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Winners 2000 - Present
Winners 1980 - 1989
Winners 1970 - 1979
Winners 1960 - 1969
Winners 1946 - 1959
1999 |
Best Novel | Mr. White’s Confession | Robert Clark |
| Best First Novel | A Cold Day in Paradise | Steve Hamilton | |
| Best Paperback Original | The Widower’s Two-Step | Rick Riordan | |
| Best Critical/Biography | Mystery and Suspense Writers | Maureen Corrigan, Robin Winks | |
| Best Fact Crime | To the Last Breath | Carlton Stowers | |
| Best Short Story | Poachers | Tom Franklin | |
| Best Young Adult | The Killer’s Cousin | Nancy Werlin | |
| Best Juvenile | Sammy Keyes and the Hotel | Wendelin Van Draanen | |
| Best Screenplay | Out of Sight | ||
| Fish Memorial Award | Clarity | Bryn Bonner | |
| Grand Master | P.D. James | ||
1998 |
Best Novel | Cimarron Rose | James Lee Burke |
| Best First Novel | Los Alamos | Joseph Kanon | |
| Best Paperback Original | Charm City | Laura Lippman | |
| Best Critical/Biography | G is for Grafton | Natalie Hevener Kaufman, Carol McGinnis Kay | |
| Best Fact Crime | The Death of Innocents | Richard Firstman, Jamie Talan | |
| Best Short Story | Keller on the Spot | Lawrence Block | |
| Best Young Adult | Ghost Canoe | Will Hobbs | |
| Best Juvenile | Sparrows in the Scullery | Barbara Brooks Wallace | |
| Best Screenplay | L.A. Confidential | ||
| Fish Memorial Award | If Thine Eye Offend Thee | Rosalind Roland | |
| Grand Master | Barbara Mertz | ||
| Play | The Red Death | David Barr | |
1997 |
Best Novel | The Chatham School Affair | Thomas Cook |
| Best First Novel | Simple Justice | John Morgan Wilson | |
| Best Paperback Original | Fade Away | Harlan Coben | |
| Best Critical/Biography | The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes | Michael Atkinson | |
| Best Fact Crime | Power to Hurt | Darcy O’Brien | |
| Best Short Story | Red Clay | Michael Malone | |
| Best Young Adult | Twisted Summer | Willo Davis Roberts | |
| Best Juvenile | The Clearing | Dorothy Reynolds Miller | |
| Best Screenplay | Sling Blade | ||
| Fish Memorial Award | Prosecutor of DuPrey | David Vaughn | |
| Grand Master | Ruth Rendell | ||
1996 |
Best Novel | Come to Grief | Dick Francis |
| Best First Novel | Penance | David Housewright | |
| Best Paperback Original | Tarnished Blue | William Heffernan | |
| Best Critical/Biography | Savage Art | Robert Polito | |
| Best Fact Crime | Circumstantial Evidence | Pete Earley | |
| Best Short Story | The Judge’s Boy | Jean Cooper | |
| Best Young Adult | Prophecy Rock | Rob MacGregor | |
| Best Juvenile | Looking for Jamie Bridger | Nancy Springer | |
| Best Screenplay | The Usual Suspects | ||
| Fish Memorial Award | The Word for Breaking August Sky | James Sarafin | |
| Grand Master | Dick Francis | ||
1995 |
Best Novel | The Red Scream | Mary Willis Walker |
| Best First Novel | The Caveman’s Valentine | George Dawes Green | |
| Best Paperback Original | Final Appeal | Lisa Scottoline | |
| Best Critical/Biography | Encyclopedia Mysteriosa | William DeAndrea | |
| Best Fact Crime | To Protect and Serve | Joe Domanick | |
| Best Short Story | The Dancing Bear | Doug Allyn | |
| Best Young Adult | Toughing it | Nancy Springer | |
| Best Juvenile | The Absolutely True Story… | Willo Davis Roberts | |
