2010 Strand Critics Award Winners
On July 7, The Strand Magazine announced the winners of the 2010 Strand Critics Awards as follows:
Best Novel:
NINE DRAGONS, by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
Best First Novel (ties):
BEAT THE REAPER, by Josh Bazell (Little, Brown)
STARVATION LAKE, by Bryan Gruley (Touchstone)
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Elmore Leonard
2010 Thriller Award Winners
On July 10 in New York City, The International Thriller Writers announced the winners of the 2010 Thriller Awards as follows:
Best Hardcover Novel:
THE NEIGHBOR, by Lisa Gardner (Bantam)
Best Paperback Original Novel:
THE COLDEST MILE, by Tom Piccirilli (Bantam)
Best First Novel:
RUNNING FROM THE DEVIL, by Jamie Freveletti (Morrow)
Best Short Story:
“A Stab in the Heart,” by Twist Phelan (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, February 2009)
ThrillerMaster: Ken Follett
True Thriller Award:
Mark Bowden
Silver Bullet Award:
Linda Fairstein
Silver Bullet Award (Corporate):
US Airways