THE NERO AWARD
Submitted by lbhick on Sun, 08/16/2009 - 19:36
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The Nero Award
- 2008
- ◊ Winner: Anatomy of Fear by Jonathan Santlofer
- 2007
- ◊ Winner: All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming
- 2006
- ◊ Winner: Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
- 2005
- ◊ Winner: The Enemy by Lee Child
- 2004
- ◊ Winner: Fear Itself by Walter Mosley
- 2003
- ◊ Winner: Winter and Night by S. J. Rozan
- 2002
- ◊ Winner: The Deadhouse by Linda Fairstein
- 2001
- ◊ Winner: Sugar House by Laura Lippman
- 2000
- ◊ Winner: Coyote Revenge by Fred Harris
- 1999
- ◊ Winner: The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
- 1998
- ◊ Winner: Sacred by Dennis Lehane
- 1997
- ◊ Winner: The Poet by Michael Connelly
- 1996
- ◊ Winner: A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King
- 1995
- ◊ Winner: She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb
- 1994
- ◊ Winner: Old Scores by Aaron Elkins
- 1993
- ◊ Winner: Booked To Die by John Dunning
- 1992
- ◊ Winner: A Scandal in Belgravia by Robert Barnard
- 1991
- ◊ Winner: Coyote Waits by Tony Hillerman
- 1990
- ◊ Winner: No Award Given
- 1989
- ◊ Winner: No Award Given
- 1988
- ◊ Winner: No Award Given
- 1987
- ◊ Winner: The Corpse in Oozak’s Pond by Charlotte MacLeod
- 1986
- ◊ Winner: Murder in E Minor by Robert Goldsborough
- 1985
- ◊ Winner: Sleeping Dog by Dick Lochte
- 1984
- ◊ Winner: Emily Dickinson is Dead by Jane Langton
- 1983
- ◊ Winner: The Anodyne Necklace by Martha Grimes
- 1982
- ◊ Winner: Past, Present and Murder by Hugh Pentecost
- 1981
- ◊ Winner: Death in a Tenured Position by Amanda Cross
- 1980
- ◊ Winner: Burn This by Helen McCloy
- 1979
- ◊ Winner: The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling by Lawrence Block
The "Nero" is an annual award presented by the Nero Wolfe Society to an author for literary excellence in the mystery genre. The award is presented at the Black Orchid Banquet, which is traditionally held on the first Saturday in December in New York City.
Highlighted books are books I've read.
Bold print is books I own.
http://awards.omnimystery.com/mystery-awards-nero.html