Friends of Mystery Announces 2013 Spotted Owl Award

Posted by FOM on Mar 25, 2013 in Award, News | Comments Off

The winner of the 2013 Friends of Mystery Spotted Owl award is Mike Lawson for House Blood.

2. Johnny Shaw for Big Maria
3. Robert Dugoni for The Conviction
4. Chelsea Cain for Kill You Twice
5. G.M. Ford for Thicker Than Water
6. Dana Stabenow for Restless in the Grave
7. J.A. Jance for Judgment Call
8. Phil Margolin for Capitol Murder
9. Three-way Tie: 
   Aaron & Charlotte Elkins for A Dangerous Talent
   Greg Rucka for Alpha
   Shirley Tallman for Death on Telegraph Hill

Friends of Mystery Announces 2012 Spotted Owl Award

Posted by FOM on Mar 13, 2012 in Award, News | Comments Off

The winner of the 2012 Friends of Mystery Spotted Owl award is Bill Cameron for County Line. 

Other finalists are:

• Heather Sharfeddin for Damaged Goods
• Urban Waite for The Terror of Living
• Chelsea Cain for The Night Season
• Robert Dugoni for Murder One
• Dana Stabenow for Though Not Dead
• Aaron Elkins for The Worst Thing
• Mike Lawson for House Divided
• Kate Wilhelm for Heaven is High
• Gary McKinney for Darkness Bids the Dead Goodbye

The committee also selected Dove Season by Johnny Shaw to receive a special Stan Johnson Outstanding Debut Mystery award.

Spotted Owl History

Posted by FOM on Jan 1, 2012 in Award | Comments Off

2011 Spotted Owl Awards Announced!

Dana Haynes has been named the winner of 2011 Spotted Owl award for his novel Crashers. Haynes has worked for 20 years in Oregon newspaper newsrooms, and is currently the Public Affairs Manager for Portland Community College. Under the name of Conrad Haynes he had three traditional mysteries published in the 1980’s. Crashers, published in June 2010, featured the world of the National Transportation Safety Board’s aviation disaster investigations.

The 2011 award marks the 16th year of Spotted Owl winners. Previous winners are Kate Wilhelm, Kris (Nelscott) Rusch, and Lowen Clausen, who have each won the award twice. Other winners include Alan Bradley, Earl Emerson, John Straley, Tom Mitcheltree, L.L. Thrasher, Marcia Simpson, G.M. Ford, Kevin O’Brien, Mike Doogan and Phil Margolin.

Runners up for the 2011 Spotted Owl award are:

2. Jon Talton for Deadline Man
3. Robert Dugoni for Bodily Harm
4. Mike Lawson for House Justice
5. Patrick McManus for The Huckleberry Murders
6. Bill Cameron for Day One
7. Phillip Margolin for Supreme Justice
8. Greg Rucka for The Last Run
9. Steve Martini for The Rule of Nine
10. Michael Gruber for The Good Son

Thanks to the members of the Spotted Owl Committee, Marlyne Stuckey,
Jeannette Voss, Carrie Richards, Pete Scott, and Sheila Sweet, who worked
so hard this year. The committee evaluated 61 books.

See the complete list of 2010 Northwest Releases here.

2010 Spotted Owl Awards

The Spotted Owl Committee has selected The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley as the 2010 winner.

The runners up are:

2. Mike Lawson for House Secrets
3. Robert Dugoni for Wrongful Death
4. Stan
   Jones for Village of the Ghost Bears
5. Chelsea Cain for Evil at Heart
6. Phillip Margolin for Fugitive
7. Steve Martini for Guardian of Lies
8. Aaron Elkins for Skull Duggery
9. Dana Stabenow for Whisper to the
   Blood
10. Clyde Ford for Whiskey Gulf

See the complete list of 2009 Northwest Releases here.

2009 Spotted Owl Awards

The Spotted Owl Committee has selected Executive Privilege by Phillip Margolin as the 2009 winner.

The runners up are:

2. Chasing Smoke by Bill Cameron
3. House Rules by Mike Lawson
4. Nameless Night by G.M. Ford
5. Cold Plague by Daniel Kalla
6. Skeleton Lake by Mike Doogan
7. Shanghai Tunnel by Sharan Newman
8. Frozen Sun by Stan Jones
9. Fixation: A Thriller by Mark Schorr
10. Tie – Careless in Redby Elizabeth GeorgeTie – Blue Smoke and Murder by Elizabeth Lowell

See the complete list of 2008 Northwest Releases here.

2008 Spotted Owl Awards

The Spotted Owl Committee has selected A Wrongful Death by Kate Wilhelm as the 2008 winner.

The runners up are:

2. J.A. Jance for Justice Denied
3. Mike Doogan for Capitol Offense
4. Bill Cameron for Lost Dog
5. Robert Dugoni for Damage Control
6. Chelsea Cain for Heartsick
7. Martin Limon for Wandering Ghost
8. Daniel Kalla for Blood Lies
9. Elizabeth Lowell for Innocent as Sin
10. Dana Stabenow for A Deeper Sleep

See the complete list of 2007 Northwest Releases here.

2007 Spotted
Owl Awards

Kris Nelscott for “Days of Rage”

Mike Doogan for “Lost Angel” – First Mystery Novel award

The runners up are:

2. G.M. Ford for Blown
   Away
3. Tie – Aaron Elkins for Unnatural SelectionTie – Heather Sharfeddin for Mineral
   Spirits
4. Michael Lawson for Second Perimeter
5. Patrick McManus for The Blight Way
6. Daniel Kalla for Rage Therapy
7. J.A. Jance for Dead Wrong
8. Robert Dugoni for The Jury Master
9. Mark Schorr for Borderline
10. Kenneth Lewis for Little Blue Whales

Spotted Owl Award Winners List:

• 2011 Dana Haynes, Crashers
• 2010 Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
• 2009 Phillip Margolin, Executive Privilege
• 2008 Kate Wilhelm, A Wrongful Death
• 2007 Kris Nelscott, Days of Rage
  2007 Mike Doogan, Lost Angel (First Mystery Novel Award)
• 2006 Kevin O’Brien, The Last Victim
• 2005 Kris Nelscott, Stone Cribs
• 2004 Lowen Clausen, Second Watch
• 2003 G. M. Ford, Black River
• 2002 Kate Wilhelm, Desperate Measures
• 2001 Marcia Simpson, Crow in Stolen Colors
• 2000 Lowen Clausen, First Avenue
• 1999 L. L. Thrasher, Charlie’s Bones
• 1998 Tom Mitcheltree, Katie’s Will
• 1997 John Straley, The Music of What Happens
• 1996 Earl Emerson, The Vanishing Smile