2023 Anthony Award (Awarded by Bouchercon World Mystery Convention)

Awards List

Children/Young Adult

Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade
(Winner)
Nancy Springer

First Novel

The Maid
(Winner)
Nita Prose

Historical

Anywhere You Run
(Winner)
Wanda M. Morris

Novel

Like a Sister
(Winner)
Kellye Garrett

Paperback Original/E-Book Original

The Quarry Girls
(Winner)
Jess Lourey

Short Stories/Collection

Crime Hits Home
(Winner)
S.J. Rozan

Short Story

Beauty and the Beyotch
(Winner)
Barb Goffman

Children/Young Adult

#shedeservedit
(Nominee)
Greg Herren

Vanish Me
(Nominee)
Lee Matthew Goldberg

Daybreak on Raven Island
(Nominee)
Fleur Bradley

In Myrtle Peril
(Nominee)
Elizabeth C. Bunce

The New Girl
(Nominee)
Jesse Q. Sutano

First Novel

Devil's Chew Toy
(Nominee)
Rob Osler

Don't Know Tough
(Nominee)
Eli Cranor

The Bangalore Detectives Club
(Nominee)
Harini Nagendra

Shutter
(Nominee)
Ramona Emerson

Historical

Danger on the Atlantic
(Nominee)
Erica Ruth Neubauer

In Place of Fear
(Nominee)
Catriona McPherson

Lavender House
(Nominee)
Lev A.C. Rosen

Under a Veiled Moon
(Nominee)
Karen Odden

The Lindbergh Nanny
(Nominee)
Mariah Fredericks

Novel

The Maid
(Nominee)
Nita Prose

Secret Identity
(Nominee)
Alex Segura

The Devil Takes You Home
(Nominee)
Gabino Iglesias

The Bullet That Missed
(Nominee)
Richard Osman

A World of Curiosities
(Nominee)
Louise Penny

Paperback Original/E-Book Original

Hush Hush
(Nominee)
Gabriel Valjan

In the Dark We Forget
(Nominee)
S.G. Wong

Dead Drop
(Nominee)
James L'Etoile

Real Bad Things
(Nominee)
Kelly J. Ford

Short Stories/Collection

The Color of My Vote
(Nominee)
Mysti Berry

Lawyers, Guns, and Money
(Nominee)
Libby Cudmore

Land of 10,000 Thrills
(Nominee)
Greg Herren

Paranoia Blues
(Nominee)
Josh Pachter

Short Story

C.O.D.
(Nominee)
Gabriel Valjan

The Estate Sale
(Nominee)
Curtis Ippolito

The Impediment
(Nominee)
Bruce Robert Coffin

Still Crazy After All These Years
(Nominee)
E.A. Aymar

Humorous

Bayou Book Thief
(Nominee)
Ellen Byron

Death by Bubble Tea
(Nominee)
Jennifer J. Chow

Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking
(Nominee)
Raquel V. Reyes

Scot in a Trap
(Winner)
Catriona McPherson

A Streetcar Named Murder
(Nominee)
T.G. Herren

Award Categories

Audiobook

Bill Crider Award for Best Novel in a Series

Children/Young Adult

Cover Art

Critical Nonfiction

First Novel

Historical

Humorous

Novel

Novel of the Century

Novella (8,000-40,000 words)

Paperback Original/E-Book Original

Short Stories/Collection

Short Story

Young Adult

Award Years

2024

2023

2022

2021

2019

2018

2017

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