| Lambda Literary Award for Mystery | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | LGBT Mystery |
| Sponsored by | Lambda Literary Foundation |
| Date | Annual |
The Lambda Literary Award for Mystery is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, to a mystery novel by or about people in the LGBT community. Prior to 2021, the award was separated into separate categories for Gay and Lesbian Mystery.
| Official Category Title | Abbreviation | Award Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Lesbian Mystery/Science Fiction | Lesb. M/SF | 1989 |
| Gay Mystery/Science Fiction | Gay M/SF | 1989 |
| Lesbian Mystery | Lesbian Mys. | 1990-2020 |
| Gay Mystery | Gay Mys. | 1990-2020 |
| LGBTQ Mystery | LGBTQ | 2021 |
| Year | Category | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Gay M/SF | Michael Nava | Goldenboy | Winner | [1] |
| Donald Ward | Death Takes the Stage | Finalist | [1] | ||
| Joseph Hansen | Obedience | ||||
| Michael Bishop | Unicorn Mountain | ||||
| George Baxt | Who’s Next | ||||
| Lesb. M/SF | Antoinette Azolakov | Skiptrace | Winner | [1] | |
| Sandy Bayer | The Crystal Curtain | Finalist | [1] | ||
| Dolores Klaich | Heavy Gilt | ||||
| Claire McNab | Lessons In Murder | ||||
| Judy Grahn | Mundane's World | ||||
| 1990 | Gay Mys. | Mark Richard Zubro | Simple Suburban Murder | Winner | [2] |
| Samuel M. Steward | Caravaggio Shawl | Finalist | [2] | ||
| Stan Leventhal | Faultlines: Stories of Suspense | ||||
| Michael Nava | Finale edited | ||||
| Jeffrey N. McMahan | Somewhere in the Night | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Katherine V. Forrest | The Beverly Malibu | Winner | [2] | |
| Antoinette Azolakov | The Contactees Die Young | Finalist | [2] | ||
| Barbara Wilson | Dog Collar Murders | ||||
| Claire McNab | Fatal Reunion | ||||
| Ellen Hart | Hallowed Murder | ||||
| 1991 | Gay Mys. | Michael Nava | Howtown | Winner | [3] |
| Stan Leventhal | Black Marble Pool | Finalist | [3] | ||
| Grant Michaels | Body To Dye For | ||||
| Joseph Hansen | Boy Who Was Buried This Morning | ||||
| Mark Richard Zubro | Why Isn’t Becky Twitchell Dead? | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Barbara Wilson | Gaudi Afternoon | Winner (tie) | [3] | |
| Lauren Wright Douglas | Ninth Life | ||||
| Sarah Dreher | A Captive In Time | Finalist | [3] | ||
| Claire McNab | Death Down Under | ||||
| Camarin Grae | Slick | ||||
| 1992 | Gay Mys. | Joseph Hansen | A Country of Old Men | Winner | [4] |
| Stan Cutler | Best Performance by a Patsy | Finalist | [4] | ||
| Larry Townsend | Master’s Counterpoints | ||||
| Mark Richard Zubro | Sorry Now? | ||||
| Stan Cutler | The Face on the Cutting Room Floor | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Katherine V. Forrest | Murder by Tradition | Winner | [4] | |
| Claire McNab | Cop Out | Finalist | [4] | ||
| Amanda Kyle Williams | The Providence File | ||||
| Sandra Scoppetone | Everything You Have is Mine | ||||
| Mary Morell | Final Session | ||||
| 1993 | Gay Mys. | Michael Nava | The Hidden Law | Winner | [5] |
| Steve Johnson | Final Atonement | Finalist | [5] | ||
| Grant Michaels | Love You to Death | ||||
| Larry Townsend | One for the Master, Two for the Fool | ||||
| Richard Stevenson | Third Man Out | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Jaye Maiman | Crazy for Loving | Winner (tie) | [5] | |
