The Shamus Awards


Jeremiah Healy, Awards Chair of The Private Eye Writers of America ("PWA") announced that the PWA presented its Shamus Awards at the EyeCon in St. Louis, Missouri, during a gala banquet on Saturday night, July 10th. The Awards were the highlight of a wonderful weekend celebrating the private-investigator genre and hosted by Robert J. Randisi and Christine Matthews.

The Shamus Awards themselves:

  • Best Short Story: Warren Murphy for "Another Day, Another Dollar" (in Murder on the Run, Berkley)
  • Best Original Paperback: Steve Womack for Murder Manual (Ballantine)
  • Best First Novel: Steve Hamilton for A Cold Day in Paradise (St. Martin's Press)
  • Best Hardcover Novel: Bill Pronzini for Boobytrap (Carroll & Graf).

Here is the list of nominees for this award.

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