2011 Left Coast Crime Award Nominations

The 22nd annual mystery convention, Left Coast Crime, will be meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico this coming March to present four awards.  Here are the nominees for books published in 2010.  The winners will be selected by ballot at the convention.  Congratulations to all nominees!

The nominees for the Lefty Award (best humorous mystery novel):

• Donna Andrews -- Stork Raving Mad
• Larua DiSilverio -- Swift Justice
• Donna Moore -- Old Dogs
• Kris Neri -- Revenge for Old Times' Sake
• J. Michael Orenduff -- The Pot Thief Who Studied Einstein

The nominees for the Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award:

• Rebecca Cantrell -- A Night of Long Knives
• Robert Kresge -- Murder for Greenhorns
• Kelli Stanley -- City of Dragons
• Jeri Westerson -- The Demon's Parchment
• Jacqueline Winspear -- The Mapping of Love and Death

The Hillerman Sky Award (a special award in honor of the conventions New Mexico location, to the mystery that best captures the landscape of the Southwest):

• Sandy Ault -- Wild Penance
• Christine Barber -- The Bone Fire
• Margaret Coel -- The Spider's Web
• Deborah J. Ledford -- Snare

The Watson nominees (another special award given this year to the mystery novel with the best sidekick):

• Sandy Ault -- Wild Penance
• Rachel Brady -- Dead Lift
• Chris Grabenstein -- Rolling Thunder
• Craig Johnson -- Junkyard Dogs
• Spencer Quinn -- To Fetch a Thief