SoCalMWA - The Marlowe Award

The Marlowe Award
for Lifetime Achievement in Mystery Fiction

The Marlowe Award for Lifetime Achievement in Mystery Fiction is awarded annually by the Southern California Chapter, Mystery Writers of America . The purpose of the award is to recognize authors who have substantively contributed to the mystery genre over a sustained period of time within the Southern California Chapter, i.e., those parts of California and Nevada south of the 36th parallel, and all of Arizona and Hawaii. In Nevada, the chapter includes Las Vegas. In California, it stretches from just south of Big Sur to the Mexican border.
Past Marlowe Award Recipients:

2006:
Joseph Wambaugh

Joseph Wambaugh had been a member of the Los Angeles Police Department for more than 10 years when his first novel, The New Centurions (1971), virtually redefined the police procedural.

The Blue Knight (1972), won further acclaim, while his first non-fiction book, The Onion Field (1974) earned him a special Edgar. In 1981, he won the Edgar for best screenplay for his adaptation of his novel The Black Marble (1981). In 2003, he returned to nonfiction with Fire Lover, which garnered Wambaugh his third Edgar, this time in the category of true crime. In 2004, he was accorded Mystery Writers of America’s highest honor by being awarded Grand Master status.

Wambaugh's most recent work is Hollywood Station (2006), a novel.
Born in 1937 in East Pittsburgh, PA, Wambaugh currently lives in San Diego, CA.

2005:

Stephen J. Cannell

2004:

Sue Grafton

2003:

Blake Edwards

2002:

Dennis Lynds

2001:

William Link

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