Anthony Award Winners First Novel

Arsenic and Adobo (Winner)
Mia P. Manansala

May-2021
/ Mystery

The Other Black Girl (Nominee)
Zakiya Dalila Harris

Jun-2021
/ Psychological Suspense

Walking Through Needles (Nominee)
Heather Levy

Jul-2021
/ Thriller

All Her Little Secrets (Nominee)
Wanda M. Morris

Nov-2021
/ Police Procedural

Her Name is Knight (Nominee)
Yasmin Angoe

Nov-2021
/ Thriller

Winter Counts (Winner)
David Heska; Wanbli Weiden

Aug-2020
/ Thriller

Murder at the Mena House (Nominee)
Erica Ruth Neubauer

Apr-2020
/ Historical Mystery

Derailed (Nominee)
Mary Keliikoa

May-2020
/ Amateur Sleuth

The Thursday Murder Club (Nominee)
Richard Osman

Sep-2020
/ Cozy Mystery

Murder in Old Bombay (Nominee)
Nev March

Nov-2020
/ Historical Mystery

My Sister, the Serial Killer (Winner)
Oyinkan Braithwaite

Nov-2018
/ Women's Fiction

What Doesn't Kill You (Nominee)
Aimee Hix

Jan-2018
/ Thriller

Dodging and Burning (Nominee)
John Copenhaver

Mar-2018
/ Mystery

Broken Places (Nominee)
Tracy Clark

Apr-2018
/ Law Enforcement

Bearskin (Nominee)
James A. McLaughlin

Jun-2018
/ Thriller

Hollywood Homicide (Winner)
Kellye Garrett

Aug-2017
/ Mystery

The Dry (Nominee)
Jane Harper

Jan-2017
/ Police Procedural

The Last Place You Look (Nominee)
Kristen Lepionka

Jun-2017
/ Private Investigator

She Rides Shotgun (Nominee)
Jordan Harper

Jun-2017
/ Suspense

Ragged; Or, the Loveliest Lies of All (Nominee)
Christopher Irvin

Oct-2017
/ Thriller

The Drifter (Nominee)
Nick Petrie

Jan-2016
/ Thriller

Design for Dying (Nominee)
Renee Patrick

Apr-2016
/ Historical Mystery

Dodgers (Nominee)
Bill Beverly

Apr-2016
/ Suspense

Decanting a Murder (Nominee)
Nadine Nettmann

May-2016
/ Mystery

IQ (Nominee)
Joe Ide

Oct-2016
/ Private Investigator

Past Crimes (Winner)
Glen Erik Hamilton

Mar-2015
/ Thriller

Concrete Angel (Nominee)
Patricia Abbott

Feb-2015
/ Mystery

New Yorked (Nominee)
Rob Hart

Jun-2015
/ Thriller

Bull Mountain (Nominee)
Brian Panowich

Jul-2015
/ Mystery

On the Road with del & Louise (Nominee)
Art Taylor

Sep-2015
/ Mystery

The Life We Bury (Nominee)
Allen Eskens

Jan-2014
/ Mystery

Invisible City (Nominee)
Julia Dahl

May-2014
/ Mystery

Blessed are the Dead (Nominee)
Kristi Belcamino

Jun-2014
/ Mystery

Ice Shear (Nominee)
M.P. Cooley

Jul-2014
/ Police Procedural

Yesterday's Echo (Winner)
Matt Coyle

May-2013
/ Thriller

The Hard Bounce (Nominee)
Todd Robinson

Jan-2013
/ Suspense

Ghostman (Nominee)
Roger Hobbs

Feb-2013
/ Suspense

Rage Against the Dying (Nominee)
Becky Masterman

Mar-2013
/ Thriller

Reconstructing Amelia (Nominee)
Kimberly McCreight

Apr-2013
/ General Fiction

The Expats (Winner)
Chris Pavone

Mar-2012
/ Espionage

The Professionals (Nominee)
Owen Laukkanen

Apr-2012
/ Law Enforcement

Don't Ever Get Old (Nominee)
Daniel Friedman

May-2012
/ Mystery

The 500 (Nominee)
Matthew Quirk

Jun-2012
/ Thriller

Black Fridays (Nominee)
Michael Sears

Sep-2012
/ Thriller

Learning to Swim (Winner)
Sara J. Henry

Mar-2011
/ Mystery

All Cry Chaos (Nominee)
Leonard Rosen

Dec-2010
/ General Fiction

The Informationist (Nominee)
Taylor Stevens

Mar-2011
/ Thriller

Purgatory Chasm (Nominee)
Steve Ulfelder

May-2011
