Nominations 2014 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Matthew Guinn |
The Resurrectionist
W.W. Norton |
| Roger Hobbs |
Ghostman
Alfred A. Knopf |
| Jason Matthews |
Red Sparrow
Simon & Schuster - Scribner |
| Kimberly McCreight |
Reconstructing Amelia
HarperCollins Publishers |
| Becky Masterman |
Rage Against the Dying
Minotaur Books |
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Nominations 2013 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Chris Pavone |
The Expats
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| Kim Fay |
The Map of Lost Memories
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| Daniel Friedman |
Don't Ever Get Old
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| Susan Elia MacNeal |
Mr. Churchill's Secretary
|
| Matthew Quirk |
The 500
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| Michael Sears |
Black Fridays
|
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Nominations 2012 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Lori Roy |
Bent Road
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| Leonard Rosen |
All Cry Chaos
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| David Duffy |
Last to Fold
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| Steve Ulfelder |
Purgatory Chasm
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| Edward Conlon |
Red on Red
|
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Nominations 2011 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Bruce DeSilva |
Rogue Island
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| Nic Pizzolatto |
Galveston
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| James Thompson |
Snow Angels
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| Paul Doiron |
The Poacher's Son
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| David Gordon |
The Serialist: A Novel
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Nominations 2010 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Stefanie Pintoff |
In the Shadow of Gotham
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| Sophie Littlefield |
A Bad Day for Sorry
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| Attica Locke |
Black Water Rising
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| Bryan Gruley |
Starvation Lake: A Mystery
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| David Cristofano |
The Girl She Used to Be
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| Heather Gudenkauf |
The Weight of Silence
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Nominations 2009 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Francie Lin |
The Foreigner
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| Tom Epperson |
The Kind One
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| David Fuller |
Sweetsmoke
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| Charlie Newton |
Calumet City
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| Justin Peacock |
A Cure for Night
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Nominations 2008 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Tana French |
In the Woods
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| Gordon Campbell |
Missing Witness
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| Craig McDonald |
Head Games
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| Christopher Goffard |
Snitch Jacket
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| Derek Nikitas |
Pyres
|
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Nominations 2007 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Steve Hockensmith |
Holmes on the Range
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| Gillian Flynn |
Sharp Objects
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| Alex Berenson |
The Faithful Spy
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| John Hart |
The King of Lies
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| Cornelia Read |
A Field of Darkness
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Nominations 2006 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Theresa Schwegel |
Officer Down
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| Megan Abbott |
Die a Little
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| Alison Gaylin |
Hide your Eyes
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| Brian Freeman |
Immoral
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| Scott Frost |
Run the Risk
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Nominations 2005 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Don Lee |
Country of Origin
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| Robert Morris |
Bahamarama
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| Liam Callanan |
Cloud Atlas
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| Charles Ardai |
Little Girl Lost
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| Charles Benoit |
Relative Danger
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| Michael Koryta |
Tonight I Said Goodbye
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Nominations 2004 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Rebecca Pawel |
Death of a Nationalist
Soho Press |
| Martha Conway |
12 Bliss Street
St. Martin's Minotaur |
| James Hime |
The Night of the Dance
St. Martin's Minotaur |
| Robert Heilbrun |
Offer of Proof
HarperCollins","William Morrow |
| Olen Steinhauer |
The Bridge of Sighs: A Novel
St. Martin's Minotaur |
