Honoring the Best in Private Eye Fiction
The Eye, the PWA’s Lifetime Achievement Award, was first presented in 1982.
1982
Ross Macdonald
1983
Mickey Spillane
1984
William Campbell Gault
1985
Howard Browne
1986
Richard S. Prather
1987
Bill Pronzini
1988
Dennis Lynds
Wade Miller
1989
No award given
1990
No award given
1991
Roy Huggins
1992
Joseph Hansen
1993
Marcia Muller
1994
Stephen J. Cannell
1995
John Lutz
Robert B. Parker
1996
No award given
1997
Stephen Marlowe
1998
No award given
1999
Maxine O’Callahan
2000
Edward D. Hoch
2001
No award given
2002
Lawrence Block
2003
Sue Grafton
2004
Donald E. Westlake (Tucker Coe)
2005
Sara Paretsky
2006
Max Allan Collins
2007
Stuart M. Kaminsky
2008
Joe Gores
2009
Robert J. Randisi
2010
Robert Crais
2011
Ed Gorman
2012
No award given
2013
Loren D. Estleman
2015
Parnell Hall
2016
S.J. Rozan
2017
Jerry Kennealy
2018
Walter Mosley
2021
Michael Z. Lewin
2022
No award given
2023
No award given
2024
No award given
2025
Christine Matthews