Scribe Nominees

The Third Annual Scribes, presented for excellence in tie-in writing, will be awarded at a special ceremony at Comic-Con in San Diego July 23-29. The Grandmaster Award is given to an author for his extensive and exceptional work in the tie-in field. The gaming awards will be presented at GenCon in Indianapolis August 13-16 2009.

General Fiction

Best Novel-Original

• Burn Notice: The Fix, by Tod Goldberg
• Criminal Minds: Finishing School, by Max Allan Collins
• CSI: Headhunter, by Greg Cox

Best Novel—Adapted

• Death Defying Acts, by Greg Cox
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, by James Rollins
• The Tudors: King Takes Queen, by Elizabeth Massie
• The Wackness, by Dale C. Phillips
• The X-Files: I Want to Believe, by Max Allan Collins

Speculative Fiction

Best Novel—Original

• Ghost Whisperer: Revenge, by Doranna Durgin
• Ravenloft: The Covenant, Heaven’s Bones, by Samantha Henderson
• Stargate SG-1: Hydra, by Holly Scott & Jaime Duncan
• Star Trek Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers, by James Swallow

Best Novel—Adapted

• Hellboy II: The Golden Army, by Bob Greenberger
• The Mutant Chronicles, by Matt Forbeck
• Star Wars—The Clone Wars: Wild Space, by Karen Miller
• Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, by Greg Cox

Young Adult—All Genres

Best Novel—Original

• Dr. Who: The Eyeless, by Lance Parkin
• Primeval; Shadow of the Jaguar, by Steven Savile
• Disney Club Penguin: Stowaway! Adventures at Sea, by Tracey West

Best Novel—Adapted

• Iron Man: The Junior Novel, by Stephen D. Sullivan
• The Dark Knight: The Junior Novel, by Stacia Deutsch and Rhody Cohon
• Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D, by Tracey West

The Grandmaster Award: Keith R. A. DeCandido

Special Gaming Scribe—Best Original

• Eberron: The Inquisitives, the Darkwood Mask, by Jeff LaSala
• Dragonlance: Death March, by Jean Rabe
• Eberron: The Doom of Kings, by Don Bassingthwaite
• Warhammer: Elfslayer, by Nathan Long

Special Gaming Scribe—Best Adapted

• The Worls of Warcraft: Beyond the Dark Portal, by Aaron Rosenberg & Christie Golden
• The Mutant Chronicles, by Matt Forbeck
• Metal Gear Solid, by Raymond Benson

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