FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For More Information Contact: Lee Goldberg Tieinwriters@yahoo.com The Scribe Awards The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers is pleased to announce the nominees for the first annual Scribe Awards, honoring excellence in licensed tie-in writing for books published in 2006. Our first annual GRANDMASTER AWARD, honoring career achievement in the field, will go to DONALD BAIN, author of the MURDER SHE WROTE novels and the ghostwriter behind COFFEE, TEA OR ME and other international bestsellers. The IAMTW was formed in 2006 by Max Allan Collins and Lee Goldberg and is dedicated to enhancing the professional and public image of tie-in writers...and providing a forum for tie-in writers to share information, support one another, and discuss issues relating to their field. The over 150 professional members of the IAMTW include authors active in many other professional writer organizations, including the Writers Guild of America, the Mystery Writers of America, the Western Writers of America, and the Science Fiction Writers of America. The 2007 Scribe awards will be given out at a ceremony in late July at Comic-Con in San Diego. The details on the event, and how to attend, will be announced in the near future. SPECULATIVE FICTION BEST NOVEL—ADAPTED SLAINE: THE EXILE by Steven Savile SUPERMAN RETURNS by Marv Wolfman TOXIC AVENGER: THE NOVEL by Lloyd Kaufman & Adam Jahnke ULTRAVIOLET by Yvonne Navarro UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION by Greg Cox BEST NOVEL—ORIGINAL STAR TREK CRUCIBLE: McCOY—PROVENANCE OF SHADOWS by David R. George III STARGATE ATLANTIS: EXOGENESIS by Elizabeth Christensen & Sonny Whitelaw THIRTY DAYS OF NIGHT: RUMORS OF THE UNDEAD by Jeff Mariotte & Steve Niles WARHAMMER: FAITH AND FIRE by James Swallow WARHAMMER: ORC SLAYER by Nathan Long GENERAL FICTION BEST NOVEL - ADAPTED SNAKES ON A PLANE by Christa Faust THE PINK PANTHER by Max Allan Collins BEST NOVEL—ORIGINAL CSI NEW YORK: BLOOD ON THE SUN by Stuart Kaminsky LAS VEGAS: HIGH STAKES GAME by Jeff Mariotte MR. MONK GOES TO HAWAII by Lee Goldberg OAKDALE CONFIDENTIAL: SECRETS REVEALED by Alina Adams YOUNG ADULT—ALL GENRES BEST NOVEL ALIAS APO: STRATEGIC RESERVE by Christina York BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: PORTAL THROUGH TIME by Alice Henderson DRAGONLANCE: WARRIOR'S HEART by Stephen Sullivan KNIGHTS OF THE SILVER DRAGON: PROPHECY OF THE DRAGONS by Matt Forbeck