TOP CAT'S ALLEY WRITERS' AWARDS 2020

The moment a very, very few people may have been waiting for - my 2020 awards presentation.

I wish, how I wish, that I were as rich as Stephen King. Then there would be massive cash prizes to go with these awards. As it is, there is only the glory.

Note that not all of the winning books were first published this year. That's because these are MY awards, and therefore it is about when I read the book, not when it was first published. So without further ado, these are the works I feel deserve special mention, from what I've read and seen in 2020.

BEST NOVEL PUBLISHED IN 2020

Charlotte Wood, for The Weekend

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BEST ACTION NOVEL

Andy Peloquin, for Lethal Extraction

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BEST ANTHOLOGY
BEST POLITICAL FICTION

Benjamin Gorman and Jack Dye, for Shout!

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BEST CHRISTIAN FICTION

Ray Anselmo, for Flight to Freedom

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BEST SERIOUS NON-FICTION

Vladislav Matrenitsky, for Carcinogenic Mind

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BEST HUMOROUS NON-FICTION

Biju Vasudevan, for The Ultimate, Complete and Comprehensive Self-Help Book on How to Avoid Being Conned by Self-Help Books, and Also Why To Avoid Them

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BEST SHORT STORY

Michael J Sullivan, for The Ashmoore Affair

Jennifer Lee Rossman, for No Collision

BEST MAGAZINE

Marcia Pinskier, for Gesher

BEST FANTASY SERIES

John Kang, for Scions of the Black Lotus

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BEST ACTION SERIES

Andy Peloquin, for Cerberus

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BEST CHILDREN'S SERIES

Carrie Cross, for Skylar Robbins

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BEST DETECTIVE SERIES

Simon Brett, for Mrs Pargeter

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MOST LIKABLE CHARACTER

Charlaine Harris, for Sookie Stackhouse

MOST HORRIBLE VILLAIN

James Patterson, for The Mastermind

BEST INSULT

Andy Peloquin, for "pencil-dicked asshole" in Paragon Slayer

FUNNIEST MISUNDERSTANDING OF A GRAMMATICAL RULE

Christina Kaye, for the following:

"Lay (people do this) and lie (objects do this)... people lay in the bed, objects lie on the counter."

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!