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Anthony Award for Best First Novel

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Anthony Award for Best First Novel
Awarded forDebut mystery novel
Presented byBouchercon World Mystery Convention
First awarded1986
Websitebouchercon.com

The Anthony Award for Best First Novel, established in 1986, is an annual award presented as part of the Anthony Awards on behalf of Mystery Writers of America.

Recipients

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Award winners and finalists[1][2]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1986 Jonathan Kellerman When the Bough Breaks Winner [3]
Susan Kelly The Gemini Man Finalist
Dick Lochte Sleeping Dog Finalist
Robert Reeves Doubting Thomas Finalist
Andrew Vachss Flood Finalist
1987 Bill Crider Too Late To Die Winner [3]
Joan Hess Strangled Prose Finalist
Faye Kellerman The Ritual Bath Finalist
Joseph Koenig Floater Finalist
Mike Lupica Dead Air Finalist
1988 Gillian Roberts Caught Dead in Philadelphia Winner [3]
Michael Allegretto Death on the Rocks Finalist
Robert Bowman The House of Blue Lights Finalist
Mary Monica Pulver Murder at the War Finalist
Les Roberts An Infinite Number of Monkeys Finalist
1989 Elizabeth George A Great Deliverance Winner [3]
Mary Lou Bennett Murder Once Done Finalist
Caroline Graham The Killings at Badger's Drift Finalist
Linda Grant Random Access Murder Finalist
Gar Anthony Haywood Fear of the Dark Finalist
David Stout Carolina Skeletons Finalist
1990 Karen Kijewski Katwalk Winner [3]
Jill Churchill Grime & Punishment Finalist
Melodie Johnson Howe The Mother Shadow Finalist
Edith Skom The Mark Twain Murders Finalist
Susan Wolfe The Last Billable Hour Finalist
1991 Patricia Cornwell Postmortem Winner [3]
Janet Dawson Kindred Crimes Finalist
Diane Mott Davidson Catering to Nobody Finalist
Rochelle Krich Where’s Mommy Now? Finalist
James McCahery Grave Undertaking Finalist
1992 Sue Henry Murder on the Iditarod Trail Winner [3]
Mary Cahill Carpool Finalist
Margaret Lucke A Relative Stranger Finalist
Rebecca Rothenberg The Bulrush Murders Finalist
Leslie Elizabeth Watts The Chocolate Box Finalist
Gloria White Murder on the Run Finalist
1993 Barbara Neely Blanche on the Lam Winner [3]
Susan Wittig Albert Thyme of Death Finalist
Carol Higgins Clark Decked Finalist
Michael Connelly The Black Echo Finalist
Charlene Weir The Winter Widow Finalist
1994 Nevada Barr Track of the Cat Winner [3]
Jan Burke Goodnight, Irene Finalist
Laurie R. King A Grave Talent Finalist
Sharan Newman Death Comes as Epiphany Finalist
Abigail Padgett Child of Silence Finalist
1995 Caleb Carr The Alienist Winner [3]
David Guterson Snow Falling on Cedars Finalist
Alex Keegan Cuckoo Finalist
Dennis Lehane A Drink Before the War Finalist
Carol O’Connell Mallory’s Oracle Finalist
Laura Joh Rowland Shinjū Finalist
Michelle Spring Every Breath You Take Finalist
Doug J. Swanson Big Town Finalist
Christopher West Death of a Blue Lantern Finalist
1996 Virginia Lanier Death in Bloodhound Red Winner [3]
Richard Barre The Innocents Finalist
G.M. Ford Who in Hell Is Wanda Fuca? Finalist
Charles Kenney Hammurabi’s Code Finalist
Martha C. Lawrence Murder in Scorpio Finalist
1997 Dale Furutani Death in Little Tokyo Winner
Terris McMahan Grimes Somebody Else’s Child Winner [3]
Michael McGarrity Tularosa Finalist
Charles Todd A Test of Wills Finalist
Michael C. White A Brother’s Blood Finalist
1998 Lee Child Killing Floor Winner [3]
Grace Edwards If I Should Die Finalist
Maureen Jennings Except the Dying Finalist
Philip Reed Bird Dog Finalist
Robert E. Skinner Skin Deep, Blood Red Finalist
1999 William Kent Krueger Iron Lake Winner [3]
Jerrilyn Farmer Sympathy for the Devil Finalist
Jacqueline Fielder Tiger’s Palette Finalist
Steve Hamilton A Cold Day in Paradise Finalist
Donald Harstad Eleven Days Finalist
2000 Donna Andrews Murder With Peacocks Winner [3]
Cara Black Murder in the Marais Finalist
April Henry Circles of Confusion Finalist
Kris Neri Revenge of the Gypsy Queen Finalist
Paula L. Woods Inner City Blues Finalist
2001 Qiu Xiaolong Death of a Red Heroine Winner [3]
Stephen Booth Black Dog Finalist
David Liss A Conspiracy of Paper Finalist
Scott Phillips The Ice Harvest Finalist
Bob Truluck Street Level Finalist
Douglas E. Winter Run Finalist
2002 C.J. Box Open Season Winner [3]
K. J. Erikson Third Person Singular Finalist
Jan Grape Austin City Blue Finalist
Denise Hamilton The Jasmine Trade Finalist
Andy Straka A Witness Above Finalist
2003 Julia Spencer-Fleming In the Bleak Midwinter Winner [3]
