finalist | ||
Doug J. Swanson | Big Town | Finalist | ||
Christopher West | Death of a Blue Lantern | Finalist | ||
1996 | Virginia Lanier | Death in Bloodhound Red | Winner | [3] |
Richard Barre | The Innocents | Finalist | ||
G.M. Ford | Who in Hell Is Wanda Fuca? | Finalist | ||
Charles Kenney | Hammurabi’s Code | Finalist | ||
Martha C. Lawrence | Murder in Scorpio | Finalist | ||
1997 | Dale Furutani | Death in Little Tokyo | Winner | |
Terris McMahan Grimes | Somebody Else’s Child | Winner | [3] | |
Michael McGarrity | Tularosa | Finalist | ||
Charles Todd | A Test of Wills | Finalist | ||
Michael C. White | A Brother’s Blood | Finalist | ||
1998 | Lee Child | Killing Floor | Winner | [3] |
Grace Edwards | If I Should Die | Finalist | ||
Maureen Jennings | Except the Dying | Finalist | ||
Philip Reed | Bird Dog | Finalist | ||
Robert E. Skinner | Skin Deep, Blood Red | Finalist | ||
1999 | William Kent Krueger | Iron Lake | Winner | [3] |
Jerrilyn Farmer | Sympathy for the Devil | Finalist | ||
Jacqueline Fielder | Tiger’s Palette | Finalist | ||
Steve Hamilton | A Cold Day in Paradise | Finalist | ||
Donald Harstad | Eleven Days | Finalist | ||
2000 | Donna Andrews | Murder With Peacocks | Winner | [3] |
Cara Black | Murder in the Marais | Finalist | ||
April Henry | Circles of Confusion | Finalist | ||
Kris Neri | Revenge of the Gypsy Queen | Finalist | ||
Paula L. Woods | Inner City Blues | Finalist | ||
2001 | Qiu Xiaolong | Death of a Red Heroine | Winner | [3] |
Stephen Booth | Black Dog | Finalist | ||
David Liss | A Conspiracy of Paper | Finalist | ||
Scott Phillips | The Ice Harvest | Finalist | ||
Bob Truluck | Street Level | Finalist | ||
Douglas E. Winter | Run | Finalist | ||
2002 | C.J. Box | Open Season | Winner | [3] |
K. J. Erikson | Third Person Singular | Finalist | ||
Jan Grape | Austin City Blue | Finalist | ||
Denise Hamilton | The Jasmine Trade | Finalist | ||
Andy Straka | A Witness Above | Finalist | ||
2003 | Julia Spencer-Fleming | In the Bleak Midwinter | Winner | [3] |
David Corbett | The Devil’s Redhead | Finalist | ||
Libby Fischer Hellmann | An Eye for Murder | Finalist | ||
Jonathon King | The Blue Edge of Midnight | Finalist | ||
Eddie Muller | The Distance | Finalist | ||
2004 | P. J. Tracy | Monkeewrench | Winner | [3] |
Erin Hart | Haunted Ground | Finalist | ||
Rebecca Pawel | Death of a Nationalist | Finalist | ||
Lono Waiwaiole | Wiley’s Lament | Finalist | ||
Jacqueline Winspear | Maisie Dobbs | Finalist | ||
2005 | Harley Jane Kozak | Dating Dead Men | Winner | [3] |
Sandra Balzo | Uncommon Grounds | Finalist | ||
Judy Clemens | Till the Cows Come Home | Finalist | ||
Jilliane Hoffman | Retribution | Finalist | ||
J. A. Konrath | Whiskey Sour | Finalist | ||
2006 | Chris Grabenstein | Tilt-a-Whirl | Winner | [3] |
Megan Abbott | Die a Little | Finalist | ||
Brian Freeman | Immoral | Finalist | ||
Randall Hicks | The Baby Game | Finalist | ||
Theresa Schwegel | Officer Down | Finalist | ||
2007 | Louise Penny | Still Life | Winner | [3] |
John Hart | King of Lies | Finalist | ||
Steve Hockensmith | Holmes on the Range | Finalist | ||
Cornelia Read | A Field of Darkness | Finalist | ||
Alexandra Sokoloff | The Harrowing | Finalist | ||
2008 | Tana French | In the Woods | Winner | [3] |
Sean Chercover | Big City, Bad Blood | Finalist | ||
Lisa Lutz | The Spellman Files | Finalist | ||
Craig McDonald | Head Games | Finalist | ||
Marcus Sakey | The Blade Itself | Finalist | ||
2009 | Stieg Larsson | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Winner | [3][4] |
Rosemary Harris | Pushing Up Daisies | Finalist | ||
Julie Kramer | Stalking Susan | Finalist | ||
G. M. Malliet | Death of a Cozy Writer | Finalist | ||
Tom Rob Smith | Child 44 | Finalist | ||
2010 | Sophie Littlefield | A Bad Day for Sorry | Winner | [3] |
