ThrillerFest and 2011 Thriller Awards Announced

Posted on May 11, 2011

ThrillerFest VI will be held in New York City from July 6 to July 9. R.L. Stine, the author of over 330 books for children, has been announced at the 2011 Thrillermaster. You can find more details about the ThrillerFest at thrillerfest.com.

The finalists for the 2011 Thriller Awards have also been announced. Here are the finalists:

Best Hard Cover Novel:

Michael Connelly - The Reversal (Little Brown)
Jeffery Deaver - Edge: A Novel (Simon & Schuster)
Brian Freeman - The Burying Place (Minatour)
Mo Hayder - Skin (Grove)
John Sanford - Bad Blood (Putnam)

Best Paperback Original:

Robert Gregory Browne - Down Among The Dead Men (St. Martin's)
Max Allan Collins and Matthew Clemens - You Can't Stop Me (Pinnacle)
J.T. Ellison - The Cold Room (Mira)
Shane Gericke - Torn Apart (Pinnacle)
Jon Trace - The Ven ice Conspiracy (Hachette Digital)

Best First Novel:

Carla Buckley - The Things That Keep Ups Here (Random House)
Paul Doiron � The Poacher's Son (Minatour)
Reece Hirsch - The Insider (Berkley)
Thomas Kaufman - Drink The Tea (Minatour)
Chevy Stevens - Still Missing (St. Martin's)

Best Short Story:

Mike Carey - "Second Wind" (The New Dead, St. Martin's)
Michael Connelly - "Blue on Black" (Strand Magazine)
Richard Helms - "The Gods for Vengeance Cry" (Dell Magazine)
Harley Jane Kozak - "Madeeda" (Crimes By Midnight)
Nicolas Kaufman - "Chasing the Dragon" (ChiZine Magazine)
Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins - "Long Time Dead" (Strand Magazine)

Here is a video about ThrillerFest 2011. Take a look: