2017 Thriller Awards - Winners

The winners of the 2017 ITW Thriller Awards were announced at ThrillerFest XII, July 15, 2017, at the Grand Hyatt (New York City) by the International Thriller Writers.

BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL

Winner:  Noah Hawley — BEFORE THE FALL (Grand Central Publishing)

• Megan Abbott — YOU WILL KNOW ME (Little, Brown and Company)
• Reed Farrel Coleman — WHERE IT HURTS (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
• Laura McHugh — ARROWOOD (Spiegel & Grau)
• Ben H. Winters — UNDERGROUND AIRLINES (Mulholland Books)

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Winner:  Nick Petrie — THE DRIFTER (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

• Bob Bickford — DEADLY KISS (Black Opal Books)
• J.L. Delozier — TYPE AND CROSS (WiDo Publishing)
• David McCaleb — RECALL (Lyrical Underground)
• E.Z. Rinsky — PALINDROME (Witness Impulse)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL

Winner:  Anne Frasier — THE BODY READER (Thomas & Mercer)

• Robert Dugoni — IN THE CLEARING (Thomas & Mercer)
• Paul Kemprecos — THE MINOAN CIPHER (Suspense Publishing)
• Jonathan Maberry — KILL SWITCH (St. Martin’s Griffin)
• Stephen Maher — SALVAGE (Dundurn)

BEST SHORT STORY

Winner:  Joyce Carol Oates — “Big Momma” (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine)

• Eric Beetner — “The Business of Death” UNLOADED: CRIME WRITERS WRITING WITHOUT GUNS (Down & Out Books)
• Laura Benedict — “The Peter Rabbit Killers” (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine)
• Brendan DuBois — “The Man from Away” (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine)
• Art Taylor — “Parallel Play” CHESAPEAKE CRIMES: STORM WARNING (Wildside Press)

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

Winner:  A.J. Hartley — STEEPLEJACK (TOR Teen)

• Pierce Brown — MORNING STAR (Del Rey)
• Elle Cosimano — HOLDING SMOKE (Disney-Hyperion)
• Billy Taylor — THIEVING WEASELS (Dial Books)
• Kara Thomas — THE DARKEST CORNERS (Delacorte Press)

BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL

Winner:  James Scott Bell — ROMEO’S WAY (Compendium Press)

• Sean Black — THE EDGE OF ALONE (Sean Black)
• Sibel Hodge — UNTOUCHABLE (Wonder Women Publishing)
• J.F. Penn — DESTROYER OF WORLDS (J.F. Penn)
• Richard Thomas — BREAKER (Alibi)