Barry Award for Best First Novel (Barry Award) - Winners

Barry Award

Check all the winners of Barry Award for Best First Novel presented under Barry Award since 1997 .

Tom Rob Smith

Honored for : Child 44

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Tom Rob Smith	Child 44
Tom Epperson	The Kind One
Julie Kramer	Stalking Susan
David Levien	City of the Sun
Michael Stanley	A Carrion Death
Carolyn D. Wall	Sweeping Up Glass

Tana French

Honored for : In the Woods

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Tana French	In the Woods
Gordon Campbell	Missing Witness
Sean Chercover	Big City, Bad Blood
Lisa Lutz	The Spellman Files: A Novel
Matt Rees	The Collaborator of Bethlehem
Marcus Sakey	The Blade Itself

Louise Penny

Honored for : Still Life

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Louise Penny	Still Life
Alex Berenson	The Faithful Spy
Gillian Flynn	Sharp Objects
Tom Gabbay	The Berlin conspiracy
John Hart	The King of Lies
Cornelia Read

Stuart MacBride

Honored for : Cold Granite

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Stuart MacBride	Cold Granite
Megan Abbott	Die a Little
Brian Freeman	Immoral
Randall Hicks
David Hosp	Dark harbor

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Honored for : The Shadow of the Wind

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Carlos Ruiz Zafón	The Shadow of the Wind
Charles Benoit	Relative Danger
James O. Born	Walking money
Colin Cotterill	The Coroner's Lunch
Claire Matturro	Skinny Dipping
Will Thomas	Some Danger Involved

Patricia Lambrecht, Traci Lambrecht

Honored for : Want to Play?

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Patricia Lambrecht	Want to Play?
Traci Lambrecht	Want to Play?
	Mission Flats
Olen Steinhauer	The Bridge of Sighs: A Novel
Wallace Stroby	The Barbed-Wire Kiss
Jacqueline Winspear	Maisie Dobbs
Edward Wright

Julia Spencer-Fleming

Honored for : In the Bleak Midwinter

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Julia Spencer-Fleming	In the Bleak Midwinter
David Corbett	The Devil's Redhead
Pip Granger	Not All Tarts Are Apple
Jonathon King	The Blue Edge of Midnight
Eddie Muller	The Distance: A Crime Novel Introducing Billy Nichols
Ben Rehder	Buck Fever

C. J. Box

Honored for : Open Season

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
C. J. Box	Open Season
David Fulmer
M.K. Preston	Perhaps She'll Die
Karin Slaughter	Blindsighted
Sarah Strohmeyer	Bubbles unbound
K. J. Erickson	Third Person Singular

David Liss

Honored for : A Conspiracy of Paper: A Novel

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
David Liss	A Conspiracy of Paper: A Novel
Stephen Horn
Scott Phillips	The Ice Harvest
Robert Truluck	Street Level
Qiu Xiaolong	Death of a Red Heroine

Donna Andrews

Honored for : Murder with Peacocks

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Donna Andrews	Murder with Peacocks
Mark Coggins	The Immortal Game
Dan Fesperman	Lie in the Dark
Stan Jones	White Sky, Black Ice
Greg Main	Every Trace

William Kent Krueger

Honored for : Iron Lake

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
William Kent Krueger	Iron Lake
John W Billheimer
Steve Hamilton	A Cold Day in Paradise
Robin Hathaway	The Doctor Digs a Grave
William Hoffman	Tidewater Blood
J. Wallis Martin	A Likeness in Stone
Lisa Reardon	Billy dead
D.R. Schanker	A Criminal Appeal

Lee Child

Honored for : Killing Floor

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Lee Child	Killing Floor
Barbara Seranella	No human involved
Maureen Jennings	Except the Dying
Rosemary Aubert	Free Reign: A Suspense Novel
Lisa See	Flower Net
Joseph Kanon	Los Alamos

Charles Todd, Caroline Todd

Honored for : A Test of Wills

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Charles Todd	A Test of Wills
Caroline Todd	A Test of Wills
Michael C. White
Jameson Cole	A Killing in Quail County
Jan Gleiter	Lie down with dogs
G. Gearino	What the Deaf Mute Heard
H. Michael Frase	Fatal Gift

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