Left Coast Crime

Left Coast Crime is an annual conference organised by mystery fiction fans for mystery fiction fans, first held in San Francisco in 1991. It is concerned with western North American region mysteries, but the conference itself travels worldwide, having been held in Canada and the United Kingdom, as well as different parts of the United States. The conference enables fans to mix with authors. A prominent author of western mystery fiction is invited to be guest speaker.[1][2][3]

In December 2019 Mystery Writers of America awarded the convention organization the 2020 Raven Award for "outstanding achievement in the mystery field outside the realm of creative writing."[4]


Awards

Conference participants have voted on an award for the most humorous mystery novel since 1996. The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery (for a mystery set prior to 1950) has been voted since 2004.[5] The PANIC is an award for the best Los Angeles noir in memory of Paul Anik and the first, for 2009, will be awarded at the 2010 conference in Los Angeles.[6]

Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel Award Winners

The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award Winners
  • 2004: For The Love Of Mike by Rhys Bowen
  • 2005: The Witch in the Well by Sharan Newman
  • 2006: Spectres In The Smoke by Tony Broadbent
  • 2009: Nox Dormienda, A Long Night For Sleeping by Kelli Stanley
  • 2010: A Trace of Smoke by Rebecca Cantrell
  • 2011: The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear
  • 2012: Mercury's Rise by Ann Parker
  • 2013: Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for a Murder by Catriona McPherson
  • 2014: Dandy Gilver and a Bothersome Number of Corpses by Catriona McPherson
  • 2015: A Deadly Measure of Brimstone by Catriona McPherson
  • 2016: Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen
  • 2017: The Reek of Red Herrings by Catriona McPherson
  • 2018: In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen
  • 2019: The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey

References
  1. Conference website
  2. mystery readers blog
  3. Booktour website
  4. "MWA Announces the 2020 Grand Master, Raven and Ellery Queen Award Recipients". Mystery Writers of America. Mystery Writers of America. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  5. "The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award". Awards.OmniMystery.com. Left Coast Crime conference. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  6. 2010 conference website
  7. http://www.leftcoastcrime.org/2013/awards.htm
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