/ Mystery

Before I Go to Sleep (Nominee)
S.J. Watson

Jun-2011
/ Psychological Suspense

Nazareth Child (Nominee)
Darrell James

Sep-2011
/ Mystery

Who Do, Voodoo? (Nominee)
Rochelle Staab

Nov-2011
/ Mystery

The Damage Done (Winner)
Hilary Davidson

Oct-2010
/ Mystery

Snow Angels (Nominee)
James Thompson

Jan-2010
/ Police Procedural

The Poacher's Son (Nominee)
Paul Doiron

May-2010
/ Thriller

Rogue Island (Nominee)
Bruce DeSilva

Oct-2010
/ Thriller

The Sherlockian (Nominee)
Graham Moore

Dec-2010
/ Suspense

A Bad Day for Sorry (Winner)
Sophie Littlefield

Aug-2009
/ Mystery

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Nominee)
Alan Bradley

Feb-2009
/ Historical Mystery

Starvation Lake (Nominee)
Bryan Gruley

Mar-2009
/ Mystery

In the Shadow of Gotham (Nominee)
Stefanie Pintoff

May-2009
/ Historical Mystery

The Ghosts of Belfast (Nominee)
Stuart Neville

Oct-2009
/ Police Procedural

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Winner)
Stieg Larsson

Sep-2008
/ Thriller

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

In the Woods (Winner)
Tana French

Jun-2007
/ Police Procedural

Big City, Bad Blood (Nominee)
Sean Chercover

Jan-2007
/ Private Investigator

The Blade Itself (Nominee)
Marcus Sakey

Jan-2007
/ Mystery

The Spellman Files (Nominee)
Lisa Lutz

Mar-2007
/ Mystery

Head Games (Nominee)
Craig McDonald

Sep-2007
/ Historical Mystery

Still Life (Winner)
Louise Penny

Jul-2006
/ Police Procedural

Holmes on the Range (Nominee)
Steve Hockensmith

Feb-2006
/ Historical

A Field of Darkness (Nominee)
Cornelia Read

May-2006
/ Suspense

The King of Lies (Nominee)
John Hart

May-2006
/ Mystery

The Harrowing (Nominee)
Alexandra Sokoloff

Sep-2006
/ Horror

Tilt-a-Whirl (Winner)
Chris Grabenstein

Sep-2005
/ Police Procedural

Die a Little (Nominee)
Megan Abbott

Feb-2005
/ Suspense

The Baby Game (Nominee)
Randall Hicks

Sep-2005
/ Suspense

Immoral (Nominee)
Brian Freeman

Sep-2005
/ Police Procedural

Officer Down (Nominee)
Theresa Schwegel

Sep-2005
/ Mystery

Dating Dead Men (Winner)
Harley Jane Kozak

Jan-2004
/ Suspense

Retribution (Nominee)
Jilliane Hoffman

Jan-2004
/ Suspense

Till the Cows Come Home (Nominee)
Judy Clemens

Apr-2004
/ Mystery

Whiskey Sour (Nominee)
J.A. Konrath

Jun-2004
/ Police Procedural

Uncommon Grounds (Nominee)
Sandra Balzo

Sep-2005
/ Mystery

Monkeewrench (Winner)
P.J. Tracy

Apr-2003
/ Thriller

Death of a Nationalist (Nominee)
Rebecca Pawel

Mar-2003
/ Historical Mystery

Wiley's Lament (Nominee)
Lono Waiwaiole

Mar-2003
/ Mystery

Haunted Ground (Nominee)
Erin Hart

May-2003
/ Suspense

Maisie Dobbs (Nominee)
Jacqueline Winspear

Jul-2003
/ Historical Mystery

In the Bleak Midwinter (Winner)
Julia Spencer-Fleming

Mar-2002
/ Amateur Sleuth

The Distance (Nominee)
Eddie Muller

Jan-2002
/ Amateur Sleuth

The Blue Edge of Midnight (Nominee)
Jonathon King

Apr-2002
/ Police Procedural

The Devil's Redhead (Nominee)
David Corbett

Jun-2002
/ Suspense

An Eye for Murder (Nominee)
Libby Fischer Hellmann

Nov-2002
/ Amateur Sleuth

Open Season (Winner)
C.J. Box

Jul-2001
/ Police Procedural

Third Person Singular (Nominee)
K.J. Erickson

Jan-2001
/ Police Procedural

