International Thriller Writers Awards

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The International Thriller Writers Awards are awarded by International Thriller Writers at the annual Thrillerfest conferences for outstanding work in the field since 2006.

Award winners

2006

Thrillermaster: Clive Cussler

Best Novel: The Patriots Club, Christopher Reich (Delacorte Press)

Best First Novel: Improbable, Adam Fawer (William Morrow)

Best Paperback Original: Pride Runs Deep, R. Cameron Cooke (Jove)

Best Screenplay: Caché (Hidden), Michael Haneke

2007

Thrillermaster: James Patterson

Best Novel: Killer Instinct, Joseph Finder (St. Martin's Press)

Best First Novel: Mr Clarinet, Nick Stone (Penguin)

Best Paperback Original: An Unquiet Grave, P.J. Parrish (Pinnacle)

Best Screenplay: The Good Shepherd, Eric Roth

2008

Thrillermaster: Sandra Brown

Best Novel: The Ghost, Robert Harris (Simon & Schuster)

Best First Novel: Heart-Shaped Box, Joe Hill (William Morrow)

Best Paperback Original: The Midnight Road, Tom Piccirilli, (Bantam)

Silver Bullet Award: Macy's and David Baldacci

2009

Thrillermaster: David Morrell

Best Novel: The Bodies Left Behind, Jeffery Deaver (Simon & Schuster)

Best First Novel: Child 44, Tom Rob Smith (Grand Central Publishing)

Best Short Story: The Edge of Seventeen, Alexandra Sokoloff (The Darker Mask)

Silver Bullet Award: Brad Meltzer

2010

Thrillermaster: Ken Follett

Best Hard Cover Novel: Lisa Gardner, The Neighbor

Best Paperback Original Novel: Tom Piccirilli, The Coldest Mile

Best First Novel: Jamie Freveletti, Running from the Devil

Best Short Story: Twist Phelan, "A Stab in the Heart"

True Thrill Award: Mark Bowden

Silver Bullet Award: Linda Fairstein

2011

Thrillermaster: R. L. Stine

Best Hard Cover Novel: John Sandford, Bad Blood (Virgil Flowers Series, book 4)

Best Paperback Original Novel: J. T. Ellison, The Cold Room (Taylor Jackson Series, book 4)

Best First Novel: Chevy Stevens, Still Missing

Best Short Story: Richard Helms, "The Gods for Vengeance Cry" in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (November 2010)

True Thrill Award: Joe McGinniss

Silver Bullet Award: Karin Slaughter

2012

Thrillermaster: Jack Higgins

Best Hard Cover Novel: Stephen King, 11/22/63

Best Paperback Original Novel: Jeff Abbott, The Last Minute

Best First Novel: Paul McEuen, Spiral

Best Short Story: Tim L. Williams, "Half-Lives" in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (March/April 2011)

True Thrill Award: Ann Rule

Silver Bullet Award: Richard North Patterson

2013

Thrillermaster: Anne Rice

Best Hard Cover Novel: Brian Freeman, Spilled Blood

Best Paperback Original Novel: Sean Doolittle, Lake Country

Best First Novel: Matthew Quirk, The 500

Best Short Story: John Rector, Lost Things

Best Young Adult Novel: Dan Krokos, False Memory

Best E-Book Original Novel: CJ Lyons – Blind Faith

Silver Bullet Award: Steve Berry

2014

Thrillermaster: Scott Turow

Best Hard Cover Novel: Andrew Pyper, The Demonologist

Best Paperback Original Novel: Jennifer McMahon, The One I Left Behind

Best First Novel: Jason Matthews, Red Sparrow

Best Short Story: Twist Phelan, "Footprints in Water" in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (July 2013)

Best Young Adult Novel: Cristin Terrill, All Our Yesterdays

Best E-Book Original Novel: Rebecca Cantrell – The World Beneath

Silver Bullet Award: Brenda Novak

2015

Best Hard Cover Novel: Megan Abbott, The Fever

Best Paperback Original Novel: Vincent Zandri, Moonlight Weeps

Best First Novel: Laura McHugh, The Weight of Blood

Best Short Story: Tim L. Williams, "The Last Wrestling Bear in West Kentucky" in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

Best Young Adult Novel: Elle Cosimano, Nearly Gone

Best E-Book Original Novel: C.J. Lyons – Hard Fall

References

International Thriller Writers Awards Wikipedia

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