Shamus Award
The Shamus Award is awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America for the best detective fiction genre novels and short stories of the year.
The Prize is given annually to recognize outstanding achievement in private eye fiction. Starting in 2003, the Shamus Awards are sometimes announced during the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, at the convention's PWA Awards Banquet.
Categories
Winners
Best P. I. Hardcover Novel
Best First P. I. Novel
Best P. I. Paperback Original
THE EYE – Lifetime Achievement Award
| Year | Winner |
| 1982 | Ross Macdonald |
| 1983 | Mickey Spillane |
| 1984 | William Campbell Gault |
| 1985 | Howard Browne |
| 1986 | Richard S. Prather |
| 1987 | Bill Pronzini |
| 1988 | Dennis Lynds and Wade Miller |
| 1991 | Roy Huggins |
| 1992 | Joseph Hansen |
| 1993 | Marcia Muller |
| 1994 | Stephen J. Cannell |
| 1995 | John Lutz and Robert B. Parker |
| 1997 | Stephen Marlowe |
| 1999 | Maxine O'Callaghan |
| 2000 | Edward D. Hoch |
| 2002 | Lawrence Block |
| 2003 | Sue Grafton |
| 2004 | Donald Westlake |
| 2005 | Sara Paretsky |
| 2006 | Max Allan Collins |
| 2007 | Stuart M. Kaminsky |
| 2008 | Joe Gores |
| 2009 | Robert J. Randisi |
| 2010 | Robert Crais |
| 2011 | Ed Gorman |
| 2013 | Loren D. Estleman |
| 2015 | Parnell Hall |
| 2016 | S.J. Rozan |
| 2017 | Jerry Kennealy |