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Nominations 2003 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jonathon King |
The Blue Edge of Midnight
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| Ben Rehder |
Buck Fever
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| Kam Majd |
High Wire
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| David Rosenfelt |
Open and Shut
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| Stephen J. Clark |
Southern Latitudes
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Nominations 2002 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Ellis |
Line of Vision
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| Victor Gischler |
Gun Monkeys
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| C. J. Box |
Open Season
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| Gabriel Cohen |
Red Hook
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| Denise Hamilton |
The Jasmine Trade: A Novel of Suspense Introducing Eve Diamond
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Nominations 2001 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Liss |
A Conspiracy of Paper: A Novel
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| Marcia Simpson |
Crow in Stolen Colors
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| Qiu Xiaolong |
Death of a Red Heroine
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| Peter Moore Smith |
Raveling
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| Scott Phillips |
The Ice Harvest
|
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Nominations 2000 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Eliot Pattison |
The Skull Mantra
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| Dave Barry |
Big Trouble
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| Arthur W. Bahr |
Certifiably Insane
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| Boston Teran |
God is a Bullet
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| Paula L. Woods |
Inner City Blues
|
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Nominations 1999 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Steve Hamilton |
A Cold Day in Paradise
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| D.R. Schanker |
A Criminal Appeal
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| Jen Sacks |
Nice
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| Christopher Reich |
Numbered Account
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| Ira Genberg |
Reckless Homicide
|
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Nominations 1998 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| K. J. A. Wishnia |
23 Shades of Black
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| Joseph Kanon |
Los Alamos
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| Suzanne Berne |
A Crime in the Neighborhood
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| Philip Reed |
Bird Dog
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| Lisa See |
Flower Net
|
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Nominations 1997 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| John Morgan Wilson |
Simple Justice: A Benjamin Justice Mystery
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| Michael C. White |
A Brother's Blood
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| Charles Todd |
A Test of Wills
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| Caroline Todd |
A Test of Wills
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| Margaret Moseley |
Bonita Faye
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| Sharon Penman |
The Queen's Man
|
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Nominations 1996 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Housewright |
Penance
|
| David J. Walker |
Fixed in His Folly
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| Martha C. Lawrence |
Murder in Scorpio
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| Allan Pedrazas |
The Harry Chronicles
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| Kevin Allman |
Tight Shot
|
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Nominations 1995 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| George Dawes Green |
The Caveman's Valentine
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| Doug J. Swanson |
Big Town
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| Carol O'Connell |
Mallory's Oracle
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| Janet Evanovich |
One for the Money
|
| Barbara Parker |
Suspicion of Innocence
|
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Nominations 1994 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Laurie R. King |
A Grave Talent
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| Darian North |
Criminal Seduction
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| Manuel Ramos |
The Ballad of Rocky Ruiz
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| Mark Frost |
The List of 7
|
| David Rosenbaum |
Zaddik
|
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Nominations 1993 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Michael Connelly |
The Black Echo
|
| Craig Smith |
Ladystinger
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| Christine Andreae |
Trail of Murder
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| Jane Stanton Hitchcock |
Trick of the Eye
|
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Nominations 1992 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Peter Blauner |
Slow Motion Riot
|
| Don Winslow |
A Cool Breeze on the Underground
