Left Coast Crime Lefty Award Nominations

 

Because of the pandemic, the April 2021 Left Coast Crime convention was rescheduled for 2022. While everything else may have changed, the Lefty Awards continue!

Left Coast Crime will be presenting four Lefty Awards in 2021: humorous, historical, debut, and best. This year, the awards will be voted on virtually and presented online April 10, 2021.

The award nominees have just been selected by registrants at the last in-person convention in San Diego and the next one scheduled for Albuquerque in April 2022. 

LCC is delighted to announce the 2021 Lefty nominees for books published in 2020:

Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel
Murder in the Bayou Boneyard by Ellen Byron (Crooked Lane Books)
Mimi Lee Gets a Clue by Jennifer J. Chow (Berkley Prime Crime)
Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen (Alfred A. Knopf)
The Study of Secrets by Cynthia Kuhn (Henery Press)
The Pot Thief Who Studied the Woman at Otowi Crossing by J. Michael Orenduff (Aakenbaaken & Kent)
Skin Deep by Sung J. Woo (Agora Books)

Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel for books set before 1970. The nominees are:
 The Fate of a Flapper by Susanna Calkins (Minotaur Books)
 A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Murder by Dianne Freeman (Kensington Books)
 Riviera Gold by Laurie R. King (Bantam Books)
The Turning Tide by Catriona McPherson (Quercus)
Mortal Music by Ann Parker (Poisoned Pen Press)
Turn to Stone by James W. Ziskin (Seventh Street Books)

Lefty for Best Debut Mystery Novel.
Murder Goes to Market by Daisy Bateman (Seventh Street Books)
Derailed by Mary Keliikoa (Camel Press)
Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer (Kensington Books)
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Viking)
The Lady Upstairs by Halley Sutton (Putnam)
 Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden (Ecco)

Lefty for Best Mystery Novel (not in other categories)
What You Don’t See by Tracy Clark (Kensington Books)
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A.Cosby (Flatiron Books)
Blind Vigil by Matt Coyle,  (Oceanview Publishing)
And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall (Forge)
All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)

The Left Coast Crime Convention is an annual event sponsored by mystery fans, both readers and authors. Usually held in the western half of North America, LCC’s intent is to host an event where readers, authors, critics, librarians, publishers, and other fans can gather in convivial surroundings to pursue their mutual interests. Lefty Awards have been given since 1996.

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The 2022 Left Coast Crime Convention — Southwest Sleuths — will take place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 7–10, 2022. The Guests of Honor will be authors Mick Herron and Catriona McPherson. Kristopher Zgorski will be the Fan Guest of Honor, and Kellye Garrett will serve as Toastmaster. Tony Hillerman will be the Ghost of Honor.

Left Coast Crime is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation holding annual mystery conventions in the West since 1991. Each LCC convention raises money to support a local literary organization and is staffed entirely by volunteers.

For more information on Left Coast Crime 2022, visit https://leftcoastcrime.org/2022/