2023 SMFS Member Anthony Award Nominees

 

Earlier this week, several SMFS list members were nominated for the 2023 Anthony Awards in various categories. The winners will be announced at Bouchercon: San Diego on Saturday evening, September 2, 2023. The full list of nominees and more information can be found at the official website. The nominated books and short stories by SMFS list members are:

 

Best Anthology

 

Land of 10,000 Thrills: Bouchercon Anthology 2022. Edited by SMFS list member Greg Herren (Down & Out Books).

 

Lawyers, Guns, and Money: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Warren Devon. Edited by SMFS list members by Libby Cudmore and Art Taylor (Down & Out Books).

 

Low Down Dirty Vote Volume 3: The Color of My Vote. Edited by SMFS list member Mysti Berry (Berry Content Corporation).

 

Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon. Edited by SMFS list member Josh Pachter            (Down & Out Books).

 

Best Short Story

 

Barb Goffman for "Beauty and the Beyotch." (Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #29)

 

Bruce Robert Coffin for "The Impediment." (Deadly Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022,  Crime Spell Books).

 

Curtis Ippolito for "The Estate Sale." (Vautrin - Volume 4, Issue 1, Summer 2022)

 

Best Children’s/ Young Adult Novel

 

Fleur Bradley for Daybreak on Raven Island. (Viking Books for Young Readers) 

 

Best Paperback/eBook/Audiobook

 

James L’Etoile for Dead Drop: A Detective Nathan Parker Novel (Level Best Books)