Hi everyone!

Brian and I are in Hawaii at Left Coast Crime. The awards banquet just ended and we’re posting the winners.

First up — because the extremely efficient Independent Mystery Booksellers Association had a press release prepared –  the Dilys Award. Congrats Sean!

Best,

Kate

Sean Chercover’s Trigger City  Wins the IMBA 2009 Dilys Award

Honolulu, Hawaii – March 11, 2009 – The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association (IMBA) announced Sean Chercover’s Trigger City as the winner of the annual Dilys award for 2009.  The announcement was made by member store owner, Barbara Peters, on Wednesday afternoon at an awards presentation at the Left Coast Crime 2009 conference in Honolulu, Hawaii.  Mr. Chercover will receive a specially-made sculpture in recognition of this achievement.

Mr. Chercover has been a favorite recommendation of the mystery booksellers association since the arrival of his first novel, Big City, Bad Blood.   Mr. Chercover, though not present at Left Coast Crime, when contacted said “To know that you enjoyed selling Trigger City is an incredible honor.  I am completely floored by your generosity, and I only wish I could be there in person.  You have made me very happy.”

The Dilys Award has been given annually since 1993 by the IMBA to the mystery titles of the year which the member booksellers have most enjoyed selling.  The Dilys Award is named in honor of Dilys Winn, the founder of the first specialty bookseller of mystery books in the United States.  Previous winners of the Dilys Award include William Kent Krueger, Louise Penny, Colin Cotterill and Julia Spencer-Fleming.

The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association is comprised of a network of independently owned retail bookstores across North America and the United Kingdom, devoted to the sale of mystery books.

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