Awards and Recognitions
AWARDS:
- 2011 Awarded a star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars for Literary Achievements
- 2009 Edward D. Hoch Memorial, Golden Derringer Award for Lifetime Achievement
- 2003 Derringer Award for “The Mask of Peter”
- 1999 Ellery Queen Readers Award for “The Global Man”
- 1990 Ellery Queen Readers Award for “Deeds of Valor”
- 1988 Ellery Queen Readers Award for “The Dakar Run”
- 1986 Ellery Queen Readers Award for “Scalplock”
- 1985 Ellery Queen Readers Award for “Animals”
- 1980 Edgar Allan Poe Award for “Horn Man”
NOMINATIONS:
- 2003 Edgar Allan Poe Award for “To Live and Die in Midland, Texas”
- 2003 Barry Award for “The Mask of Peter”
- 2002 Anthony Award for “To Live and Die in Midland, Texas”
- 2001 Shamus Award for “The Cobalt Blues”
- 1999 Edgar Allan Poe Award for “The Halfway Woman”
- 1995 Shamus Award for “Split Decisions”
- 1991 Edgar Allan Poe Award for “Challenge the Widow-Maker”
- 1984 Spur Award for “The Plateau”
- 1984 Edgar Allan Poe Award for “Puerto Rican Blues”
- 1983 Spur Award for “Custer’s Ghost”
- 1983 Edgar Allan Poe Award for “All the Heroes Are Dead”
- 1980 Edgar Allan Poe Award for “Zebra”
- 1978 Edgar Allan Poe Award for “Six Against the Rock”
SOURCE OF AWARDS
The Golden Derringer Award Short Mystery Fiction Society
The Edgar Allan Poe Award Mystery Writers of America
The Spur Award Western Writers of America
The Shamus Award Private Eye Writers of America
The Anthony Award World Mystery Convention
The Derringer Award Short Mystery Fiction Society
The Barry Award Deadly Pleasures Magazine