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Estleman received the Western Writers of America
Owen Wister Award for lifetime achievement
during the WWA convention's Awards Banquet
in Albuquerque, NM, on June 16, 2012

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Estleman was presented with the Barry Award for
Best Mystery Short Story 2010 for "The List."
The short story was published in
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May 2010.
The awards were presented at
Bouchercon 2011, St. Louis.


In 2008:
Elmer Kelton Award
In appreciation for
significant contribution to western literature
presented by the
German Association
for the Study of the Western


Five Spur Awards
from the Western Writers of America
[ novels ]

The Undertaker's Wife
Journey of the Dead
Aces and Eights
[ short stories ]
The Bandit
The Alchemist


Three Western Heritage Awards
from the
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
[ novels ]

Journey of the Dead
The Master Executioner
[ short story ]
Iron Dollar


Two Stirrup Awards
from the Western Writers of America
[ articles ]

The Wister Trace
The Wister Trace Retraced


Four Shamus Awards
from the Private Eye Writers of America
[ novel ]

Sugartown
[ short stories ]
Eight Mile and Dequindre
Lady on Ice
The Crooked Way


Two American Mystery Awards
from Mystery Scene magazine
Best Private Eye Novel: Downriver
Best Crime Novel: Whiskey River


Outstanding Writer Award
from Popular Fiction Monthly magazine
Outstanding Western Writer, 1985


[ Nominations ]

Estleman has been nominated for several other awards, including the National Book Award for his historical western novel, The High Rocks, and the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Whiskey River.


[ Other Recognition ]

The Michigan Foundation of the Arts presented Estleman with its award for literature, 1987.

The Michigan Library Association named him the recipient of the Michigan Author's Award, 1997.

Received an honorary doctorate in humane letters from his alma mater, Eastern Michigan University, 2002.

Nicotine Kiss was named a Notable Book by the Library of Michigan, 2007.

True West magazine readers voted Estleman Best Living Fiction Writer for 2007.

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