2007 THRILLER AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED BY INTERNATIONAL THRILLER WRITERS

Amid a grand celebration during the West Coast debut gala, BRUNCH ANDBULLETS, the illustrious co-presidents of ITW, Gayle Lynds and DavidMorrell, announced the nominees for this year's “Thriller” awards. They alsoofficially proclaimed the recipient for the 2007 ThrillerMaster Award (anaward honoring an illustrious body of work spanning two decades or more) tonone other than a true master of suspense, James Patterson.

BEST NOVEL

False Impression, Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin's Press)
Killer Instinct,Joseph Finder (St. Martin's Press)
Cold Kill, Stephen Leather (Hodder &Stoughton)
The Messenger, Daniel Silva (Putnam)
Beautiful Lies, Lisa Unger(Shaye Areheart Books/Bantam)

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Shadow of Death, Patricia Gussin (Oceanview Publishing)
Switchback, MatthewKlein (Orion)
A Thousand Suns, Alex Scarrow (Orion)
18 Seconds, George D. Shuman (Simon & Schuster)
Mr. Clarinet, Nick Stone(Michael Joseph Ltd/Penguin)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

Skeleton Coast, Clive Cussler with Jack DuBrul (Berkley Trade)
The Deep BlueAlibi, Paul Levine (Bantam)
An Unquiet Grave, P.J. Parrish (Pinnacle)
Headstone City, Tom Piccirilli (Spectra Books/Crown)
Mortal Faults, MichaelPrescott (Onyx Books)

BEST SCREENPLAY

Inside Man: Russell Gewirtz
The Departed: William Monahan
The Good Shepherd: Eric Roth
Children of Men: Alfonse Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergusand Hawk Ostby
Casino Royale: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis