008/2009 Anthony Award winners
Bouchercon 2009 announced the winners for the 2009 Anthony Awards as follows:
Best Novel: THE BRASS VERDICT by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
Best First Novel: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATOO by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)
Best Paperback Original: STATE OF THE ONION by Julie Hyzy (Berkley)
Best Short Story: “A Sleep Not Unlike Death” by Sean Chercover (in HARDCORE HARDBOILED, edited by Todd Robinson; Kensington)
Best Critical Nonfiction Work: ANTHONY BOUCHER: A BIOBIBLIOGRAPHY by Jeffrey Marks (McFarland)
Best Children’s/Young Adult Novel: THE CROSSROADS by Chris Grabenstein (Random House)
Best Cover Art: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATOO designed by Peter Mendelsund and witten by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)
Special Service Award: Jon and Ruth Jordan
The winners were announced on October 17 at the Anthony awards ceremony during Bouchercon in Indianapolis, Indiana.