Premios Shamus

El Premio Shamus es otorgado por el Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) a las mejores novelas de ficción del género de detectives y cuentos cortos del año. El premio se otorga anualmente para reconocer los logros sobresalientes en novelas de detectives privados. Los premios son anunciados en la Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, durante el banquete de los premios PWA.^[1]

Categorías

Título	Premiado desde
Mejor Novela de tapa dura P. I.	1982
Mejor Primera Novela P. I.	1985
Mejor P. I. libro Original	1982
THE EYE – Premio a la Trayectoria	1982
Mejor historia corta P. I.	1983
St. Martins' Press/ PWA Primer Concurso de Novelas de Detectives	1986
Friends of PWA	2002
Mejor P. I. Serie/personajes – The Hammer	2007
Fuente: Página de Private Eye Writers of America

Ganadores

Mejor novela P. I. de Tapa dura

Año	Ganador	Título	Publicación	Traducción	Publicación
1982	Bill Pronzini	Hoodwink	St. Martin’s Press. 9780312389697.
1983	Lawrence Block	Eight Million Ways to Die	Arbor House. 9780877954057.	Ocho millones de maneras de morir	Júcar. 978-84-334-3617-7.
1984	Max Allan Collins	True Detective	St. Martin’s Press. 9780312820510.
1985	Loren D. Estleman	Sugartown	Houghton Mifflin. 9780395364499.	La ciudad de azúcar	Arin. 8434404036.
1986	Sue Grafton	"B" Is for Burglar	Tandem Library. 978-0613502719.	"B" de bestias	Tusquets. 978-84-7223-876-3.
1987	Jeremiah Healy	The Staked Goat	Harper & Row. 9780060155155.
1988	Benjamin Schutz	A Tax in Blood	T. Doherty Associates. 9780312944216.
1989	John Lutz	Kiss	Henry Holt. 9780805004120.
1990	Jonathan Valin	Extenuating Circumstances	Delacorte Press. 9780385296830.
1991	Sue Grafton	"G" Is for Gumshoe	Henry Holt & Company. 9780805004618.	G de guardaespaldas	Tusquets. 978-84-8383-127-4.
1992	Max Allan Collins	Stolen Away	Bantam Books. 9780553352337.
1993	Harold Adams	The Man Who was Taller Than God	Walker & Co. 9780802712394.
1994	Lawrence Block	The Devil Knows You're Dead	William Morrow. 9780688121921.
1995	Sue Grafton	"K" Is for Killer	Henry Holt & Company. 9780805019360.	K de Kinsey	Círculo de Lectores. 978-84-226-7185-5.
1996	S. J. Rozan	Concourse	St. Martin’s Press. 9780312134532.	Manos de sangre	La Factoría de Ideas. 978-84-9800-353-6.
1997	Robert Crais	Sunset Express	Hyperion. 9780786860968.
1998	Terence Faherty	Come Back Dead	Simon & Schuster. 9780786860968.
1999	Bill Pronzini	Boobytrap	Carroll & Graf. 9780786705054.
2000	Don Winslow	California Fire and Life	Alfred A. Knopf. 9780679454311.
2001	Carolina Garcia-Aguilera	Havana Heat	William Morrow. 9780380977802.
2002	S. J. Rozan	Reflecting the Sky	St. Martin’s Minotaur. 9780312244279.
2003	James W. Hall	Blackwater Sound	St. Martin’s Press. 9780312203849.
2004	Ken Bruen	The Guards	St. Martin's Press. 9780312303556.	Maderos	Tropismos. 978-84-96454-17-0.
2005	Ed Wright	While I Disappear	Putnam’s Sons. 978-0399151989.
2006	Michael Connelly	The Lincoln Lawyer	Little, Brown & Company. 9780316734936.	El inocente	Ediciones B. 978-84-666-3260-7.
2007	Ken Bruen	The Dramatist	St. Martin's Press. 9780312316471.	El dramaturgo	ViaMagna. 978-84-92431-82-3.
2008	Reed Farrel Coleman	Soul Patch	Bleak House Books. 9781932557411.
2009	Reed Farrel Coleman	Empty Ever After	Bleak House Books. 9781932557640.
2010	Marcia Muller	Locked In	Grand Central Publishers. 9780446581059.
2011	Lori Armstrong	No Mercy	Simon & Schuster. 9781416590958.
2012	Michael Wiley	A Bad Night's Sleep	Minotaur Books. 9780312552244.
2013	Robert Crais	Taken	Putnam's Sons. 9780399158278.	Secuestrados	Roca. 978-84-9918-655-9.
2014	Brad Parks	The Good Cop	Minotaur Books. 9781250005526.
2015	David Rosenfelt	Hounded	Minotaur Books. 9781250024749.
2016	Ingrid Thoft	Brutality	Putnam's Sons. 978-0399171185.
2017	Reed Farrel Coleman	Where It Hurts	Putnam's Sons. 9780399173035.
2018	T. Jefferson Parker	The Room of White Fire	Putnam's Sons. 9780735212664.
2019	Kristen Lepionka	What You Want to See	Minotaur Books. 9781250120533.
2020	Matt Coyle	Lost Tomorrows	Oceanview Publishing. 9781608092451.
2021	Matt Coyle	Lost Tomorrows	Oceanview Publishing. 9781608094004.
2022	S. J. Rozan	Family Business	Pegasus Crime. 9781643138299.
2023	Jonathan Ames	The Wheel of Doll	Mulholland Books. 9780316288156.
2024	Will Thomas	Heart of the Nile	Minotaur Books. 978-1250292025.
Fuente: Página de Private Eye Writers of America

Mejor Primera Novela P. I.

