The Line Painter nominated for Arthur Ellis Award

The Crime Writers of Canada announced the shortlists for its 25th annual Arthur Ellis Awards for excellence in books and short stories published in 2007 yesterday.

I am very pleased to say The Line Painter is nominated for Best First Novel. The CBC website has more about the awards.

Nominees for best first novel are:

• Claire Cameron, The Line Painter (HarperCollins).
• Sean Chercover, Big City, Bad Blood (Willian Morrow/HarperCollins).
• Liam Durcan, Garcia's Heart (McClelland & Stewart).
• Susan Parisi, Blood of Dreams (Penguin Australia).
• Sharon Rowse, The Silk Train Murder (Carroll & Graf).
• Marc Strange, Sucker Punch (Castle Street Mysteries/Dundurn).

Nominees for best juvenile novel are:

• Anita Daher, Racing for Diamonds (Orca).
• Anita Daher, Spider's Song (Puffin Canada/Penguin Canada).
• Vicki Grant, I.D. (Orca).
• Shane Peacock, Eye of the Crow (Tundra).
• Drew Hayden Taylor, The Night Wanderer (Annick Press).

Nominees for best short story are:

• Vicki Cameron, Eight Lords a Leaping in Locked Up (Deadlock Press).
• Maureen Jennings, Wreckwood in Blood on the Holly (Baskerville Books).
• D.J. McIntosh, The Hounds of Winter in Blood on the Holly (Baskerville Books).
• Rick Mofina, As Long as We Both Shall Live in Blood on the Holly (Baskerville Books).
• Leslie Watts, Turner in the Kingston Whig-Standard.

Nominees for best non-fiction are:

• Roderigo Bascuman & Christian Pearce, Enter the Babylon System (Random House Canada).
• Robert J. Hoshowsky, The Last to Die: Ronald Turpin, Arthur Lucas and the End of Capital Punishment in Canada (Hounslow/Dundurn).
• Julian Sher, One Child at a Time: The Global Fight to Rescue Children from Online Predators (Random House Canada).
• Brian Vallée, The War on Women: Elly Armour, Jane Hurshman and Criminal Violence in Canadian Homes (Key Porter).
• Paul Watson, Where War Lives (McClelland & Stewart).

Nominees for best crime writing in French are:

• Mario Bolduc, Tsiganes (Libre Expression).
• Johanne Seymour, Le Cercle des Pénitents (Libre Expression).
• Pierre H. Richard, GHB: Grossier, Horrible et Bête (Editions Pratiko).
• Diane Vincent, Epidermes (Triptyque).
• Norbert Spehner, Scènes de Crimes: Enquêtes sur le Roman Policier Contemporain (Alire).

And nominees for best unpublished first crime novel, the second year for this category, are:

• Patricia Flewwelling, Mummer's the Word.
• D.J. McIntosh, The Witch of Babylon.
• Amy Tector, The Paris Letters.
• Kevin Thornton, Condemned.

The winners will be announced on June 5 at the Downtown Eaton Centre Marriott Hotel in Toronto. Congratulations to all.

 

Comments

[Matt Ferguson]

CONGRATULATIONS, Claire! Good luck in June!
(You're totally going to kick their literary butts...)
M.

[Claire Cameron]

Thanks Ferg.

[patricia]

Hurrah!! I just found out from Steven's blog the fabulous news. Congratulations on the nomination! Very much deserved.