awards

2000 Tie--EVERY MOVE SHE MAKES, Robin Burcell and AN ANTIDOTE FOR AVARICE, Caroline Roe

1996     Two For The Dough    Janet Evanovich
1995        Sunburn    Laurence Shame
1994       The Villian of the Earth Simon Shaw
1993       The Mamur Zapt and The Spoils of Egypt      Michael Pearce
1992       Native Tongue       Carl Hiaasen
1991       Angels in Arms     Mike Ripley
1990       Killer Cinderella    Simon Shaw
1989       Angel Touch         Mike Ripley
1988       Death in a Distant Land    Nancy Livingston

2001     James Crumley for The Final Country
2000     Donna Leon for Friends in High Places
1999     Robert Wilson for A Small Death in Lisbon
1998     Nicholas Blincoe for Manchester Slingback
1997      Three To Get Deadly (Viking)      Janet Evanovich
1996      Bloodhounds       Peter Lovesey
1995      The Summons     Peter Lovesey
1994      Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow     Peter Hoeg
1993      Fatlands     Sarah Dunant
1992      Bucket Nut        Liza Cody
1991      Deep Sleep        Frances Fyfield
1990      The Late Candidate     Mike Phillips
1989      The Shadow Run      Desmond Lowden
1988      Toxic Shock      Sara Paretsky
1987      Presumed Innocent    Scott Turow
1986      A Taste for Death     P.D.James
1985      Last Seen Alive        Dorothy Simpson
1984      The Tree of Hands     Ruth Rendell
1983      The Papers of Tony Veitch     William McIlvaney
1982      Ritual Murder     S T Haymon
1981      The Dead of Jericho     Colin Dexter
1980       Monk's Hood        Ellis Peters
1979       Service of all the Dead Colin Dexter
1978       Waxwork       Peter Lovesey
1977       Laidlaw       William McIlvanney
1976       Rogue Eagle     James McClure
1975       The Black Tower    P.D.James
1974       The Grosvenor Square Goodbye       Francis Clifford
1973       A Coffin for Pandora    Gwendoline Butler
1972       The Rainbird Pattern     Victor Canning
1971       Shroud for a Nightingale      P.D.James
1970       The Labyrinth Makers     Anthony Price
1969       Another Way of Dying         Francis Clifford
1968       The Private Wound           Nicholas Blake

Presented by the Crime Writers of Canada, the Arthur Ellis Awards honour the best works published by Canadian authors during the previous year. The award is named for the nom de travail of Canada's official hangman. The statuette consists of a wooden gallows with a puppet suspended from it. If you pull the cord attached to the puppet it "dances" on the rope...

2002 Rick Mofina, Blood of Others
2001 Michelle Spring, In the Midnight Hour
2000 Robinson, Peter--Cold is the Grave
1999 Nora Kelly --Old Wounds
1998 Deverell, William - Trial of Passion
1997 Robinson, Peter Innocent Graves
1996 Wright, L.R. - Mother Love
1995 Bowen, Gail - A Colder Kind of Death
1994 Reynolds, John Lawrence - Gypsy Sins
1993 Stroud, Carsten - Lizardskin
1992 Robinson, Peter - Past Reason Hated
1991 Wright, L.R. - A Chill Rain in January
1990 Gough, Lawrence - Hot Shots
1989 Scott, Chris - Jack
1988 Shields, Carol - Swann: a Mystery
1987 Phillips, Edward O. - Buried on Sunday
1986 Wright, Eric - Death in the Old Country
1985 Engel, Howard - Murder Sees the Light

1999 Liz Brady --Sudden Blow
1998 Reichs, Kathy - Déjà Dead
1997 Benison, C.C. - Death at Buckingham Palace
1996 (tie) Hill, John Spencer - The Last Castrato and Toole, D.H. - Moonlit Days and Nights
1995 Hayter, Sparkle - What's a Girl Got to Do
1994 Scott, Gavin - Memory Trace
1993 Stewart, Sean - Passion Play
1992 Gresco, Paul - Flesh Wound
1991 Stroud, Carsten - Sniper's Moon
1990 Reynolds, John Lawrence - The Man Who Murdered God
1989 Brady, John - A Stone of the Heart
1988 Gough Laurence - The Goldfish Bowl
1987 Sale, Medora - Murder on the Run

1999 Havanna Bay, by Martin Cruz Smith (1999).
1998 Tidewater Blood by William Hoffman
1997 Trial of Passion by William Deverell
1996 Rose by Martin Cruz Smith
1995 Under the Beetle's Cellar, by Mary Willis Walker
1994 Dixie City Jam, by James Lee Burke
1993 The Mexican Tree Duck, by James Crumley
1992 Turtle Moon, by Alice Hoffman - Winner!
The Ones you Do by Daniel Woodrell--Special Mention
1991 Maximum Bob, by Elmore Leonard -

Best First US Historical Mystery
1999 Last Kabbalist of Lisbon by Richard Zimler.

