Dirt Creek has been nominated for Best First Mystery or Crime Novel by a panel of crime and mystery experts, thanks to the Deadly Pleasures Online Mystery Magazine. Winners will be announced at the Opening Ceremonies of San Diego Bouchercon on August 31, 2023. As stated on the Deadly Pleasures website: “All readers of Deadly Pleasures areContinue reading “Dirt Creek makes the 2023 Barry Awards Best First Mystery Crime Novel shortlist”
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International Thriller Writers shortlist Dirt Town for Best First Novel
The International Thriller Writers have announced the nominees for the 2023 Thriller Awards, which honour excellence in thriller writing. Winners will be announced at ThrillerFest XVIII on Saturday, June 3, 2023, at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel in New York City. Congratulations to my fellow nominees in the Best First Novel category!
Dirt Creek: A Novel shortlisted in the Lambda Literary Awards, USA.
I am thrilled to say that DIRT CREEK: A Novel (which is the U.S. edition of my first novel) has been shortlisted for the 2023 Lammy Award for LGBTQ+ Mystery! It is one of five finalists for the award in this category. The Lambda Literary Awards were created in 1989 (the year I was born!)Continue reading “Dirt Creek: A Novel shortlisted in the Lambda Literary Awards, USA.”
Dirt Town makes CrimeFest Debut Crime Novel shortlist
Dirt Town has been nominated for Crimefest Bristol‘s Specsavers Crime Fiction Debut Award! The award is for a crime novel by debut author first published in the United Kingdom in 2022. I find myself in some truly excellent company! Nominees include: – Amen Alonge for A Good Day to Die (Quercus)– Graham Bartlett for Bad for Good (Allison &Continue reading “Dirt Town makes CrimeFest Debut Crime Novel shortlist”
Dirt Town makes the Indie Book Awards Debut Fiction shortlist
I’m delighted that Dirt Town has made it to the shortlist of the Australian Independent Bookseller‘s Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction! Being shortlisted for an Indie Book Award is special, not just because 2022 was an astonishing year for Australian debuts, but because indie booksellers can always be relied on to tell me whatContinue reading “Dirt Town makes the Indie Book Awards Debut Fiction shortlist”
Hayley Scrivenor 