A Witness Above (Nominee)
Andy Straka

May-2001
/ Private Investigator

The Jasmine Trade (Nominee)
Denise Hamilton

Jul-2001
/ Amateur Sleuth

Austin City Blue (Nominee)
Jan Grape

Oct-2001
/ Mystery

Death of a Red Heroine (Winner)
Qiu Xiaolong

Jun-2000
/ Police Procedural

A Conspiracy of Paper (Nominee)
David Liss

Feb-2000
/ Suspense

Run (Nominee)
Douglas E. Winter

Mar-2000
/ Suspense

Street Level (Nominee)
Bob Truluck

Sep-2000
/ Mystery

Black Dog (Nominee)
Stephen Booth

Oct-2000
/ Police Procedural

The Ice Harvest (Nominee)
Scott Phillips

Oct-2000
/ Suspense

Murder With Peacocks (Winner)
Donna Andrews

Jan-1999
/ Cozy Mystery

Inner City Blues (Nominee)
Paula L. Woods

Jan-1999
/ Police Procedural

Circles of Confusion (Nominee)
April Henry

Feb-1999
/ Amateur Sleuth

Murder in the Marais (Nominee)
Cara Black

Jul-1999
/ Law Enforcement

Revenge of the Gypsy Queen (Nominee)
Kris Neri

Aug-1999
/ Amateur Sleuth

Iron Lake (Winner)
William Kent Krueger

Aug-1998
/ Law Enforcement

Tiger's Palette (Nominee)
Jacqueline Fiedler

Apr-1998
/ Amateur Sleuth

Sympathy for the Devil (Nominee)
Jerrilyn Farmer

May-1998
/ Amateur Sleuth

Eleven Days (Nominee)
Donald Harstad

Jun-1998
/ Police Procedural

A Cold Day in Paradise (Nominee)
Steve Hamilton

Aug-1998
/ Law Enforcement

Killing Floor (Winner)
Lee Child

Mar-1997
/ Mystery

Skin Deep, Blood Red (Nominee)
Robert Skinner

Jan-1997
/ Historical Mystery

If I Should Die (Nominee)
Grace F. Edwards

Apr-1997
/ Law Enforcement

Bird Dog (Nominee)
Philip Reed

Jun-1997
/ Suspense

Except the Dying (Nominee)
Maureen Jennings

Oct-1997
/ Historical Mystery

Somebody Else's Child (Winner)
Terris McMahan Grimes

Mar-1996
/ Amateur Sleuth

Death in Little Tokyo (Winner)
Dale Furutani

Oct-1996
/ Amateur Sleuth

Tularosa (Nominee)
Michael McGarrity

Apr-1996
/ Private Investigator

A Test of Wills (Nominee)
Charles Todd

Aug-1996
/ Historical Mystery

A Brother's Blood (Nominee)
Michael C. White

Oct-1996
/ Suspense

Death in Bloodhound Red (Winner)
Virginia Lanier

Apr-1995
/ Amateur Sleuth

Hammurabi's Code (Nominee)
Charles Kenney

Apr-1995
/ Suspense

Who in Hell Is Wanda Fuca? (Nominee)
G.M. Ford

May-1995
/ Private Investigator

The Innocents (Nominee)
Richard Barre

Jun-1995
/ Private Investigator

Murder in Scorpio (Nominee)
Martha C. Lawrence

Nov-1995
/ Private Investigator

The Alienist (Winner)
Caleb Carr

Mar-1994
/ Historical Mystery

Cuckoo (Nominee)
Alex Keegan

1993
/ Mystery

Big Town (Nominee)
Doug J. Swanson

Feb-1994
/ Private Investigator

Every Breath You Take (Nominee)
Michelle Spring

Apr-1994
/ Private Investigator

Mallory's Oracle (Nominee)
Carol O'Connell

Aug-1994
/ Police Procedural

Shinju (Nominee)
Laura Joh Rowland

Sep-1994
/ Historical Mystery

Snow Falling on Cedars (Nominee)
David Guterson

Sep-1994
/ Literary

A Drink Before the War (Nominee)
Dennis Lehane

Nov-1994
/ Private Investigator

Death of a Blue Lantern (Nominee)
Christopher West

Aug-1998
/ Law Enforcement

Track of the Cat (Winner)
Nevada Barr

Mar-1993
/ Amateur Sleuth

Child of Silence (Nominee)
Abigail Padgett

Jan-1993
/ Law Enforcement

A Grave Talent (Nominee)
Laurie R. King

Feb-1993
/ Law Enforcement

