Dilys Award

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The Dilys Award is a mystery fiction prize presented annually by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association to the book they most enjoyed selling that year.

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Dilys Award canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary award
mystery fiction award
awardCategory best mystery novel
awardedFor mystery novel that independent mystery booksellers most enjoyed selling
country United States of America
surface form: United States
disestablished 2014
eligibility books sold by independent mystery bookstores
mystery novels published in the previous year
eponymFoundedOrganization Murder Ink bookstore
Murder Ink imprint
field crime fiction
literature
frequency annual
genre mystery fiction
hasAwardedWorkType novel
inception 1992
languageOfWorksAwarded English
namedAfter Dilys Winn NERFINISHED
namedForOccupationOfEponym mystery bookseller
notableWinner Dennis Lehane
Harlan Coben
Janet Evanovich
Laura Lippman
Michael Connelly
organizer Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
presentedBy Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
selectionMethod vote of Independent Mystery Booksellers Association members
sponsor Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
status discontinued
typicalAnnouncementTime spring

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Michael Connelly awardReceived Dilys Award
Lee Child awardReceived Dilys Award
Janet Evanovich awardReceived Dilys Award
James Dover Grant awardReceived Dilys Award