The Eye, the PWA's Lifetime Achievement award
2021 Michael Z Lewin
2018 Walter Mosley
2017 Jerry Kennealy
2016 S J Rozan
2015 Parnell Hall
2013 Loren D Estleman
2011 Ed Gorman
2010 Robert Crais
2009 Robert J Randisi
2008 Joe Gores
2007 Stuart M Kaminsky
2006 Max Allan Collins
2005 Sara Paretsky
2004 Donald E Westlake
2003 Sue Grafton
2002 Lawrence Block
2000 Edward D Hoch
1999 Maxine O'Callaghan
1997 Stephen Marlowe
1995 John Lutz
1995 Robert B Parker
1994 Stephen J Cannell
1993 Marcia Muller
1992 Joseph Hansen
1991 Roy Huggins
1988 Dennis Lynds
1988 Wade Miller
1987 Bill Pronzini
1986 Richard S Prather
1985 Howard Browne
1984 William Campbell Gault
1983 Mickey Spillane
1982 Ross MacDonald
2018 Walter Mosley
2017 Jerry Kennealy
2016 S J Rozan
2015 Parnell Hall
2013 Loren D Estleman
2011 Ed Gorman
2010 Robert Crais
2009 Robert J Randisi
2008 Joe Gores
2007 Stuart M Kaminsky
2006 Max Allan Collins
2005 Sara Paretsky
2004 Donald E Westlake
2003 Sue Grafton
2002 Lawrence Block
2000 Edward D Hoch
1999 Maxine O'Callaghan
1997 Stephen Marlowe
1995 John Lutz
1995 Robert B Parker
1994 Stephen J Cannell
1993 Marcia Muller
1992 Joseph Hansen
1991 Roy Huggins
1988 Dennis Lynds
1988 Wade Miller
1987 Bill Pronzini
1986 Richard S Prather
1985 Howard Browne
1984 William Campbell Gault
1983 Mickey Spillane
1982 Ross MacDonald
About the Shamus Awards
The Shamus Award is presented by the Private Eye Writers of America. It recognizes outstanding achievement in detective fiction, specifically novels and short stories in the private investigator (P.I.) genre. Website