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| Marcy Heidish |
Deadline
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| Terence Faherty |
Deadstick
|
| Mary Willis Walker |
Zero at the Bone
|
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Nominations 1991 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Patricia Cornwell |
Postmortem
|
| Gary Amo |
Come Nightfall
|
| Walter Mosley |
Devil in a Blue Dress
|
| Edna Buchanan |
Nobody Lives Forever
|
| W. Edward Blain |
Passion Play
|
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Nominations 1990 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Susan Wolfe |
The Last Billable Hour
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| Bruce Zimmerman |
Blood Under the Bridge
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| Barry Berg |
Hide and Seek
|
| Melodie Johnson |
The Mother Shadow
|
| Susan Taylor Chehak |
The Story of Annie D
|
|
Nominations 1989 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Stout |
Carolina Skeletons
|
| Elizabeth George |
A Great Deliverance
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| Shelly Reuben |
Julian Solo
|
| Mary Lou Bennett |
Murder Once Done
|
| J. Madison Davis |
The Murder of Frau Schu?tz
|
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Nominations 1988 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Deidre S. Laiken |
Death Among Strangers
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| Parnell Hall |
Detective
|
| John Lantigua |
Heat Lightning
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| Dallas Murphy |
Lover Man
|
| Domenic Stansberry |
The Spoiler
|
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Nominations 1987 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Larry Beinhart |
No One Rides for Free
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| Mike Lupica |
Dead Air
|
| Joseph Koenig |
Floater
|
| Gary Devon |
Lost
|
| Richard Hyer |
Riceburner
|
|
Nominations 1986 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jonathan Kellerman |
When the Bough Breaks
|
| Dick Lochte |
Sleeping Dog
|
| Daniel Stashower |
The Adventures of the Ectoplasmic Man
|
| Tony Fennelly |
Glory Hole Murders
|
|
Nominations 1985 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Richard Rosen |
Strike Three You're Dead
|
| Sandra Scoppettone |
A Creative Kind of Killer
|
| Doug Hornig |
Foul Shot
|
| Alison Smith |
Someone Else's Grave
|
| Jane Haddam |
Sweet, Savage Death
|
|
Nominations 1984 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Will Harriss |
The Bay Psalm Book Murder
|
| Andrew Taylor |
Caroline Minuscule
|
| Carolyn Wheat |
Dead Man's Thoughts
|
| Mark Schorr |
Red Diamond, Private Eye
|
| Herbert Resnicow |
The Gold Solution
|
|
Nominations 1983 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Thomas Perry |
The Butcher's Boy
|
| S.F.X. Dean |
By Frequent Anguish
|
| John Katzenbach |
In the Heat of the Summer
|
| Ernest Savage |
Two If By Sea
|
| Richard N. Hughes |
Unholy Communion
|
|
Nominations 1982 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Stuart Woods |
Chiefs
|
| Tom Hyman |
Giant Killer
|
| Anthony Olcott |
Murder at the Red October
|
| Ernest Larsen |
Not a Through Street
|
| Geoffrey Miller |
The Black Glove
|
|
Nominations 1981 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Kay Nolte Smith |
The Watcher
|
| David Carkeet |
Double Negative
|
| Susanne Jaffe |
The Other Ann Fletcher
|
| Oliver T. Banks |
Rembrandt Panel
|
| Betsy Aswald |
Winds of the Old Days
|
|
Nominations 1980 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Richard North Patterson |
The Lasko Tangent
|
| John Logue |
Follow the Leader
|
| R. R Irvine |
Night Trains
|
|
Nominations 1979 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| William L. DeAndrea |
Killed in the Ratings
|
| Craig Jones |
Blood Secrets
|
| William Hjortsberg |
Falling Angel
|
| Donald A. Stanwood |
The Memory of Eva Ryker
|
| Thomas L. Dunne |
The Scourge
|
|
Nominations 1978 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Robert Ross |
A French Finish
|
| Charles A. Goodrum |
Dewey Decimated
|
| Bob Randall |
The Fan
|
|
Nominations 1977 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| James Patterson |
The Thomas Berryman Number
|
| Marie R. Reno |
Final Proof
|
| Steve Knickmeyer |
Straight
|
| Janice Law |
The Big Payoff
|
| Alan Furst |
Your Day in the Barrel
|
|
Nominations 1976 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Rex Burns |
The Alvarez Journal
|
| Thomas Klop |
Harmattan
|
| Lynn Meyer |
Paperback Thriller
|
| A.J. Russell |
The Devalino Caper
|
| Max Crawford |
Waltz Across Texas
|
|
Nominations 1975 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Gregory Mcdonald |
Fletch
|
| Brown Meggs |
Saturday Games
|
| Nicholas Meyer |
Target Practice
|
| Vern E. Smith |
The Jones Men
|
| Dominic Koski |
The Kreutzman Formula
|
| Virgil Scott |
The Kreutzman Formula
|
|
Nominations 1974 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Paul Erdman |
The Billion Dollar Sure Thing
|
| Richard Bulliet |
Kicked to Death by a Camel
|
| Michael Wolfe |
Man on a String
|
| Justin Scott |
Many Happy Returns
|
| Charles Larson |
Someone's Death
|
|
Nominations 1973 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| R. H. Shimer |
Squaw Point
|
| Arthur D. Goldstein |
A Person Shouldn't Die Like That
|
| Frank Leonard |
Box 100
|
| William H. Hallahan |
The Dead of Winter
|
| Thomas A. Roberts |
The Heart of the Dog
|
|
