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2014 International Thriller Writers Thriller Awards

Apr 112014
 

Cover for Criminal Enterprise by Owen Laukkanen. The title is in red, with a dark red fingerprint etched on it. The background is faded $100 bills, with a splatter of blood in the bottom right corner.Congratulations to Owen Laukkanen on his Criminal Enterprise being selected as a finalist in Best Hardcover Novel for the 2014 International Thriller Writers Thriller Awards!

From the outside, Carter Tomlin’s life looked perfect: a big house, pretty wife, two kids—a St. Paul success story. But Tomlin has a secret. He’s lost his job, the bills are mounting, and that perfect life is hanging by a thread. Desperate, he robs a bank. Then he robs another.

As the red flags start to go up, FBI Special Agent Carla Windermere homes in on Tomlin from one direction, while Minnesota state investigator Kirk Stevens picks up the trail from another. The two cops haven’t talked since their first case together, but that’s all going to change very quickly.

Because Carter Tomlin’s decided he likes robbing banks. And it’s not because of the money, not anymore. Tomlin has guns and a new taste for violence. And he’s not quitting anytime soon.

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The Audies Nominees

Feb 192014
 

Congratulations to the DMLA clients whose works received a nomination for The Audies 2014!

  • Original Work: METAtropolis: Green Space edited by Jay Lake and Ken Scholes. Stories by Jay Lake, Elizabeth Bear, Karl Schroeder, Seanan McGuire, Tobias S. Buckell, Mary Robinette Kowal, Ken Scholes; Narrated by Dion Graham, Robin Miles, Mark Boyett, Scott Brick, Allyson Johnson, Sanjiv Jhaveri, Jennifer Van Dyck, Jonathan Davis
  • Solo Narration – Male: Dimensions of Miracles by Robert Sheckley; Narrated by John Hodgman
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Locus Recommended Reading List 2013

Feb 032014
 

Congratulations to all the DMLA clients who are featured on the 2013 Locus Recommended Reading List!

Novels – Fantasy:

  • American Elsewhere, Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit)
  • Sister Mine, Nalo Hopkinson (Grand Central)
  • Between Two Thorns, Emma Newman (Angry Robot)

Collections:

  • Conservation of Shadows, Yoon Ha Lee (Prime)
  • Kabu Kabu, Nnedi Okorafor (Prime)

Novellas:

  • “Rock of Ages,” Jay Lake (METAtropolis: Green Space)
  • “Iseul’s Lexicon,” Yoon Ha Lee (Conservation of Shadows)

Short Stories:

  • “Effigy Nights,” Yoon Ha Lee (Clarkesworld 1/13)
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Philip K. Dick Award Nominees

Jan 102014
 

clarke-madscientistsdaughterDMLA congratulates Cassandra Rose Clarke on her nomination for a 2013 Philp K. Dick Award for her book The Mad Scientist’s Daughter!

Finn looks and acts human, though he has no desire to be. He was programmed to assist his owners, and performs his duties to perfection. A billion-dollar construct, his primary task now is to tutor Cat. As she grows into a beautiful young woman, Finn is her guardian, her constant companion… and more. But when the government grants rights to the ever-increasing robot population, however, Finn struggles to find his place in the world, and in Cat’s heart.

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Romantic Times Award Nominees

Nov 132013
 

Congratulations to all the DMLA clients nominated for the RT Awards!

  • Career Achievement Award in Science Fiction/Fantasy: Elizabeth Bear and Anne Bishop
  • RT Book of the Year Nominee: Written in Red – Anne Bishop (ROC)
  • Innovative Historical Romance: A Lady’s Secret Weapon – Tracey Devlyn (Sourcebooks)
  • Sensual Historical Romance: Forever A Lord – Delilah Marvelle (HQN)
  • Historical Mystery: Midnight at Marble Arch – Anne Perry (Ballantine)
  • Shapeshifter Romance: Kinked – Thea Harrison (Berkley)
  • Urban Fantasy Novel: Written in Red – Anne Bishop (ROC)
  • Urban Fantasy Novel: The Shambling Guide to New York City – Mur Lafferty (Orbit)
  • Fantasy Novel: Without a Summer – Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
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2013 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards

Oct 082013
 

jacobs-twelvefingeredboyDMLA congratulates John Hornor Jacobs on winning the Moonbeam Children’s Gold Medal for Young Adult Fiction – Fantasy/Sci-Fi!

Fifteen-year-old Shreve Cannon doesn’t mind juvie. He’s got a good business dealing contraband candy, and three meals a day are more than his drunk mother managed to provide. Continue reading »

 October 8, 2013  Tagged with: ,

2013 Hugo Awards

Sep 032013
 

DMLA extends congratulations to the winners of the 2013 Hugo Awards and to the clients who took home a rocket in the following categories:

  • Best Related Work: Mary Robinette Kowal, for her participation in Writing Excuses Season Seven
  • Best Semiprozine: Jason Heller for his participation in Clarkesworld
  • Best Fancast: Elizabeth Bear for her participation in SF Squeecast
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2013 Anthony Award nominees

May 082013
 

Congratulations to DMLA clients nominated for the Anthony Awards!

  • Best First Novel: The Professionals – Owen Laukkanen [Putnam]
  • Best Paperback Original: Murder for Choir – Joelle Charbonneau [Berkley Prime Crime]
  • Short Story: “Peaches” – Todd Robinson, Grift, Spring 2012
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