Thriller Award Winners Announced
The International Thriller Writers (ITW) announced the winners for the 2011 Thriller Awards as follows:
Best Hardcover Novel: BAD BLOOD, by John Sanford (Putnam)
Best Paperback Original Novel: THE COLD ROOM, by J. T. Ellison (Mira)
Best First Novel: STILL MISSING, by Chevy Stevens (St. Martin’s)
Best Short Story: “The God for Vengeance Cry,” by Richard Helms (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, November 2010)
2011 ThrillerMaster: R. L. Stine
2011 True Thriller Award: Joe McGinniss
2011 Silver Bullet Award: Karin Slaughter