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The Nero Award The "Nero" is an annual award presented by the Nero Wolfe Society to an author for literary excellence in the mystery genre. The award is presented at the Black Orchid Banquet, which is traditionally held on the first Saturday in December in New York City. 2007: All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming 2006: Vanish by Tess Gerritsen 2005: The Enemy by Lee Child 2004: Fear Itself by Walter Mosley 2003: Winter and Night by S. J. Rozan 2002: The Deadhouse by Linda Fairstein 2001: Sugar House by Laura Lippman 2000: Coyote Revenge by Fred Harris 1999: The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver 1998: Sacred by Dennis Lehane 1997: The Poet by Michael Connelly 1996: A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie B. King 1995: She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb 1994: Old Scores by Aaron Elkins 1993: Booked To Die by John Dunning 1992: A Scandal in Belgravia by Robert Barnard 1991: Coyote Waits by Tony Hillerman 1990: No Award Given 1989: No Award Given 1988: No Award Given 1987: The Corpse in Oozak’s Pond by Charlotte MacLeod 1986: Murder in E Minor by Robert Goldsborough 1985: Sleeping Dog by Dick Lochte 1984: Emily Dickinson is Dead by Jane Langton 1983: The Anodyne Necklace by Martha Grimes 1982: Past, Present and Murder by Hugh Pentecost 1981: Death in a Tenured Position by Amanda Cross 1980: Burn This by Helen McCloy 1979: The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling by Lawrence Block |
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