THE SPOTTED OWL AWARD 2022: Friends of Mystery

Friends of Mystery, Portland, OR fan group, announced the Spotted Owl Winner. The Spotted Owl is chosen by a volunteer committee of Friends of Mystery members. For a book to be considered for the Spotted Owl Award: The author must have primary residence in the states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho or the Province of British Columbia. 

Winner: Warren C. Easley for No Witness (Poisoned Pen Press)

Also nominated:

2. Robert Dugoni for In Her Tracks (Thomas & Mercer)
3. Martin Limón for War Women (Soho Crime)
4. Dana Haynes for Sirocco (Blackstone)
5. John Straley for So Far and Good (Soho Crime)
6. Tie — Valerie Geary for The Ophelia Killer (Broken Branch)
6. Tie — Michael Niemann for The Last Straw (Coffeetown Press)
7. Marc Cameron for Bone Rattle (Kensington)
8. Tie — Dana Stabenow for Spoils of the Dead (Head of Zeus)
8. Tie — Amy Stewart for Miss Kopp Investigates (Mariner) 

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Thanks to The Rap Sheet for this info. I, too, missed the announcement this year!

SPOTTED OWL AWARD WINNER

Friends of Mystery announced the Spotted Owl Winner. The Spotted Owl is chosen by a volunteer committee of Friends of Mystery members. For a book to be considered for the Spotted Owl Award: The author must have primary residence in the states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho or the Province of British Columbia.

Spotted Owl Winner
Robert Dugoni: The Eighth Sister

Also Nominated:

• Mike Lawson – House Arrest
• Martin Limon – G.I. Confidential
• Dana Haynes – St. Nicholas Salvage & Wrecking
• Daniel Kalla – We All Fall Down
• Warren Easley – No Way to Die
• W.H. Cameron – Crossroad
• Marc Cameron – Active Measures
• Michael Niemann – No Right Way
• Frank Zafiro – Charlie 316

SPOTTED OWL AWARD WINNER

Friends of Mystery announced the Spotted Owl Winner. The Spotted Owl is chosen by a volunteer committee of Friends of Mystery members. For a book to be considered for the Spotted Owl Award: The author must have primary residence in the states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho or the Province of British Columbia.

Spotted Owl Winner
Mike Lawson – House Witness (Atlantic Monthly Press)

Also Nominated
Baron Birtcher – Fistful of Rain
Robert Dugoni – A Steep Price
Warren Easley – Moving Targets
G.M. Ford – Soul Survivor
Elizabeth George – The Punishment She Deserves
Stephen Holgate - Madagascar
Martin Limon – The Line
John Straley – Baby’s First Felony
Jon Talton – The Bomb Shelter

2018 SPOTTED OWL AWARD WINNER

The Friends of Mystery announced the 2018 Spotted Owl Award Winner 

Ingrid Thoft for Duplicity

Other Finalists

• Robert Dugoni for Close to Home
• Matthew Sullivan for Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
• Mike Lawson for K Street
• G.M. Ford for Family Values
• Rene Denfeld for The Child Finder
• Martin Limon for The Nine-Tailed Fox
• Michael Niemann for Illicit Trade
• Lisa Alber for Path into Darkness
• Warren Easley for Blood for Wine
• Stephen Holgate for Tangier

The Spotted Owl is chosen by a volunteer committee of Friends of Mystery members, and is announced in the spring of the year. For a book to be considered for the Spotted Owl Award: The author must have primary residence in the states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho or the Province of British Columbia. The mystery is published in the current calendar year.

Spotted Owl Award

 

Friends of Mystery announced the winner of the Spotted Owl Award for 2016 – Jon Talton. Talton won for his novel, High Country Nocturne, published by Poisoned Pen Press.

Finalists:
Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath
Warren Easley, Never Look Down
Elizabeth George, A Banquet of Consequences
M.E. (Mike) Lawson, Viking Bay
Mike Lawson, House Rivals
G.M. Ford, Threshold
Ingrid Thoft, Brutality
Roger Hobbs, Vanishing Games
Martin Limon, The Ville Rat

Spotted Owl Awards

Chelsea Cain and Johnny Shaw are the recipients of the twentieth annual Friends of Mystery Spotted Award. Cain is receiving her award for her book, One Kick, published in August 2014 by Simon & Schuster.. Johnny Shaw is receiving his award for his book, Plaster City, published by Thomas & Mercer in April 2014.

The Spotted Owl Award was established in 1995 and is given to the best mystery novel of the year by an author who lives in the Pacific Northwest (Alaska, British Columbia, Canada, Idaho, Oregon or Washington.

HT: Bill Cameron

SPOTTED OWL AWARD

Friends of Mystery in Portland, OR, have awarded Mike Lawson the Spotted Owl Award for House Odds. The Spotted Owl Award is given for best mystery by an author from the Northwest.

For more info go to: Friends of Mystery

SPOTTED OWL AWARD 2013

Friends of Mystery (Portland, OR) announced the winner of the Spotted Owl Award for the Best Mystery by a Pacific Northwest author.

Congratulations to Michael Lawson for House Blood (Atlantic Monthly Press)

For the list of Nominees, go Here.

HT: Omnimystery News

2012 Spotted Owl Award

Congratulations to Bill Cameron, winner of the 2012 Friends of Mystery Spotted Owl Award, for County Line!

The Spotted Owl is chosen by a volunteer committee of Friends of Mystery members. The author must have primary residence in the states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho or the Province of British Columbia.

Spotted Owl Award 2011

Dana Haynes has been named the winner of 2011 Spotted Owl award  (Friends of Mystery) for his novel Crashers. 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 Alan Bradley, Kate Wilhelm, Kris (Nelscott) Rusch, and Lowen Clausen, who have each won the award twice. Other winners include 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