During a gala banquet and celebration held on Saturday, July 9 at the Grand Hyatt in New York City, the International Thriller Writers announced the winners of the 2011 Thriller Awards:
Best Hard Cover Novel:
Bad Blood by John Sandford
Best Paperback Original Novel:
The Cold Room by J.T. Ellison
Best First Novel:
Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
Best Short Story:
“The Gods for Vengeance Cry” (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2010) by Richard Helms
Congratulations to all of this year’s winners and nominees!