Mystery News and Deadly Pleasures are pleased to announce the 2007 Barry Award nominations and winners (in blue below). The Barry Awards are named for of one of the most ardent and beloved ambassadors of mystery fiction, Barry Gardner, and are voted on by the readers of Mystery News and Deadly Pleasures. The 11th Annual Barry Awards presentation took place at Bouchercon in Anchorage, Alaska in late September.
The Don Sandstrom Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement in Mystery Fandom - Beth Fedyn
Best Novel
The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos
White Shadow by Ace Atkins
Oh Danny Boy by Rhys Bowen
The Last Assassin by Barry Eisler
The Prisoner of Guantanamo by Dan Fesperman
City of Shadows by Ariana Franklin
Best First
Still Life by Louise Penny
The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
The Berlin Conspiracy by Tom Gabbay
The King of Lies by John Hart
A Field of Darkness by Cornelia ReadBest British
Priest by Ken Bruen
Dying Light by Stuart MacBride
Sovereign by C.J. Sansom
The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom
Mr. Clarinet by Nick Stone
Red Sky Lament by Edward WrightBest Thriller
The Messenger by Daniel Silva
Killer Instinct by Joseph Finder
The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst
Relentless by Simon Kernick
Cold Kill by Stephen Leather
Kill Me by Stephen WhiteBest Paperback Original
The Cleanup by Sean Doolittle
Bust by Ken Bruen and Jason Starr
The Last Quarry by Max Allan Collins
Live Wire by Jay MacLarty
Deadman's Poker by Jim Swain
Crooked by Brian WiprudBest Short Story
"The Right Call" by Brendan DuBois (EQMM Sept/Oct, 2006)
"Cain was Innocent" by Simon Brett (Thou Shalt Not Kill, published by Carroll & Graf)
"Shaping the Ends" by Judith Cutler (EQMM May, 2006)
"A Man of Taste" by Kate Ellis (EQMM Mar/Apr, 2006)
"The Flower Girl" by Paul Halter (The Night of the Wolf, published by Wildside Press)
"A Case for Inspector Ghote" by June Thomson (The Verdict of Us All, published by Crippen & Landru)
How to vote: Ballots are
being mailed to Mystery News subscribers on Monday, July 23, 2007.
Please make one selection per category - it's not necessary to vote in all categories.
Readers of Deadly Pleasures should check with George
Easter for ballot and voting details.
Mail hard-copy ballot: Mark your selections on the ballot and re-fold so that the Mystery News mailing address shows on the outside. Please tape the ballot closed, apply postage and mail.
Print and mail this page: Mark your selections on the printed page and mail to:
Mystery News/Black Raven Press
7645 State Hwy 42
Egg Harbor, WI 54209
Email: You can provide your choices by email to BarryAwards2007@gmail.com. For convenience, cut and paste from this page.
Fax: Fax the hard-copy or printed page to 1-877-699-6080
Deadline: * We must have your vote in our hands by midnight CDT on August
24 *