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The Lefty Awards
The winner of the Lefty Award is announced at Left Coast Crime, an annual event sponsored by fans of mystery literature for fans of mystery literature. The award honors the best humorous mystery published during the previous year.
- 2013
- Lefty: The Girl Next Door by Brad Parks (Minotaur Books)
- Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award: Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for a Murder by Catrona McPherson (Minotaur Books)
- The Rocky: As the Crow Flies by Craig Johnson (Viking)
- The Watson: Brouja Brouhaha by Rochelle Staab (Berkley Prime Crime)
- 2012
- Lefty: The Real Macaw by Donna Andrews (Minotaur Books)
- Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award: Mercury's Rise by Ann Parker (Poisoned Pen Press)
- Golden Nugget: City of Secrets by Kelli Stanley (Minotaur Books)
- Eureka!: Nazareth Child by Darrell James (Midnight Ink)
- 2011
- Lefty: The Pot Thief Who Studied Einstein by J. Michael Orenduff (Oak Tree Press)
- Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award: The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear (HarperCollins)
- Hillerman Sky Award: The Spider's Web by Margaret Coel (Berkley)
- Watson: Junkyard Dogs by Craig Johnson (Viking)
- 2010
- Lefty: Getting Old Is a Disaster by Rita Lakin
- 2009
- Lefty: Greasing the Pinata by Tim Maleeny
- 2008
- Lefty: Murder with Reservations by Elaine Viets
- 2007
- Lefty: Go to Helena Handbasket by Donna Moore
- 2006
- Lefty: Cast Adrift by Peter Guttridge
- 2005
- Lefty Tie:
- We'll Always Have Parrots by Donna Andrews
- Blue Blood by Susan McBride
- 2004
- Lefty: Mumbo Jumbo by Jerrilyn Farmer
- 2003
- Lefty Tie:
- The Hearse Case Scenario by Tom Cockey
- Pipsqueak by Brian M. Wiprud
- 2002
- Lefty Tie:
- Dim Sum Dead by Jerrilyn Farmer
- Fender Benders by Bill Fitzhugh
- 2001
- No Award(s) Given
- 2000
- Lefty: Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews
- 1999
- Lefty: Four to Score by Janet Evanovich
- 1998
- Lefty: Three To Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
- 1997
- No Award(s) Given
- 1996
- Lefty: The Fat Innkeeper by Alan Russell
If present, indicates a review by Mysterious Reviews.
Page Author: Lance Wright. Site Publisher: Crime Fiction Awards (Mystery Awards) — The Omnimystery Family of Mystery Websites.