The 2018 winners of the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion, Claymore, Reader’s Choice and several other awards were announced by the annual conference on August 25.

Congratulations to Dana Chamblee Carpenter whose book The Devil’s Bible received the Silver Falchion in the Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror category and was named Best Overall Novel.

Killer Nashville 2018 Silver Falchion Awards

Silver Falchion Award: Best Overall Novel
Dana Chamblee Carpenter
The Devil’s Bible

Silver Falchion Award: Best Nonfiction
Shayla McBride
A is for Author

Silver Falchion Award: Best Juvenile Novel
James R. Hannibal
The Fourth Ruby

Silver Falchion Award: Best Suspense
Debra Gaskill
Kissing Fitz

Silver Falchion Award: Best Short Story Collection
Kathryn Lane
Backyard Volcano

Silver Falchion Award: Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Dana Chamblee Carpenter
The Devil’s Bible

Silver Falchion Award: Best Action Adventure
Linda Sands
Grand Theft Cargo

Silver Falchion Award: Best Mystery
Joseph L.S. Terrell
The Last Blue Noon in May

Silver Falchion Award: Best Cozy
Lori Robbins
Lesson Plan for Murder

Silver Falchion Award: Best Procedural
Henry Hack
Forever Young

Silver Falchion Award: Best Thriller
Christopher Greyson
The Girl Who Lived

Silver Falchion Award: Best Attending Author
Maggie Toussaint
Dadgummit

Killer Nashville 2018 Claymore Awards

Killer Nashville Claymore Award Winner
Cathy Perkins
The Body in the Beaver Pond

Killer Nashville Claymore Award / 1^st Runner Up
Danny Lindsey
Murder in Choctaw County

Killer Nashville Claymore Award / 2^nd Runner Up
Elena Melissa Hartwell
Under Fallow Ground

Killer Nashville 2018 Readers’ Choice Award
Baron R. Birtcher
South California Purples

Killer Nashville 2018 C. Auguste Dupin Detective Award
Amy Nygaard

Design of the award, this one presented in 2014.

The Killer Nashville 2018 John Seigenthaler Legends Award
Otto Penzler