| Elizabeth Pincus | Two-Bit Tango | ||||
| J.M. Redmann | Deaths of Jocasta | Finalist | [5] | ||
| Nikki Baker | Lavender House Murder | ||||
| Ellen Hart | Stage Fright | ||||
| 1994 | Gay Mys. | Steven Saylor | Catilina’s Riddle | Winner | [6] |
| Joseph Hansen | Bohannon’s Country | Finalist | [6] | ||
| Grant Michaels | Dead On Your Feet | ||||
| George Baxt | Mae West Murder Case | ||||
| John Cooke | Torsos | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Mary Wings | Divine Victim | Winner | [6] | |
| Mabel Maney | Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse | Finalist | [6] | ||
| Sandra Scoppetone | I'll Be Leaving You Always | ||||
| Nikki Baker | Long Goodbyes | ||||
| Barbara Wilson | Trouble In Transylvania | ||||
| 1995 | Gay Mys. | John Berendt | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Winner | [7] |
| Samuel Delaney | Mad Man | Finalist | [7] | ||
| Grant Michaels | Mask for a Diva | ||||
| George Baxt | Queer Kind of Love | ||||
| Caleb Carr | The Alienist | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Ellen Hart | Small Sacrifice | Winner | [7] | |
| Claire McNab | Body Guard | Finalist | [7] | ||
| Mabel Maney | Case of the Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend | ||||
| Sandra Scoppetone | My Sweet Untraceable You | ||||
| Randye Lordon | Sister's Keeper | ||||
| 1996 | Gay Mys. | R.D. Zimmerman | Closet | Winner | [8] |
| Mark Richard Zubro | Another Dead Teenager | Finalist | [8] | ||
| George Baxt | Queer Kind of Umbrella | ||||
| Richard Stevenson | Shock to the System | ||||
| Steven Saylor | The Venus Throw | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | J.M. Redmann | The Intersection of Law and Desire | Winner | [8] | |
| Jaye Maiman | Baby, It's Cold | Finalist | [8] | ||
| Ellen Hart | Faint Praise | ||||
| Elizabeth Pincus | Hangdog Hustle | ||||
| Penny Mickelbury | Night Songs | ||||
| Jaye Maiman | Someone to Watch | ||||
| 1997 | Gay Mys. | Michael Nava | Death of Friends | Winner | [9] |
| Steven Saylor | Murder on the Appian Way | Finalist | [9] | ||
| John Morgan Wilson | Simple Justice | ||||
| Grant Michaels | Time to Check Out | ||||
| R.D. Zimmerman | Tribe | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Ellen Hart | Robber's Wine | Winner | [9] | |
| Jackie Manthorne | Final Take | Finalist | [9] | ||
| Claire McNab | Inner Circle | ||||
| Katherine V. Forrest | Liberty Square | ||||
| 1998 | Gay Mys. | David Hunt | The Magician’s Tale | Winner | [10] |
| Christopher Bram | Gossip | Finalist | [10] | ||
| R.D. Zimmerman | Hostage | ||||
| John Morgan Wilson | Revision of Justice | ||||
| Michael Nava | The Burning Plain | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Randye Lordon | Father Forgive Me | Winner | [10] | |
| Katherine V. Forrest | Apparition Alley | Finalist | [10] | ||
| Carole laFavor | Evil Dead Center | ||||
| Cynthia Webb | No Daughter of the South | ||||
| Jaye Maiman | Old Black Magic | ||||
| 1999 | Gay Mys. | R.D. Zimmerman | Outburst | Winner | [11] |
| Grant Michaels | Dead as a Doornail | Finalist | [11] | ||
| Fred Hunter | Federal Fag | ||||
| Richard Stevenson | Strachey’s Folly | ||||
| Randy Boyd | Uprising | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Nicola Griffith | The Blue Place | Winner | [11] | |
