Hi all,
I would like to remind all DP Subscribers to make sure you
vote in the annual Barry Awards which will be presented on
the Thursday (October 16) night opening ceremonies of
Bouchercon 34, to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Firstly only Subscribers of George Easter's Deadly Pleasures
Magazine are eligible to vote from the shortlist produced by
the Barry Award Nominations Committee. The voting form is in
#39 which is due out shortly (incidentally features a big
piece I did with Lee Child earlier this year) :-
DP Issue #39
http://www.deadlypleasures.com/DPCover39.htm
However due to the awards being at Bouchercon in a matter of
weeks,George is allowing voters to Email their votes direct
to him (see link below), however he is keeping an eye on
email-names to ensure that no 'mass emailings' or vote
rigging takes place.
Deadly Pleasures is stocked at many good mystery stores but
you can subscribe via credit card.
Info on Barry Awards and Email voting
http://www.deadlypleasures.com/NEWS.htm
The History of the Barry Award
http://www.deadlypleasures.com/Barry.htm
The Barry Award nomination committee is comprised of George
Easter (Deadly Pleasures publisher-editor), Russ Isabella,
Maggie Mason, Larry Gandle, Beth Fedyn, Barbara Peters
(Poisoned Pen Bookstore owner), Ali Karim (British
"superfan") and Pat Frovarp (owner of Once Upon a Crime). The
winners are to be selected by Deadly Pleasures
subscribers.
The Barry Awards will be presented on the Thursday (October
16) night opening ceremonies of Bouchercon 34, to be held in
Las Vegas, Nevada.
BARRY AWARD NOMINEES 2003 Deadly Pleasures' Barry Award
nomination committee has announced the 2003 Barry Award
nominees as follows:
Best Novel: WITHOUT FAIL, by Lee Child (Putnam), featuring
Jack Reacher THE HEARSE CASE SCENARIO, by Tim Cockey
(Hyperion), featuring Hitchcock Sewell CITY OF BONES, by
Michael Connelly (Little Brown), featuring Harry Bosch NORTH
OF NOWHERE, by Steve Hamilton (St. Martin's), featuring Alex
McKnight HELL TO PAY, by George Pelecanos (Little Brown),
featuring Derek Strange and Terry Quinn WINTER AND NIGHT, by
S. J. Rozan (St. Martin's), featuring Bill Smith and Lydia
Chin
Best First Novel: THE DEVIL'S REDHEAD, by David Corbett
(Ballantine) NOT ALL TARTS ARE APPLE, by Pip Granger
(Poisoned Pen Press) THE BLUE EDGE OF MIDNIGHT, by Jonathon
King (Dutton), introducing Max Freeman THE DISTANCE, by Eddie
Muller (Scribner), introducing Billy Nichols BUCK FEVER, by
Ben Rehder (St. Martin's) IN A BLEAK MIDWINTER, by Julia
Spencer-Fleming (St. Martin's)
Best British Novel: SCAREDY CAT, by Mark Billingham (Little
Brown UK), featuring Tom Thorne THE MASTER OF RAIN, by Tom
Bradby (Bantam UK) THE WHITE ROAD, by John Connolly (Hodder
& Stoughton), featuring Charlie Parker THE BUSINESS OF
DYING, by Simon Kernick (Bantam UK) DIAMOND DUST, by Peter
Lovesey (Little Brown UK), featuring Peter Diamond THE
YEARE'S MIDNIGHT, by Ed O'Connor (Constable)
Best Paperback Original: BLACK JACK POINT, by Jeff Abbott
(Onyx), featuring Whit Mosely FATAL TRUTH, by Robin Burcell
(Avon), featuring Kate Gillespie COLD SILENCE, by Danielle
Girard (Onyx) THE BONE ORCHARD, by D. Daniel Judson (Bantam),
featuring Declan MacManus PRISON BLUES, by Anna Salter
(Pocket Books)BR> PIPSQUEAK, by Brian Wiprud
(iUniverse)
Subscribing to DP :-
http://www.deadlypleasures.com/subscrip.htm
My vote was cast a few weeks ago - so may the best man/woman
win!
Good Luck and See you in Vegas !
Ali
PS George Easter has a rather informative message board at
the DP Website :-
http://wb.deadlypleasures.com:8080/~dpbb
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