David Corbett The Devil’s Redhead Finalist
Libby Fischer Hellmann An Eye for Murder Finalist
Jonathon King The Blue Edge of Midnight Finalist
Eddie Muller The Distance Finalist
2004 P. J. Tracy Monkeewrench Winner [3]
Erin Hart Haunted Ground Finalist
Rebecca Pawel Death of a Nationalist Finalist
Lono Waiwaiole Wiley’s Lament Finalist
Jacqueline Winspear Maisie Dobbs Finalist
2005 Harley Jane Kozak Dating Dead Men Winner [3]
Sandra Balzo Uncommon Grounds Finalist
Judy Clemens Till the Cows Come Home Finalist
Jilliane Hoffman Retribution Finalist
J. A. Konrath Whiskey Sour Finalist
2006 Chris Grabenstein Tilt-a-Whirl Winner [3]
Megan Abbott Die a Little Finalist
Brian Freeman Immoral Finalist
Randall Hicks The Baby Game Finalist
Theresa Schwegel Officer Down Finalist
2007 Louise Penny Still Life Winner [3]
John Hart King of Lies Finalist
Steve Hockensmith Holmes on the Range Finalist
Cornelia Read A Field of Darkness Finalist
Alexandra Sokoloff The Harrowing Finalist
2008 Tana French In the Woods Winner [3]
Sean Chercover Big City, Bad Blood Finalist
Lisa Lutz The Spellman Files Finalist
Craig McDonald Head Games Finalist
Marcus Sakey The Blade Itself Finalist
2009 Stieg Larsson The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Winner [3][4]
Rosemary Harris Pushing Up Daisies Finalist
Julie Kramer Stalking Susan Finalist
G. M. Malliet Death of a Cozy Writer Finalist
Tom Rob Smith Child 44 Finalist
2010 Sophie Littlefield A Bad Day for Sorry Winner [3]
Alan Bradley The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Finalist
Bryan Gruley Starvation Lake Finalist
Stuart Neville The Ghosts of Belfast Finalist
Stefanie Pintoff In the Shadow of Gotham Finalist
2011 Hilary Davidson The Damage Done Winner [3]
Bruce DeSilva Rogue Island Finalist
Paul Doiron The Poacher’s Son Finalist
Graham Moore The Sherlockian Finalist
James Thompson Snow Angels Finalist
2012 Sara J. Henry Learning To Swim Winner [3]
Darrell James Nazareth Child Finalist
Leonard Rosen All Cry Chaos Finalist
Rochelle Staab Who Do, Voodoo? Finalist
Taylor Stevens The Informationist Finalist
Steve Ulfelder Purgatory Chasm Finalist
S. J. Watson Before I Go To Sleep Finalist
2013 Chris Pavone The Expats Winner [3]
Daniel Friedman Don’t Ever Get Old Finalist
Owen Laukkanen The Professionals Finalist
Matthew Quirk The 500 Finalist
Michael Sears Black Fridays Finalist
2014 Matt Coyle Yesterday’s Echo Winner [3]
Roger Hobbs Ghostman Finalist
Becky Masterman Rage Against the Dying Finalist
Kimberly McCreight Reconstructing Amelia Finalist
Todd Robinson The Hard Bounce Finalist
2015 Lori Rader-Day The Black Hour Winner [3]
Kristi Belcamino Blessed Are the Dead Finalist
M. P. Cooley Ice Shear Finalist
Julia Dahl Invisible City Finalist
Allen Eskens The Life We Bury Finalist
2016 Glen Erik Hamilton Past Crimes Winner [3]
Patricia Abbott Concrete Angel Finalist
Rob Hart New Yorked Finalist
Art Taylor On the Road with Del & Louise Finalist
Brian Panowich Bull Mountain Finalist
2017 Joe Ide IQ Winner
Bill Beverly Dodgers Finalist
Nadine Nettmann Decanting a Murder Finalist
Renee Patrick Design for Dying Finalist
Nicholas Petrie The Drifter Finalist
2018 Kellye Garrett Hollywood Homicide Winner [5]
Jane Harper The Dry Finalist [5]
Jordan Harper She Rides Shotgun Finalist [5]
Christopher Irvin Ragged; or, The Loveliest Lies of All Finalist [5]
Kristen Lepionka The Last Place You Look Finalist [5]
2019 Oyinkan Braithwaite My Sister, the Serial Killer Winner [6][7]
Tracy Clark Broken Places Finalist [6][7]
John Copenhaver Dodging and Burning Finalist [6][7]
Aimee Hix What Doesn’t Kill You Finalist [6][7]
James A. McLaughlin Bearskin Finalist [6][7]
2020 Tara Laskowski One Night Gone Winner [8]
Tori Eldridge The Ninja Daughter Finalist
Angie Kim Miracle Creek Finalist
John Vercher Three-Fifths Finalist
Lauren Wilkinson American Spy Finalist
2021 David Heska Wanbli Weiden Winter Counts Winner [9][10][11]
Mary Keliikoa Derailed Finalist [11]
Nev March Murder in Old Bombay Finalist [11]
Erica Ruth Neubauer Murder at the Mena House Finalist [11]
Richard Osman The Thursday Murder Club Finalist [11]
2022 Mia P. Manansala Arsenic and Adobo Winner [12]
Yasmin Angoe Her Name Is Knight Finalist
Zakiya Dalila Harris The Other Black Girl Finalist
Heather Levy Walking Through Needles Finalist
Wanda M. Morris All Her Little Secrets Finalist
2023 Nita Prose The Maid Winner
Eli Cranor Don’t Know Tough Finalist
Ramona Emerson Shutter Finalist
Harini Nagendra The Bangalore Detectives Club Finalist
Rob Osler Devil’s Chew Toy Finalist

References

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