Goodnight, Irene (Nominee)
Jan Burke

Mar-1993
/ Amateur Sleuth

Death Comes As Epiphany (Nominee)
Sharan Newman

Jun-1993
/ Historical Mystery

Blanche on the Lam (Winner)
Barbara Neely

Feb-1992
/ Amateur Sleuth

The Black Echo (Nominee)
Michael Connelly

Jan-1992
/ Police Procedural

Thyme of Death (Nominee)
Susan Wittig Albert

1992
/ Amateur Sleuth

The Winter Widow (Nominee)
Charlene Weir

Apr-1992
/ Law Enforcement

Decked (Nominee)
Carol Higgins Clark

Jul-1992
/ Private Investigator

Murder on the Iditarod Trail (Winner)
Sue Henry

Mar-1991
/ Police Procedural

Murder on the Run (Nominee)
Gloria White

Jul-1991
/ Private Investigator

A Relative Stranger (Nominee)
Margaret Lucke

Nov-1991
/ Suspense

The Bulrush Murders (Nominee)
Rebecca Rothenberg

Dec-1991
/ Amateur Sleuth

Carpool (Nominee)
Mary Cahill

Nov-1992
/ Suspense

Postmortem (Winner)
Patricia Cornwell

Sep-1990
/ Medical Thriller

Kindred Crimes (Nominee)
Janet Dawson

Jun-1990
/ Private Investigator

Where's Mommy Now? (Nominee)
Rochelle Majer Krich

Jun-1990
/ Suspense

Catering to Nobody (Nominee)
Diane Mott Davidson

Jul-1990
/ Amateur Sleuth

Grave Undertaking (Nominee)
James McCahery

Sep-1990
/ Suspense

Katwalk (Winner)
Karen Kijewski

Aug-1989
/ Private Investigator

Grime and Punishment (Nominee)
Jill Churchill

Jan-1989
/ Amateur Sleuth

The Last Billable Hour (Nominee)
Susan Wolfe

Mar-1989
/ Suspense

The Mother Shadow (Nominee)
Melodie Johnson Howe

Aug-1989
/ Private Investigator

The Mark Twain Murders (Nominee)
Edith Skom

Jul-1990
/ Amateur Sleuth

A Great Deliverance (Winner)
Elizabeth George

May-1989
/ Police Procedural

The Killings at Badger's Drift (Nominee)
Caroline Graham

Jan-1988
/ Police Procedural

Murder Once Done (Nominee)
Mary Lou Bennett

May-1988
/ Suspense

Fear of the Dark (Nominee)
Gar Anthony Haywood

Aug-1988
/ Private Investigator

Random Access Murder (Nominee)
Linda Grant

Aug-1988
/ Private Investigator

Carolina Skeletons (Nominee)
David Stout

Jun-1989
/ Mystery

Caught Dead in Philadelphia (Winner)
Gillian Roberts

1987
/ Amateur Sleuth

Death on the Rocks (Nominee)
Michael Allegretto

Jun-1987
/ Mystery

Murder at the War // Knight Fall (Nominee)
Mary Monica Pulver

Jun-1987
/ Amateur Sleuth

The House of Blue Lights (Nominee)
Robert J. Bowman

Dec-1987
/ Suspense

An Infinite Number of Monkeys (Nominee)
Les Roberts

Apr-1988
/ Private Investigator

Too Late to Die (Winner)
Bill Crider

Jul-1986
/ Police Procedural

Strangled Prose (Nominee)
Joan Hess

Mar-1986
/ Cozy Mystery

Dead Air (Nominee)
Mike Lupica

Apr-1986
/ Amateur Sleuth

The Ritual Bath (Nominee)
Faye Kellerman

May-1986
/ Police Procedural

Floater (Nominee)
Joseph Koenig

Dec-1986
/ Mystery

When the Bough Breaks // Shrunken Heads (Winner)
Jonathan Kellerman

Mar-1985
/ Law Enforcement

Doubting Thomas (Nominee)
Robert Reeves

Feb-1985
/ Suspense

The Gemini Man (Nominee)
Susan Kelly

Jun-1985
/ Amateur Sleuth

Flood (Nominee)
Andrew H. Vachss

Oct-1985
/ Private Investigator

Sleeping Dog (Nominee)
Dick Lochte

Nov-1985
/ Private Investigator

Anthony Award - First Novel (Awarded by Bouchercon World Mystery Convention)

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