Each year the Pacific Northwest Writers’ Association presents a contest for best in genre for as yet

unpublished work.  You’ll see these “best of” mystery and thrillers soon on shelves and online!

Every genre has a sponsor and this year’s Mystery/Thriller sponsor is author, Robert Dugoni.  Dugoni is a critically acclaimed New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon Internationally Best-Selling Author of 17 novels in The Tracy Crosswhite police detective series set in Seattle, the David Sloane legal thriller series, and the Charles Jenkins espionage series.

Mystery/Thriller – Sponsored by Robert Dugoni:

  1st Place: “Worse Than Death ” by Brooke Terpening
 2nd Place: “Bitter Lake ” by Michael Munro
  3nd Place: “The Price ” by David Sullivan