The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the finalists for the 23rd annual “Lammys” earlier today. The awards honor the best in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) writing.The awards ceremony will be held, on May 23rd, at the School of Visual Arts Theater in NYC.
Lesbian Mystery:
The Cruel Ever After , Ellen Hart Minotaur/St. Martin’s Press
Fever of the Bone, Val McDermid HarperCollins
Missing Lynx, Kim Baldwin & Xenia Alexiou Bold Strokes Books
Parallel Lies, Stella Duffy Bywater Books
Water Mark, J.M. Redmann Bold Strokes Books
Gay Mystery:
Cockeyed, Richard Stevenson MLR Press
Echoes, David Lennon Blue Spike Publishing
Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers, I.E. Woodward iUniverse
Smoked, Garry Ryan NeWest Press
Vieux Carre Voodoo, Greg Herren Bold Strokes Books
I am posting only the mystery categories, but there are many others