Año	Ganador	Título	Publicación	Traducción	Publicación
1985	Jack Early	A Creative Kind of Killer	Watts Publishing. 9780531098356.
1986	Wayne Warga	Hardcover	Arbor House. 9780877957492.
1987	J. W. Rider	Jersey Tomatoes	Arbor House. 9780877957935.
1988	Michael Allegretto	Death on the Rocks	Scribner’s. 9780684187587.
1989	Gar Anthony Haywood	Fear of the Dark	St. Martin’s Press. 9780312017965.
1990	Karen Kijewski	Katwalk	St. Martin’s Press. 9780312029692.
1991	Walter Mosley	Devil in a Blue Dress	W. W. Norton. 9780393028546.	El demonio vestido de azul	Anagrama. 978-84-339-0655-7.
1992	Thomas Davis	Suffer Little Children	Walker & Co. 9780802732057.
1993	John Straley	The Woman Who Married a Bear	Soho Press. 9780939149643.
1994	Lynn Hightower	Satan's Lambs	Walker & Co. 9780802712295.
1995	Dennis Lehane	A Drink Before the War	Harcourt Brace & Company. 9780151000937.	Un trago antes de la guerra	RBA. 978-84-9867-557-3.
1996	Richard Barre	The Innocents	Walker & Co. 9780802732613.
1997	Carol Lea Benjamin	This Dog for Hire	Walker & Co. 9780802732927.
1998	Rick Riordan	Big Red Tequila	Bantam Books. 9780553576443.
1999	Steve Hamilton	A Cold Day in Paradise	St. Martin’s Press. 9780312192488.	Sangre bajo cero	La Factoría de Ideas. 978-84-9800-270-6.
2000	John Connolly	Every Dead Thing	Hodder & Stoughton. 9780340728970.	Todo lo que muere	Tusquets. 978-84-8310-261-9.
2001	Bob Truluck	Street Level	Thomas Dunne Books. 9780312266264.
2002	David Fulmer	Chasing the Devil's Tail	Poisoned Pen Press. 9781890208844.
2003	Eddie Muller	The Distance	Scribner’s. 9780743214438.
2004	Peter Spiegelman	Black Maps	Vintage Books. 9781400033591.	Dinero negro	El Andén. 978-84-96929-32-6.
2005	Ingrid Black	The Dead	Thomas Dunne Books. 9780312326326.
2006	Louise Ure	Forcing Amaryllis	Mysterious Press. 9780892960095.
2007	Declan Hughes	The Wrong Kind of Blood	William Morrow. 9780060825461.
2008	Sean Chercover	Big City, Bad Blood	William Morow. 9780061128677.
2009	Ian Vasquez	In the Heat	St. Martin's Minotaur. 9780312378097.
2010	Brad Parks	Faces of the Gone	Minotaur Books. 9780312574772.
2011	Michael Ayoob	In Search of Mercy	Minotaur Books. 9781429947282.
2012	P.G. Sturges	The Shortcut Man	Scribner’s. 9781439194171.
2013	Michael Sears	Black Fridays	Putnam's Sons. 9780399158667.
2014	Lachlan Smith	Bear is Broken	Mysterious Press. 9780802120793.
2015	Julia Dahl	Invisible City	Minotaur Books. 9781250043399.
2016	Lisa Sandlin	The Do-Right	Cinco Puntos Press. 9781941026199.
2017	Joe Ide	IQ	Mulholland Books. 9780316267724.	IQ	Alianza. 978-84-9181-278-4.
2018	Kristen Lepionka	The Last Place You Look	Minotaur Books. 9781250120519.
2019	Katrina Carrasco	The Best Bad Things	Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 9780374123697.
2020	No se concedió
2021	Kwei Quartey	The Missing American	Soho Crime. 9781641292122.
2022	Gregory Stout	Lost Little Girl	Level Best Books. 9781685120450.
2023	Philip Miller	The Goldenacre	Soho Crime. 9781641294270.
Fuente: Página de Private Eye Writers of America

