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Year
Awarded		 Book Author Cover Publisher
2012
 Germline T. C. McCarthy
Book Cover
 Orbit (The Hachette Group)
2011
 State of Decay James Knapp
Book Cover
 ROC
2010
 The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi
Book Cover
 Night Shade Books
2009
 Singularity's Ring Paul Melko
Book Cover
 TOR
2008
 One Jump Ahead Mark L. Van Name
Book Cover
 Baen
2007
 His Majesty's Dragon Naomi Novik
Book Cover
 Del Rey
2006
 Poison Study Snyder, Maria
Book Cover
 Luna Books
2005
 Ghosts in the Snow Jones, Tamara Siler
Book Cover
 Bantam Spectra
2004
 Way Of The Wolf Knight, E. E.
Book Cover
 Roc
2003
 Devlin's Luck Bray, Patricia
Book Cover
 Spectra
2002
 Alien Taste Wen Spencer
Book Cover
 Roc Books
2001
 Murphy's Gambit Syne Mitchell
Book Cover
 Roc Books
2000
 Flesh and Silver Stephen L. Burns
Book Cover
 ROC
1999
 The High House James Stoddard
Book Cover
 Warner Aspect
1998
 The Merro Tree Katie Waitman
Book Cover
 Del Rey Discovery
1997
 Celestial Matters Richard Garfinkle
Book Cover
 Tor
1996
 The Gatekeepers Daniel Graham Jr.
Book Cover
 Baen Books
1995
 Dun Lady's Jess Doranna Durgin
Book Cover
 Baen Books
1994
 The Drylands Mary Rosenblum
Book Cover
 Del Rey
1993
 Fire in the Mist Holly Lisle
Book Cover
 Baen Books
1992
 Reefsong Carol Severance
Book Cover
 E-Reads
1991
 In the Country
of the Blind		 Michael F. Flynn
Book Cover
 Tor
1990
 The Shining Falcon Josepha Sherman
Book Cover
 Avon
1989
 Sheepfarmer's Daughter Elizabeth Moon
Book Cover
 Baen Books
1988
 Liege-killer Christopher Hinz
Book Cover
 St. Martin's Press
1987
 Doomsday Effect Thomas Wren
(aka Thomas T. Thomas)
Book Cover
 Baen Books
1986
 Infinity's Web Sheila Finch
Book Cover
 Bantam Books
1985
 Emergence David R. Palmer
Out of Print
 Bantam Books
1984
 War For Eternity Christopher Rowley
Out of Print
 Ballantine Books
1983
 Courtship Rite Donald Kingsbury
Out of Print
 Pocket Books
o List of other SF&F books written by the Crook winners...

o ***Remember, buy the books through the links on the BSFS page not Nowicki's***
Jack Nowicki's Compton Crook Homage


Rules for the Compton Crook Award

1) this must be an author's first solo science fiction, fantasy or horror novel.

2) The book must have been published in the calendar year immediately preceding the
current Balticon.

3) The members of BSFS as a committee of the whole decide on the best (after reading all
the new novels).

4) No title is eligible if the author has previously won an award from any Canadian, UK,
British Commonwealth, former British Commonwealth or US organization for any English
language novel.

5) There is no rule #5.


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