| Randye Lordon | Mother May I | Finalist | [11] | ||
| Claire McNab | Past Due | ||||
| Sarah Dreher | Shaman's Moon | ||||
| Ellen Hart | Wicked Games | ||||
| 2000 | Gay Mys. | John Morgan Wilson | Justice at Risk | Winner | [12] |
| Mark Zubro | Drop Dead | Finalist | [12] | ||
| R.D. Zimmerman | Innuendo | ||||
| Lev Raphael | The Death of a Constant Lover | ||||
| Keith Hartman | The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Ellen Hart | Hunting the Witch | Winner | [12] | |
| J.M. Redmann | Lost Daughters | Finalist | [12] | ||
| Clair McNab | Murder Undercover | ||||
| Mary Wings | She Came in Drag | ||||
| Katherine V. Forrest | Sleeping Bones | ||||
| 2001 | Gay Mys. | John Morgan Wilson | The Limits of Justice | Winner | [13] |
| Christopher Rice | A Density of Souls | Finalist | [13] | ||
| Krandall Kraus | Love’s Last Chance | ||||
| Michael Craft | Name Games | ||||
| Casey Nelson | Nothing Gold Can Stay | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Jean Marcy | Mommy Deadest | Winner | [13] | |
| Val McDermid | Booked for Murder | Finalist | [13] | ||
| Barbara Wilson | The Case of the Orphanned Bassoonists | ||||
| Claire McNab | Death Understood | ||||
| Therese Szymanski | When Evil Changes Face | ||||
| 2002 | Gay Mys. | Michael Nava | Rag and Bone | Winner | [14] |
| Michael Craft | Boy Toy | Finalist | [14] | ||
| Warren Dunford | Making a Killing | ||||
| Mark Richard Zubro | Sex and Murder.Com | ||||
| Dorien Grey | The Butcher’s Son | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Ellen Hart | Merchant of Venus | Winner | [14] | |
| Alex Marcoux | Back to Salem | Finalist | [14] | ||
| Mabel Maney | Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy | ||||
| Pat Welch | Moving Targets | ||||
| Lauren Maddison | Witchfire | ||||
| 2003 | Gay Mys. | Christopher Rice | The Snow Garden | Winner | [15] [16] |
| Michael Craft | Hot Spot | Finalist | [16] | ||
| Greg Herren | Murder in the Rue Dauphine | ||||
| Dorien Grey | The Hired Man | ||||
| Drew Gummerson | The Lodger | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Elizabeth Woodcraft | Good Bad Woman | Winner (tie) | [15] [16] | |
| Ellen Hart | Immaculate Midnight | ||||
| Claire McNab | Accidental Murder | Finalist | [16] | ||
| Heather Dune Macadam | The Weeping Buddha | ||||
| Lauren Maddison | Death by Prophecy | ||||
| 2004 | Gay Mys. | John Morgan Wilson | Blind Eye | Winner | [17] |
| Greg Herren | Bourbon Street Blues | Finalist | [17] | ||
| Mark Richard Zubro | Dead Egotistical Morons | ||||
| Elliott Mackle | It Takes Two | ||||
| David Stukas | Wearing Black to the White Party | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Elizabeth Sims | Damn Straight | Winner | [17] | |
| Baxter Clare | Cry Havoc | Finalist | [17] | ||
| Bett Reece Johnson | The Woman Who Found Grace | ||||
| Lauren Maddison | Epitaph for an Angel | ||||
| Ida Swearingen | Owl of the Desert | ||||
| 2005 | Gay Mys. | Anthony Bidulka | Flight of Aquavit | Winner | [18] |
| Greg Herren | Jackson Square Jazz | Finalist | [18] | ||
| John Morgan Wilson | Moth and Flame | ||||
| Gary Zebrun | Someone You Know | ||||
| Dorien Grey | The Role Players | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Katherine V. Forrest | Hancock Park | Winner | [18] | |
| Ellen Hart | An Intimate Ghost | Finalist | [18] | ||
