Harlan Coben Wins ITV Bestseller Dagger Award 2009
Martina Cole failed to take the ITV Bestseller Dagger Award last night, 21st October 2009, at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel.
American author Harlan Coben took the award for favourite crime author beating popular authors Dick Francis, Alexander McCall Smith, Nicci French and, of course, Martina Cole. The Dagger Award winner was selected by the British public after an online poll which lasted six weeks. The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2009 event will be televised on ITV3 on Tuesday, 27th October at 9pm.
Harlan Coben currently has 16 bestsellers under his belt and 47 millions books in print worldwide. His latest novels Long Lost and Hold Tight both debuted at number 1 on the New York Times bestseller list and lists around the world. Harlan already has another book in the pipeline, Caught, which will be available in early spring 2010.
Harlan, who had travelled to the Awards ceremony from his home in New Jersey with his 10-year-old son, said:
“It’s a real thrill. The only time I’d have expected to be on a list with those four names is in a restaurant, so it’s just sort of stunning … Maybe there’s a little more love for me in the UK [than there is in the US].”
I have been a fan of Harlan Coben for sometime and if you have not seen the French language film Tell No One from the book of the same name I urge you to read the book then watch the film, both are very entertaining.
So bad luck Martina but I’m sure the imminent release of your latest novel Hard Girls will more than make up for missing out on the award. Better luck next year!
There is more information and pictures from the event on the The Daily Mail, The Evening Standard and The Guardian, enjoy.
Other winners:
The best crime novel of the year went to William Brodrick who won the CWA Gold Dagger 2009, sponsored by BooksDirect, for A Whispered Name (Little, Brown).
The year’s best thriller was The Last Child by John Hart (John Murray), which won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2009, sponsored by Ian Fleming Publications Ltd.
Johan Theorin’s Echoes From The Dead (Doubleday) won the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2009, sponsored by Louise Penny and Michael Whitehead, as a first book by a previously unpublished writer, awarded in memory of CWA founder John Creasey.
Colin Dexter, Lynda La Plante, Ian Rankin and Val McDermid collected trophies to commemorate their inaguration into the Hall of Fame.
HBO’s “The Wire” picked up two gongs, as best drama and its star Dominic West as the best actor. Juliet Stevenson won the best actress dagger.
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