Previous Award Winners
Winner Judith Dailey "Animal, Vegetable, Murder"
1st Runner Up Craig Faustus Buck, "Go Down Hard"
2nd Runner Up Joan Lipinsky Cochran, "The Yiddish Gangster's Daughter"
2011 CLAYMORE TOP TEN FINALISTS
(in alphabetical order by Author):
Baron R. Birtcher, "Rain Dogs"
Craig Faustus Buck, "Go Down Hard"
Bryan Camp, "Where the Dead Remain"
Joan Lipinsky Cochran, "The Yiddish Gangster's Daughter"
Judith Dailey, "Animal, Vegetable, Murder"
Debora Dale' "Canyon Road"
Jessica Ferguson, "A Bad Guy Forever"
Frank Jenkins, "An Embarrassment of Riches"
Doc Macomber, "Riff Raff"
E. Joan Sims' "A.K.A. Love"
2011 SILVER FALCHION WINNER
Marco Conelli, "Matthew Livingston and the Politics of Death"
2011 CRIME SCENE DETECTIVE AWARD WINNER
Deborah DeLong
2011 SEMWA MAGNOLIA AWARD WINNER
Clay Stafford
Winner Tom Wallace "Gnosis"
1st Runner Up Carolyn McSparren, "A Disciplined Death"
2nd Runner Up Korey Kaul, "Jury Rig"
2010 CLAYMORE TOP TEN FINALISTS
(in alphabetical order by Author):
Ronnie Casella, "The Watchers"
Philip Cioffari, "Dark Road, Dead End"
Korey Kaul, "Jury Rig"
Alan Lewis, "The Blood in Snowflake Garden"
Carolyn McSparren, "A Disciplined Death"
E. J. Rand, "Labyrinth"
Terry Shames, "The Art of Murder"
Michael Siverling, "The Blood of Alexander"
Tom Wallace, "Gnosis"
J. J. White, "Prayer Offerings"
2010 SILVER FALCHION WINNER
Radine Trees Nehring, "Journey to Die For"
2010 CRIME SCENE DETECTIVE AWARD WINNER
Laura Hayden
2010 SEMWA MAGNOLIA AWARD WINNER
Charles Todd
Linda Black, "The Death of Noble Dancer"
2009 CLAYMORE TOP TEN FINALISTS
(in alphabetical order by Author):
Glen Allison, "Hunka Burnin' Death"
Linda Black, "The Death of Noble Dancer"
David Booker, "The Painted Beast"
Nancy Horgan, "The Murder Rules"
David E. Knop, "Mining Sacred Ground"
Joseph Newcum, "Cast Out of Paradise"
Sarah Parrott, "The Blonde Leading the Blonde"
Peter Price, "An Unsolicited Manuscript"
Jonathan Sicherman, "Watchman's Tale"
Marylee Woods, "Temporarily Dead"
2009 SILVER FALCHION WINNER
Chester Campbell
2009 SEMWA MAGNOLIA AWARD WINNER
Beth Terrell
Don Bruns
2008 CRIME SCENE DETECTIVE AWARD WINNER
Stephen Wherley
2008 SEMWA MAGNOLIA AWARD WINNER
Margaret Maron
2007 CRIME SCENE DETECTIVE AWARD WINNER (Inaugural Year)
Stephen Wherley
Chris Roerdan
Gwen Hunter
Tamar Myers