| Jennifer L. Jordan | Commitment to Die | ||||
| Claire McNab | The Wombat Strategy | ||||
| Mary Vermillion | Death by Discount | ||||
| 2006 | Gay Mys. | D. Travers Scott | One of These Things is Not Like the Other | Winner | [19] |
| W. Randy Haynes | Cajun Snuff | Finalist | [19] | ||
| Rick Copp | The Actor’s Guide to Greed | ||||
| Dorien Grey | The Paper Mirror | ||||
| Michael Allen Dymmoch | White Tiger | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Alicia Gaspar De Alba | Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders | Winner | [19] | |
| Penny Mickelbury | Darkness Descending | Finalist | [19] | ||
| Ellen Hart | The Iron Girl | ||||
| Radclyffe | Justice Served | ||||
| Katherine V. Forrest | Women of Mystery | ||||
| 2007 | Gay Mys. | Garry Ryan | The Lucky Elephant Restaurant | Winner | [20] |
| Greg Herren | Mardi Gras Mambo | Finalist | [20] | ||
| Randall Peffer | Provincetown Follies, Bangkok Blues | ||||
| James Lear | The Back Passage | ||||
| Josh Lanyon | The Hell You Say | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Laurie R. King | The Art of Detection | Winner | [20] | |
| Jessica Thomas | The Weekend Visitor | Finalist | [20] | ||
| Joan Opyr | Idaho Code | ||||
| Ellen Hart | Night Vision | ||||
| Rose Beecham | Sleep of Reason | ||||
| 2008 | Gay Mys. | Greg Herren | Murder in the Rue Chartres | Winner | [21] [22] |
| Chris Beakey | Double Abduction | Finalist | [22] | ||
| Caro Soles | Drag Queen in the Court of Death | ||||
| Neil Plakcy | Mahu Surfer | ||||
| Roberto Ferrari | Pierce | ||||
| Anthony Bidulka | Stain of the Berry | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Gabrielle Goldsby | Wall of Silence | Winner | [21] [22] | |
| Gerri Hill | In the Name of the Father | Finalist | [22] | ||
| Ursula Steck | Laura's War | ||||
| Ellen Hart | Mortal Groove | ||||
| Jennifer L. Jordan | Selective Memory | ||||
| 2009 | Gay Mys. | Scott Sherman | First You Fall | Winner | [23] |
| Neil Plakcy | Mahu Fire | Finalist | [23] | ||
| John Morgan Wilson | Spider Season | ||||
| Anthony Bidulka | Sundowner Ubuntu | ||||
| Stephen Anable | The Fisher Boy | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Josie Gordon | Whacked | Winner | [23] | |
| Diane Anderson-Minshall | Blind Faith | Finalist | [23] | ||
| Ali Vali | Calling the Dead | ||||
| Jessica Thomas | Losers Weepers | ||||
| Ellen Hart | Sweet Poison | ||||
| 2010 | Gay Mys. | Michael Thomas Ford | What We Remember | Winner | [24] |
| Josh Aterovis | All Lost Things | Finalist | [24] | ||
| Ralph Ashworth | Killer of Orchids | ||||
| Greg Herren | Murder in the Garden District | ||||
| Rob Byrnes | Straight Lies | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | J.M. Redmann | Death of a Dying Man | Winner | [24] | |
| Paulette Callen | Command of Silence | Finalist | [24] | ||
| Ellen Hart | The Mirror and the Mask | ||||
| Joan Opyr | From Hell to Breakfast | ||||
| Josie Gordon | Toasted | ||||
| 2011 | Gay Mys. | David Lennon | Echoes | Winner | [25] |
| Richard Stevenson | Cockeyed | Finalist | |||
| I.E. Woodward | Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers | ||||
| Garry Ryan | Smoked | ||||
| Greg Herren | Vieux Carre Voodoo | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Val McDermid | Fever of the Bone | Winner | [25] | |
| Ellen Hart | The Cruel Ever After | Finalist | |||
