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Randall Hicks Newsletter #2 THE BABY GAME)
Greetings!
Man, I'm really bad at this self-publicity stuff. Writing
mysteries is easy compared to writing about myself, so I'll
just jabber on like an idiot. Nothing new there, right?
I've been busy putting the finishing touches on a
non-fiction how-to adoption book for Penguin/Putnam. It's
pretty boring and I find myself itching to get back to
writing mysteries. I sneak away and write a few Toby Dillon
pages when I can't control myself.
I'm doing something odd: I'm writing the 3rd and 4th books
in the series at the same time. I couldn't decide between
two ideas I really liked and thought, what the heck, I'll
just jot down a few ideas. Before I knew it, I was in full
speed on them both, back and forth. We will see how it
goes.
I hope to have some news on when the second book in the
series, BABY CRIMES, will be out, but not quite yet. Thanks
for your patience and I'm sorry for the delay.
It has been an amazing year for THE BABY GAME. First it won
the Gumshoe Award for Best Debut Novel. Then it was named
as a finalist for the Anthony, Barry and Macavity Awards,
also in the Best First Novel category. All three will be
given out at Bouchercon, so needless to say I'm quite
honored and excited.
I'd like to salute my fellow nominees. Here they are:
THE ANTHONY AWARD (Best Debut Novel)
THE BABY GAME, Randall Hicks
DIE A LITTLE, Megan Abbott
IMMORAL, Brian Freeman
OFFICER DOWN, Theresa Schwegel
TILT-A-WHIRL, Chris Grabenstein
The winner is determined by the attendees of Bouchercon,
the world's biggest mystery convention, held this year in
Madison, WI, starting September 28th.
THE MACAVITY AWARD (Best Debut Novel)
IMMORAL, Brian Freeman
ALL SHOOK UP, Mike Harrison
THE BABY GAME, Randall Hicks
The winner is determined by subscribers to Mystery Readers
International. The voting deadline has passed I think.
THE BARRY AWARD
The winner of the Barry is determined by "readers or
subscribers" to Deadly Pleasures Magazine. The voting
deadline is January 10th and votes can be cast by e-mail to
George@DeadlyPleasures.com. In addition to the five choices
for Best Debut (I consider the other four all more talented
than me, to be honest), there are several other categories,
and you might wish to take part in voting and determing the
Barry winners. In the event you've been a Deadly Pleasures
reader and wish to vote in any of the categories, here they
are:
BEST NOVEL:
BLOODLINES, Jan Burke
RED LEAVES, Thomas H. Cook
MERCY FALLS, William Kent Krueger
SUDDEN DEATH, David Rosenfelt
MR. LUCKY, James Swain
THE POWER OF THE DOG, Don Winslow
BEST FIRST NOVEL PUBLISHED IN THE U.S.:
DIE A LITTE, Megan Abbott
IMMORAL, Brian Freeman
THE BABY GAME, Randall Hicks
DARK HARBOR, David Hosp
COLD GRANITE, Stuart MacBride
BEST BRITISH NOVEL PUBLISHED IN THE U.K.
BLOOD-DIMMED TIDE, Rennie Airth
LIFELESS, Mark Billingham
SILENCE OF THE GRAVE, Arnaldur Indridason
A GOOD DAY TO DIE, Simon Kernick
THE FIELD OF BLOOD, Denise Mina
LOST, Michael Robotham
BEST THRILLER:
COMPANY MAN, Joseph Finder
CONSENT TO KILL, Vince Flynn
THE INSIDE RING, Michael Lawson
SEVEN DEADLY WONDERS, Michael Reilly
MAP OF BONES, James Rollins
PRIVATE WARS, Greg Rucka
BEST PAPERBACK NOVEL:
THE JAMES DEANS, Reed Farrel Coleman
SIX BAD THINGS, Charlie Huston
NIGHT'S CHILD, Maureen Jennings
NOW YOU SEE ME, Rochelle Krich
THE DEAD DON'T GET OUT MUCH, Mary Jane Maffini
INSIDE OUT, John Ramsey Miller
BEST SHORT STORY:
"The Big Road," Steve Hockensmith
"Needle Match," Peter Lovesey
"There Is No Crime on Easter Island," Nancy Pickard
"Love and Death in Africa," Joan Richter
"The Method in Her Madness," Tom Savage
Deadly Pleasures and Mystery Readers International are both
fun periodicals to subscribe to. Check they out at
DeadlyPleasures.com and MysteryReaders.org.
THE GUMSHOE AWARD (Best First Novel)
THE BABY GAME, Randall Hicks (winner)
THE COLOR OF LAW, Mark Gimenez
TILT-A-WHIRL, Chris Grabenstein
SACRED COWS, Karen E. Olson
BENEATH A PANAMANIAN MOON, David Terrenoire
The Gumshoe is awarded by Mystery Ink, found at
MysteyInkOnline.com, and offers lots of intesting
information.
See what I mean! Quite a year! If you will be at
Bouchercon, I hope you will say hello, and e-mail me if you
want a hand-delivered avocado while there, grown
organically in Toby Dillon's orchard, right from the Toby
Tree, in fact. (Although for some reason the fruit sticker
on it says "Hicks Family Orchard.")
Be well everybody, and thanks so much for signing up for my
newsletter list!
Randy
randy@randall-hicks.com
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