# International Thriller Writers Awards

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

## Award winners

International Thriller Writers Award recipients :
| Year | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
| 2006 | Best First Novel | Adam Fawer | Improbable | William Morrow |
| 2006 | Best Novel | Christopher Reich | The Patriots Club | Delacorte Press |
| 2006 | Best Paperback Original | R. Cameron Cooke | Pride Runs Deep | Jove |
| 2006 | Best Screenplay | | Caché | Michael Haneke |
| 2006 | Thrillermaster | Clive Cussler | | |
| 2007 | Best First Novel | Nick Stone | Mr Clarinet | Penguin |
| 2007 | Best Novel | Joseph Finder | Killer Instinct | St. Martin's Press |
| 2007 | Best Paperback Original | P.J. Parrish | An Unquiet Grave | Pinnacle |
| 2007 | Best Screenplay | Eric Roth | The Good Shepherd | |
| 2007 | Thrillermaster | James Patterson | | |
| 2008 | Best First Novel | Joe Hill | Heart-Shaped Box | William Morrow |
| 2008 | Best Novel | Robert Harris | The Ghost | Simon & Schuster |
| 2008 | Best Paperback Original | Tom Piccirilli | The Midnight Road | Bantam |
| 2008 | Silver Bullet Award | Macy's and David Baldacci | | |
| 2008 | Thrillermaster | Sandra Brown | | |
| 2009 | Best First Novel | Tom Rob Smith | Child 44 | Grand Central Publishing |
| 2009 | Best Novel | Jeffery Deaver | The Bodies Left Behind | Simon & Schuster |
| 2009 | Best Short Story | Alexandra Sokoloff | "The Edge of Seventeen" | The Darker Mask |
| 2009 | Silver Bullet Award | Brad Meltzer | | |
| 2009 | Silver Bullet Award | Dollar General Literacy Foundation | | |
| 2009 | Thrillermaster | David Morrell | | |
| 2010 | Best First Novel | Jamie Freveletti | Running from the Devil | |
| 2010 | Best Hard Cover Novel | Lisa Gardner | The Neighbor | |
| 2010 | Best Paperback Original Novel | Tom Piccirilli | The Coldest Mile | |
| 2010 | Best Short Story | Twist Phelan | "A Stab in the Heart" | |
| 2010 | Silver Bullet Award | Linda Fairstein | | |
| 2010 | Silver Bullet Award | US Airways | | |
| 2010 | Thrillermaster | Ken Follett | | |
| 2010 | True Thrill Award | Mark Bowden | | |
| 2011 | Best First Novel | Chevy Stevens | Still Missing | |
| 2011 | Best Hard Cover Novel | John Sandford | Bad Blood | Virgil Flowers Series, book 4 |
| 2011 | Best Paperback Original Novel | J. T. Ellison | The Cold Room | Taylor Jackson Series, book 4 |
| 2011 | Best Short Story | Richard Helms | "The Gods for Vengeance Cry" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 2010 |
| 2011 | Silver Bullet Award | Karin Slaughter | | |
| 2011 | Thrillermaster | R. L. Stine | | |
| 2011 | True Thrill Award | Joe McGinniss | | |
| 2012 | Best Hard Cover Novel | Stephen King | 11/22/63 | |
| 2012 | Best Paperback Original Novel | Jeff Abbott | The Last Minute | |
| 2012 | Best Short Story | Tim L. Williams | "Half-Lives" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2011 |
| 2012 | Silver Bullet Award | Richard North Patterson | | |
| 2012 | Thrillermaster | Jack Higgins | | |
| 2012 | True Thrill Award | Ann Rule | | |
| 2013 | Best E-Book Original Novel | CJ Lyons | Blind Faith | |
| 2013 | Best First Novel | Matthew Quirk | The 500 | |
| 2013 | Best Hard Cover Novel | Brian Freeman | Spilled Blood | |
| 2013 | Best Paperback Original Novel | Sean Doolittle | Lake Country | |
| 2013 | Best Short Story | John Rector | Lost Things | |
| 2013 | Best Young Adult Novel | Dan Krokos | False Memory | |
| 2013 | Silver Bullet Award | Steve Berry | | |
| 2013 | Thrillermaster | Anne Rice | | |
| 2014 | Best E-Book Original Novel | Rebecca Cantrell | The World Beneath | |
| 2014 | Best First Novel | Jason Matthews | Red Sparrow | |
| 2014 | Best Hard Cover Novel | Andrew Pyper | The Demonologist | |
| 2014 | Best Paperback Original Novel | Jennifer McMahon | The One I Left Behind | |
| 2014 | Best Short Story | Twist Phelan | "Footprints in Water" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 2013 |
| 2014 | Best Young Adult Novel | Cristin Terrill | All Our Yesterdays | |
| 2014 | Silver Bullet Award | Brenda Novak | | |
| 2014 | Thrillermaster | Scott Turow | | |
| 2015 | Best E-Book Original Novel | C.J. Lyons | Hard Fall | |
| 2015 | Best First Novel | Laura McHugh | The Weight of Blood | |
| 2015 | Best Hard Cover Novel | Megan Abbott | The Fever | |
| 2015 | Best Paperback Original Novel | Vincent Zandri | Moonlight Weeps | |
| 2015 | Best Short Story | Tim L. Williams | "The Last Wrestling Bear in West Kentucky" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| 2015 | Best Young Adult Novel | Elle Cosimano | Nearly Gone | |
| 2015 | Silver Bullet Award | Kathy Reichs | | |
| 2015 | Thrillermaster | Nelson DeMille | | |