| Kim Baldwin | Missing Lynx | ||||
| Stella Duffy | Parallel Lies | ||||
| J.M. Redmann | Water Mark | ||||
| 2012 | Gay Mys. | Richard Stevenson | Red White Black and Blue | Winner | [26] |
| David Lennon | Blue’s Bayou | Finalist | [27] | ||
| Marshall Thornton | Boystown: Three Nick Nowak Mysteries | ||||
| Garry Ryan | Malabarista | ||||
| Jess Faraday | The Affair of the Porcelain Dog | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Kim Baldwin | Dying to Live | Winner | [26] | |
| AJ Quinn | Hostage Moon | Finalist | [27] | ||
| R. E. Bradshaw | Rainey Nights: A Rainey Bell Thriller | ||||
| Martha Miller | Retirement Plan | ||||
| Val McDermid | Trick of the Dark | ||||
| 2013 | Gay Mys. | Jeffrey Round | Lake on the Mountain: A Dan Sharp Mystery | Winner | [28] [29] |
| Rod Shelton | Bokassa’s Last Apostle | Finalist | [29] | ||
| Anthony Bidulka | Dos Equis | ||||
| Janice Law | Fires of London | ||||
| Steve Neil Johnson | The Yellow Canary | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | J.M. Redmann | Ill Will | Winner | [28] [29] | |
| C.P. Rowlands | Jacob's War | Finalist | [29] | ||
| Robin Silverman | Lemon Reef | ||||
| R. E. Bradshaw | Molly: House on Fire | ||||
| Ellen Hart | Rest for the Wicked | ||||
| 2014 | Gay Mys. | Janice Law | The Prisoner of the Riviera: A Francis Bacon Mystery | Winner | [30] [31] |
| Greg Herren | Baton Rouge Bingo | Finalist | [31] | ||
| Marshall Thornton | Boystown 5: Murder Book | ||||
| David Lennon | Fierce | ||||
| Garry Ryan | Foxed | ||||
| Jonathan Gregory | In Real Life, The 3rd Gemini & Flowers Mystery | ||||
| Mark Zubro | Pawn of Satan | ||||
| Jon Michaelsen | Pretty Boy Dead | ||||
| Sarah Black | The General and the Elephant Clock of Al-Jazari | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Katherine V. Forrest | High Desert | Winner | [30] [31] | |
| Val McDermid | Cross and Burn | Finalist | [31] | ||
| Anne Holt | Death of the Demon | ||||
| Laura Antoniou | The Killer Wore Leather: A Mystery | ||||
| Ann Roberts | Point of Betrayal | ||||
| R. E. Bradshaw | The Rainey Season | ||||
| Jean Sheldon | She Overheard Murder | ||||
| Ellen Hart | Taken by the Wind | ||||
| Jenna Rae | Turning on the Tide | ||||
| Diane Wood | Web of Obsessions | ||||
| Ian Hamilton | The Wild Beasts of Wuhan: An Ava Lee Novel | ||||
| 2015 | Gay Mys. | Katie Gilmartin | Blackmail, My Love: A Murder Mystery | Winner | [32] [33] |
| Jameson Currier | A Gathering Storm | Finalist | [32] | ||
| Marshall Thornton | Boystown 6: From the Ashes | ||||
| David Swatling | Calvin’s Head | ||||
| David Lennon | DeadFall | ||||
| Josh Lanyon | Fair Game | ||||
| Janice Law | Moon Over Tangier | ||||
| Rafe Haze | The Next | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Ellen Hart | The Old Deep and Dark | Winner | [32] [33] | |
| Anne Laughlin | The Acquittal | Finalist | [32] | ||
| Charles Atkins | Done to Death | ||||
| Valerie Bronwen | Slash and Burn | ||||
| Stevie Mikayne | UnCatholic Conduct | ||||
| 2016 | Gay Mys. | Marshall Thornton | Boystown 7: Bloodlines | Winner | [34] [35] |
| Jeffrey Round | After the Horses | Finalist | [36] | ||
| Jon Wilson | Cheap as Beasts | ||||
| Wallace Godfrey | Introducing Sunfish & Starfish: Tropical Drag Queen Detectives | ||||
| Rhys Ford | Murder and Mayhem | ||||
| Christopher Bollen | Orient | ||||
