AWARDS:

The 1992 Anthony, award of the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, for Best True Crime for The Doctor, The Murder, The Mystery (Noble Press, 1992; Berkley paperback, 1997).

The 1994 Agatha, award of the Malice Domestic Mystery Conference, for Best Non-fiction for The Doctor, The Murder, The Mystery.

The 1998 Carl Sandburg Award for Excellence in Fiction for Good Cop, Bad Cop (Forge, 1998).

The 1999 Readers Choice Award of the Love Is Murder Conference for the short story "Hard Feelings" from Crimes of the Heart.

The 1999 Readers Choice Award for Best Police Procedural for Good Cop, Bad Cop.

Second Place in the Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine 1999 Reader's Awards for the story "Of Course You Know that Chocolate Is a Vegetable."

The 1999 Agatha for Best Short Story for "Of Course You Know that Chocolate Is a Vegetable."

The 1999 Macavity Award for Best Short Story for "Of Course You Know that Chocolate Is a Vegetable."

The 1999 Anthony Award for Best Short Story for "Of Course You Know that Chocolate Is a Vegetable."

The 2001 Mary Higgins Clark Award for Authorized Personnel Only (Forge, 2000).

Nominations

Anthony nominee for On My Honor (Pinnacle, 1989, writing as Malacai Black), Bouchercon, 1990.

Runner-up for the 1993 Nero Wolfe Award for the novel Hard Women (Scribner, 1993).

Agatha nominee for the 1994 short story, "Soon to Be a Minor Motion Picture" from Partners in Crime (Signet, 1994).

Anthony nominee for Hard Christmas (Scribner, 1996).

Macavity nominee for Hard Christmas.

 

© Barbara D'Amato. Photo of Barb by David Lasker.