2023 (and 2016)
Mark Stevens writes the Allison Coil Mystery Series—Antler Dust, Buried by the Roan, Trapline, Lake of Fire and The Melancholy Howl. Trapline won the Colorado Book Award and The Colorado Authors League Award in 2016. Buried by the Roan and Lake of Fire were finalists for the same award. Kirkus Reviews called Lake of Fire “irresistible” and The Melancholy Howl “smart and indelible.” Mark was the 2016 Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ Writer of the Year. He lives in Mancos, Colorado.
Past Award Winners
Amy Rivers: 2022
Andre Gonzalez: 2021
Sue Hinkin: 2021
Bernadette Marie: 2020
Kerry Schafer: 2020
Stephanie Reisner: 2019
Margaret Mizushima: 2019
Gwen Florio: 2018
Corinne O’Flynn: 2018
Shannon Baker: 2017, 2014
Wendy Terrien: 2017
Lisa Manifold: 2016
Susan Spann: 2015
Linda Joffe Hull: 2013
Carol Berg: 2012, 2006
Robin Owens: 2011, 2004
Pamela Nowak: 2010
Mario Acevedo: 2009
Jeanne C. Stein: 2008
C.J. Box: 2007
Cindi Myers: 2005
Kay Bergstrom: 2003, 1986
Christine Goff: 2002
Francine Mathews: 2001
Sharon Mignerey: 2000
Maggie Osborne: 1999, 1985
Leslie O’Kane & Patricia Werner: 1998
Anne Holmberg: 1997
Rick Hanson: 1996
Christine Jorgensen: 1995
Lee Karr: 1994
Jimmie Butler: 1993
Cheryl McGonigle: 1992
Diane Mott Davidson: 1991
Barbara Blackman: 1990
Jasmine Cresswell: 1989, 1987
Kathy Clark: 1988