International Thriller Award
The International Thriller Award is an international literary award for the thriller genre, which is a crime novel . The award is presented annually by "The International Thriller Writers Inc." (ITW) awarded. The organization calls itself The First Organization for Thriller Writers . It was founded by a number of well-known writers at a meeting at the Bouchercon World Mystery and Suspense Conference in Toronto , Canada on October 9, 2004. Gayle Lynds and David Morrell became co-presidents . Members of the organization can become professional English-language authors from anywhere in the world.
The award itself is presented in different categories at the International Fest of Thrillers ; In addition, a so-called “Thriller Master Award” is given annually - similar to the Grand Master Award of the Mystery Writers of America (MWA) - for special services to the “Thriller”. The first award ceremony took place on July 1, 2006 in Phoenix, Arizona. In 2013, the categories were expanded to include the Best Young Adult Novel and Best e-book Original Novel awards .
Categories
| category | Original title | awarded since |
|---|---|---|
| Best novel | Best novel | 2006 |
| Best first novel | Best First Novel | 2006 |
| Best novel as an original paperback | Best paperback original | 2006 |
| Best short story | Best short story | 2009 |
| Best script | Best screenplay | 2006 |
| Thriller master (for special services to the novel thriller) |
Thrillermaster Award | 2006 |
| Silver Bullett Award | Silver Bullett Award | 2008 |
| Silver Bullet Corporate Award | Silver Bullet Corporate Award | 2009 |
| True Thriller Award | True Thriller Award | 2010 |
| Best book for young adults | Best Young Adult Novel | 2013 |
| Best original e-book | Best e-book original novel | 2013 |
Best Novel - Best Novel
| year | Award winners |
Original title publisher, location year 1 |
German title publisher, location year 1 |
| 2006 | Christopher Reich | The Patriots Club Delacorte Press, New York 2005 |
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| 2007 | Joseph Finder | Killer Instinct St. Martin's Press, New York 2006 |
Heyne master plan , Munich 2007 |
| 2008 | Robert Harris | The Ghost Simon & Schuster, New York 2007 |
Ghost Heyne, Munich 2007 |
| 2009 | Jeffery Deaver | The Bodies Left Behind Simon & Schuster, New York 2008 |
Nachtschrei Blanvalet, Munich 2010 |
| 2010 | Lisa Gardner | The Neighbor Bantam Books, New York 2009 |
Without a trace rororo, Reinbek 2011 |
| 2011 | John Sandford | Bad Blood G. P. Putnam Son's, New York 2010 |
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| 2012 | Stephen King | 11/22/63 Scribner, New York 2011 |
The Heyne attack , Munich 2011 |
| 2013 | Brian Freeman | Spilled Blood Silver Oak, New York 2012 |
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| 2014 | Andrew Pyper | The Demonogolist Simon & Schuster, New York 2013 |
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| 2015 | Megan Abbott | The Fever Little, Brown and Company, New York 2014 |
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| 2016 | Ian Caldwell | The Fifth Gospel Simon & Schuster, New York 2015 |
The secret gospel Rütten & Loening, Berlin 2016 |
| 2017 | Noah Hawley | Before the Fall Grand Central Publishing, New York 2016 |
Before the Goldmann case , Munich 2016 |
| 2018 | Riley Sager | Final Girls Dutton, New York 2018 |
Final Girls dtv, Munich 2018 |
| 2019 | Jennifer Hillier | Jar of Hearts Minotaur Books, New York 2018 |
Love me, kill me Penguin, Munich 2020 |
1 = Publisher and year information refer to the original or German first edition
Best First Novel
| year | Award winners |
Original title publisher, location year 1 |
German title publisher, location year 1 |
| 2006 | Adam Fawer | Improbable Delacorte Press, New York 2005 |
Null Kindler, Reinbek 2005 |
| 2007 | Nick Stone | Mr. Clarinet Michael Joseph Ltd / Penguin, New York 2006 |
Voodoo Goldmann, Munich 2007 |
| 2008 | Joe Hill | Heart-Shaped Box William Morrow, New York 2007 |
Blind Heyne, Munich 2008 |
| 2009 | Tom Rob Smith | Child 44 Windsor, Bath 2008 |
Child 44 DuMont, Cologne 2008 |
