2009 Anthony Award Winners

Awards List

Children/Young Adult

The Crossroads (Winner)
Chris Grabenstein

May-2008
/ Horror

Cover Art

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Winner)
Stieg Larsson

Sep-2008
/ Thriller

First Novel

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Winner)
Stieg Larsson

Sep-2008
/ Thriller

Novel

The Brass Verdict (Winner)
Michael Connelly

Oct-2008
/ Legal Thriller

Paperback Original

State of the Onion (Winner)
Julie A. Hyzy

Jan-2008
/ Cozy Mystery

Children/Young Adult

Kiss Me Kill Me (Nominee)
Lauren Henderson

Jan-2008
/ Romantic Suspense

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (Nominee)
Trenton Lee Stewart

May-2008
/ Fantasy

Paper Towns (Nominee)
John Green

Oct-2008
/ Suspense

Sammy Keyes and the Cold Hard Cash (Nominee)
Wendelin Van Draanen

Oct-2008
/ Mystery

Cover Art

Death Was the Other Woman (Nominee)
Linda L. Richards

Jan-2008
/ Mystery

The Fault Tree (Nominee)
Louise Ure

Jan-2008
/ Mystery

Money Shot (Nominee)
Christa Faust

Feb-2008
/ Suspense

Death Will Get You Sober (Nominee)
Elizabeth Zelvin

Apr-2008
/ Mystery

First Novel

Pushing Up Daisies (Nominee)
Rosemary Harris

Feb-2008
/ Amateur Sleuth

Child 44 (Nominee)
Tom Rob Smith

May-2008
/ Thriller

Death of a Cozy Writer (Nominee)
G.M. Malliet

Jul-2008
/ Mystery

Stalking Susan (Nominee)
Julie Kramer

Jul-2008
/ Thriller

Novel

The Cruelest Month (Nominee)
Louise Penny

Mar-2008
/ Police Procedural

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Nominee)
Stieg Larsson

Sep-2008
/ Thriller

Red Knife (Nominee)
William Kent Krueger

Sep-2008
/ Law Enforcement

Trigger City (Nominee)
Sean Chercover

Oct-2008
/ Private Investigator

Paperback Original

Money Shot (Nominee)
Christa Faust

Feb-2008
/ Suspense

In a Dark Season (Nominee)
Vicki Lane

May-2008
/ Historical Mystery

South of Hell (Nominee)
P.J. Parrish

Aug-2008
/ Police Procedural

The First Quarry (Nominee)
Max Allan Collins

Oct-2008
/ Suspense

Short Story

The Night Things Changed (Nominee)
Dana Cameron

in Wolfsbane and Mistletoe

Oct-2008
/ Fantasy

Scratch a Woman (Nominee)
Laura Lippman

Feb-2009
/ General Fiction

The Secret Lives of Cats (Nominee)
Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Jun-2010
/ Mystery

Award Categories

Audiobook

Bill Crider Award for Best Novel in a Series

Novella (8,000-40,000 words)

Paperback Original/E-Book Original

Short Stories/Collection

Short Story

Young Adult

Award Years

Romance

Mystery/Thriller

Speculative

Younger Readers

2009 Anthony Award (Awarded by Bouchercon World Mystery Convention)

Awards List

Award Categories

Award Years