| Tom Mendicino | The Boys from Eighth and Carpenter | ||||
| Robert Karjel | The Swede | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Victoria Brownworth | Ordinary Mayhem | Winner (tie) | [34] [35] | |
| Ann Aptaker | Tarnished Gold | ||||
| Ellen Hart | The Grave Soul | Finalist | [36] | ||
| Lee Winter | The Red Files | ||||
| Debra Hyde | The Tattered Heiress: Volume Two of the Charlotte Olmes Mystery Series | ||||
| Stevie Mikayne | Illicit Artifacts | ||||
| Cari Hunter | No Good Reason | ||||
| R. E. Bradshaw | Relatively Rainey | ||||
| 2017 | Gay Mys. | J. Aaron Sanders | Speakers of the Dead: A Walt Whitman Mystery | Winner | [37] |
| Dal Maclean | Bitter Legacy | Finalist | [38] | ||
| L. A. Fields | Homo Superiors | ||||
| Michael Nava | Lay Your Sleeping Head | ||||
| Janice Law | Nights in Berlin | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Jessica L. Webb | Pathogen | Winner | [37] | |
| Jessie Chandler | Blood Money Murder | Finalist | [38] | ||
| Cheryl A. Head | Bury Me When I'm Dead | ||||
| Andrea Bramhall | Collide-O-Scope | ||||
| Lynn Ames | Final Cut | ||||
| Lee Winter | Requiem for Immortals | ||||
| Jennifer L. Jordan | Under Contract | ||||
| T.L. Hart | Walk-in | ||||
| 2018 | Gay Mys. | Marshall Thornton | Night Drop | Winner | [39] [40] |
| Marshall Thornton | Boystown 10: Gifts Given | Finalist | [41] | ||
| Kim Fielding | Love is Heartless | ||||
| Mark Zubro | Ring of Silence | ||||
| Michael Nava | Street People | ||||
| C. S. Poe | The Mystery of the Curiosities | ||||
| Rhys Ford | Tramps and Thieves | ||||
| Kate Sherwood | Long Shadows | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | A.E. Radley | Huntress | Winner | [39] [40] | |
| J.M. Redmann | The Girl on the Edge of Summer | Finalist | [41] | ||
| Andrea Bramhall | The Last First Time | ||||
| Cari Hunter | A Quiet Death | ||||
| Ellen Hart | Fever in the Dark | ||||
| Kate Jessica Raphael | Murder Under the Fig Tree: A Palestine Mystery | ||||
| Anne Holt | Odd Numbers | ||||
| Jessica L. Webb | Repercussions | ||||
| 2019 | Gay Mys. | Marshall Thornton | Late Fees: A Pinx Video Mystery | Winner | [42] |
| Joseph Olshan | Black Diamond Fall | Finalist | [43] | ||
| Marshall Thornton | Boystown 11: Heart’s Desire | ||||
| David S. Pederson | Death Checks In | ||||
| John Copenhaver | Dodging and Burning: A Mystery | ||||
| Bud Gundy | Somewhere Over Lorain Road | ||||
| Neil S. Plakcy | Survival Is a Dying Art: An Angus Green Novel | ||||
| Jeffrey Round | The God Game: A Dan Sharp Mystery | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Claire O'Dell | A Study in Honor: A Novel | Winner | [42] | |
| Joseph Fink | Alice Isn't Dead: A Novel | Finalist | [43] | ||
| Gerri Hill | The Locket | ||||
| Catherine Maiorisi | A Matter of Blood | ||||
| Ellen Hart | A Whisper of Bones | ||||
| A. Rose Mathieu | Secrets of the Last Castle | ||||
| Linda J. Wright | Stolen: A Kieran Yeats Mystery | ||||
| 2020 | Gay Mys. | Michael Nava | Carved in Bone: A Henry Rios Novel | Winner | [44] [45] [46] |
| Michael Craft | ChoirMaster: A Mister Puss Mystery | Finalist | [47] [48] | ||
| David S. Pederson | Death Takes a Bow | ||||
| Marshall Thornton | Rewind | ||||
| Greg Herren | Royal Street Reveillon | ||||
| Timothy Jay Smith | The Fourth Courier | ||||
| Chris Gill | The Nowhere | ||||