| 2010 | Jamie Freveletti | Running from the Devil William Morrow, New York 2009 |
Lauf Ullstein, Berlin 2009 |
| 2011 | Chevy Stevens | Still Missing St. Martin's Press, New York 2010 |
No Escape Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2011 |
| 2012 | Paul McEuen | Spiral Dial Press, New York 2011 |
Spiral Scherz, Frankfurt am Main 2010 |
| 2013 | Matthew Quick | The 500 Little, Brown & Co., New York 2012 |
The 500 Blessing, Munich 2012 |
| 2014 | Jason Matthews |
Red Sparrow Scribner, New York 2013 |
Operation Red Sparrow Goldmann, Munich 2015 |
| 2015 | Laura McHugh | The Weight of Blood Spiegel & Grau, New York 2014 |
The heaviness of the blood
Limes, Munich 2016 |
| 2016 | Brian Panovich | Bull Mountain G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York 2016 |
Bull Mountain Suhrkamp, Berlin 2016 |
| 2017 | Nick Petrie | The Drifter G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York 2016 |
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| 2018 | KJ Howe | The Freedom Broker Quercus, New York 2018 |
The wrong hostage Piper, Munich 2018 |
| 2019 | CJ Tudor | The Chalk Man Crown Publishing Group, New York 2018 |
The Kreidemann Goldmann, Munich 2019 |
1 = Publisher and year information refer to the original or German first edition
Best novel as an original paperback - Best Paperback Original
(no award in 2009)
| year | Award winners |
Original title publisher, location year 1 |
German title publisher, location year 1 |
| 2006 | R. Cameron Cooke | Pride Runs Deep Jove, New York 2005 |
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| 2007 | PJ Parrish | An Unquiet Grave Pinnacle, New York 2006 |
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| 2008 | Tom Piccirilli | The Midnight Road Bantam Books, New York 2007 |
Pain Heyne, Munich 2009 |
| 2010 | Tom Piccirilli | The Coldest Mile Bantam Books, New York 2006 |
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| 2011 | JT Ellison | The Cold Room Mira, Don Mills / Ont. 2010 |
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| 2012 | Jeff Abbott | The Last Minute Sphere, London 2011 |
The last minute Heyne, Munich 2013 |
| 2013 | Sean Doolittle | Lake Country Bantam Books, New York 2013 |
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| 2014 | Jennifer McMahon | The One I Left Behind William Morrow, New York 2013 |
The 5th Victim Weltbild, Augsburg 2013 |
| 2015 | Vincent Zandri | Moonlight Weeps Down & Out Books, Lutz / FL 2014 |
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| 2016 | John Gilstrap | Against all Enemies Pinnacle Books, New York 2015 |
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| 2017 | Anne Frasier | The Body Reader Thomas & Mercer, Seattle 2016 |
I'm not dead Heyne, Munich 2017 |
| 2018 | Christine Bell | Grievance Lake Union Publishing, Seattle 2017 |
I'm not dead Heyne, Munich 2017 |
| 2019 | Jane Harper | The Lost Man Pan Macmillan Australia, Sydney 2018 |
1 = Publisher and year information refer to the original or German first edition
Best Short Story - Best Short Story
| year | Award winners | Short story title | Anthology (publisher) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Alexandra Sokoloff | The Edge of Seventeen | The Darker Mask Ed .: Gary Phillips & Christopher Chambers. Tor Books, New York 2008 |
| 2010 | Twist Phelan | A rod in the heart |
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine February 2009 |
| 2011 | Richard Helms | The God for Vengeance Cry | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine November 2010 |
| 2012 | Tim L. Williams | Half lives | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine March / April 2011 |
| 2013 | John Rector | Lost Things | Thomas & Mercer, Seattle / Washington 2012 |
| 2014 | Twist Phelan | Footprints in the Water | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine July 2013 |
| 2015 | Tim L. Williams | The Last Wrestling Bear in West Kentucky | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine September / October 2014 |
| 2016 | Joyce Carol Oates | Gun Accident: An Investigation | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine July 2015 |