Nominations 1972 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Albert H. Z. Carr |
Finding Maubee
|
| Michael Z. Lewin |
Ask the Right Question
|
| Martin Cruz Smith |
Gypsy in Amber
|
| Bill Pronzini |
The Stalker
|
| Hildegarde Dolson Lockridge |
To Spite Her Face
|
|
Nominations 1971 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Lawrence Sanders |
The Anderson Tapes
|
| J.E. Brown |
Incident at 125th Street
|
| Stanley Cohen |
Taking Gary Feldman
|
| Tony Hillerman |
The Blessing Way
|
| Sidney Sheldon |
The Naked Face
|
|
Nominations 1970 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Joe Gores |
A Time of Predators
|
| Myrick Land |
Quicksand
|
| Naomi A. Hintze |
You'll Like My Mother
|
|
Nominations 1969 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Dorothy Uhnak |
The Bait
|
| E. Johnson |
Silver Street
|
| Lawrence Kamarck |
The Dinosaur
|
|
Nominations 1969 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Dorothy Uhnak |
The Bait
|
| E. Johnson |
Silver Street
|
| Lawrence Kamarck |
The Dinosaur
|
|
Nominations 1968 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Michael Collins |
Act of Fear
|
| James Dawson |
Hell Gate
|
| P.E.H. Dunston |
Mortissimo
|
| Adam Kennedy |
The Killing Season
|
| Charles Early |
The Tigers Are Hungry
|
|
Nominations 1967 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Ross Thomas |
The Cold War Swap
|
| Robert Elegant |
A Kind of Treason
|
| Babs Deal |
Fancy's Knell
|
| George Lanning |
The Pedestal
|
|
Nominations 1966 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| John Ball |
In the Heat of the Night
|
| Alexandra Roudybush |
Before the Ball was Over
|
| Jack D. Hunter |
The Expendable Spy
|
| Vincent McConnor |
The French Doll
|
|
Nominations 1965 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Harry Kemelman |
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
|
| Carolyn Gold Heilbrun |
In the Last Analysis
|
| Rubin Weber |
The Grave-Maker's House
|
|
Nominations 1964 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Cornelius Hirschberg |
Florentine Finish
|
| H. Fagyas |
The Fifth Woman
|
| James Michael Ullman |
The Neon Haystack
|
| Frances Rickett |
The Prowler
|
|
Nominations 1963 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Robert L. Fish |
The Fugitive
|
| Daniel Broun |
Counterweight
|
| Richard Unekis |
The Chase
|
|
Nominations 1962 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Suzanne Blanc |
The Green Stone
|
| Olivia Dwight |
Close His Eyes
|
| Malcolm Braly |
Felony Tank
|
| Bréni James |
Night of the Kill
|
| Winfred Van Atta |
Shock Treatment
|
| Alex Gordons |
The Cipher
|
|
Nominations 1961 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jack Vance |
The Man in the Cage
|
| Elizabeth Linington |
Case Pending
|
| David McCarthy |
The Killing at Big Tree
|
| William Johnston |
The Marriage Cage
|
| Donald E. Westlake |
The Mercenaries
|
|
Nominations 1960 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Henry Slesar |
The Gray Flannel Shroud
|
| Mary O. Rank |
A Dream of Falling
|
|
Nominations 1959 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Richard Martin Stern |
The Bright Road to Fear
|
| Frances Duncombe |
Death of a Spinster
|
| Harry Olesker |
Now, Will You Try for Murder?
|
| Edgar J. Bohle |
The Man who Disappeared
|
|
Nominations 1958 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| William Rawle Weeks |
Knock and Wait a While
|
| Warren Carrier |
Bay of the Damned
|
| James Cross |
Root of Evil
|
|
Nominations 1957 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Donald McNutt Douglass |
Rebecca's Pride
|
|
Nominations 1956 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Lane Kauffmann |
The Perfectionist
|
| Harold R. Daniels |
In His Blood
|
| Fred Levon |
Much Ado About Murder
|
|
Nominations 1955 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jean Potts |
Go, Lovely Rose
|
|
Nominations 1954 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Ira Levin |
A Kiss Before Dying
|
|
Nominations 1953 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| William Campbell Gault |
Don't Cry for Me
|
| Peggy Bacon |
The Inward Eye
|
|
Nominations 1952 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Mary McMullen |
Strangle Hold
|
| Lee Herrington |
Carry My Coffin Slowly
|
| Thurston Scott |
Cure it with Honey
|
| David William Meredith |
The Christmas Card Murders
|
| Robert B. Sinclair |
The Eleventh Hour
|
|
Nominations 1951 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Thomas Walsh |
Nightmare in Manhattan
|
| Thaddeus O'Finn |
Happy Holiday!
|
| Patricia Highsmith |
Strangers on a Train
|
| Thomas Sterling |
The House Without a Door
|
|
Nominations 1950 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Alan Green |
What a Body!
|
| Bart Spicer |
The Dark Light
|
| Geoffrey Holiday Hall |
The End is Known
|
| Merriam Modell |
The Innocent
|
| G.G. Lobell |
The Shadow and the Blot
|
| N.D. Lobell |
The Shadow and the Blot
|
| William Krasner |
Walk the Dark Streets
|
|
Nominations 1949 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Mildred B. Davis |
The Room Upstairs
|
| Richard Ellington |
Shoot the Works
|
| Herbert Brean |
Wilders Walk Away
|
|
Nominations 1948 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Fredric Brown |
The Fabulous Clipjoint
|
|
Nominations 1947 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Helen Eustis |
The Horizontal Man
|
|
Nominations 1946 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Julius Fast |
Watchful at Night
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