Thriller Awards Banquet
Join us in honoring this year’s ThrillerMasters, Thriller Legend, and Thriller Award winners!

On Saturday, June 4, 2022, we will welcome everyone to the 17th annual banquet where we will honor 2022 ThrillerMasters Frederick Forsyth and Diana Gabaldon, present the Thriller Awards, and offer other entertainment. We also host a cocktail party before the dinner and an after-party following the dinner. During the banquet, the key individuals who make this organization work are introduced. Highlights include hearing from our ThrillerMasters and finding out who wins the coveted Thriller Awards, which are given every year for the best thriller books in hardcover, paperback original, debut, e-book original, and other categories.
A special thanks to Tosca Lee, the VP of Awards and all the volunteers who read, judge, and choose the winners.
The nominees and winners for the 2022 Thriller Awards are listed below.
BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL
THE TURNOUT
Penguin/Putnam
RAZORBLADE TEARS
Flatiron Books
ROCK PAPER SCISSORS
Flatiron Books
THESE TOXIC THINGS
Thomas & Mercer
RED WIDOW
Penguin/Putnam
I AM NOT WHO YOU THINK I AM
Blackstone Publishing
BEST AUDIOBOOK
RAZORBLADE TEARS Narrated by Adam Lazarre-White
Macmillan
SLEEPING DOG LIE Narrated by Melanie Nicholls-King and Lindsey Dorcus
Audible Originals
HOW IT ENDS Narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Audible Originals
PRODIGAL SON Narrated by Scott Brick
Macmillan
THE JIGSAW MAN Narrated by Davine Henry
HarperCollins
BEST FIRST NOVEL
GIRL A
HarperCollins
REPENTANCE
Agora Books
MY SWEET GIRL
Berkley
DAMASCUS STATION
W.W. Norton & Company
BONES OF HILO
Crooked Lane Books
BEST ORIGINAL PAPERBACK NOVEL
FLIGHT RISK
Lake Union
UNDER COLOR OF LAW
Thomas & Mercer
THE LIGHTHOUSE WITCHES
Berkley
BLOODLINE
Thomas & Mercer
MY MISTRESS’ EYES ARE RAVEN BLACK
Turner Publishing Company
BEST SHORT STORY
Not My Cross to Bear
Down & Out Books
Demon in the Depths
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
The Lemonade Stand
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
The Interpreter and the Killer
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Bad Chemistry
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
THE BOX IN THE WOODS
HarperCollins
CALCULATED
Wolfpack Publishing LLC
DARK AND SHALLOW LIES
Penguin Young Readers
THE PROJECT
Wednesday Books
HOUSE OF HOLLOW
Penguin Young Readers
BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL
THE DARK SIDE: ALEX HUNTER 9
Pan Macmillan
WHERE THE WICKED TREAD
John Connell
LITTLE GIRL TAKEN
Bookouture
BLOOD PARISH
E.J. Findorff
MOTHER MAY I
S. E. Green
BLUE MADAGASCAR
Andrew Kaplan
LAST ONE ALIVE
HarperCollins
ITW will announce the winners at ThrillerFest XVII on Saturday, June 4, 2022 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York City.
Congratulations to all the finalists!
Tosca Lee
ITW Board of Directors, Vice President, Awards
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