Thriller Awards Banquet

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2024 ITW Thriller Awards Winners

We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 ITW Thriller Awards!

BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL

  • S.A. Cosby

    ALL THE SINNERS BLEED

    Flatiron Books

  • Robert Dugoni

    HER DEADLY GAME

    Thomas & Mercer

  • J.T. Ellison

    IT’S ONE OF US

    Harlequin – MIRA Books

  • Mick Herron

    THE SECRET HOURS

    Soho Crime

  • Joe Ide

    FIXIT

    Mulholland Books

  • C.J. Tudor

    THE DRIFT

    Ballantine Books

BEST AUDIOBOOK

  • I.S. Berry

    THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW

    Simon & Schuster Audio
    Narrated by Pete Simonelli

  • Gregg Hurwitz

    THE LAST ORPHAN

    Macmillan
    Narrated by Scott Brick

  • Freida McFadden

    THE HOUSEMAID’S SECRET

    Bookouture
    Narrated by Lauryn Allman

  • James Patterson, Mike Lupica

    THE HOUSE OF WOLVES

    Hachette Audio
    Narrated by Ellen Archer

  • Emma Rosenblum

    BAD SUMMER PEOPLE

    Macmillan
    Narrated by January LaVoy

BEST FIRST NOVEL

  • I.S. Berry

    THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW

    Atria

  • Amy Chua

    THE GOLDEN GATE

    Minotaur

  • Margot Douaihy

    SCORCHED GRACE

    Zando

  • Kerryn Mayne

    LENNY MARKS GETS AWAY WITH MURDER

    Bantam Books

  • Steve Urszenyi

    PERFECT SHOT

    Minotaur

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL

  • Tracy Clark

    HIDE

    Thomas & Mercer

  • Luke Dumas

    THE PALEONTOLOGIST

    Atria

  • Tess Gerritsen

    THE SPY COAST

    Thomas & Mercer

  • Lisa Gray

    TO DIE FOR

    Thomas & Mercer

  • Jonathan Maberry

    CAVE 13: A JOE LEDGER AND ROGUE TEAM INTERNATIONAL NOVEL

    St. Martin’s Griffin

  • J. Todd Scott

    CALL THE DARK

    Thomas & Mercer

BEST SHORT STORY

  • Chris Bohjalian

    SLOT MACHINE FEVER DREAMS

    Amazon Original Stories

  • J.T. Ellison

    THESE COLD STRANGERS

    Amazon Original Stories

  • Smita Harish Jain

    AN HONORABLE CHOICE

    Wildside Press

  • Richard Santos

    RUSH HOUR

    Akashic Books

  • Lisa Unger

    UNKNOWN CALLER

    Amazon Original Stories

  • Stacy Woodson

    ONE NIGHT IN 1965

    Down & Out Books

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

  • Sorboni Banerjee, Dominique Richardson

    RED AS BLOOD

    Wolfpack Publishing LLC

  • Darcy Coates

    WHERE HE CAN’T FIND YOU

    Sourcebooks Fire

  • Courtney Gould

    WHERE ECHOES DIE

    Wednesday Books

  • Andrea Hannah

    WHERE DARKNESS BLOOMS

    Wednesday Books

  • Elizabeth Wein

    STATELESS

    Little, Brown & Co.

BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL

  • Jeff Buick

    THE VULTURE FUND

    Self-published

  • Rona Halsall

    THE BIGAMIST

    Bookouture

  • Matt Phillips

    A GOOD RUSH OF BLOOD

    RunAmok Books

  • Lisa Regan

    CLOSE HER EYES

    Bookouture

  • Robert Swartwood

    THE KILLING ROOM

    Blackstone Publishing

  • Laura Wolfe

    THE IN-LAWS

    Bookouture

The following people received special recognition at the ThrillerFest 2024 XIX Awards Banquet:

2024 ThrillerMaster, Tess Gerritsen

2024 ThrillerMaster, Dennis Lehane

2024 Spotlight Guest, Steph Cha

2024 Spotlight Guest, Ruth Ware

2024 Silver Bullet Award, Louise Penny

2024 Thriller Legend, Audible

2024 ThrillerFan, Ayo Onatade

The Board of Directors and members of the International Thriller Writers wish to congratulate all the winners and nominees of the 2024 Thriller Awards.

