2016
Claymore Award
2016 Winner – R.G. Belsky, Forget-Me-Not
1st Runner Up – Roger Toll, Hooray for Hollywood
2nd Runner Up – Peggy O’Neal Peden, Jake’s Hand
Claymore Award Finalists:
Alicia Anthony, Inheritance
J. J. Beall, Scandal
R.G. Belsky, Forget Me Not
Patricia James Dusenbury, Two Weeks in Geary
Mercedes King, Junkyard Lounge
Marlene Kurban, Under Suspicion
Laura Renee Oles, The Daughters of Bad Men
Peggy O’Neal Peden, Jake’s Hand
Roger Toll, Hooray for Hollywood
SB Woodson, Voice for the Dead
Silver Falchion Award
Best Fiction Adult Book – Jenny Milchman, As Night Falls
Finalists:
Baron R. Birtcher, Hard Latitudes
Mylo Carbia, The Raping of Ava Desantis
Christine Carbo, The Wild Inside
Paul Cleave, Trust No One
Craig Faustus, Buck Go Down Hard
Ray Peden, One Tenth of the Law
D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key
Michael Ransom, The Ripper Gene
Jan Thomas & Grant Jerkins, Done in One
Timothy Vincent, Prince of the Blue Castles
Best Fiction First Novel – Kris Calvin, One Murder More
Finalists:
Christine Carbo, The Wild Inside
Bevan Frank, The Mind of God
Michael Ransom, The Ripper Gene
Best Nonfiction Adult Book – Unni Turrettini, The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer
Finalist:
Merlin Tuttle, The Secret Lives of Bats
Best Fiction Young Adult Book (ages 14 and up) – Gwenda Bond, Fallout
Finalists:
Shane Berryhill, Chance Fortune: Out of Time
Mord McGhee, Old Flames and Heroes
Best Nonfiction Young Adult Book (ages 14 and up) – Stephanie Osborn, Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy’s Curse
Finalist:
P.A. De Voe, Warned
Best Fiction Tween Adult Book (ages 10-14) – Sally Ann Melia, Hunted by Aliens
Finalist:
Malia Ann Haberman, Chase Tinker and the House of Destiny (Book 3 of the Chase Tinker Series)
Best Children’s First Chapter Book – Fiction, Nonfiction, or Silly (ages 7-10) – Linda Joy Singleton, The Curious Cat Spy Club
Finalists:
Christopher Edge, The Black Crow Conspiracy
Emmanuel Ngwainmbi, Bo Aku, Undisputed King of the Forest
Best Children’s First Reader Book – Fiction, Nonfiction, or Silly (ages 5-8) – Scott Sonneborn, The North Police: Reindeer Games
Best Fiction Short Story Anthology – Kaye George, Murder on Wheels
Finalists:
Ramona DeFelice Long, Fish or Cut Bait
Joe McKinney, Shrieks and Shivers from the Horror Zine
Josh Pachter, The Tree of Life
Best Action Adventure – Baron R. Birtcher, Hard Latitudes
Finalists:
Jan Thomas & Grant Jerkins, Done in One
JD Wallace, Silent Cats: Deadly Dance
Best Comedy – John Hegenberger, Spyfall
Finalists:
Traci Andrighetti and Elizabeth Ashby, Deadly Dye and a Soy Chai
Thomas Davidson, Past is Present
Best Horror – Michael Ransom, The Ripper Gene
Finalists:
Mylo Carbia, The Raping of Ava Desantis
Derik Cavignano, Colony of the Lost
Best Mystery / Crime – Kay Kendall, Rainy Day Women
Finalists:
R.G. Belsky, Shooting for the Stars
Kris Calvin, One Murder More
BV Lawson, Dies Irae
Melinda Leigh, Minutes to Kill (A Scarlet Falls Novel)
D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key
Michael Ransom, The Ripper Gene
Linda Sands, 3 Women Walk into a Bar
K.C. Tansley, The Girl Who Ignored Ghosts
Jan Thomas & Grant Jerkins, Done in One
Best Non-Genre / Literary – (tie) Baron R. Birtcher, Hard Latitudes & Christine Carbo, The Wild Inside
Finalist:
Timothy Vincent, Prince of the Blue Castles
Best Romance / Romantic Suspense – Melinda Leigh, Minutes to Kill (A Scarlet Falls Novel)
Finalist:
Glenna Mason, In the Rafters
Best Science Fiction – Chuck Grossart, The Gemini Effect
Finalist:
Sally Ann Melia, Hunted by Aliens
Best Thriller – (tie) Baron R. Birtcher, Hard Latitudes & Melinda Leigh, Minutes to Kill (A Scarlet Falls Novel)
Finalists:
R.G. Belsky, Shooting for the Stars
Thomas Davidson, Past is Present
Bevan Frank, The Mind of God
Debra K. Gaskill, Call Fitz
Jerry Hatchett, Unallocated Space
Michael Ransom, The Ripper Gene
M.A. Richards, Choice of Enemies
Jan Thomas & Grant Jerkins, Done in One
John Vance, Death by Mournful Numbers
Best Book by an Attendee – Kay Kendall, Rainy Day Women
Finalists:
Baron R. Birtcher, Hard Latitudes
Bill Loehfelm, Doing the Devil’s Work
Caroline Fardig, Death Before Decaf
Christine Matthews, Beating the Bushes
Cindy Sample, Dying for a Donut
Claire Applewhite, The Doctor’s Tale
Dana Chamblee Carpenter, Bohemian Gospel
Debra Gaskill, Call Fitz
Derik Cavignano, Colony of the Lost
E.C. Diskin, Broken Grace
Eliot Parker, Fragile Brilliance
Erica Wright, The Granite Moth,
Jean Rabe, Pockets of Darkness,
John Hegenberger, Spyfall
John Vance, Death by Mournful Numbers
Ken Vanderpool, Stop the Music
Kris Calvin, One Murder More
L. Sydney Fisher, The Phoenix Mission
Laurel Heidtman, Bad Girls (An Eden Mystery)
Linda Sands, 3 Women Walk into a Bar
Linda Thorne, Just Another Termination
Maggie Toussaint, Bubba Done It
M.K. Gilroy, Cold as Ice
Michael Guillebeau, A Study in Detail
Phyllis Gobbell, Pursuit in Provence
R.G. Belsky, Shooting for the Stars
Ray Peden, One Tenth of the Law
Ray Wenck, Ghost of a Chance
Robert J. Randisi, McKenna’s House,
Susan Crawford, The Pocket Wife
Wendy Sand Eckel, Murder at Barclay Meadow,
