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| Won Three of Four Major Awards |
This is the award season. One of the top crime writing awards was made earlier in New York; but with Bouchercon about to begin in Cleveland, and a bunch of awards scheduled to be announced there, it might be good to have a look at award winners from the past.
Actually, I’m not sure how I feel about book awards. I’d probably feel better about them if I had received a few. However, I think we have to recognize that award giving is one way of letting readers know about excellence in the field. In this presentation I’m listing awards by year. I’ve tapped the awards from respected organizations in order to provide the broadest possible view of the best novels of each decade. The compilation will come from the Mystery Writers of America (The Edgar and the Anthony), the Private Eye Writers of America (The Shamus), Mystery Readers International (The Macavity) and the quarterly magazine Deadly Pleasures(The Barry).
It should be noted, though, that until the 1980s, the only recognized author awards for crime writers was the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgars. It should also be noted that eligibility for the Shamus Award, the second oldest established award for crime writing, is limited to books about private investigators.
Best Mystery/Crime Fiction Novels — The 1950s
1954 Charlotte Jay, Beat Not the Bones, Edgar
1955 Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Edgar
1956 Margaret Miller, Beast in View, Edgar
1957 Charlotte Armstrong, Dram of Poison, Edgar
1958 Ed Lacy, Room to Swing, Edgar
1959 Stanley Ellin, The Eighth Circle, Edgar
Best Mystery, Crime Fiction Novels — The 1960s
1960 Celia Fremlin, The Hours Before Dawn, Edgar
1961 Julian Symons, The Progress of a Crime, Edgar
1962 J. J. Marric, Gideon’s Fire, Edgar
1963 Ellis Peters, Death and the Joyful Woman, Edgar
1964 Eric Ambler, The Light of Day, Edgar
1965 John le Carre, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, Edgar
1966 Adam Hall, The Quiller Memorandum, Edgar
1967 Nicholas Freeling, The King of the Rainy Country, Edgar
1968 Donald E. Westlake, God Save the Mark, Edgar
1969 Jeffrey Hudson, A Case of Need, Edgar
Best Mystery, Crime Fiction Novels — 1970s
1970 Dick Francis, Forfeit, Edgar
1971 Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö, The Laughing Policeman, Edgar
1972 Frederick Forsyth, The Day of the Jackal, Edgar
1973 Warren Kiefer, The Lingala Code, Edgar
1974 Tony Hillerman, Dance Hall of the Dead, Edgar
1975 Jon Cleary, Peter’s Pence, Edgar
1976 Brian Garfield, Hopscotch, Edgar
1977 Robert B. Parker, Promised Land, Edgar
1978 William H. Hallahan, Catch Me: Kill Me, Edgar
1979 Ken Follett, Eye of the Needle, Edgar
Best Mystery, Crime Fiction Novels — 1980s
1980 Arthur Mailing, The Reheingold Route, Edgar
1981 Dick Francis, Whip Hand, Edgar
1982 William Bayer, Peregrine, Edgar
Bill Pronzini, Hoodwink, Shamus
1983 Rick Boyer, Billingsgate Shoal, Edgar
Lawrence Block, Eight Million Ways to Die, Shamus
1984 Elmore Leonard, La Brava, Edgar
Max Allan Collins, True Detective, Shamus
1985 Ross Thomas, Briarpatch, Edgar
Loren D. Estleman, Sugartown, Shamus
1986 L. R. Right, The Suspect, Edgar
Sue Grafton, “B” Is for Burglar, Shamus
Sue Grafton, “B” Is for Burglar, Anthony
1987 Barbara Vine, A Dark-Adapted Eye, Edgar
Jeremiah Healy, The Staked Goat, Shamus
Sue Grafton, “C” Is for Corpse, Anthony
Faye Kellerman, The Ritual Bath &
Marilyn Wallace, A Case of Loyalties, Macavity (tie)
1988 Aaron Elkins, Old Bones, Edgar
Benjamin Sutz, A Tax in Blood,Shamus
Tony Hillerman, Skinwalkers, Anthony
Robert Crais, The Monkey’s Raincoat, Macavity
1989 Stuart M. Kaminsky, A Cold Red Sunrise, Edgar
John Lutz, Kiss, Shamus
Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs, Anthony
Tony Hillerman, A Thief of Time, Macavity
Best Mystery, Crime Fiction Novels — 1990s
1990 James Lee Burke, Black Cherry Blues, Edgar
Jonathan Valin, Extenuating Circumstances,Shamus
Sarah Cauldwell, The Siren Songs of Murder, Anthony
Carolyn Hart, A Little Class on Murder, Macavity
1991 Julie Smith, New Orleans Mourning, Edgar
Sue Grafton, “G” Is for Gumshoe, Shamus
Sue Grafton, “G” Is for Gumshoe, Anthony
Sharyn McCrumb, If Ever I Return, Peggy-O, Macavity
1992 Lawrence Block, A Dance at the Slaughterhouse, Edgar
Max Allan Collins, Stolen Away, Shamus
Peter Lovesey, The Last Detective, Anthony
Nancy Picard, I.O.U., Macavity
1993 Margaret Maron, Bootlegger’s Daughter, Edgar
Harold Adams, The Man Who Was Taller Than God,Shamus
Margaret Maron, Bootlegger’s Daughter, Anthony
Margaret Maron, Bootlegger’s Daughter, Macavity
1994 Minette Walters, The Sculptress, Edgar
Lawrence Block, The Devil Knows Your Dead, Shamus
Marcia Muller, Wolf in the Shadows, Anthony
Minette Walters, The Sculptress, Macavity
1995 Mary Willis Walker, The Red Scream, Edgar
Sue Grafton, “K” Is for Killer, Shamus
Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills, Anthony
Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills, Macavity
1996 Dick Francis, Come to Grief, Edgar
S. J. Rozan, Concourse, Shamus
Mary Willis Walker, Under the Beetle’s Cellar, Anthony
Mary Willis Walker, Under the Beetle’s Cellar, Macavity
1997 Thomas H. Cook, The Catham School Affair, Edgar
Robert Crais, Sunset Express, Shamus
Michael Connelly, The Poet, Anthony
Peter Lovesey, Bloodhounds, Macavity
Peter Lovesey, Bloodhounds, Barry
1998 James Lee Burke, Cimarron Rose, Edgar
Terence Faherty, Come Back Dead, Shamus
S. J. Rozan, No Colder Place, Anthony
Deborah Crombie, Dreaming of the Bones, Macavity
Michael Connelly, Trunk Music, Barry
1999 Robert Clark, Mr. White’s Confession, Edgar
Bill Pronzini, Boobytrap, Shamus
Michael Connelly, Blood Work, Anthony
Michael Connelly, Blood Work, Macavity
Reginald Hill, On Beulah Height and
Dennis Lehane, Gone Baby Gone, Barry (tie)
We’ll pick up the best mysteries of the year 2000 next Monday.
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