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& Mystery Links | Organization | Award Name | Award Type |
| Malice Domestic | Agatha (named after Agatha Christie for cozy and traditional mysteries) | Best first novel; Best novel |
| World Mystery Convention | Anthony (named for Anthony Boucher - William Anthony Parker White) | Best first novel; Best novel; Best paperback original |
| Crime Writers of Canada | Ellis (named after Arthur Ellis) | Best first novel; Best novel; |
| Crime Writer's Association of Great Britian | Gold Dagger Silver Dagger Creasey (for John Creasey) Last Laugh Ellis Peters (for the author) |
Gold: best crime novel Silver: runner up Creasey: best first novel Last: funniest crime novel Ellis Peters: best hystorical novel |
| Mystery Writers of America | Edgar (named for Edgar Allen Poe) | Best first novel; Best novel; Best paperback original |
| International Association of Crime Writers | Hammett (after Dashiell Hammett) | Best crime writing |
| Mystery Readers International | Macavity (names for T.S. Eliot's cat) | Best first novel; Best novel; |
| Wolfe Pack | Nero Wolfe | Best novel like the work of Rex Stout |
| Private Eye Writers of America | Shamus | Best Private Eye novel; Best Private Eye paperback original |
| Historicon | Gargoyle | Best historical novel |
| Author | Character | Book | Award |
| Davis, Lindsey | Marcus Didius Falco | Poseiden's Gold (1993) | Last Laugh Nominee |
| Davis, Lindsey | Marcus Didius Falco | Two for the Lions (1998) | Ellis Peters Award winner |
| Day, Dianne | Caroline Fremont Jones | The Strange Files of Fremont Jones (1995) | Macavity winner |
| Douglas, Carole Nelson | Irene Adler | Good Night, Mr. Holmes (1990) | American Mystery Award Winner |
| Frazer, Margaret | Sister Frevisse | The Servant's Tale (1993) | Edgar nominee |
| Frazer, Margaret | Sister Frevisse | The Prioress' Tale (1997) | Edgar nominee |
| Jennings, Maureen | William Murdoch | Except the Dying (1997) | Anthony and Ellis nominee |
| King, Laurie R. | Mary Russell | The Beekeeper's Apprentice (1994) | Agatha nominee |
| King, Laurie R. | Mary Russell | A Monstrous Regiment of Women (1995) | Nero Wolfe winner |
| Lawrence, Margaret | Hannah Trevor | Hearts and Bones (1996) | Agatha, Anthony, Edgar & Macavity nominee |
| Monfredo, Miriam Grace | Glynis Tryon | Seneca Fall Inheritance (1992) | Agatha & Macavity nominee |
| Newman, Sharan | Catherine LeVendeur | Death Comes as Epiphany (1993) | Macavity winner; Agatha, Anthony nominee |
| Newman, Sharan | Catherine LeVendeur | The Wandering Arm (1995) | Agatha nominee |
| Newman, Sharan | Catherine LeVendeur | Strong As Death (1996) | Agatha nominee |
| Penman, Sharon Kay | Justin de Quincy | The Queen's Man (1996) | Edgar nominee |
| Perry, Anne | William Monk | The Face of a Stranger (1990) | Agatha nominee |
| Perry, Anne | William Monk | Defend and Betray (1992) | Agatha nominee |
| Perry, Anne | Thomas & Charlotte Pitt | Pentecost Alley (1996) | Edgar nominee |
| Peters, Elizabeth | Amelia Peabody | The Last Camel Died at Noon (1991) | Agatha nominee |
| Peters, Elizabeth | Amelia Peabody | The Snake, The Crocodile and the Dog (1992) | Agatha nominee |
| Peters, Elizabeth | Amelia Peabody | Seeing a Large Cat (1997) | Agatha nominee |
| Ross, Kate | Julian Kestrel | A Broken Vessel (1994) | Gargoyle winner |
| Ross, Kate | Julian Kestrel | The Devil in Music (1997) | Agatha winner |
| Rowland, Laura Joh | Sano Ichiro | Shinju (1994) | Hammett nominee |