Bouchercon, the world mystery convention, announced the 2021 Anthony Award nominees on April 27.

Awards voting will take place during Bouchercon, scheduled to take place August 25-29 in New Orleans. The awards will be presented on August 28.

2021 ANTHONY AWARD NOMINEES

BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL

• What You Don’t See – Tracy Clark – Kensington
• Blacktop Wasteland – S.A. Cosby – Flatiron Books
• Little Secrets – Jennifer Hillier – Minotaur Books
• And Now She’s Gone – Rachel Howzell Hall – Forge Books
• The First to Lie – Hank Phillippi Ryan – Forge Books

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• Derailed – Mary Keliikoa – Camel Press
• Murder in Old Bombay – Nev March – Minotaur Books
• Murder at the Mena House – Erica Ruth Neubauer – Kensington
• The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman – Pamela Dorman Books
• Winter Counts – David Heska Wanbli Weiden – Ecco Press

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL / E-BOOK / AUDIOBOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL?

• The Fate of a Flapper – Susanna Calkins – Griffin
• When No One is Watching – Alyssa Cole – William Morrow
• Unspeakable Things – Jess Lourey – Thomas & Mercer
• The Lucky One – Lori Rader-Day – William Morrow
• Dirty Old Town – Gabriel Valjan – Level Best Books

BEST SHORT STORY

• “Dear Emily Etiquette” – Barb Goffman – EQMM – Dell Magazines
• “90 Miles” – Alex Segura – Both Sides: Stories From the Border – Agora Books
• “The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74” – Art Taylor – AHMM (Jan-Feb) – Dell Magazines
• “Elysian Fields” – Gabriel Valjan – California Schemin’ – Wildside Press
• “The Twenty-Five Year Engagement” – James W. Ziskin – In League with Sherlock Holmes – Pegasus Crime

BEST JUVENILE/YOUNG ADULT?

• Midnight at the Barclay Hotel – Fleur Bradley – Viking Books for Young Readers
• Premeditated Myrtle – Elizabeth C. Bunce – Algonquin Young Readers
• From the Desk of Zoe Washington – Janae Marks – Katherine Tegen Books
• Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco – Richie Narvaez – Piñata Books
• Star Wars Poe Dameron: Free Fall – Alex Segura – Disney Lucasfilm Press

BEST CRITICAL OR NONFICTION WORK

• Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy – Leslie Brody – Seal Press
• American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics and the Birth of American CSI – Kate Winkler Dawson – G.P. Putnam’s Sons
• Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club – Martin Edwards, ed. – Collins Crime Club
• The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia – Emma Copley Eisenberg – Hachette Books
• Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock – Christina Lane – Chicago Review Press
• Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession – Sarah Weinman, ed. – Ecco Press

BEST ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION

• Shattering Glass: A Nasty Woman Press Anthology – Heather Graham, ed. – Nasty Woman Press
• Both Sides: Stories from the Border – Gabino Iglesias, ed. – Agora Books
• Noiryorican – Richie Narvaez – Down & Out Books
• The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell – Josh Pachter, ed. – Untreed Reads Publishing
• California Schemin’ – Art Taylor. ed. – Wildside Press
• Lockdown: Stories of Crime, Terror, and Hope During a Pandemic – Nick Kolakowski and Steve Weddle, eds. – Polis Books

[Thanks to Todd Mason and Andrew Porter for the story.]