World Fantasy Awards - 1975 to Present
The World Fantasy Awards are presented each year at the World Fantasy Convention. The convention takes place in a different city each year. In 2009, the convention was held in San Jose, California from Oct. 29 to Nov. 1. Members attending are authors, art professionals, book dealers and art dealers. Novels nominated must have been published the previous year and the authors must be living. Fantasies nominated can be either light or dark fantasy. "Light fantasy" usually contains elements of magic and humor - as in Alice in Wonderland. "Dark Fantasy" may contain vampires (as in Anne Rice's novels), demons or may have elements of horror. The World Fantasy Awards began in 1975.
Here are the 2009 Nominees for Best Novel:
| Jeffrey Ford ...winner! | The Shadow Year | Morrow |
| Margo Lanagan ...winner! | Tender Morsels | Allen & Unwin; Knopf |
| Kage Baker | The House of the Stag | Tor |
| Neil Gaiman | The Graveyard Book | HarperCollins; Bloomsbury |
| Daryl Gregory | Pandemonium | Del Rey |
Here is a list of the winning Best Novel authors: | Year | Author | Book | | 2009 | Jeffrey Ford/Margo Lanagan (tie) | The Shadow Year/Tender Morsels | | 2008 | Guy Gavriel Kay | Ysabel | | 2007 | Gene Wolfe | Soldier of Sidon | | 2006 | Haruki Murakami | Kafka on the Shore | | 2005 | Susanna Clarke | Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell | | 2004 | Jo Walton | Tooth and Claw | | 2003 | Joyce Graham | The Facts of Life | | 2003 | Patricia A. McKillip | Ombria in Shadow | | 2002 | Ursula LeGuin | The Other Wind | | 2001 | Tim Powers | Declare | | 2001 | Sean Stewart | Galveston | | 2000 | Martin Scott | Thraxas | | 1999 | Louise Erdrich | The Antelope Wife | | 1998 | Jeffrey Ford | The Physiognomy | | 1997 | Rachel Pollack | Godmother Night | | 1996 | Christopher Priest | The Prestige | | 1995 | James Morrow | Towing Jehovah | | 1994 | Lewis Shiner | Glimpses | | 1993 | Tim Powers | Last Call | | 1992 | Robert R. McCammon | Boy's Life | | 1991 | James Morrow | Only Begotten Daughter | | 1990 | Jack Vance | Madouc | | 1989 | Peter Straub | Koko | | 1988 | Ken Grimwood | Replay | | 1987 | Patrick Suskind | Perfume | | 1986 | Dan Simmons | Song of Kali | | 1985 | Robert Holdstock | Mythago Wood | | 1985 | Barry Hughart | Bridge of Birds | | 1984 | John M. Ford | The Dragon Waiting | | 1983 | Michael Shea | Nifft the Lean | | 1982 | John Crowley | Little, Big | | 1981 | Gene Wolfe | Shadow of the Torturer | | 1980 | Elizabeth A. Lynn | Watchtower | | 1979 | Michael Moorcock | Gloriana | | 1978 | Fritz Leiber | Our Lady of Darkness | | 1977 | William Kotzwinkle | Doctor Rat | | 1976 | Richard Matheson | Bid Time Return | | 1975 | Patricia A. McKillip | The Forgotten Beasts of Eld |
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