The Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) has announced the finalists for this year’s Compton Crook Award. The award is for “the new SF author judged to have written the best SF novel for the previous year.” This year’s award will be Friday night during the Opening Ceremonies of Balticon 41, which will be held 25-28 May at the Hunt Valley Inn Marriott in Baltimore, Maryland. The award is voted on by BSFS voting members.
The nominees are:
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (Bantam)
Sojourn by Jana G. Oliver (Dragon Moon)
His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
The Skewed Throne by Joshua Palmatier (DAW)
Update 30 May 2007: The winner is announced on this page.