On July 15, 2017, during ThrillerFest XII, the International Thriller Writers (ITW) announced the winners of the 2017 Thriller Awards at the Grand Hyatt in New York City.

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

2017 Winners

BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL
BEFORE THE FALL by Noah Hawley (Grand Central Publishing)

BEST FIRST NOVEL
THE DRIFTER by Nick Petrie (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL
THE BODY READER by Anne Frasier (Thomas & Mercer)

BEST SHORT STORY
“Big Momma” by Joyce Carol Oates (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine)

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
STEEPLEJACK by A.J. Hartley (TOR Teen)

BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL
ROMEO’S WAY by James Scott Bell (Compendium Press)

THRILLERMASTER
Lee Child

SILVER BULLET
Lisa Gardner

2017 Finalists

BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL

• YOU WILL KNOW ME by Megan Abbott (Little, Brown and Company)
• WHERE IT HURTS by Reed Farrel Coleman (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
• BEFORE THE FALL by Noah Hawley (Grand Central Publishing)
• ARROWOOD by Laura McHugh (Spiegel & Grau)
• UNDERGROUND AIRLINES by Ben H. Winters (Mulholland Books)

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• DEADLY KISS by Bob Bickford (Black Opal Books)
• TYPE AND CROSS by J.L. Delozier (WiDo Publishing)
• RECALL by David McCaleb (Lyrical Underground)
• THE DRIFTER by Nick Petrie (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
• PALINDROME by E.Z. Rinsky (Witness Impulse)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL

• IN THE CLEARING by Robert Dugoni (Thomas & Mercer)
• THE BODY READER by Anne Frasier (Thomas & Mercer)
• THE MINOAN CIPHER by Paul Kemprecos (Suspense Publishing)
• KILL SWITCH by Jonathan Maberry (St. Martin’s Griffin)
• SALVAGE by Stephen Maher (Dundurn)

BEST SHORT STORY

• “The Business of Death” by Eric Beetner, UNLOADED: CRIME WRITERS WRITING WITHOUT GUNS (Down & Out Books)
• “The Peter Rabbit Killers” by Laura Benedict (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine)
• “The Man from Away” by Brendan DuBois (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine)
• “Big Momma” by Joyce Carol Oates (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine)
• “Parallel Play” by Art Taylor, CHESAPEAKE CRIMES: STORM WARNING (Wildside Press)

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

• MORNING STAR by Pierce Brown (Del Rey)
• HOLDING SMOKE by Elle Cosimano (Disney-Hyperion)
• STEEPLEJACK by A.J. Hartley (TOR Teen)
• THIEVING WEASELS by Billy Taylor (Dial Books)
• THE DARKEST CORNERS by Kara Thomas (Delacorte Press)

BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL

• ROMEO’S WAY by James Scott Bell (Compendium Press)
• THE EDGE OF ALONE by Sean Black (Sean Black)
• UNTOUCHABLE by Sibel Hodge (Wonder Women Publishing)
• DESTROYER OF WORLDS by J.F. Penn (J.F. Penn)
• BREAKER by Richard Thomas(Alibi)