| 2016 | Best E-Book Original Novel | Chris Kuzneski | The Prisoner's Gold | |
| 2016 | Best First Novel | Brian Panowich | Bull Mountain | |
| 2016 | Best Hard Cover Novel | Ian Caldwell | The Fifth Gospel | |
| 2016 | Best Paperback Original Novel | John Gilstrap | Against All Enemies | |
| 2016 | Best Short Story | Joyce Carol Oates | "Gun Accident: An Investigation" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| 2016 | Best Young Adult Novel | Michelle Painchaud | Pretending to be Erica | |
| 2016 | Silver Bullet Award | John Lescroart | | |
| 2016 | Thrillermaster | Heather Graham | | |
| 2017 | Best E-Book Original Novel | James Scott Bell | Romeo's Way | |
| 2017 | Best First Novel | Nick Petrie | The Drifter | |
| 2017 | Best Hard Cover Novel | Noah Hawley | Before the Fall | |
| 2017 | Best Paperback Original Novel | Anne Frasier | The Body Reader | |
| 2017 | Best Short Story | Joyce Carol Oates | "Big Momma" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| 2017 | Best Young Adult Novel | A. J. Hartley | Steeplejack | |
| 2017 | Silver Bullet Award | Lisa Gardner | | |
| 2017 | Thriller Legend Award | Tom Doherty | | |
| 2017 | Thrillermaster | Lee Child | | |
| 2018 | Best E-Book Original Novel | Sean Black | Second Chance | |
| 2018 | Best First Novel | K. J. Howe | The Freedom Broker | |
| 2018 | Best Hard Cover Novel | Riley Sager | Final Girls | |
| 2018 | Best Paperback Original Novel | Christine Bell | Grievance | |
| 2018 | Best Short Story | Zoë Z. Dean | "Charcoal and Cherry" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| 2018 | Best Young Adult Novel | Gregg Hurwitz | The Rains | |
| 2018 | Silver Bullet Award | James Rollins | | |
| 2018 | Thriller Legend Award | Robert and Patricia Gussin (Oceanview Publishing) | | |
| 2018 | Thrillermaster | George R. R. Martin | | |
| 2019 | Best E-Book Original Novel | Alan Orloff | Pray for the Innocent | |
| 2019 | Best First Novel | C.J. Tudor | The Chalk Man | |
| 2019 | Best Hard Cover Novel | Jennifer Hillier | Jar of Hearts | |
| 2019 | Best Paperback Original Novel | Jane Harper | The Lost Man | |
| 2019 | Best Short Story | Helen Smith | "Nana" | Killer Women: Crime Club Anthology #2 |
| 2019 | Best Young Adult Novel | Teri Bailey Black | Girl at the Grave | |
| 2019 | Silver Bullet Award | Harlan Coben | | |
| 2019 | Thriller Legend Award | Margaret Marbury | | |
| 2019 | Thrillermaster | John Sandford | | |
| 2020 | Best E-Book Original Novel | Kerry Wilkinson | Close To You | |
| 2020 | Best First Novel | Angie Kim | Miracle Creek | |
| 2020 | Best Hard Cover Novel | Adrian McKinty | The Chain | |
| 2020 | Best Paperback Original Novel | Dervla McTiernan | The Scholar | |
| 2020 | Best Short Story | Tara Laskowski | "The Long-Term Tenant" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| 2020 | Best Young Adult Novel | Tom Ryan | Keep This To Yourself | |
| 2021 | Best E-Book Original Novel | Jeff Buick | A Killing Game | |
| 2021 | Best First Novel | David Heska Wanbli Weiden | Winter Counts | |
| 2021 | Best Hard Cover Novel | S. A. Cosby | Blacktop Wasteland | |
| 2021 | Best Paperback Original Novel | John Marrs | What Lies Between Us | |
| 2021 | Best Short Story | Alan Orloff | "Rent Due" | |
| 2021 | Best Young Adult Novel | Andrea Contos | Throwaway Girls | |
| 2022 | Best Audiobook | S. A. Cosby with Adam Lazarre-White (narrator) | Razorblade Tears | Macmillan |
| 2022 | Best E-Book Original Novel | E. J. Findorff | Blood Parish | E. J. Findorff |
| 2022 | Best First Novel | Amanda Jayatissa | My Sweet Girl | Berkley |
| 2022 | Best Hardcover Novel | S. A. Cosby | Razorblade Tears | Flatiron Books |
| 2022 | Best Paperback Original Novel | Amanda Jayatissa | Bloodline | Thomas & Mercer |
| 2022 | Best Short Story | Scott Loring Sanders | "The Lemonade Stand" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| 2022 | Best Young Adult Novel | Courtney Summers | The Project | Wednesday Books |
| 2022 | ThrillMasters | Frederick Forsyth | | |
| 2022 | ThrillMasters | Diana Gabaldon | | |
| 2023 | Best Audiobook | Jennifer Hillier | Things We Do in the Dark | Macmillan Audio |
| 2023 | Best E-Book Original Novel | Diane Jeffrey | The Couple at Causeway Cottage | HarperCollins |
| 2023 | Best First Novel | Lauren Nossett | The Resemblance | Flatiron Books |
| 2023 | Best Hardcover Novel | Catriona Ward | Sundial | Macmillan |
| 2023 | Best Paperback Original Novel | Freida McFadden | The Housemaid | Grand Central Publishing |
| | Best Short Story | Catherine Steadman | "Stockholm" | |
| | Best Young Adult Novel | Kate McLaughlin | Daughter | Wednesday Books |
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