awards

NOVELS

Nominated for an Agatha Award for Best First Mystery Novel by Malice Domestic.

Nominated for an Anthony Award for Best First Mystery Novel by Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention.

Nominated for a Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel by Mystery Readers International.

The Tracy Eaton Mysteries

Awarded the Samantha Award for Best Mystery Series in 2001 from Hutton Book Reviews.

SHORT STORIES

"Dooney's Surprise," won a Judge's Choice Award from ebooksonthe.net in their Robert Legleitner Memorial Ghost Story Contest

"Showtime on the Winter Solstice" won a Judge's Choice Award from ebooksonthe.net in their 2004 Holiday Madness

"Turnabout" won a Judge's Choice Award from ebooksonthe.net's 2003 Electrifying Mystery Contest

"L.A. Justice" (Murder by Thirteen) won the Derringer Award for Best Short Story from the Short Mystery Fiction Society.

"Capital Justice" (Blue Murder Magazine) won the Derringer Award for the Best Short Mystery Story from the Short Mystery Fiction Society.

"Getting His" (Whispering Willow) was nominated for a Derringer Award by the Short Mystery Fiction Society.

CONTESTS

"Networking to Your Dream" (Futures) won the Fire to Fly Award from Futures.

"Roscoe's Little Secret" (Futures) won Second Place in the Futures Short Story Contest.

"Expectations Met" (Mystery Time) was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

"Victory Out-of-Sync" won First Place in the Alameda Writers Group Short-Short Story Contest.