Stuart Kaminsky has been selected to receive the 2006 Grand Master Award, the 50th recipient that began with Agatha Christie
The Grand Master Award, given yearly by
the MWA, represents the pinnacle of achievement in the mystery field. This
prestigious and highly coveted award was established to recognize not only
important contributions to the mystery field over time, but a significant
output of consistently high quality as well.
Previous Grand Master Award Recipients2005 Marcia Muller
2004 Joseph Wambaugh
2003 Ira Levin
2002 Robert B. Parker
2001 Edward D. Hoch
2000 Mary Higgins Clark
1999 P.D. James
1998 Barbara Mertz
(aka Elizabeth Peters
and Barbara Michaels)
1997 Ruth Rendell
1996 Dick Francis
1995 Mickey Spillane
1994 Lawrence Block
1993 Donald E. Westlake
1992 Elmore Leonard
1991 Tony Hillerman
1990 Helen McCloy
1989 Hillary Waugh
1988 Phyllis A. Whitney
1987 Michael Gilbert
1986 Ed McBain
1985 Dorothy Salisbury Davis
1984 John le Carré
1983 Margaret Millar
1982 Julian Symons
1981 Stanley Ellin
1980 W.R. Burnett
1979 Aaron Marc Stein
1978 Daphne du Maurier
1978 Dorothy B. Hughes
1978 Ngaio Marsh
1976 Graham Greene
1975 Eric Ambler
1974 Ross Macdonald
1973 Alfred Hitchcock
1973 Judson Philips
1972 John D. MacDonald
1971 Mignon G. Eberhart
1970 James M. Cain
1969 John Creasey
1967 Baynard Kendrick
1966 Georges Simenon
1964 George Harmon Coxe
1963 John Dickson Carr
1962 Erle Stanley Gardner
1961 Ellery Queen
(Frederic Dannay
and Manfred B. Lee)
1959 Rex Stout
1958 Vincent Starrett
1955 Agatha Christie