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Chercover’s Trigger City wins Dilys Award

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

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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2008 DILYS WINN AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association (IMBA) has announced this year’s nominees for the Dilys Winn award, given annually to the mystery titles of the year which the member booksellers most enjoyed selling.

The IMBA is comprised of a network of individually owned retail bookstores across North America and the United Kingdom, devoted to the sale of mystery books. The IMBA has won several awards for THE 100 FAVORITE MYSTERIES OF THE CENTURY and THEY DIED IN VAIN, published by Crum Creek Press/Drood Review Books. For more information on the IMBA and20the Dilys awards, including past nominees and winners, visit www.mysterybooksellers.com.

2008 Nominees
TRIGGER CITY, Sean Chercover, William Morrow
THE VICTORIA VANISHES, Christopher Fowler, Bantam
SILENT IN THE SANCTUARY, Deanna Raybourn, Mira
CHILD 44, Tom Rob Smith, Grand Central
DAWN PATROL, Don Winslow, Alfred A. Knopf

The Dilys Award is named in honor of Dilys Winn, the founder of the first specialty bookstore of mystery books in the United States. The award will be presented at Left Coast Crime in March.

Congratulations to all the nominees!

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