Awards & Winners

Macavity Awards for Best First Mystery Novel

Macavity Awards

Date Established : 1987

Check all the winners of Macavity Awards for Best First Mystery Novel presented under Macavity Awards since 1987 .


Alan Bradley

Honored for : The Sweetness At the Bottom of the Pie

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alan Bradley The Sweetness At the Bottom of the Pie
Jamie Freveletti Running from the Devil
Sophie Littlefield A Bad Day for Sorry
Stuart Neville The Ghosts of Belfast
Malla Nunn A Beautiful Place to Die

Stieg Larsson

Honored for : The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Stieg Larsson The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Zoe Ferraris Finding Nouf
G.M. Malliet Death of a Cozy Writer
Charlie Newton Calumet City
Scott Pratt An Innocent Client
Michael Stanley A Carrion Death
Dan Waddell The Blood Detective

Tana French

Honored for : In the Woods

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tana French In the Woods
Joe Hill Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel
Lisa Lutz The Spellman Files: A Novel
Tim Maleeny Stealing the Dragon: A Cape Weathers Investigation
Matt Rees The Collaborator of Bethlehem

Nick Stone

Honored for : Mr. Clarinet

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Nick Stone Mr. Clarinet
Jane Cleland Consigned to Death
Troy Cook 47 Rules Of Highly Effective Bank Robbers
John Hart The King of Lies
Cornelia Read A Field of Darkness

Brian Freeman

Honored for : Immoral

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Brian Freeman Immoral
Mike Harrison All Shook Up
Randall Hicks The Baby Game

Harley Jane Kozak

Honored for : Dating Dead Men

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Harley Jane Kozak Dating Dead Men
Sandra Balzo Uncommon Grounds
Naomi Hirahara Summer of the Big Bachi
J.A. Konrath Whiskey Sour
Dylan Schaffer Misdemeanor Man

Jacqueline Winspear

Honored for : Maisie Dobbs

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jacqueline Winspear Maisie Dobbs
James Hime The Night of the Dance
Rebecca Pawel Death of a Nationalist
Olen Steinhauer The Bridge of Sighs: A Novel

Julia Spencer-Fleming

Honored for : In the Bleak Midwinter

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Julia Spencer-Fleming In the Bleak Midwinter
Radine Trees Nehring A Valley to Die For
Jonathon King The Blue Edge of Midnight
Eddie Muller The Distance: A Crime Novel Introducing Billy Nichols

C. J. Box

Honored for : Open Season

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
C. J. Box Open Season
Denise Hamilton The Jasmine Trade: A Novel of Suspense Introducing Eve Diamond
Karin Slaughter Blindsighted
M.K. Preston Perhaps She'll Die

David Liss

Honored for : A Conspiracy of Paper: A Novel

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
David Liss A Conspiracy of Paper: A Novel
Kate Grilley Death Dances to a Reggae Beat
Julie Wray Herman Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death
Marcia Simpson Crow in Stolen Colors

Paula L. Woods

Honored for : Inner City Blues

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Paula L. Woods Inner City Blues
Donna Andrews Murder with Peacocks
Cara Black Murder in the Marais
Kris Neri Revenge of the Gypsy Queen

Jerrilyn Farmer

Honored for : Sympathy for the Devil

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jerrilyn Farmer Sympathy for the Devil
Jacqueline Fiedler Tiger's Palette
Robin Hathaway The Doctor Digs a Grave

Penny Warner

Honored for : Dead Body Language

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Penny Warner Dead Body Language
Lee Child Killing Floor
Aljean Harmetz Off the Face of the Earth
Laura Lippman Charm City
Sujata Massey The Salaryman's Wife

Dale Furutani

Honored for : Death in Little Tokyo: A Ken Tanaka Mystery

Dianne Day

Honored for : The Strange Files of Fremont Jones

Jeff Abbott

Honored for : Do Unto Others

Sharan Newman

Honored for : Death Comes as Epiphany

Barbara Neely

Honored for : Blanche on the Lam

Sue Henry

Honored for : Murder on the Iditarod Trail

Mary Willis Walker

Honored for : Zero at the Bone

Patricia Cornwell

Honored for : Postmortem

Jill Churchill

Honored for : Grime and Punishment

Caroline Graham

Honored for : The Killings at Badger's Drift

Robert Crais

Honored for : The Monkey's Raincoat

Faye Kellerman

Honored for : The Ritual Bath

Marilyn Wallace

Honored for : A Case of Loyalties