On July 12, 2014, during ThrillerFest IX, the International Thriller Writers (ITW) announced the winners of the 2014 Thriller Awards at the Grand Hyatt in New York City.

For more information about ITW and the awards, visit http://thrillerwriters.org

2014 Winners

BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL
THE DEMONOLOGIST by Andrew Pyper (Simon & Schuster)

BEST FIRST NOVEL
RED SPARROW by Jason Matthews (Scribner)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL
THE ONE I LEFT BEHIND by Jennifer McMahon (William Morrow Paperbacks)

BEST SHORT STORY
“Footprints in the Water” by Twist Phelan (Ellery Queen)

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
ALL OUR YESTERDAYS by Cristin Terrill (Disney-Hyperion)

BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL
THE WORLD BENEATH by Rebecca Cantrell (Rebecca Cantrell)

THRILLERMASTER
Scott Turow

SILVER BULLET
Brenda Novak

2014 Finalists

BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL

• HER LAST BREATH by Linda Castillo (Minotaur Books)
• NEVER GO BACK by Lee Child (Delacorte Press)
• TOUCH AND GO by Lisa Gardner (Dutton Adult)
• DOCTOR SLEEP by Stephen King (Scribner)
• CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE by Owen Laukkanen (Putnam Adult)
• WHITE FIRE by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (Grand Central Publishing)
• THE DEMONOLOGIST by Andrew Pyper (Simon & Schuster)

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• MONTANA by Gwen Florio (Permanent Press)
• RESOLVE by J.J. Hensley (Permanent Press)
• RAGE AGAINST THE DYING by Becky Masterman (Minotaur Books)
• RED SPARROW by Jason Matthews (Scribner)
• THE EDGE OF NORMAL by Carla Norton (Minotaur Books)
• OUT OF RANGE by Hank Steinberg (William Morrow)
• THE INTERCEPT by Dick Wolf (Harper)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL

• COLD SNAP by Allison Brennan (Minotaur Books)
• BURIED by Kendra Elliot (Montlake Romance)
• HIS MAJESTY’S HOPE by Susan Elia MacNeal (Bantam)
• THE ONE I LEFT BEHIND by Jennifer McMahon (William Morrow Paperbacks)
• SNOW WHITE MUST DIE by Nele Neuhaus (Pan Macmillan/Minotaur)
• DEADLY HARVEST by Michael Stanley (Harper Paperbacks)

BEST SHORT STORY

• “Baggage of Eternal Night” by Eric J. Guignard (JournalStone)
• “Waco 1982” by Laura Lippman (Grand Central)
• “The Gallows Bird” by Kevin Mims (Ellery Queen)
• “Footprints in the Water” by Twist Phelan (Ellery Queen)
• “Doloroso” by Stephen Vessels (Ellery Queen)

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

• THE RULES FOR DISAPPEARING by Ashley Elston (Disney-Hyperion)
• SCORCHED by Mari Mancusi (Sourcebooks Fire)
• ESCAPE FROM EDEN by Elisa Nader (Merit Press)
• ALL OUR YESTERDAYS by Cristin Terrill (Disney-Hyperion)
• I AM THE WEAPON – THE UNKNOWN ASSASSIN, BOOK 1 by Allen Zadoff (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL

• THE WORLD BENEATH by Rebecca Cantrell (Rebecca Cantrell)
• THE BURNING TIME by J.G. Faherty (JournalStone)
• TERMINUS by Joshua Graham (Redhaven Books)
• NO DAWN FOR MEN by James Lepore and Carlos Davis (The Story Plant)
• OUT OF EXILE by Luke Preston (Momentum)