What's New?
Mickey Spillane in the Strand with a new Mike
Hammer story
Courtesy of Spillane collaborator, Max Allan Collins,
the Strand will publish a story titled "The Big Switch:"
which Collins co-authored with the late noir master.
The story is a dark and gritty and involves Hammer
intervening on behalf of a man who is hours away from
being executed for murder.
The story will appear in the holiday issue of the
Strand.
Ray Bradburyand...Again
The master of the science fiction novel Ray
Bradbury pens a moving and suspensful tale
The
Meeting, which will appear in the holiday issue of
the Strand.
Laura Lippman and Marcus Sakey take home the prizes for
best mystery novel and best first mystery novel.
New York, NY, July 14, 2008 -- The winners of the 2007
Strand Magazine Critics Award are Laura Lippman
for best novel (What the Dead Know) and Marcus
Sakey for best first mystery novel (The Blade Itself).
The winners were announced at an invitation only
cocktail party in Manhattan, by bestselling author
Jonathan Santlofer.
Both of the winners and several of the nominees were in
attendance at the Midtown Executive Club. Lippman and
Sakey were gracious winners thanking the panel of book
reviewers, congratulating their fellow nominees and
acknowledging they were up against stiff competition.
- Down River by John Hart (Thomas Dunne Books/Minotaur)
- The Shotgun Rule by Charlie Huston (Ballantine Books)
- The Strangler by William Landay (Delacorte Press)
- The Watchman by Robert Crais (Simon and Schuster)
- What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (William
Morrow)
Best First Novel
- The Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey (St. Martin's
Minotaur)
- In the Woods by Tana French (Viking)
- The Mark by Jason Pinter (Mira Books)
- Missing Witness by Gordon Campbell (William Morrow)
- When One Man Dies by Dave White (Crown Publishing)
Lippman a former journalist for The Baltimore Sun,
is no stranger to winning many of the top crime fiction
prizes, she has won the Edgar, The Anthony, The Shamus,
and The Barry Awards. Her latest novel Another Thing
to Fall was released this March by William Morrow.
In just two years, Marcus Sakey has blazed a trail as a
new and talented mystery author with his two well
written crime novels The Blade Itself and At
The City’s Edge. A former St. Martin’s author, he
has recently signed a deal with Dutton who will publish
his next book Good People in August.
"This was such a great group of nominees, it must have
been difficult to choose the winner," said Frank Simon,
Associate Publisher of The Strand. "Laura and
Marcus were worthy winners, in the past few years Laura
has produced a fantastic body of work and Marcus is a
new talent who I have no doubt in the future will be
nominated for the best mystery novel award."
More
info and photos
The Critics award is unveiled!
Made out of imported hand-blown glass
.
The winners will be announced on July 9 at a
cocktail party in New York City.
The Strand is nominated for an Anthony and a
Macavity
Rhys Bowen's short story "Please Watch Your Step" which
was first published in the Strand has been nominated for
an Anthony award and a Macavity award.
Otto Penzler and Maureen Corrigan to judge 2008
Critics awards
Otto Penzler the publisher, editor, reviewer
and proprietor of the legendary Mysterious Bookshop will
be a judge for the 2008 Critics award for best novel
along with Maureen Corrigan (NPR) who is also a
distinguished reviewer an author of the critically
acclaimed Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading.
Strand Magazine Announces Nominees for 2007 Critics
Award
Award honors excellence in the field of mystery fiction
The Strand Magazine has announced its nominees
for the 2007 Strand Magazine Critics Award. Recognizing
excellence in the field of mystery fiction, the Critics
Award is judged by a select group of book reviewers from
the nation’s top daily newspapers, as well as by Andrew
F. Gulli, Managing Editor of The Strand Magazine. With
Larry Gandle of The Tampa Tribune serving as The Strand
Critics Award chairman, this year’s judges include
The
Critics award is unveiled!
Patrick Anderson of The Washington Post, Dick Lochte of
the LA Times, Oline H. Cogdill of the South Florida
Sun-Sentinel, David Montgomery of The Philadelphia
Inquirer, Hallie Ephron of The Boston Globe, and Sarah
Weinman of The Baltimore Sun.
Best Novel
Down River by John Hart (St Martin’s Minotaur)
The Shotgun Rule by Charlie Huston (Ballantine Books)
The Strangler by William Landay (Delacorte Press)
The Watchman by Robert Crais (Simon and Schuster)
What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)
Best First Novel
The Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey (St. Martin's Minotaur)
In the Woods by Tana French (Viking)
The Mark by Jason Pinter (Mira Books)
Missing Witness by Gordon Campbell (William Morrow)
When One Man Dies by Dave White (Crown Publishing)
“We’ve got a great group of experienced book reviewers
from all over the country judging these books,” said
Frank Simon, Associate Publisher of The Strand. “Add to
that the fact that The Strand is putting its name behind
it and you can be sure that all the nominees represent
some of the best mysteries being published today.”
Awards will be presented in the categories of Best Novel
and Best First Novel at an invitation-only cocktail
party, hosted by The Strand on July 9, 2008, in New York
City. For more information, please contact Christine
Jones at 248 569 3702 or cjones@strandmag.com.
P.O. BOX 1418 • BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN • 48012-1418
PHONE: 1 800 300 6652 (US) • FAX: 248 874 1046
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R.L. Stine and Jeffery Deaver in the Summer issue of the
Strand
The Strand will publish exclusive interviews
with R.L. Stine and Jeffery Deaver in the Summer issue
of the of the magazine.
The Strand is nominated for an Agatha...
Rhys Bowen's short story "Please Watch Your Step" which
was first published in the Strand has been nominated for
an Agatha Award.
Otto Penzler on the Strand Magazine...
In his weekly column for the
New York Sun, Otto
Penzler reviews the Strand Magazine, follow this link
for the story.
http://www.nysun.com/article/71938
The Strand's Winter/Spring issue has an all star
lineup!
Interviews with Sue Grafton and Elizabeth George,
fiction by John Mortimer, Charles
Todd, Martin Edwards, and Terrence Faherty.
Ed Hoch (1930-2008)
Ed Hoch was a true gentleman. I read his stories when I
was growing up and little did I know that I would have
the honor to edit his fiction for the Strand. I remember
seeing the television show Tales of the Unexpected
in the '80s. One of the episodes was titled The Vorpal
Blade, which was based on a Hoch story. That episode was
gripping and made me a fan of his work. Ed knew of my
admiration for the Vorpal Blade, so he wrote a similar
story for the Strand which also involved the sport of
fencing. He was close to the 1000 story mark--I wished
he reached that milestone. I'll certainly miss chatting
with him during the Edgar awards or Bouchercon and
having the great pleasure to receive an email from him
with one his stories attached.
Strand and Publisher's Weekly Partner on
NewsletterThe Strand magazine will publish
mystery book reviews from Publisher's Weekly in our
weekly e-mail newsletter. That means that in addition to
our regular content in our newsletter, subscribers will
receive three-four mystery book reviews a week in their
inbox.
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