Friday, August 13, 2010

Finalist!!!


The finalists have been announced for the inaugural Ngaio Marsh Award for the best crime novel... and Containment is one of them!

I'm utterly stoked. It feels such an honour to make the top three along with Cut & Run by Alix Bosco and Burial by Neil Cross.

The winner will be announced at The Press Christchurch Writer's Festival on Friday the 10th of September.

For this Ngaio Marsh fan to make it into the final of the Ngaio Marsh Award is just too exciting for words.
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16 comments:

  1. Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin)August 13, 2010 at 4:49 PM

    WOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats!

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  2. AnonymousAugust 13, 2010 at 4:51 PM

    Fantastic news!!!!!!!

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  3. BernadetteAugust 13, 2010 at 4:55 PM

    Congratulations Vanda. So far I have only read Overkill but I am sure Containment is just as good. Good luck

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  4. AnonymousAugust 13, 2010 at 5:35 PM

    Thats great news Vanda! :) Many congrats!

    Jason Payne
    Currently back in NZ for a few weeks

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  5. Claire BeynonAugust 13, 2010 at 6:22 PM

    Brilliant news, brilliant Vanda! Congrats ++++++++ L, C x

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  6. J.T. WebsterAugust 13, 2010 at 6:56 PM

    Congratulations Vanda. Well done, you deserve it.

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  7. Jose Ignacio EscribanoAugust 13, 2010 at 7:00 PM

    Well done Vanda. Congratulations. I look forward to read Containment. Have only read Overkill so far and I enjoyed it very much.

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  8. KerrieAugust 13, 2010 at 8:53 PM

    Well done Vanda

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  9. Dorte HAugust 13, 2010 at 11:35 PM

    Congratulations!

    I am always so happy when I see that some crime writers actually make it!

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  10. AnonymousAugust 14, 2010 at 10:32 AM

    Congratulations. I've read all your books - and waiting for the next one (no pressure). Great to see crime writing getting all this attention in NZ.

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  11. Pam MorrisonAugust 14, 2010 at 10:39 AM

    Congratulations Vanda - that's great news!!

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  12. maggie@at-the-bay.comAugust 14, 2010 at 3:35 PM

    Oh well done Vanda - great news.

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  13. PenAugust 14, 2010 at 9:14 PM

    That's awesome Vanda. Congratulations!!!!

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  14. KiwicraigAugust 15, 2010 at 10:20 AM

    You're mentioned in today's Sunday Star-Times too Vanda - both for the Award, and talking about the rise in quality Kiwi crime writing in general. Great feature by Books Editor Mark Broatch: thinks it feels kind of unusual to have been on the other side of the interviewer-interviewee pairing, for a big feature in which he's quoted in today's Sunday Star-Times: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/features/4022878/Fiction-Its-a-crime-wave

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  15. JoanneAugust 15, 2010 at 3:33 PM

    Well deserved! Congratulations Vanda!

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  16. Vanda SymonAugust 17, 2010 at 9:16 AM

    Thanks everyone - I'm delighted to be a finalist! Now I just have to wait for the awards night. I hate waiting...

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