Earlier this week, The North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers announced the nominees for their annual HAMMETT PRIZE.
Jim Lynch, Truth Like the Sun: A Novel (Knopf)
Howard Owen, Oregon Hill (Permanent)
Kurt Palka, Patient Number 7 (McCelland & Stewart)
G. Willow Wilson, Alif the Unseen (Emblem/Canada; Grove/US)
The organization will name the HAMMETT PRIZE winner, during the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) Fall Conference, in Somerset, New Jersey, September 30-October 2. The Award is a bronze “Thin Man” trophy, designed by sculptor Peter Boiger.