The Spotted Owl Award
Friends of Mystery, a non-profit literary/educational organization headquartered in Portland, Oregon, gives an annual award, the Spotted Owl, for the best mystery by a Pacific Northwest author.
2009
◊ Best Novel: Executive Privilege by Phillip Margolin (HarperCollins)
2008
◊ Best Novel: A Wrongful Death by Kate Wilhelm (Mira)
2007 (tie)
◊ Best Novel: Days of Rage by Kris Nelscott (St. Martin's Minotaur)
◊ Best Novel: Lost Angel by Mike Doogan (Putnam)
2006
◊ Best Novel: The Last Victim by Kevin O'Brien (Pinnacle Books)
2005
◊ Best Novel: Stone Cribs by Kris Nelscott (St. Martin's Minotaur)
2004
◊ Best Novel: Second Watch by Lowen Clausen (Silo Press)
2003
◊ Best Novel: Black River by G. M. Ford (Wm. Morrow)
2002
◊ Best Novel: Desperate Measures by Kate Wilhelm (St. Martin's Minotaur)
2001
◊ Best Novel: Crown in Stolen Colors by Marcia Simpson (Poisoned Pen Press)
2000
◊ Best Novel: First Avenue by Lowen Clausen (Watershed Books)
1999
◊ Best Novel: Charlie's Bones by L. L. Thrasher (Write Way Publishing)
1998
◊ Best Novel: Katie's Will by Tom Mitcheltree (Write Way Publishing)
1997
◊ Best Novel: The Music of What Happens by John Straley (Bantam)
1996
◊ Best Novel: The Vanishing Smile by Earl Emerson (Ballantine)