Monday, July 12, 2010

2009 Shirley Jackson Award Winners (Novels)

From The Shirley Jackson Awards website:
In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, the Shirley Jackson Awards have been established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic.


LINKcat status:  6 copies, 6 holds.


Finalists (in alphabetical order by title)

LINKcat status:  no copies.

LINKcat status:  21 copies, 16 holds

LINKcat status:  9 copies, 0 holds

LINKcat status:  8 copies, 0 holds

LINKcat status:  2 copies, 0 holds

Other award categories include novella, novelette, short story, single-author collection, and edited anthology.

Shirley Jackson is best known for the short story "The Lottery" and the novel The Haunting of Hill House.

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