Past Claymore Award Winners

  • Winner
    Nicholas Holloway
    Three Houses on a Hill

    Runner-Up
    Steven Sanders
    War Wolves

    Second Runner-Up
    Edson Knapp
    Ghosts of Kilimanjaro

  • Winner (tie)
    John Carenen
    Breathtaking in the Blue Ridge

    Winner (tie)
    Joseph Simurdiak
    A Red Autumn Wind

    Runner-Up
    K.C. Bonner
    Gator Bait

    Second Runner-Up
    C.C. Harrison
    Bad Deeds

  • Winner
    Cathy Perkins
    The Body in the Beaver Pond

    Runner-Up
    Danny Lindsey
    Murder in Choctaw County

    Second Runner-Up
    Elena Melissa Hartwell
    Under Fallow Ground

  • Winner
    Danny Lindsey
    Serial Justice

    Runner-Up
    Michelle Kubitz
    Dragonfly Lake

    Second Runner-Up
    Lois J. Schmitt
    Something Fishy

  • Winner
    R.G. Belsky
    Forget-Me-Not

    Runner-Up
    Roger Toll
    Hooray for Hollywood

    Second Runner-Up
    Peggy O’Neal Peden
    Jake’s Han

  • Winner
    Michael F. Stewart
    The Boy Who Swallows Flies

    1st Runner Up
    Jean Rabe
    The Christmas Card Killer

    2nd Runner Up (Tie)
    Philip Cioffari, Night and Its Burdens
    Sasscer Hill, Dark Side of Town

    2015 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 Gospel

    1st Runner Up
    Ronald Kidd
    The Raven and Me

    2nd Runner Up (Tie)
    Philip Cioffari, Cold Eye of Danger
    Barbara Nickless, White Line Fever

    2014 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-Vice

    1st Runner Up
    Jacob M. Appel
    The Man Who Trounced God at Chess

    2nd Runner Up
    Elizabeth Visser
    Profile of a Killer

    2013 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 Hate

    2nd 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, Murder

    1st Runner Up
    Craig Faustus Buck
    Go Down Hard

    2nd Runner Up
    Joan Lipinsky Cochran
    The Yiddish Gangster’s Daughter

    2011 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
    Gnosis

    1st Runner Up
    Carolyn McSparren
    A Disciplined Death

    2nd Runner Up
    Korey Kaul
    Jury Rig

    2010 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 Dancer

    2009 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