LEFT COAST CRIME HISTORY
| Place |
Year |
Guest(s) of Honor |
Fan Guest(s) of Honor |
Toastmaster(s) |
Lifetime Achievement Award |
| San Francisco, CA |
1991 |
Marcia Muller &
Bill Pronzini
|
|
Bruce Taylor |
|
| San Francisco, CA |
1992 |
J.A. Jance &
Earl Emerson
|
|
James Lee Burke
|
|
| Anaheim, CA |
1993 |
Susan Dunlap |
|
Ann & Evan Maxwell |
|
| Anaheim, CA |
1994 |
Aaron Elkins &
Charlotte Elkins |
|
Carolyn Hart |
|
| Scottsdale, AZ |
1995 |
Tony Hillerman |
|
Judith Van Gieson |
|
| Boulder, CO |
1996 |
Kinky Friedman |
Maggie Mason |
Nevada Barr |
|
| Seattle, WA |
1997 |
Faye & Jonathan Kellerman |
|
Lia Matera |
|
| San Diego, CA |
1998 |
Elizabeth George |
Willis Herr |
Alan Russell |
Bob Wade |
| Albuquerque, NM |
1999 |
John Dunning |
Tasha Mackler |
Deborah Crombie |
|
| Tucson, AZ |
2000 |
Sue Grafton |
George Easter |
Harlan Coben |
|
| Anchorage, AL |
2001 |
Michael Connolly & Lindsay Davis
|
Andi Shechter |
|
|
| Portland, OR |
2002 |
Steven Saylor &
Laurie King |
Don Herron |
G.M. Ford |
|
| Pasadena, CA |
2003 |
Robert Crais |
Sue Feder |
Jerrilyn Farmer |
|
| Monterey, CA |
2004 |
Sharan Newman & Walter Mosley |
Bryan Barrett & Thom Walls |
Gillian Roberts |
Richard Lupoff |
| El Paso, TX |
2005 |
Paco Ignacio Taibo II & S.J. Rozan
|
Ernie Bulow |
Rick Riordan |
|
| Bristol, UK |
2006 |
Boris Akunin, Jeffery Deaver & Anne Perry
|
Bill & Toby Gottfried (US)
Donna Moore (UK)
|
Lee Child |
|
| Seattle, WA |
2007 |
Dennis & Gayle Lynds |
Diane Kovacs &
Kara Robinson |
Gary Phillips |
|
| Denver, CO |
2008 |
Stephen White |
Michael Masliah |
Elaine Viets |
|
| Waikoloa - Hawaii, HI |
2009 |
Rhys Bowen &
Barry Eisler |
Vallery Feldman & Pam Dehnke |
Lee Goldberg |
|
| Los Angeles, CA |
2010 |
Jan Burke & Lee Child |
Janet Rudolph |
Bill Fitzhugh |
|
| Santa Fe, NM |
2011 |
Margaret Coel & Steven Havill |
Marvin Lachman |
Steve Brewer |
Martin Cruz Smith |
Lefty Award Winners: The Lefty is an award for the most humorous mystery published in a particular year. It is voted on by Left Coast Crime attendees.
1996: The Fat Innkeeper by Alan Russell
1997: No award given
1998: Three To Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
1999: Four to Score by Janet Evanovich
2000: Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews
2001: No award given
2002: tie: Dim Sum Dead by Jerrilyn Farmer and Fender Benders by Bill Fitzhugh
2003: tie: The Hearse Case Scenario by Tim Cockey and Pipsqueak by Brian M. Wiprud
2004: Mumbo Gumbo by Jerrilyn Farmer
2005: tie: We'll Always Have Parrots by Donna Andrews and Blue Blood by Susan McBride
2006: Cast Adrift by Peter Guttridge
2007: Go to Helena Handbasket by Donna Moore
2008: Murder With Reservations by Elaine Viets
2009: Greasing the Pinata by Tim Maleeny
2010: Getting Old Is a Disaster by Rita Lakin
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