Alan Bradley | The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie | Finalist | ||
Bryan Gruley | Starvation Lake | Finalist | ||
Stuart Neville | The Ghosts of Belfast | Finalist | ||
Stefanie Pintoff | In the Shadow of Gotham | Finalist | ||
2011 | Hilary Davidson | The Damage Done | Winner | [3] |
Bruce DeSilva | Rogue Island | Finalist | ||
Paul Doiron | The Poacher’s Son | Finalist | ||
Graham Moore | The Sherlockian | Finalist | ||
James Thompson | Snow Angels | Finalist | ||
2012 | Sara J. Henry | Learning To Swim | Winner | [3] |
Darrell James | Nazareth Child | Finalist | ||
Leonard Rosen | All Cry Chaos | Finalist | ||
Rochelle Staab | Who Do, Voodoo? | Finalist | ||
Taylor Stevens | The Informationist | Finalist | ||
Steve Ulfelder | Purgatory Chasm | Finalist | ||
S. J. Watson | Before I Go To Sleep | Finalist | ||
2013 | Chris Pavone | The Expats | Winner | [3] |
Daniel Friedman | Don’t Ever Get Old | Finalist | ||
Owen Laukkanen | The Professionals | Finalist | ||
Matthew Quirk | The 500 | Finalist | ||
Michael Sears | Black Fridays | Finalist | ||
2014 | Matt Coyle | Yesterday’s Echo | Winner | [3] |
Roger Hobbs | Ghostman | Finalist | ||
Becky Masterman | Rage Against the Dying | Finalist | ||
Kimberly McCreight | Reconstructing Amelia | Finalist | ||
Todd Robinson | The Hard Bounce | Finalist | ||
2015 | Lori Rader-Day | The Black Hour | Winner | [3] |
Kristi Belcamino | Blessed Are the Dead | Finalist | ||
M. P. Cooley | Ice Shear | Finalist | ||
Julia Dahl | Invisible City | Finalist | ||
Allen Eskens | The Life We Bury | Finalist | ||
2016 | Glen Erik Hamilton | Past Crimes | Winner | [3] |
Patricia Abbott | Concrete Angel | Finalist | ||
Rob Hart | New Yorked | Finalist | ||
Art Taylor | On the Road with Del & Louise | Finalist | ||
Brian Panowich | Bull Mountain | Finalist | ||
2017 | Joe Ide | IQ | Winner | |
Bill Beverly | Dodgers | Finalist | ||
Nadine Nettmann | Decanting a Murder | Finalist | ||
Renee Patrick | Design for Dying | Finalist | ||
Nicholas Petrie | The Drifter | Finalist | ||
2018 | Kellye Garrett | Hollywood Homicide | Winner | [5] |
Jane Harper | The Dry | Finalist | [5] | |
Jordan Harper | She Rides Shotgun | Finalist | [5] | |
Christopher Irvin | Ragged; or, The Loveliest Lies of All | Finalist | [5] | |
Kristen Lepionka | The Last Place You Look | Finalist | [5] | |
2019 | Oyinkan Braithwaite | My Sister, the Serial Killer | Winner | [6][7] |
Tracy Clark | Broken Places | Finalist | [6][7] | |
John Copenhaver | Dodging and Burning | Finalist | [6][7] | |
Aimee Hix | What Doesn’t Kill You | Finalist | [6][7] | |
James A. McLaughlin | Bearskin | Finalist | [6][7] | |
2020 | Tara Laskowski | One Night Gone | Winner | [8] |
Tori Eldridge | The Ninja Daughter | Finalist | ||
Angie Kim | Miracle Creek | Finalist | ||
John Vercher | Three-Fifths | Finalist | ||
Lauren Wilkinson | American Spy | Finalist | ||
2021 | David Heska Wanbli Weiden | Winter Counts | Winner | [9][10][11] |
Mary Keliikoa | Derailed | Finalist | [11] | |
Nev March | Murder in Old Bombay | Finalist | [11] | |
Erica Ruth Neubauer | Murder at the Mena House | Finalist | [11] | |
Richard Osman | The Thursday Murder Club | Finalist | [11] | |
2022 | Mia P. Manansala | Arsenic and Adobo | Winner | [12] |
Yasmin Angoe | Her Name Is Knight | Finalist | ||
Zakiya Dalila Harris | The Other Black Girl | Finalist | ||
Heather Levy | Walking Through Needles | Finalist | ||
Wanda M. Morris | All Her Little Secrets | Finalist | ||
2023 | Nita Prose | The Maid | Winner | |
Eli Cranor | Don’t Know Tough | Finalist | ||
Ramona Emerson | Shutter | Finalist | ||
Harini Nagendra | The Bangalore Detectives Club | Finalist | ||
Rob Osler | Devil’s Chew Toy | Finalist |
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