The Lefty Awards Are Back! This year’s Left Coast Crime Convention’s annual banquet and awards presentation takes place on Saturday, March 18, at the El Conquistador Resort in the Oro Valley of Tucson, Arizona.
Left Coast Crime is an annual mystery convention sponsored by mystery fans, including readers as well as authors. This LCC celebration takes place first quarter of the year in Western North America. Conventions have been held from Anchorage to El Paso, from Denver to Hawaii.
The convention honors writers in these categories:
- Best Humorous Mystery Novel
- Best Historical Mystery Novel (Bruce Alexander Memorial)
- Best Mystery Novel
- Best Debut Mystery Novel
These are the nominees for 2022 awards:
Lefty Nominees for Best Humorous Mystery Novel
- Ellen Byron, Bayou Book Thief (Berkley Prime Crime)
- Jennifer J. Chow, Death by Bubble Tea (Berkley Prime Crime)
- A.J. Devlin, Five Moves of Doom (NeWest Press)
- T.G. Herren, A Streetcar Named Murder (Crooked Lane Books)
- Catriona McPherson, Scot in a Trap (Severn House)
Lefty Nominees for Best Historical Mystery Novel
(The Bill Gottfried Memorial) for books set before 1970)
- Dianne Freeman, A Bride’s Guide to Marriage and Murder (Kensington Books)
- Catriona McPherson, In Place of Fear (Severn House)
- Wanda M. Morris, Anywhere You Run (William Morrow)
- Karen Odden, Under a Veiled Moon (Crooked Lane Books)
- Ann Parker, The Secret in the Wall (Poisoned Pen Press)
- Iona Whishaw, Framed in Fire (Touchwood)
Lefty Nominees for Best Debut Mystery Novel
- Erin E. Adams, Jackal (Bantam Books)
- Eli Cranor, Don’t Know Tough (Soho Crime)
- Ramona Emerson, Shutter (Soho Crime)
- Meredith Hambrock, Other People’s Secrets (Crooked Lane Books)
- Harini Nagendra, The Bangalore Detectives Club (Pegasus Crime)
- Rob Osler, Devil’s Chew Toy (Crooked Lane Books)
- Jane Pek, The Verifiers (Vintage Books)
Lefty Nominees for Best Mystery Novel
- Kellye Garrett, Like a Sister (Mulholland Books)
- Laurie R. King, Back to the Garden (Bantam Books)
- James L’Etoile, Dead Drop (Level Best Books)
- Gigi Pandian, Under Lock & Skeleton Key (Minotaur Books)
- Louise Penny, A World of Curiosities (Minotaur Books)
- Alex Segura, Secret Identity (Flatiron Books)
To register for Left Coast Crime:
https://leftcoastcrime.org/2023/Registration.html
Questions about the Lefty Award? Email the LCC Awards Co-Chairs
