2017
2017 CLAYMORE AWARDS WINNERS & FINALISTS
2017 Claymore Award Winner– Danny Lindsey, Serial Justice
2017 Claymore Award 1st Runner Up – Michelle Kubitz, Dragonfly Lake
2017 Claymore Award 2nd Runner Up – Lois J. Schmitt, Something Fishy
2017 CLAYMORE AWARDS FINALISTS:
R.G. Belsky, The Hitler Legacy
Mark Brazaitis, The Happy House
Alan Chaput, Emerald: Drone
Kathleen Donnelly, Free Base
Matt T. Forester, Beneath the Water Lilies
Kimberly Hall, Saints and Sinners
Russell Johnson, The Mayberry Messiah
January Kerr, The Patriarchy Project
Mercedes King, Angel Redemption
J.R. Klein, The Ostermann House
Charles Kowalski, Day of the Watchers
Halee Matthews, Every Broken Piece
Kelly Oliver, Harvest
Ben Orlando, The Three Michael Greggs
Bryan Robinson, Bloody Bones
Richard Sambasivam, The Chelsea Fix
Tamra Wilson, Driving Nelson
2017 SILVER FALCHION AWARD WINNERS
2017 Silver Falchion Award: Best Fiction Book of the Year
Kathryn Lane, Waking Up in Medellin
2017 Silver Falchion Award: Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
Shaun Assael, The Murder of Sonny Liston
2017 Silver Falchion Award: Best Fiction Adult Anthology / Collection
Charley Pearson, author, The Marianated Nottingham and Other Abuses of the Language
2017 Silver Falchion Award: Best Fiction Tween/YA Mystery/Thriller
James Hannibal, The Lost Property Office
2017 Silver Falchion Award: Best Adult Thriller
J.A. Jance, Clawback
2017 Silver Falchion Award: Best Fiction Action / Adventure
Randall Reneau, The Medinandi License
2017 Silver Falchion Award: Best Fiction Adult Mystery
Pamela Fagan Hutchins, Fighting for Anna
2017 Silver Falchion Award: Best Fiction Tween/YA Horror/Fantasy
David Neilsen, Dr. Fell and the Playground of Doom
C.D. Bell, Weregirl
2017 Silver Falchion Award: Best Fiction Adult Horror/Fantasy
Andrew Peters, The City of Seven Gods
2017 Silver Falchion Award: Best Fiction Adult Suspense
Kathryn Lane, Waking Up in Medellin
2017 Silver Falchion Award: Best Nonfiction Adult
Shaun Assael, The Murder of Sonny Liston
Timothy Egan, The Immortal Irishman
2017 Silver Falchion Award: Best Fiction Children’s
Delia Sherman, The Evil Wizard Smallbone
Mary Pope Osborne, Balto of the Blue Dawn
2017 KILLER NASHVILLE READER’S CHOICE AWARD WINNERS & NOMINEES
2017 Readers’ Choice Award: Best Book of the Year
J.A. Jance, Clawback
2017 Readers’ Choice Award: Best Nonfiction Adult
Shaun Assael, The Murder of Sonny Liston
Timothy Egan, The Immortal Irishman
2017 Readers’ Choice Award: Best Fiction Adult Thriller
J.A. Jance
2017 Readers’ Choice Award: Best Fiction Adult Suspense
Lynette Eason, Always Watching
2017 Readers’ Choice Award: Best Fiction Adult Mystery
Traci Andrighetti, Amaretto Amber
2017 Readers’ Choice Award: Best Fiction Adult Horror
Eric Gardner, Awakening
2017 Readers’ Choice Award: Best Fiction Adult Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Barbara Barnett, The Apothecary’s Curse
2017 Readers’ Choice Award: Best Fiction Action / Adventure
Carrie Smith, Forgotten City
2017 Readers’ Choice Award: Best Fiction Action / Adventure
Carrie Smith, Forgotten City
2017 Readers’ Choice Award: Best Fiction Young Adult
Sheila Sobel, Color Blind
2017 Readers’ Choice Award: Best Fiction Children’s
Janice Petri, Something’s Tuggin on my Claw
Mary Pope Osborne, Balto of the Blue Dawn
Philip Reeve, Pugs of the Frozen North
Delia Sherman, The Evil Wizard Smallbone
2017 Readers’ Choice Award: Best Fiction Adult Anthology / Collection (awarded to editor or single author)
Michael Guillebeau, Eight Mystery Writers You Should Be Reading Now
Lawrence Block, In Sunlight of In Shadow
John Hegenberger, Iceslinger
Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger, Echoes of Sherlock Holmes
Helen Oyeyemi, What is Not Yours Is Not Yours
Charley Pearson, The Marianated Nottingham and Other Abuses of the Language
2017 KILLER NASHVILLE BEST ATTENDING AUTHOR – Kelly Oliver, Coyote
2017 KILLER NASHVILLE C. AUGUSTE DUPIN DETECTIVE AWARD – Kierstin Marquet
2017 SEMWA Silver Quill Award – Beth Terrell (Jaden Terrell)
2017 SEMWA Magnolia Award – Richard Helms
2017 JOHN SEIGENTHALER GUEST OF HONOR AWARD WINNER – Max Allan Collins
2017 BUILDER’S AWARD WINNER – Beth Terrell (Jaden Terrell)
2017 SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS:
Sarah Harris, Kris Calvin Scholarship Award Winner
Lucie Smoker, Lisa Jackson Scholarship Award Winner
Toni Sorenson, Lisa Jackson Scholarship Award Winner
Tim Suddeth, Jimmy Loftin Memorial Scholarship Award Winner
