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International Thriller Writers Awards

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nameInternational Thriller Writers Awards
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year2006
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The International Thriller Writers Awards are awarded by International Thriller Writers at the annual Thrillerfest conferences for outstanding work in the field since 2006.

The awards are presented by International Thriller Writers (ITW), a non-profit organization founded in 2004 by authors like Gayle Lynds and David Morrell to support and promote thriller writers globally. With over 6,600 members across 52 countries, the ITW Awards recognize excellence in numerous categories, including: Best Hardcover Novel, Best Series Novel, Best First Novel, Best Young Adult Novel, Best Short Story, and Best Audiobook. The eligibility is generally limited to works first published in the English language during the previous calendar year.

Award winners

YearCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher2006Best First NovelBest NovelBest Paperback OriginalBest ScreenplayThrillermaster2007Best First NovelBest NovelBest Paperback OriginalBest ScreenplayThrillermaster2008Best First NovelBest NovelBest Paperback OriginalSilver Bullet AwardThrillermaster2009Best First NovelBest NovelBest Short StorySilver Bullet AwardThrillermaster2010Best First NovelBest Hard Cover NovelBest Paperback Original NovelBest Short StorySilver Bullet AwardThrillermasterTrue Thrill Award2011Best First NovelBest Hard Cover NovelBest Paperback Original NovelBest Short StorySilver Bullet AwardThrillermasterTrue Thrill Award2012Best Hard Cover NovelBest Paperback Original NovelBest Short StorySilver Bullet AwardThrillermasterTrue Thrill Award2013Best E-Book Original NovelBest First NovelBest Hard Cover NovelBest Paperback Original NovelBest Short StoryBest Young Adult NovelSilver Bullet AwardThrillermaster2014Best E-Book Original NovelBest First NovelBest Hard Cover NovelBest Paperback Original NovelBest Short StoryBest Young Adult NovelSilver Bullet AwardThrillermaster2015Best E-Book Original NovelBest First NovelBest Hard Cover NovelBest Paperback Original NovelBest Short StoryBest Young Adult NovelSilver Bullet AwardThrillermaster2016Best E-Book Original NovelBest First NovelBest Hard Cover NovelBest Paperback Original NovelBest Short StoryBest Young Adult NovelSilver Bullet AwardThrillermaster2017Best E-Book Original NovelBest First NovelBest Hard Cover NovelBest Paperback Original NovelBest Short StoryBest Young Adult NovelSilver Bullet AwardThriller Legend AwardThrillermaster2018Best E-Book Original NovelBest First NovelBest Hard Cover NovelBest Paperback Original NovelBest Short StoryBest Young Adult NovelSilver Bullet AwardThriller Legend AwardThrillermaster2019Best E-Book Original NovelBest First NovelBest Hard Cover NovelBest Paperback Original NovelBest Short StoryBest Young Adult NovelSilver Bullet AwardThriller Legend AwardThrillermaster2020Best E-Book Original NovelBest First NovelBest Hard Cover NovelBest Paperback Original NovelBest Short StoryBest Young Adult Novel2021Best E-Book Original NovelBest First NovelBest Hard Cover NovelBest Paperback Original NovelBest Short StoryBest Young Adult Novel2022Best AudiobookBest E-Book Original NovelBest First NovelBest Hardcover NovelBest Paperback Original NovelBest Short StoryBest Young Adult NovelThrillerMasters2023Best AudiobookBest E-Book Original NovelBest First NovelBest Hardcover NovelBest Paperback Original NovelBest Short StoryBest Young Adult Novel2024Best AudiobookBest E-Book Original NovelBest First NovelBest Hardcover NovelBest Paperback Original NovelBest Short StoryBest Young Adult NovelThrillerMasters2025Best AudiobookBest Series NovelBest First NovelBest Standalone Thriller NovelBest Standalone Mystery NovelBest Short StoryBest Young Adult Novellast1=Brooksfirst1=Summertitle=The 2025 ITW Thriller Awards Winnersurl=https://www.writersafterdark.com/the-2025-itw-thriller-award-winners/website=Writers, After Darkaccess-date=28 July 2025date=2025-06-22}}Silver Bullet Award
ImprobableWilliam Morrow
The Patriots ClubDelacorte Press
Pride Runs DeepJove
CachéMichael Haneke
Mr ClarinetPenguin
Killer InstinctSt. Martin's Press
An Unquiet GravePinnacle
The Good Shepherd
Heart-Shaped BoxWilliam Morrow
The GhostSimon & Schuster
The Midnight RoadBantam
Macy's and David Baldacci
Child 44Grand Central Publishing
The Bodies Left BehindSimon & Schuster
"The Edge of Seventeen"The Darker Mask
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Running from the Devil
The Neighbor
The Coldest Mile
"A Stab in the Heart"
US Airways
Still Missing
Bad BloodVirgil Flowers Series, book 4
The Cold RoomTaylor Jackson Series, book 4
"The Gods for Vengeance Cry"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 2010
11/22/63
The Last Minute
"Half-Lives"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2011
Blind Faith
The 500
Spilled Blood
Lake Country
Lost Things
False Memory
The World Beneath
Red Sparrow
The Demonologist
The One I Left Behind
"Footprints in Water"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 2013
All Our Yesterdays
Hard Fall
The Weight of Blood
The Fever
Moonlight Weeps
"The Last Wrestling Bear in West Kentucky"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Nearly Gone
The Prisoner's Gold
Bull Mountain
The Fifth Gospel
Against All Enemies
"Gun Accident: An Investigation"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Pretending to be Erica
Romeo's Way
The Drifter
Before the Fall
The Body Reader
"Big Momma"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Steeplejack
Second Chance
The Freedom Broker
Final Girls
Grievance
"Charcoal and Cherry"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
The Rains
(Oceanview Publishing)
Pray for the Innocent
The Chalk Man
Jar of Hearts
The Lost Man
"Nana"Killer Women: Crime Club Anthology #2
Girl at the Grave
Close To You
Miracle Creek
The Chain
The Scholar
"The Long-Term Tenant"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Keep This To Yourself
A Killing Game
Winter Counts
Blacktop Wasteland
What Lies Between Us
"Rent Due"
Throwaway Girls
with Adam Lazarre-White (narrator)Razorblade TearsMacmillan
Blood ParishE. J. Findorff
My Sweet GirlBerkley
Razorblade TearsFlatiron Books
BloodlineThomas & Mercer
"The Lemonade Stand"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
The ProjectWednesday Books
Frederick Forsyth
Diana Gabaldon
Jennifer HillierThings We Do in the DarkMacmillan Audio
Diane JeffreyThe Couple at Causeway CottageHarperCollins
Lauren NossettThe ResemblanceFlatiron Books
Catriona WardSundialMacmillan
Freida McFaddenThe HousemaidGrand Central Publishing
Catherine Steadman"Stockholm"
Kate McLaughlinDaughterWednesday Books
Gregg HurwitzThe Last OrphanMacmillan Audio
Robert SwartwoodThe Killing RoomBlackstone Audio
I.S. BerryThe Peacock and the SparrowAtria Publishing Group
S. A. CosbyAll the Sinners BleedMacmillan
Luke DumasThe PaleontologistAtria Publishing Group
Lisa Unger"Unknown Caller"
Elizabeth E. WeinStatelessLittle, Brown and Company
Tess Gerritsen
Dennis Lehane
Kate Alice MarshallNo One Can KnowMacmillan Audio
David BaldacciTo Die ForGrand Central Publishing
Jaime deBlancAfter ImageThomas & Mercer
Marie TierneyDeadly AnimalsHenry Holt & Co
Jason RekulakThe Last One At The WeddingFlatiron Books
Kellye GarrettMissing White WomanMulholland Books
Ivy Pochoda"Jackrabbit Skin"
Marisha PesslDarklyDelacorte Press
John Grisham
James Patterson

