The Barry Awards

**The Barry Award** er en kriminallitterær pris som utdeles årlig siden 1997 av redaksjonen i Deadly Pleasures, en amerikansk kvartalsvis publikasjon for krimlesere. Fra 2007 utdeles prisen i samarbeide med publikasjonen Mystery News. Prisen har fått navn etter Barry Gardner, en amerikansk kritiker.

Prisklassene har variert, men var i 2006:
*Beste krimroman
*Best britiske krimroman
*Beste thriller
*Beste krimroman originalutgitt som paperback
*Beste debutroman
*Beste krimnovelle

Merk at «beste britiske krimroman» i denne sammenhengen gjelder beste krimroman først utgitt på engelsk i Storbritannia og ikke viser tilbake på forfatterens nasjonalitet.
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## Prisvinnere
### 2016
*Best novel: C. J. Box, for *Badlands*
*Best First Novel: Ausma Zehanat Khanl, for *The Unquiet Dead*
*Best Thriller: Taylor Stevens, for *The Mask*
*Best Paperback Novel: Lou Berney, for *The Long and Faraway Gone*
### 2015
*Best novel: Greg Iles, for *Natchez Burning*
*Best First Novel: Julia Dahl, for *Invisible City*
*Best Thriller: Michael Koryta, for *Those Who Wish Me Dead*
*Best Paperback Novel: Allen Eskens, for *The Life We Bury*

### 2014
*Best novel: William Kent Krueger, for *Ordinary Grace*
*Best First Novel: Barry Lancet, for *Japantown*
*Best Thriller: Taylor Stevens. for *The Doll*
*Best Paperback Novel: Adrian McKinty, for *I Hear the Siren in the Street*

### 2013
*Best Novel: Peter May, for *The Blackhouse*
*Best First Novel: Julia Keller, for *The Killing in the Hills*
*Best Thriller: Daniel Silva, for *The Fallen Angel*
*Best Paperback Novel: Susan Elia McNeal, for *Churchill's Secretary*

### 2012
*Best Novel: Jussi Adler-Olsen, for *The Keeper of Lost Causes* (*Kvinden i buret*)
*Best First Novel: Taylor Stevens, for *The Informationist*
*Best Thriller: Thomas Perry, for *The Informant*
*Best British Novel: Peter James, for *Dead Man’s Grip*
*Best Paperback Novel: Michael Stanley, for *Death of the Mantis*
*Best Short Story: Jeff Cohen, for The Gun Also Rises

### 2011
*Best Novel: Steve Hamilton, for *The Lock Artist* 
*Best First Novel: Paul Doiron, for *The Poacher's Son*
*Best Thriller: Deon Meyer, for *Thirteen Hours*
*Best British Novel: Reginald Hill, for *The Woodcutter*
*Best Paperback Novel: Val McDermid, for *Fever of the Bone*
*Best Short Story: Loren D. Estleman, for The List

### 2010
*Best Novel: John Hart, for *The Last Child* 
*Best First Novel: Alan Bradley, for *The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie*
*Best Thriller: Jamie Frevelett, for *Running from the Devil*
*Best British Novel: Philip Kerr, for *If the Dead Rise Not*
*Best Paperback Novel: Bryan Gruley, for *Starvation Lake*
*Best Short Story: Brendan DuBois, for The High House Writer
*Mystery/Crime Novel of the Decade: Stieg Larsson, for *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* *(Män som hatar kvinnor)*

### 2009
*Best Novel: Arnaldur Indriðason, for *The Draining Lake* (*Kleifarvatn*)
*Best Thriller: Tom Rob Smith, for *Child 44*
*Best British Novel: Stieg Larsson, for *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* (*Män som hatar kvinnor*)
*Best Paperback Novel: Julie Hyzy, for *State of the Onion*
*Best Short Story: James O. Born, for The Draught

