On July 13, 2013, during ThrillerFest VIII, the International Thriller Writers (ITW) announced the winners of the 2013 Thriller Awards at the Grand Hyatt in New York City.

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

2013 Winners

BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL
SPILLED BLOOD by Brian Freeman (SilverOak)

BEST FIRST NOVEL
THE 500 by Matthew Quirk (Reagan Arthur Books)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL
LAKE COUNTRY by Sean Doolittle (Bantam

BEST SHORT STORY
“Lost Things” by John Rector (Thomas & Mercer)

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
FALSE MEMORY by Dan Krokos (Hyperion Books CH)

BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL
BLIND FAITH by CJ Lyons (Minotaur Books)

THRILLERMASTER AWARD
Anne Rice

SILVER BULLET AWARD
Steve Berry
 

2013 Finalists

BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL

• THE TRINITY GAME by Sean Chercover (Thomas & Mercer)
• SPILLED BLOOD by Brian Freeman (SilverOak)
• CATCH ME by Lisa Gardner (Dutton Books)
• THE SURVIVOR by Gregg Hurwitz (St. Martin’s Press)
• DEFENDING JACOB by William Landay (Delacorte Press)

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• DON’T EVER GET OLD by Daniel Friedman (Minotaur Books)
• THE PROFESSIONALS by Owen Laukkanen (Putnam Adult)
• THE EXPATS by Chris Pavone (Crown)
• THE 500 by Matthew Quirk (Reagan Arthur Books)
• BLACK FRIDAYS by Michael Sears (Putnam Adult)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL

• PINES by Blake Crouch (Thomas & Mercer)
• LAKE COUNTRY by Sean Doolittle (Bantam)
• AND SHE WAS by Alison Gaylin (Harper)
• THE WICKED GIRLS by Alex Marwood (Penguin Books)
• NIGHT BLIND by Michael W. Sherer (Thomas & Mercer)

BEST SHORT STORY

• “The Devil to Pay” by David Edgerley Gates (Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine)
• “The Street Ends at the Cemetery” by Clark Howard (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine)
• “The Consumers” by Dennis Lehane (Mulholland Books)
• “The History Lesson” by Gordon McEachern (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine)
• “Lost Things” by John Rector (Thomas & Mercer)

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

• DON’T TURN AROUND by Michelle Gagnon (HarperCollins)
• IF WE SURVIVE by Andrew Klavan (Thomas Nelson)
• FALSE MEMORY by Dan Krokos (Hyperion Books CH)
• CRUSHER by Niall Leonard (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)
• DARK EYES by William Richter (Razorbill)

BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL

• PANDORA’S TEMPLE by Jon Land (Open Road E-riginal)
• BLIND FAITH by CJ Lyons (Minotaur Books)
• HUNTRESS MOON by Alexandra Sokoloff (Alexandra Sokoloff)
• DEAD END DEAL by Allen Wyler (Astor + Blue Editions)
• DEAD WRONG by Allen Wyler (Astor + Blue Editions)