Special thanks to the Thriller Award judges for their hard work and dedication!

Tosca Lee, ITW Board of Directors, Vice President, Awards

ITW Community

  • patrons
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  • Actives

    • Sandra Brannan

    • Clive Cussler*

    • Dirk Cussler*

    • Shane Gericke*

    • Faye and Jonathan Kellerman*

    • John Lescroart

    • Joanie McDonell

    • Karin Slaughter

    • Larry D. Thompson

    Associates

    • Tucker Andersen

    • Andrew Kimball

  • Actives

    • Kathleen Antrim*

    • David Baldacci*

    • Neal Baer

    • Steve Berry*

    • J. Jackson Bentley

    • Gary Braver*

    • Sandra Brown*

    • Dale Brown*

    • John Case*

    • Lee Child*

    • James Comey

    • Michael Connelly

    • Glenn Cooper

    • Richard Curtis*

    • Jack F. Du Brul*

    • David Dun*

    • Joseph Finder

    • Brian Garfield*

    • Tess Gerritsen*

    • Leslie Glass*

    • Jeff Gunhus

    • Vicki Hinze*

    • Lisa Jackson

    • Alex Kava*

    • Raymond Khoury

    • Deborah LeBlanc

    • Eric Van Lustbader*

    • D. P. Lyle M.D.*

    • Gayle Lynds*

    • Steve Martini

    • Brad Meltzer

    • David Morrell*

    • Katherine Neville*

    • Michael Palmer (2004-2013)*

    • James Patterson*

    • Andrew Peterson

    • Douglas Preston*

    • Lissa Price

    • Keith Raffel

    • Christopher Reich*

    • James Rollins*

    • M.J. Rose*

    • JoAnn Ross

    • Hank Phillippi Ryan

    • John Saul*

    • Andy Siegel

    • Susan Arnout Smith

    • R.L. Stine*

    • Brad Thor*

    • Lisa Unger

    • Paul Vidich

    Associates

    • Maria Carvainis

    • Leisure Books*

    • JK Franko*

    • Ed Mitchell*

    • Henry Morrison*

    • Adrian Muller*

    • Bill Sewell

    • Tor/Forge Books*

    • Your Book Is Your Hook!

  • Actives

    • Steve Alten*

    • Ashok Banker

    • Ted Bell*

    • Emily Benedek

    • Janet Berliner-Gluckman*

    • Gary Birken

    • Mike Bond

    • Sandra Brannan

    • Allison Brennan

    • Mike Brogan

    • Jan Burke*

    • Lorenzo Carcaterra

    • Lincoln Child*

    • Stephen Coonts*

    • Brian D’Amato

    • B. J. Daniels

    • Nelson DeMille

    • Eileen Dreyer*

    • Joanna Elm

    • Linda Fairstein*

    • Vince Flynn (2004-2013)*

    • Chris Fox

    • Joel Goldman*

    • Howard Gordon

    • Heather Graham*

    • Thomas Greanias

    • Gary Grossman

    • Humphrey Hawksley

    • Bonnie Hearn Hill*

    • Mark Imhof

    • Alan Jacobson

    • Judith Kelman*

    • Harley Jane Kozak

    • Jon Land

    • Dennis Lynds (2004-2005)*

    • Patricia McLinn

    • Michael McMenamin

    • Francine Mathews*

    • Nan McCann

    • Kyle Mills*

    • Twist Phelan

    • Christopher Rice*

    • Wendy Roberts

    • John Sandford

    • James Siegel*

    • Carl T. Smith*

    • Deborah Smith*

    • Taylor Smith*

    • L.A. Starks

    • Mariah Stewart*

    • Peter Straub*

    • Lee Strobel

    • M. Diane Vogt*

    • Thomas Waite

    • Stuart Woods*

    Associates

    • Linda Adams*

    • Brilliance Audio*

    • Mike Brogan

    • Brian Godden

    • Steve Hadden*

    • Emory Hackman

    • Inkwell Management, LLC*

    • Jennifer Kreischer

    • Mario Mastro*

    • Vicki Montet

    • Amy Rivers

    • Mike Trigg

*original member joined by June 4, 2005