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Several of the nominated authors have popped up on CftAR sites.
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Christopher Goffard's Snitch Jacket is nominated for Best First Novel by an American Author. Read:
Craig McDonald's Head Games is nominated for Best First Novel by an American Author. See: The Page 69 Test: Head Games.
Vicki Hendricks' Cruel Poetry earned a Best Paperback Original nomination. She applied the Page 99 Test to Cruel Poetry last November.
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Who Is Conrad Hirst? by Kevin Wignall is also nominated for Best Paperback Original. Check out the Page 69 Test: Kevin Wignall's Who is Conrad Hirst?.
Stanley Alpert's The Birthday Party is nominated for Best Fact Crime. See: The Page 69 Test: The Birthday Party.
In the Best Critical/Biographical category, The Triumph of the Thriller: How Cops, Crooks, and Cannibals Captured Popular Fiction by Patrick Anderson earned a nomination. See the Page 69 Test: The Triumph of the Thriller.
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The First Stone by Judith Kelman is nominated for The Simon & Schuster/Mary Higgins Clark Award. Kelman's The First Stone is featured on three CftAR sites: Read about all of the nominees at The Rap Sheet.
--Marshal Zeringue