The Macavity Award is named for the "mystery cat" of T.S. Eliot (Old Possum's Book of Practical
Cats). Members of the Mystery Readers International nominate and vote for their favourite mysteries.
Announced in Sept. for books published in the previous year.

1999 Michael Connolly - Blood Work
1998 Crombie, Deborah - Dreaming of the Bones
1997 Lovesay, Peter - Bloodhounds
1996 Walker, Mary Willis - Under the Beetle's Cellar
1995 McCrumb, Sharyn - She Walks These Hills
1994 Walters, Minette - The Sculptress
1993 Maron, Margaret - Bootlegger's Daughter
1992 Pickard, Nancy - I.O.U.
1991 McCrumb, Sharyn - If I Ever Return Pretty Peggy-O
1990 Hart, Carolyn - A Little Class on Murder
1989 Hillerman, Tony - A Thief of Time
1988 Pickard, Nancy - Marriage is Murder
1987 James, P.D. - A Taste for Death

1999 Jerrilyn Farmer - Sympathy for the Devil
1998 Warner, Penny - Dead Body Language
1997 Furutani, Dale - Death in Little Tokyo
1996 Day, Dianne - The Strange Files of Fremont Jones
1995 Abbott, Jeff - Do Unto Others
1994 Newman, Sharan - Death Comes as Epiphany
1993 Neely, Barbara - Blanche on the Lam
1992 (tie) Henry, Sue - Murder on the Iditarod Trail and Walker, Mary Willis - Zero at the Bone
1991 Cornwell, Patricia D. - Postmortem
1990 Churchill, Jill - Grime and Punishment
1989 Graham, Caroline - The Killings at Badger's Drift
1988 Crais, Robert - The Monkey's Raincoat
1987 Kellerman, Faye - A Ritual Bath

The Crime Writers' Association of Australia established the Ned Kelly Awards in 1996. They are named for a notorious Australian outlaw of the 19th century, and affectionately called the Neddies.

Best First Australian Novel (tie)
Bad Debts, by Peter Temple (HarperCollins)
Get Rich Quick, by Peter Doyle (Minerva)

Best Australian Crime Novel
Barry Maitland, The Malcontenta (Hamish Hamilton) and Paul Thomas, Inside Dope (Mandarin)

The Shamus is given by the Private Eye Writers of America to honor excellent work in the Private Eye genre. In general, a "private eye" is any mystery protagonist who is a professional investigator, but not a police officer or government agent.

2000 California Fire and Life, by Don Winslow
1999 Boobytrap by Bill Pronzini
1998 Faherty, Terrance - Come Back Dead
1997 Sunset Express by Robert Crais
1996 Rozan, S.J. - Concourse
1995 Grafton, Sue - K is for Killer
1994 The Devil Knows You're Dead by Lawrence Block
1993 The Man Who Was Taller Than God by Harold Adams

2003 THE DISTANCE, by Eddie Muller
2002 Chasing the Devil's Tail by David Fulmer

2000 Every Dead Thing, by John Connolly
1999 A Cold Day in Paradise by Steve Hamilton
1998 Big Red Tequila by Rick Riordan
1997 This Dog For Hire by Carol Lea Benjamin-
1996 Barre, Richard - The Innocents
1995 Lehane, Dennis - A Drink before the War
1994 Satan's Lambs by Lynn S. Hightower
1993 The Woman Who Married a Bear by John Straley

2003 THE POISONED ROSE, by D. Daniel Judson
2002 Archangel Protocol by Lyda Morehouse

2000 In Big Trouble, by Laura Lippman.
1999 Murder Manual by Steven Womack
1998 Charm City by Laura Lippman
1997 Fade Away by Harlan Coben
1996 Native Angels by William Jaspersohn
1995 Served Cold by Ed Goldberg
1994 Brothers and Sinners by Rodman Philbrick
1993 The Last Tango of Dolores Delgado by Marele Day

From Friends of Mystery, for the best mystery book written by a writer of the Pacific Northwest (Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington).

For the novel that best captures the spirit and fairplay aspects of the Nero Wolfe novels by Rex Stout