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2007 Dashiell Hammett Award
On October 14, 2007, the North American Branch of the International
Association of Crime Writers (NAIBA) announced the winner of their
annual Hammett Prize for work of literary excellence in the field of
crime writing. THE PRISONER OF GUANTANAMO by Dan Fesperman (Knopf) was
selected by a group of three distinguished judges among five finalists,
which were nominated from among the hundreds of crime novels published
in 2006. These nominees included GHOST DANCER: A Thriller by John Case
(Ballantine), DARK COMPANION BY Jim Nisbet (Dennis McMillan), THE
CRIMES OF JORDAN WISE: A Novel by Bill Pronzini (Walker), and FOUR
KINDS OF RAIN by Robert Ward (St. Martin's).
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