| 2017 | Joyce Carol Oates | Big Momma | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine March / April 2016 |
| 2018 | Zoë Z. Dean | Charcoal and Cherry | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine May / June 2017 |
| 2019 | Helen Smith | Nana | Killer Woman: Crime Club Anthology # 2: The Body March / April 2017 |
Best Screenplay - Best Screenplay
(no award since 2008)
| year | Award winners | Movie | German title |
| 2006 | Michael Haneke | Caché (USA Distributor: Hidden) | Caché |
| 2007 | Eric Roth | The Good Shepherd | The Good Shepherd |
Thriller Master - Thrillermaster Award
| year | Award winners | year | Award winners | year | Award winners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Clive Cussler | 2007 | James Patterson | 2008 | Sandra Brown |
| 2009 | David Morrell | 2010 | Ken Follett | 2011 | RL Stine |
| 2012 | Jack Higgins | 2013 | Anne Rice | 2014 | Scott Turow |
| 2015 | Nelson DeMille | 2016 | Heather Graham | 2017 | Lee Child |
| 2018 | George RR Martin | 2019 | John Sandford |
Silver Bullett Award
| year | Award winners | year | Award winners | year | Award winners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Macy's and David Baldacci | 2009 | Brad Meltzer | 2010 | Linda Fairstein |
| 2011 | Karin Slaughter | 2012 | Richard North Patterson | 2013 | Steve Berry |
| 2014 | Brenda Novak | 2015 | Kathy Reichs | 2016 | John Lescroart |
| 2017 | Lisa Gardner | 2018 | James Rollins | 2019 | Harlan Coben |
Silver Bullett Corporate Award
| year | Award winners | year | Award winners | year | Award winners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Dollar General Literacy Foundation | 2010 | US Airways |
True Thriller Award
| year | Award winners | year | Award winners | year | Award winners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mark Bowden | 2011 | Joe McGinniss | 2012 | Ann Rule |
Best Book for Young Adults - Best Young Adult Novel
| year | Award winners |
Original title publisher, location year 1 |
German title publisher, location year 1 |
| 2013 | Dan Krokos | False Memory Hyperion Books, New York 2012 |
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| 2014 | Christin Terrill | All Our Yesterdays Hyperion Books, New York 2013 |
Zeitsplitter - Die Hägerin Boje, Cologne 2014 |
| 2015 | Elle Cosimano | Nearly Gone Kathy Dawson Books, New York 2014 |
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| 2016 | Michelle Painchaud | Pretending to be Erica Viking Books, New York 2015 |
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| 2017 | AJ Hartley | Steeplejack Gate Teen, New York 2016 |
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| 2018 | Gregg Hurwitz | The Rains Tor Teen, New York 2016 |
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| 2019 | Teri Bailey Black | Steeplejack Gate Teen, New York 2018 |
Best Original e-book - Best e-book Original Novel
| year | Award winners |
Original title publisher, location year 1 |
German title publisher, location year 1 |
| 2013 | CJ Lyons | Blind Faith Minotaur Books, New York 2012 |
Only those who are forgotten are dead LYX Egmont, Cologne 2013 |
| 2014 | Rebecca Cantrell | The World Beneath Forge, New York 2014 |
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| 2015 | CJ Lyons | Hard Fall Legacy Books, Riverton / UT 2014 |
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| 2016 | Chris Kuzneski | The Prisoner's Gold Michigan Brilliance Audio, Grand Haven 2016 |
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| 2017 | James Scott Bell | Romeo's Way Compendium Press, 2016 |
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| 2018 | Sean Black | Second Chance Sean Black Digital, 2017 |
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| 2019 | Alan Orloff | Pray for the Innocent Tantor Media, Old Saybrook / Conn. 2019 |
See also
Web links
- History of ITW (English)
- Official website of the ITW (English)
Remarks
- ↑ changing name: Best Thriller Novel. Best Hardcover Novel or Best Novel. as can be seen on the official homepage of the ITW
- ↑ According to DNB and WorldCat , the German first edition appeared in 2010, the English-language original edition only in 2011.