| Best Screenplay | Pulp Fiction | ||
| Fish Memorial Award | Me and Mr. Harry | Batya Swift Yasgur | |
| Grand Master | Mickey Spillane | ||
1994 |
Best Novel | The Sculptress | Minette Walters |
| Best First Novel | A Grave Talent | Laurie King | |
| Best Paperback Original | Dead Folk’s Blues | Steven Womack | |
| Best Critical/Biography | The Saint: A Complete History | Burl Barer | |
| Best Fact Crime | Until the Twelfth of Never | Bella Stumbo | |
| Best Short Story | Keller’s Therapy | Lawrence Block | |
| Best Young Adult | The Name of the Game was Murder | Joan Lowery Nixon | |
| Best Juvenile | The Twin in the Tavern | Barbara Brooks Wallace | |
| Best Screenplay | Falling Down | ||
| Fish Memorial Award | Wicked Twist | D.A. McGuire | |
| Grand Master | Lawrence Block | ||
1993 |
Best Novel | Bootlegger’s Daughter | Margaret Maron |
| Best First Novel | The Black Echo | Michael Connelly | |
| Best Paperback Original | A Cold Day for Murder | Dana Stabenow | |
| Best Critical/Biography | Alias S. S. Van Dine | John Loughery | |
| Best Fact Crime | Swift Justice | Harry Farrell | |
| Best Short Story | Mary, Mary, Shut the Door | Benjamin Schutz | |
| Best Young Adult | A Little Bit Dead | Chap Reaver | |
| Best Juvenile | Coffin on a Case! | Eve Bunting | |
| Best Screenplay | The Player | ||
| Fish Memorial Award | A Will is a Way | Stephen Saylor | |
1992 |
Best Novel | A Dance at the Slaughterhouse | Lawrence Block |
| Best First Novel | Slow Motion Riot | Peter Blauner | |
| Best Paperback Original | Dark Maze | Thomas Adcock | |
| Best Critical/Biography | Edgar Allen Poe | Kenneth Silverman | |
| Best Fact Crime | Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets | David Simon | |
| Best Short Story | Nine Sons | Wendy Hornsby | |
| Best Young Adult | The Weirdo | Theodore Taylor | |
| Best Juvenile | Wanted…Mud Blossom | Betsy Byars | |
| Best Screenplay | Silence of the Lambs | ||
| Grand Master | Elmore Leonard | ||
1991 |
Best Novel | New Orleans Mourning | Julie Smith |
| Best First Novel | Postmortem | Patricia Cornwall | |
| Best Paperback Original | The Man Who Would Be F. Scott… | David Handler | |
| Best Critical/Biography | Trouble is Their Business | John Conquest | |
| Best Fact Crime | In a Child’s Name | Peter Maas | |
| Best Short Story | Elvis Lives | Lynne Barrett | |
| Best Young Adult | Mote | Chap Reaver | |
| Best Juvenile | Stonewords | Pam Conrad | |
| Best Screenplay | The Grifters | ||
| Fish Memorial Award | Willie’s Story | Jerry Skarky | |
| Grand Master | Tony Hillerman | ||
| Play | Accomplice | Rupart Holmes | |
1990 |
Best Novel | Black Cherry Blues | James Lee Burke |
| Best First Novel | The Last Billable Hour | Susan Wolfe | |
| Best Paperback Original | The Rain | Keith Peterson | |
| Best Critical/Biography | The Life of Graham Greene | Norman Sherry | |
| Best Fact Crime | Doc: The Rape of the Town of Lovell | Jack Olsen | |
| Best Short Story | Too Many Crooks | Donald Westlake | |
| Best Young Adult | Show Me the Evidence | Alane Ferguson | |
| Best Juvenile | |||
| Best Screenplay | Heathers | ||
| Fish Memorial Award | Hawks | Connie Colt | |
| Grand Master | Helen McCloy | ||
| Play | City of Angels | Larry Gelbart |
