Awards & Winners

Andy Straka

Profession Novelist
Andy Straka is a Shamus Award-winning American crime novelist. His newest book, Dragonflies: Shadow of Drones, was published May 14, 2013. Born and raised in upstate New York and a graduate of Williams College, he worked in publishing and medical sales for nearly fifteen years before turning to writing in the late 1990s. His debut private-eye novel, A Witness Above, garnered Shamus, Anthony, and Agatha Award nominations for Best First Novel in 2002. A Killing Sky received an Anthony Award nomination in 2003, and Andy’s third book, Cold Quarry, won a 2004 Shamus Award. His series of four full-length novels features Frank Pavlicek, a former New York City Police detective who relies in part on his red-tailed hawk to solve criminal cases. The fourth novel in the Pavlicek series, Kitty Hitter, was called a "great read" by Library Journal. Kitty Hitter was re-released with a new title, The Night Falconer, as an e-book and paperback. A fifth book featuring Pavlicek is the novella Flightfall, and Andy is at work on another full-length novel in the series. Andy’s inaugural non-series novel, Record of Wrongs, was labelled "a first-rate thriller" by Mystery Scene magazine in 2008. His second non-series novel is The Blue Hallelujah. Publishers Weekly magazine cited Andy among the "rising stars in crime fiction."

Awards by Andy Straka

Check all the awards nominated and won by Andy Straka.

2004


Shamus Award for Best Original P.I. Paperback
Honored for : Cold quarry

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Shamus Award for Best Original P.I. Paperback Cold quarry

2003


Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original A Killing Sky: A Frank Pavlicek Mystery

2002


Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Anthony Award for Best First Novel A Witness Above
Shamus Award for Best First P. I. Novel A Witness Above

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Agatha Award for Best First Novel A Witness Above