2009 Best Thriller of the Year Winners Announced
Posted by: Courtney
Members of International Thriller Writers, Inc. gathered together on Monday to hand out awards at the awesomely named Thrillerfest in New York. David Morrell, author of The Shimmer (2009) and Scavenger (2007), received the lifetime achievement -esque ”ThrillerMaster” Award. Brad Meltzer (The Book of Lies, 2008) took home the Silver Bullet Award for contributions to the advancement of literacy.
Other winners include:
Best Thriller of the Year
The Bodies Left Behind, by Jeffery DeaverBest First Novel
Child 44, by Tom Rob Smith
Best Short Story
“The Edge of Seventeen” (from The Dark Mask) by Alexandra Sokoloff

July 27th, 2009 at 9:36 am
[...] to Booklist Online, Jeffery Deaver was awarded the Best Thriller of the Year Award for his super scary novel The [...]