| Liam McIlvanney | The Quaker | ||||
| Lesbian Mys. | Ann McMan | Galileo | Winner | [44] [45] [46] | |
| Catherine Maiorisi | The Blood Runs Cold | Finalist | [47] [48] | ||
| Claire O'Dell | The Hound of Justice | ||||
| Amelia Ellis | The Mirror of Muraro | ||||
| Charlotte Greene | Gnarled Hollow | ||||
| Ellen Hart | Twisted at the Root: A Jane Lawless Mystery | ||||
| 2021 | LGBTQ | Tom Ryan | I Hope You're Listening | Winner | [49] [50] [51] |
| A.E. Radley | Death Before Dessert | Finalist | [52] | ||
| Cheryl A. Head | Find Me When I'm Lost | ||||
| Stephen Spotswood | Fortune Favors the Dead | ||||
| Rosalie Knecht | Vera Kelly Is Not a Mystery | ||||
| 2022 | LGBTQ | John Copenhaver | The Savage Kind | Winner | [53] |
| P.J. Vernon | Bath Haus | Finalist | [54] | ||
| Jennifer Hanlon Wilde | Finding the Vein | ||||
| Michael Nava | Lies With Man | ||||
| Stephen Spotswood | Murder Under Her Skin | ||||
| 2023 | LGBTQ+ | Hayley Scrivenor | Dirt Creek: A Novel | Winner | [55] |
| David C Dawson | A Death in Berlin | Finalist | [56] | ||
| Joshua Moehling | And There He Kept Her | ||||
| Ann McMan | Dead Letters from Paradise | ||||
| Lev A.C. Rosen | Lavender House |
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The Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Literature is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, that awards books with bisexual content. The award can be separated into three categories: bisexual fiction, bisexual nonfiction, and bisexual poetry. Awards are granted based on literary merit and bisexual content, and therefore, the writer may be homo-, hetero-, or asexual.
The Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, to a novel, novella, or short story collection "by a single author that focus on a central love relationship between two or more characters."
The Lambda Literary Award for Anthology is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, that awards "[c]ollections of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry" with LGBT content. The award has been included since the first Lambda Literary Award ceremony but has included different iterations.
The Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir/Biography is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, to a memoir, biography, autobiography, or works of creative nonfiction by or about gay men. Works published posthumously and/or written with co-authors are eligible, but anthologies are not.
The Lambda Literary Award for Nonfiction is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, that awards LGBT-themed nonfiction books whose intended audience is "general readers, as opposed to those targeted primarily to scholarly audiences." Anthologies and memoirs are not included as they have their own categories.
The Lambda Literary Award for Erotica is an annual literary award established in 2002 and presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation that awards books with LGBT characters and "whose content is principally of an erotic nature." "Anthologies, novels, novellas, graphic novels, memoirs, and short story collections" are eligible for the award.
The Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, to a novel, novella, or short story collection "by a single author that focus on a central love relationship between two or more characters."