Past Claymore Award Winners
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Winner
Nicholas Holloway
Three Houses on a HillRunner-Up
Steven Sanders
War WolvesSecond Runner-Up
Edson Knapp
Ghosts of Kilimanjaro -
Winner (tie)
John Carenen
Breathtaking in the Blue RidgeWinner (tie)
Joseph Simurdiak
A Red Autumn WindRunner-Up
K.C. Bonner
Gator BaitSecond Runner-Up
C.C. Harrison
Bad Deeds -
Winner
Cathy Perkins
The Body in the Beaver PondRunner-Up
Danny Lindsey
Murder in Choctaw CountySecond Runner-Up
Elena Melissa Hartwell
Under Fallow Ground -
Winner
Danny Lindsey
Serial JusticeRunner-Up
Michelle Kubitz
Dragonfly LakeSecond Runner-Up
Lois J. Schmitt
Something Fishy -
Winner
R.G. Belsky
Forget-Me-NotRunner-Up
Roger Toll
Hooray for HollywoodSecond Runner-Up
Peggy O’Neal Peden
Jake’s Han -
Winner
Michael F. Stewart
The Boy Who Swallows Flies1st Runner Up
Jean Rabe
The Christmas Card Killer2nd Runner Up (Tie)
Philip Cioffari, Night and Its Burdens
Sasscer Hill, Dark Side of Town2015 Claymore Award Finalists
(In alphabetical order by Author):
J.D. Allen, 19 Crimes
Philip Cioffari, Night and Its Burdens
Nikki M. Clarke, Wicked Hands
Alice Fitzpatrick, The Thing of Darkness
Sasscer Hill, Dark Side of Town
L.G. Jenkins, Diptastic
J.E. Mooney (Jean Rabe), The Christmas Card Killer
Ben Orlando, The Lost Journals of Sundown
Michael F. Stewart, The Boy Who Swallows Flies
Jonathan Stone, Two for the Show -
Winner
Dana Chamblee Carpenter
Bohemian Gospel1st Runner Up
Ronald Kidd
The Raven and Me2nd Runner Up (Tie)
Philip Cioffari, Cold Eye of Danger
Barbara Nickless, White Line Fever2014 Claymore Award Finalists
(In alphabetical order by Author):
Ross Cavins, Barry Versus the Apocalypse
Nichole Christoff, The Kill Shot: Book 2
Steven Cooper, Desert Remains
Laine Cunningham, Break the Bow
Rick Koster, Gris Gris Gumbo
Barbara Nickless, White Line Fever
Tim O’Brien, Twelve Bricks -
Winner
Terri Coop
Dial 1-Pro-Hac-Vice1st Runner Up
Jacob M. Appel
The Man Who Trounced God at Chess2nd Runner Up
Elizabeth Visser
Profile of a Killer2013 Claymore Award Finalists
(In alphabetical order by Author):
Laura Brennan, The End of All Things
Vinnie Hansen, Black Beans & Venom
Charles Kingsman, Unbelievers
John Madinger, Hot Shot
Joan Kane Nichols, A Novel By Dickens
Ray Peden, One Tenth of the Law
Shellie Williams, Deadly Secrets -
Winner
Jonathan Stone
Again (retitled Moving Day)1st Runner Up
V.R. Barkowski
A Twist Of Hate2nd Runner Up (tie)
Carol Baier, Wicked Schemes
Mark Troy, The Law of the Splintered Paddle (retitled The Splintered Paddle)2012 Claymore Award Finalists
(In alphabetical order by Author):
Anna Castle, Murder By Misrule
Philip Cioffari, The Bronx Kill
Marianna Heusler, Hallowed Darkened Space
Susan Lindgren, Forgotten Treasures
Terry Shames, The Last Death of Jack Harbin
Maris Soule, A Killer Past -
Winner
Judith Dailey
Animal, Vegetable, Murder1st Runner Up
Craig Faustus Buck
Go Down Hard2nd Runner Up
Joan Lipinsky Cochran
The Yiddish Gangster’s Daughter2011 Claymore Award Finalists
(In alphabetical order by Author):
Baron R. Birtcher, Rain Dogs
Bryan Camp, Where the Dead Remain
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 -
Winner
Tom Wallace
Gnosis1st Runner Up
Carolyn McSparren
A Disciplined Death2nd Runner Up
Korey Kaul
Jury Rig2010 Claymore Award Finalists
(In alphabetical order by Author):
Ronnie Casella, The Watchers
Philip Cioffari, Dark Road, Dead End
Alan Lewis, The Blood in Snowflake Garden
E. J. Rand, Labyrinth
Terry Shames, The Art of Murder
Michael Siverling, The Blood of Alexander
J. J. White, Prayer Offerings -
Winner
Linda Black
The Death of Noble Dancer2009 Claymore Award Finalists
(In alphabetical order by Author):
Glen Allison, Hunka Burnin’ Death
David Booker, The Painted Beast
Nancy Horgan, The Murder Rules
David E. Knop, Mining Sacred Ground
Joseph Newcum, Cast Out of Paradise
Sarah Parrott (writing as Jayne Ormerod), The Blond Leading the Blond
Eyre Price, An Unsolicited Manuscript
Jonathan Sicherman, Watchman’s Tale
Marylee Woods, Temporarily Dead