Denise Swanson - New York Times Best-Selling Author

Awards, Nominations and
Best-Sellers Lists

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Best-Sellers Lists

Murder of a Wedding Belle, April 2010:
New York Times Paperback Best-Sellers Mass-Market Fiction, April & May 2010
Barnes & Noble Mass-Market National Best-Seller, April - June 2010
Borders Books Mass-Market National Best-Seller, April 2010
BookScan Best-Seller

Murder of a Royal Pain, April 2009:
Barnes & Noble Mass-Market National Best-Seller List
Independent Mystery Booksellers' Association Best-Seller

Murder of a Chocolate-Covered Cherry, April 2008:
Barnes & Noble Mass-Market National Best-Seller List
Borders Books Mass-Market National Best-Seller List
BookScan Best-Seller, Independent Mystery Booksellers' Association Best-Seller

Murder of a Botoxed Blonde, April 2007:
Barnes & Noble Mass-Market National Best-Seller List
Independent Mystery Booksellers' Association Best-Seller

Murder of a Real Bad Boy, August 2006:
Entertainment Weekly magazine, September 8, 2006
Barnes & Noble Mass-Market National Best-Seller
Independent Mystery Booksellers' Association Best-Seller

Murder of a Smart Cookie, July 2005:
Barnes & Noble Mass-Market National Best-Seller List
Independent Mystery Booksellers' Association Best-Seller

Murder of a Pink Elephant, July 2004:
Barnes & Noble Mass-Market National Best-Seller List
Independent Mystery Booksellers' Association No. 1 Best-Seller
Mysterious Galaxy (San Diego, California) No. 1 Best-Seller

Murder of a Barbie and Ken, November 2003:
Barnes & Noble Mass-Market National Best-Seller List
Independent Mystery Booksellers' Association No. 1 Best-Seller


Aunt Agatha's Bookstore, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2009 Best-Sellers
  1. Megan Abbott, Bury Me Deep, Simon & Schuster
  2. S.J. Bolton, Awakening, Minotaur
  3. John Hart, The Last Child, Minotaur
  4. William Kent Krueger, Heaven's Keep, Atria
  5. Louise Penny, The Brutal Telling, Minotaur
  6. S.J. Rozan, The Shanghai Moon, Minotaur
  7. Theresa Schwegel, Last Known Address, Minotaur
  8. Denise Swanson, Murder of a Royal Pain, Obsidian
  9. Charles Todd, A Duty to the Dead, William Morrow
  10. Louise Ure, Liars Anonymous, Minotaur

Independent Mystery Booksellers' Association
April 2009 Best-Sellers
  1. Donna Leon, The Girl of his Dreams, Penguin
  2. Nevada Barr, Winter Study, Berkley
  3. Susan Wittig Albert, Nightshade, Berkley
  4. Harley Jane Kozak, A Date You Can’t Refuse, Broadway
  5. Carolyn Hart, Death Walked In, Avon
  6. Denise Swanson, Murder of a Royal Pain, Obsidian
  7. Anne Perry, Buckingham Palace Gardens, Ballantine
  8. Jane Haddam, Cheating at Solitaire, St. Martin’s
  9. Randy Wayne White, Grand Cayman Scam, Signet
    — tied with Karin Alvetgen, Missing, Felony & Mayhem

Independent Mystery Booksellers' Association
April 2008 Best-Sellers
  1. Cleo Coyle, French Pressed, Berkley
  2. Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files, Simon & Shuster
  3. Lorna Barrett, Murder is Binding, Berkley
  4. Lee Child, Bad Luck and Trouble, Bantam
  5. — tied with Louise Penny, Still Life, St. Martin's
  6. Denise Swanson, Murder of a Chocolate Covered Cherry, Obsidian
  7. Susan Hill, The Various Haunts of Men, Overlook
  8. — tied with Stuart Woods, Hollywood Station, Vision9
  9. — tied with Harlan Coben, The Woods, Signet
  10. Michael Gruber, The Book of Air and Shadows, Harper
    — tied with Jane Haddam, Glass Houses, St. Martin's

Independent Mystery Booksellers' Association
April 2007 Best-Sellers
  1. Jo Dereske, Catalogue of Death
  2. Jane Clelend, Consigned to Death
  3. Denise Swanson, Murder of A Botoxed Blonde
  4. — tied with David Corbett, Blood of Paradise
  5. Mary Daheim, The Alpine Recluse
  6. Ann Purser, Secrets On Saturday
  7. Tim Myers, Mold For Murder
  8. Lee Child, The Hard Way
  9. — tied with Kerry Greenwood, Cocaine Blues
  10. Susan Wittig Albert, Bleeding Hearts
    — tied with Martha Grimes, The Old Wine Shades

Entertainment Weekly magazine (September 8, 2006):
The Poisoned Pen Mystery Best-Sellers, Paperback Top 10
  1. James Sallis, Drive
  2. Ashley Gardner, A Covent Garden Mystery
  3. J. A. Jance, Edge of Evil
  4. Deon Meyer, Dead at Daybreak
  5. Jasper Fforde, The Big Over Easy
  6. Jewell Parker Rhoades, Voodoo Dreams
  7. Barry Eisler, Rain Fall
  8. J. A. Jance, Long Time Gone
  9. Denise Swanson, Murder of a Real Bad Boy
  10. Cleo Coyle, Murder Most Frothy

Awards

Date Organization Award Book
June 2005 Daphne de Maurier: 2nd Place Best Mainstream Mystery Pink Elephant
Jan / Feb 2004 BookSense 76 Pick Barbie and Ken
November 2003 Romantic Times Magazine Top Pick Barbie and Ken
December 2000 The Reviewers' Choice Best Début Mystery of 2000 Small-Town Honey
December 2000 The Reviewers' Choice Best Amateur Sleuth Mystery of 2000 Small-Town Honey
December 2000 The Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Oline Cogdill's Top Five Paperbacks of 2000 Small-Town Honey

Nominations

Date Organization Nomination Book
June 2004 Daphne de Maurier Finalist Best Mainstream Mystery Barbie and Ken
February 2004 Romantic Times Career Achievement: Female Sleuth Scumble River Mystery Series
February 2004 Romantic Times Best Amateur Sleuth Barbie and Ken
January 2002 Mary Higgins Clark Award Sweet Old Lady
March 2001 Agatha Award Best First Novel of 2000 Small-Town Honey

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