TRIPLE DAPHNE FINALIST!!!
WOW! I’m excited to have three manuscripts in the finals this year, and even more excited because one of the manuscripts was co-written with Susan Scott Shelley.
The DAPHNE DU MAUIER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MYSTERY/SUSPENSE –Unpublished Division Finalists for 2014 are:
CATEGORY (SERIES) ROMANTIC MYSTERY/SUSPENSE
Veronica Forand and Susan Scott Shelley for Dangerous Play
Jeannie Hall for Violation of Innocence
Annette Keuning for Trust No One
Kairee Krause w/a Kairee Taylor for Secrets Wait
Jo-Ann Terpstra w/a Jo-Ann Carson for Covert Danger
HISTORICAL ROMANTIC MYSTERY/SUSPENSE
Marlene Dunsheath for Game of Chance
Jane Fox for Broken Treaties
Cheryl Honigford for The Darkness Knows
Alison Jill McMahan for The Saffron Crocus
Rosemarie Simonelli w/a Kate Colbert for The Pickpocket
INSPIRATIONAL ROMANTIC MYSTERY/SUSPENSE
Jackie Layton for Kentucky Deadly
Carolyn Miller for Unscarring Hearts
PARANORMAL (FANTASY/TIME TRAVEL/FUTURISTIC) ROMANTIC MYSTERY/SUSPENSE
Margaret A. Golla for Air Beneath a Dragon’s Wings
Janet Halpin for A Moment After Dark
Janet Halpin for Beryl Blue, Time Cop
Sarah Kuest w/a Sarah Brady and Shannen Kuest w/a Shannen Brady for Healer
Roshani Chokshi for The Glass Garden
SINGLE TITLE ROMANTIC MYSTERY/SUSPENSE
Susye Bowles for Out of Control
Veronica Forand for Untrue Beliefs
Veronica Forand for Untrue Colors
Vicki Tharp for In Her Defense
William C. Walker for The Homecoming
MAINSTREAM MYSTERY/SUSPENSE
Roxanne Dunn for Murder Unrehearsed
Barbara Gerry for Reel Power, An Annie McCabe Mystery
Barbara Nickless for White Line Fever
Christa Selnick for The Kill List
Tami Wirth for The Messenger
Winners will be announced during KOD’s annual Death by Chocolate Party at the RWA® National Conference in San Antonio, Texas.
Thank you so much to everyone who entered the contest and to all our wonderful judges as well as our very hard-working coordinators.
For any questions, please feel free to contact me at: daphnecontest@gmail.com
Congratulations Finalists!
Brooke Wills
2014 Daphne Contest Overall Coordinator
