Congratulations to our 2008 Lovey Award Winners:

Best First Novel:
Big City, Bad Blood by Sean Chercover

Best Traditional/ Amateur Sleuth:
The Lighthouse Keeper by Luisa Buehler

Best PI/Police Procedural:
Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger

Best Thriller:
Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child

Best Historical:
Shadows in the White City by Robert W. Walker

Best Suspense:
The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen

Best Paranormal/Sci Fi/Horror:
The Diva's Fool by Silvia Foti

Best Series: (a tie for the first time in LIM history)
Jack Reacher series by Lee Child
Cork O'Conner series by William Kent Krueger

Best Short Story:
My Heroes Have Always Been Shortstops by D.C. Brod (from the 2007 anthology, Chicago Blues)

 

2007 Winners:

Best First Novel:
The Chef Who Died Sauteing
By Honora Finkelstein & Susan Smily

Best Traditional/ Amateur Sleuth:
Deadly Interest
By Julie Hyzy

Best Historical:
The Assassin
By Anne Perry

Best Pi/Police Procedural:
A Final Judgement
By Michael A. Black

Best Paranormal/
S/F/ Horror:
Definitely Dead
By Charlaine Harris

Best Suspense:
The Virgin of Small Plains
By Nancy Pickard

Best Thriller:
Sweetie's Diamonds
By Raymond Benson

Best Series:
The Jack Taylor Series
By Ken Bruen

Best Short Story:
A Family Affair
By Mary Welk

 

Welcome to the 11th Annual
Love is Murder
Lovey Awards
February 6-8, 2009 | Westin Chicago North Shore, Chicago, Illinois

 

In 2007, we changed the name of our Reader's Choice Awards to the Lovey Awards, to better reflect the spirit of Love Is Murder.

Every year we vote on our favorite books in several categories. We ask all attendees to fill out a ballot listing books written by authors attending the current year's LIM con. All books listed for awards must have been written in the previous year. For example, in 2009 we will be voting on books written in 2008 by authors attending the 2009 conference.

If you are an author attending this year's Love Is Murder and you want your book(s) placed on the Lovey Awards ballot this year, please send your submissions to Mary Welk at kleworks@aol.com.

Want one?

Authors who wish to be considered for the Lovey Award, must contact Mary Welk with the following information:

  • Category you are entering (you can enter a book or seires in one category only)
  • Name of series
  • Number of books in series; if no series, titles of stand-alone mysteries
  • Title and Publication date of latest mystery
  • Type of mystery you write (cozy, thriller, romantic, suspense, etcetera)
  • First time author--yes or no

To be perfectly clear, you must be attending the 2009 Love Is Murder conference and your book must have been published in 2008 between January 1 and December 31. This information must be sent to kleworks@aol.com by January 1st for author consideration in the award process.