(1986-2014)
From 1986 through 2014, St. Martin’s Press and The Private Eye Writers of America ran a contest for first-time P.I. writers. Winners had their novels published by St. Martin’s until 1996, and from 1997 were published by Minotaur, St. Martin’s crime fiction imprint.
The winners were as follows:
1986
Les Roberts
An Infinite Number of Monkeys
1987
Gar Anthony Haywood
Fear of the Dark
1988
Karen Kijewski
Katwalk
1989
Janet Dawson
Kindred Crime
1990
Ken Kuhlken
The Loud Adios
1991
Winona Sullivan
A Sudden Death at the Norfolk Café
1992
A.C. Ayres
Storm Warning (Hour of the Manatee)
1993
Alan Pedrazas
The Harry Chronicles
1994
David Daniels
The Heaven Stone
1995
Charles Knief
Diamond Head
1996
No award given
1997
Steve Hamilton
A Cold Day in Paradise
1998
Lise Baker
The Loser’s Club
1999
Bob Truluck
Street Level
2000
J.L. Abramo
Catching Water in a Net
2001
No award given
2002
Michael Siverling
The Sterling Inheritance
2003
Michael Koryta
Tonight I Said Goodbye
2004
Michael Kronenwetter
First Kill
2005
No award given
2006
Michael Wiley
Unrobed (The Last Striptease)
2007
Keith Gilman
Father’s Day
2008
Thomas Kaufman
Drink the Tea
2009
Michael Ayoob
Shots on Goal (In Search of Mercy)
2010
No award given
2011
No award given
2012
Alaric Hunt
Cuts Through Bone (Minotaur)
2013
Lynn Chandler Willis
Wink of an Eye
2014
Grant Bywaters
The Red Storm (Minotaur)