The Nero Award is presented by The Wolfe Pack organization each year to an author for the best American mystery novel written in the tradition of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe stories. The 2011 winner, announced this past weekend, is Louise Penny for Bury Your Dead. Also announced at the annual banquet was The Black Orchid Novella Award, presented jointly by The Wolfe Pack and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine to celebrate the format popularized by Rex Stout. This year's award went to James Lincoln Warren for "Inner Fire."
Last year, we lost author and TV producer/screenwriter Stephen J. Cannell, who died at the age of 69 of complications from melanoma. But his final book, Vigilante, is being published by St. Martin's Press this week and is the 19th installment in Cannell's series featuring LAPD detective Shane Scully.
Suspense Magazine's December issue is out, featuring their Best of 2011 list, interviews with John Lescroart and Sue Grafton, book reviews, short stories and novel excerpts.
How many short stories can you read in a year? Brian Lindenmuth, the non-fiction editor of Spinetingler magazine and one of the fiction editors of Snubnose Press, has issued a challenge to you and other readers. If you think you can read one short story a day during 2012, head on over to Brian's blog Short Story365 and sign up. There will be prizes, too, for those who read 50 stories up to 365. He also needs volunteers and author book donations, so check out the site and give it a shot. (Hat tip to Sandra Seamans.)
Speaking of Spinetingler, the magazine announced that the editor for the new weekly online flash fiction feature is R. Thomas Brown. He may announce themes or issue challenges from time to time but for now he just wants "compelling stories that capture the reader with intriguing characters and quality writing."
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