2023 Killer Nashville Awards Winners
SILVER FALCHION AWARD
For Best Books of 2022
Best Book of 2022
Lynessa Layne / Target Acquired
1st Runner Up Best Book of 2022
Frank Runles / Lies People Tell: An FBI Agent’s Toolkit for Catching Liars and Cheats
2nd Runner Up Best Book of 2022
Rich Zahradnik / The Bone Records
Best Action Adventure
Angela Greenman / The Child Riddler
Best Comedy
J. B. Manning / Richter the Mighty
Best Cozy
Lori Robbins / Murder in Third Position
Best Historical
Carmen Amato / Murder at the Galliano Club
Best Investigator
James L'Etoile / Dead Drop
Best Juvenile / YA
Elizabeth Bunce / In Myrtle Peril, a Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery
Best Literary
Bruce Holsinger / The Displacements
Best Mainstream / Commercial
Katherine Faulkner / Greenwich Park
Best Mystery
Rich Zahradnik / The Bone Records
Best Nonfiction
Frank Runles / Lies People Tell: An FBI Agent's Toolkit for Catching Liars and Cheats
Best Sci-fi / Fantasy
Bryan Johnston / Death Warrant
Best Short Story Collection/Anthology
Lindy Ryan / Into the Forest: Tales of the Baba Yaga
Best Southern Gothic
Alexandrea Weis and Lucas Astor / River of Ashes
Best Supernatural
Jennifer McMahon / The Children on the Hill
Best Suspense
Lynessa Layne / Target Acquired
Best Thriller
Jeneva Rose / One of Us is Dead
Best Western
Terrence McCauley / Blood on the Trail
2023 CLAYMORE AWARD
For Best First 50 Pages of an Unpublished Manuscript
2023 Killer Nashville Claymore Award
Les Edgerton / Francois Roberge – The Fixer
1st Runner Up Best Unpublished Manuscript
Maria Ostrowski / The Bones of Hope
2nd Runner Up Best Unpublished Manuscript
Lucinda Gerlitz / The Chess Player
Best Action Adventure
Les Edgerton / Francois Roberge - The Fixer
Best Comedy
Elaine K. Marsh / King of the Buckaroo Boys
Best Cozy
Lucinda Gerlitz / The Chess Player
Best Historical
Catherine Siemann / Death Uptown and Downtown
Best Investigator
Kayla Brown / Chase Harlem
Best Juvenile / YA
Angie Andriot / The Stonecrafters
Best Literary
Jennifer and Jessica Slee / Perfect Fifth
Best Mainstream / Commercial
Rodney Walther / Glory of the Leopard
Best Mystery
N.D. Haupt / The Cottage
Lynn Tavernier / Long Way Home
Best Nonfiction
John Lamb / Service with a Sneer: A Street Cop’s Memoir
Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy
JS Morrison / The Pieces of My Self
Best Short Story Collection/Anthology
Robert Mangeot / Parts of the Problem
Best Southern Gothic
Leigh M. Hall / The Chambermaids
Best Supernatural
Maria Ostrowski / The Bones of Hope
Darin Werkmeister / Volk
Best Suspense
Cynthia Rice / The Last Broken Girl
Best Thriller
Christopher I. Reilly / El Chancho
Best Western
Mary Bendickson / A Brilliantly Scathing Life
Additional Awards
2023 BEST BOOK BY AN ATTENDING AUTHOR
Debra H. Goldstein / Five Belles Too Many
2023 READERS’ CHOICE AWARD
Jeneva Rose / One of Us is Dead
2023 SEMWA MAGNOLIA AWARD
Robert Mangeot
2023 JOHN SEIGENTHALER LEGENDS AWARDS
Maureen Corrigan