References

References

  1. "ITW's History".
  2. "All About ITW".
  3. "2026 Thriller Awards".
  4. "Past Nominees and Winners".
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  6. (2006-08-11). "Patterson Wins ThrillerMaster; Must Wait a Year for Award".
  7. (2010-07-13). "Awards: International Thriller Writers".
  8. (2011-07-11). "Awards: Thriller Winners".
  9. (2012-07-16). "Awards: International Thriller Winners".
  10. (2014-07-14). "wards: Frank O'Connor; ITW Thriller, Branford Boase".
  11. (2015-07-13). "Awards: Thriller Winners".
  12. "International Thriller Writers Awards 2016".
  13. (2018-07-16). "International Thriller Writers Announce 2018 Award Winners".
  14. (2018-07-16). "Awards: ITW Thriller Winners; Taste Canada Finalists".
  15. McDowell, Laura-Blaise. (2019-07-16). "The 2019 ITW Thriller Award Winners Have Been Announced".
  16. (2019-07-16). "Awards: ITW Thriller Winners".
  17. (2020-07-17). "Awards: Miles Franklin, ITW Thriller Winners".
  18. Schaub, Michael. (2022-06-07). "International Thriller Award Winners Are Revealed".
  19. https://thrillerwriters.org/past-nominees-and-winners/
  20. "Thriller Master".
  21. https://thrillerwriters.org/past-nominees-and-winners/
  22. (2025-06-22). "The 2025 ITW Thriller Awards Winners".
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