Congrats to the Thriller Award Winners

The International Thriller Writers organization has announced their 2009 “Thriller Award” Winners. Congratulations to:

The 2009 THRILLER Awards:

Best Thriller Of The Year:
THE BODIES LEFT BEHIND by Jeffery Deaver (Simon & Schuster)

Best First Novel:
CHILD 44 by Tom Rob Smith (Grand Central Publishing)

Best Short Story:
THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN by Alexandra Sokoloff (in The Darker Mask)

ThrillerMaster Award: David Morrell

Silver Bullet Award: Brad Meltzer

Bravo! As a new member of this organization, I was pleased to read of these selections…all strong, worthy stories and authors.