Mejor Libro P. I. en rústica

Año	Ganador	Título	Publicación	Traducción	Publicación
1982	Max Byrd	California Thriller	Bantam Books. 9780553145083.
1983	William Campbell Gault	The Cana Diversion	Worldwide. 9780373630295.
1984	Paul Engleman	Dead in Center Field	Ballantine Books. 9780345309358.
1985	Warren Murphy	Ceiling of Hell	Fawcett Crest. 9780449125540.
1986	Earl Emerson	Poverty Bay	Avon Books. 9780380896479.
1987	Rob Kantner	The Back Door Man	Bantam Books. 9780380896479.
1988	L.J. Washburn	Wild Night	Curley Publishers. 9780792701897.
1989	Rob Kantner	Dirty Work	Bantam Books. 9780553272215.
1990	Rob Kantner	Hell's Only Half Full	Bantam Books. 9780553282597.
1991	W. Glenn Duncan	Rafferty: Fatal Sisters	Fawcett Books. 9780449145524.
1992	Paul Kemprecos	Cool Blue Tomb	Batam Books. 9780553288810.
1993	Marele Day	The Last Tango of Dolores Delgado	Hodder & Stoughton. 9780340613498.
1994	Rodman Philbrick	Brothers and Sinners	Penguin Books. 9780451176776.
1995	Ed Goldberg	Served Cold	West Coast Crime. 9781883303129.
1996	William Jaspersohn	Native Angels	Bantam Books. 9780553569940.
1997	Harlan Coben	Fade Away	Dell Publishers. 9780440222682.	Tiempo muerto	Ediciones B. 978-84-406-8948-1.
1998	Laura Lippman	Charm City	Avon Books. 9780380788767.
1999	Steven Womack	Murder Manual	Ballantine Books. 9780345414472.
2000	Laura Lippman	In Big Trouble	Avon Books. 9780380798476.
2001	Thomas Lipinski	Death in the Steel City	Avon Twilight. 9780380794324.
2002	Lyda Morehouse	Archangel Protocol	New American Library. 9780451458278.
2003	D. Daniel Judson	The Poisoned Rose	Bantam Books. 9780553584196.
2004	Andy Straka	Cold Quarry	Signet. 9780451208439.
2005	Max Phillips	Fade to Blonde	Dorchester Publishing. 9780843953503.
2006	Reed Farrell Coleman	The James Deans	Plume. 978-0452286504.
2007	P. J. Parrish	An Unquiet Grave	Kensington Books. 9780786016075.
2008	Richard Aleas	Songs of Innocence	Hard Case Crime. 9780857683892.
2009	Lori Armstrong	Snow Blind	Medaillon Press. 9781933836591.
2010	Ira Berkowitz	Sinner's Ball	Three Rivers Press. 9780307461926.
2011	Christopher G. Moore	Asia Hand	Black Cat. 9780802170736.
2012	Duane Swierczynski	Fun & Games	Mulholland Books. 9780316133289.
2013	Alison Gaylin	And She Was	Harper. 9780061878206.
2014	P.J. Parrish	Heart of Ice	Pocket Books. 9781439189375.
2015	Vincent Zandri	Moonlight Weeps	Down & Out Books. 9781937495749.
2016	J.L. Abramo	Circling the Runway	Down & Out Books. 9781937495879.
2017	Vaseem Khan	The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown	Mullholland Books. 9781473612327.
2018	Rich Zahradnik	Lights Out Summer	Camel Press. 9781603812139.
2019	Max Wirestone	The Questionable Behavior of Dahlia Moss	Redhook Books. 9780316386050.
2020	James D.F. Hannah	Behind the Wall of Sleep	Down & Out Books. 9781643961767.
2021	Richard Helms	Brittle Karma	Black Arch Books. 9780971015975.
2022	John McFetridge	Every City is Every Other City	ECW Press. 9781770415416.
2023	J.R. Sanders	Dead-Bang Fall	Level Best Books. 978-1685120948.
2024	Gabriel Valjan	Liar’s Dice	Level Best Books. 978-1685122065.
Fuente: Página de Private Eye Writers of America

THE EYE – Premio a la trayectoria

(No otorgado en 1990, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2022 y 2023)

Año	Ganador
1982	Ross Macdonald
1983	Mickey Spillane
1984	William Campbell Gault
1985	Howard Browne
1986	Richard S. Prather
1987	Bill Pronzini
1988	Dennis Lynds y Wade Miller
1991	Roy Huggins
1992	Joseph Hansen
1993	Marcia Muller
1994	Stephen J. Cannell
1995	John Lutz y Robert B. Parker
1997	Stephen Marlowe
1999	Maxine O'Callaghan
2000	Edward D. Hoch
2002	Lawrence Block
2004	Donald Westlake
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
2018	Walter Mosley
2021	Michael Z. Lewin
Fuente: Página de Private Eye Writers of America

Mejor personaje en serie P. I. – The Hammer

Se entregó entre 2007-2012 y en 2014

Año	Serie/Personaje	Autor
2007	Shell Scott	Richard S. Prather
2008	Nameless Detective	Bill Pronzini
2009	Matt Scudder	Lawrence Block
2010	Sharon McCone	Marcia Muller
2011	V.I. Warshawski	Sara Paretsky
2012	Nate Heller	Max Allan Collins
2014	Kinsey Millhone	Sue Grafton
Fuente: Página de Private Eye Writers of America