Laura Lippman and Marcus Sakey win the Strand Magazine's Critics Award
New York, NY, July 14, 2008 -- The winners of the 2007 Strand Magazine Critics Award are Laura Lippman for best novel (WHAT THE DEAD KNOW) and Marcus Sakey for best first mystery novel (THE BLADE ITSELF). The winners were announced at an invitation only cocktail party in Manhattan, by bestselling author Jonathan Santlofer.
Both of the winners and several of the nominees were in attendance at the Midtown Executive Club. Lippman and Sakey were gracious winners, thanking the panel of book reviewers, congratulating their fellow nominees and acknowledging they were up against stiff competition.
- Down River by John Hart (Thomas Dunne Books/Minotaur)
- The Shotgun Rule by Charlie Huston (Ballantine Books)
- The Strangler by William Landay (Delacorte Press)
- The Watchman by Robert Crais (Simon and Schuster)
- What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)
Best First Novel
- The Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey (St. Martin's Minotaur)
- In the Woods by Tana French (Viking)
- The Mark by Jason Pinter (Mira Books)
- Missing Witness by Gordon Campbell (William Morrow)
- When One Man Dies by Dave White (Crown Publishing)
Lippman, a former journalist for The Baltimore Sun, is no stranger to winning many of the top crime fiction prizes: she has won the Edgar, The Anthony, The Shamus, and The Barry Awards. Her latest novel, ANOTHER THING TO FALL, was released this March by William Morrow.
In just two years, Marcus Sakey has blazed a trail as a new and talented mystery author with his two well written crime novels THE BLADE ITSELF and AT THE CITY'S EDGE. A former St. Martin's author, he has recently signed a deal with Dutton who will publish his next book, GOOD PEOPLE, in August.
Next year, the panel of judges will led by Otto Penzler and will feature critics from The Washington Post, the LA Times, The Associated Press, NPR, Time Magazine, Publishers Weekly and The New York Sun. For more information, please contact Christine Jones at 248 569 3702 or cjones@strandmag.com.
Both of the winners and several of the nominees were in attendance at the Midtown Executive Club. Lippman and Sakey were gracious winners, thanking the panel of book reviewers, congratulating their fellow nominees and acknowledging they were up against stiff competition.
- Down River by John Hart (Thomas Dunne Books/Minotaur)
- The Shotgun Rule by Charlie Huston (Ballantine Books)
- The Strangler by William Landay (Delacorte Press)
- The Watchman by Robert Crais (Simon and Schuster)
- What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)
Best First Novel
- The Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey (St. Martin's Minotaur)
- In the Woods by Tana French (Viking)
- The Mark by Jason Pinter (Mira Books)
- Missing Witness by Gordon Campbell (William Morrow)
- When One Man Dies by Dave White (Crown Publishing)
Lippman, a former journalist for The Baltimore Sun, is no stranger to winning many of the top crime fiction prizes: she has won the Edgar, The Anthony, The Shamus, and The Barry Awards. Her latest novel, ANOTHER THING TO FALL, was released this March by William Morrow.
In just two years, Marcus Sakey has blazed a trail as a new and talented mystery author with his two well written crime novels THE BLADE ITSELF and AT THE CITY'S EDGE. A former St. Martin's author, he has recently signed a deal with Dutton who will publish his next book, GOOD PEOPLE, in August.
Next year, the panel of judges will led by Otto Penzler and will feature critics from The Washington Post, the LA Times, The Associated Press, NPR, Time Magazine, Publishers Weekly and The New York Sun. For more information, please contact Christine Jones at 248 569 3702 or cjones@strandmag.com.
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