AWARDS
Edgar® Winner, Best Novel, 1999: Bones
Agatha Winner, Best Short Story, 2000: "The Man in the Civil Suit"
Macavity Winner, Best Short Story, 2001: "The Abbey Ghosts"
Macavity Winner, Best Short Story, 1994: "Unharmed"
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers' Award Winner: "Unharmed"
RT Reviewers Choice Award, Best Suspense/Thriller: "The Messenger"
RT Reviewers Choice Award, Best Contemporary Mystery: "Bloodlines"
RT Reviewers Choice Award, Best Contemporary Mystery: "Bones"
NOMINATIONS
"The Fallen"
Barry Nominee, Best Short Story
Kidnapped
RT Reviewers Choice Award, Best Suspense
Bloodlines
Anthony Nominee, Best Novel
Barry Nominee, Best Novel
Nine
RT Reviewers Choice Award, Best Suspense
Macavity Nominee, Best Novel
Flight
Anthony Nominee, Best Novel
Nero Award Finalist
Bones
Anthony Nominee, Best Novel
Named one of the best mysteries of the year by Library Journal (Best Books of the Year 1999)
Liar
Agatha Nominee, Best Novel
Hocus
Agatha Nominee, Best Novel
Macavity Nominee, Best Novel
Barry Nominee, Best Novel
Goodnight, Irene
Agatha Nominee, Best First Novel
Anthony Nominee, Best First Novel
Writing Mysteries
Agatha Nominee, Best Nonfiction Book, 2002
"Devotion"
Agatha Nominee, Best Short Story, 2002
"The Abbey Ghosts"
Edgar® Nominee, Best Short Story, 2001
"The Man in the Civil Suit"
Macavity nominee, Best Short Story
"Mea Culpa"
Audie Award (as part of Malice Domestic 6 Audio edition)
"Two Bits"
Anthony nominee, Best Short Story
OTHER HONORS
Distinguished Alumna, College of Liberal Arts, California State University, Long Beach
California Forensic Science Institute Hall of Fame
Guest of Honor, Malice Domestic 2012
Guest of Honor, Left Coast Crime, Los Angeles, 2010
Burbank Public Library, Burbank READS 2010, Goodnight Irene
Guest of Honor, Mayhem in the Midlands, 2003
Guest of Honor, Deadly Ink, 2002
Romantic Times Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award for Contemporary Suspense
Nominated for a Gumshoe Award, given by Mystery Ink each year to recognize the best achievements in the world of mystery fiction.