### 2008
*Best Novel: Laura Lippman, for *What the Dead Know*
*Best Thriller: Robert Crais, for *The Watchman*
*Best British Novel: Edward Wright, for *Damnation Falls*
*Best Paperback Novel: Megan Abbott, for *Queenpin*
*Best First Novel: Tana French, for *In the Woods*

### 2007
*Best Novel: George Pelecanos, for *The Night Gardener*
*Best Thriller: Daniel Silva, for *The Messenger*
*Best British Novel: Ken Bruen, for *Priest*
*Best Paperback Novel: Sean Doolittle, for *The Cleanup*
*Best First Novel: Louise Penny, for *Still Life*
*Best Short Story: Brendan DuBois, for The Right Call

### 2006
*Best Novel: Thomas H. Cook, for *Red Leaves*
*Best Thriller: Joseph Finder, for *Company Man*
*Best British Novel: Denise Mina, for *The Field of Blood*
*Best Paperback Novel: Reed Farrel Coleman, for *The James Deans*
*Best First Novel: Stuart McBride, for *Cold Granite*
*Best Short Story: Nancy Pickard, for *There is No Crime on Easter Island*

### 2005
*Best Novel: Lee Child, for *The Enemy*
*Best Thriller: Barry Eisler, for *Rain Storm*
*Best British Crime Novel: John Harvey, for *Flesh & Blood*
*Best Paperback Original: Elaine Flinn, for *Tagged for Murder*
*Best First Novel: Carlos Ruiz Zafón, for *The Shadow of the Wind*
*Best Short Story: Edward D. Hoch, for *The War in Wonderland*

### 2004
*Best Novel: Laura Lippman, for *Every Secret Thing*
*Best British Crime Novel: Val McDermid, for *The Distant Echo*
*Best Paperback Original: Jason Starr, for *Tough Luck*
*Best First Mystery Novel: P. J. Tracy, for *Monkeewrench*
*Best Mystery Short Story: Robert Barnard, for *Rogues' Gallery*

### 2003
*Best Novel: Michael Connelly, for *City of Bones*
*Best British Crime Novel: John Connolly, for *The White Road*
*Best Paperback Original: Danielle Girard, for *Cold Silence*
*Best First Novel: Julia Spencer-Fleming, for *In Bleak Midwinter*

### 2002
*Best Novel: Dennis Lehane, for *Mystic River*
*Best British Crime Novel: Stephen Booth, for *Dancing With Virgins*
*Best Paperback Original: Deborah Woodworth, for *Killing Gifts*
*Best First Novel: C. J. Box, for Open Season

### 2001
*Best Hardcover Novel: Nevada Barr, for *Deep South* 
*Best British Crime Novel: Stephen Booth, for *Black Dog*
*Best Paperback Novel: Eric Wright, for *The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn*
*Best First Novel: David Liss, for *Conspiracy of Paper*

### 2000
*Best Novel: Peter Robinson, for *In a Dry Season*
*Best British Novel: Val McDermid, for *A Place of Execution*
*Best paperback Original: Robin Burcell, for *Every Move She Makes*
*Best First Novel: Donna Andrews, for *Peacocks*

### 1999
*Best Novel: Reginald Hill, for *On Beulah Height* og Dennis Lehane for *Gone, Baby, Gone*
*Best First Novel: William Kent Krueger, for *Iron Lake*

### 1998
*Best Novel: Michael Connelly, for *Trunk Music*
*Best Paperback Original: Harlan Coben, for *Backspin*
*Best First Novel: Lee Child, for *Killing Floor*

### 1997
*Best Novel: Peter Lovesey, for *Bloodhounds*
*Best Paperback Original: Susan Wade, for *Walking Rain*
*Best First Novel: Charles Todd, for *Test of Wills*
*Best Non-Fiction: Willetta L. Heising, for *Detecting Women 2*

## Eksterne lenker
* Deadly Pleasues: The Barry Awards