Nero Award Explained

The Nero Award is a literary award for excellence in the mystery genre presented by The Wolfe Pack, a society founded in 1978 to explore and celebrate the Nero Wolfe stories of Rex Stout. The Nero Award is presented annually at the Black Orchid Banquet, traditionally held on the first Saturday in December in New York City.

Winners

Year	Title	Author	Reference
1979
1980	Burn This
1981	Death in a Tenured Position
1982	Past, Present and Murder
1983			^[1]
1984	Emily Dickinson is Dead
1985	Sleeping Dog
1986	Murder in E Minor
1987
1988 1989 1990	no award presented
1991	Coyote Waits		^[2]
1992
1993	Booked to Die
1994	Old Scores
1995	She Walks These Hills
1996
1997
1998	Sacred
1999
2000	Coyote Revenge
2001	Sugar House
2002
2003	Winter and Night
2004	Fear Itself
2005			^[3]
2006	Vanish
2007	All Mortal Flesh
2008	Anatomy of Fear
2009			^[4]
2010	Faces of the Gone		^[5]
2011	Bury Your Dead		^[6] ^[7]
2012	Though Not Dead		^[8] ^[9]
2013	Dead Anyway		^[10]
2014	Murder as a Fine Art		^[11]
2015	Peter Pan Must Die		^[12]
2016	Night Life		^[13]
2017	With Six You Get Wally		^[14]
2018	August Snow		^[15]
2019	Down the River unto the Sea		^[16]
2020	One Good Deed		^[17]
2021	Fortune Favors the Dead		^[18]
2022	Tower of Babel		^[19]
2023	The Day He Left

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ellyn . Wexler . North Bethesda welcomes literature's mystery maven . . 2013-04-17 . 2013-05-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131004220722/http://www.gazette.net/article/20130417/ENTERTAINMENT/130419286/1265/north-bethesda-welcomes-literature-x2019-s-mystery-maven%26template%3Dgazette . 2013-10-04 .
2. Book: Crime Writers: A Research Guide . . 2011-01-19 . 978-1591589143 . 2010047200 . Elizabeth Haynes . 2013-05-01 . 657596152 . 24903387M . 75, 44, 85, 30, 88, 110 & 56 respectively . 2024-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240509012650/https://books.google.com/books?id=RP8Ecmmem0UC . live .
3. Web site: Lee Child And Suzanne Collins Surpass One Million Kindle Books Sold . . . 2011-06-06 . 2013-05-01 . 2012-03-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120316053748/http://www.thestreet.com/story/11143465/1/lee-child-and-suzanne-collins-surpass-one-million-kindle-books-sold.html . live .
4. Web site: Awards: The Nero Award . D4EO Literary Agency . 2013-05-01 . 2013-04-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130428015434/http://www.d4eoliteraryagency.com/p/awards.html . live .
5. Web site: Middlesex author wins Nero Award . Southside Sentinel . 2010-12-06 . 2013-05-01 . 2016-02-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160203091458/http://www.ssentinel.com/index.php/community/article/middlesex_author_wins_nero_award/ . dead .
6. Web site: Onatade . Ayo . Shotsmag Confidential: Crime fiction news! . Shots . 2011-12-07 . 2013-05-01 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070026/http://wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/crime-fiction-news.html . live .
7. Web site: Monday Fun Day! . Ali . Fisher . Macmillan Library . 2011-12-05 . 2013-05-01 . 2016-03-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306194333/http://www.macmillanlibrary.com/2011/12/05/monday-fun-day-1252011-edition/ . live .
8. Web site: Stabenow sets $1 million goal for women writers' retreat . . 2013-04-17 . 2013-05-01 . Naomi . Klouda . 2013-04-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130427054218/http://homertribune.com/2013/04/stabenow-sets-1-million-goal-for-women-writers%E2%80%99-retreat/ . live .
9. Web site: Stabenow's 'Though Not Dead' Wins 2012 Nero Award . . Aaron . Selbig . 2012-12-10 . 2013-05-01 . dead . https://archive.today/20130704055101/http://www.kbbi.org/content/stabenows-though-not-dead-wins-2012-nero-award . 2013-07-04 .
10. Web site: Wolfe Pack Nero Award Recipients . The Wolfe Pack . 2013-04-17 . 2013-12-12 . 2014-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106073143/http://www.nerowolfe.org/htm/literary_awards/nero_award/awardees_chron.htm . live .
11. News: Congratulations to David Morrell!!! . . 2014-12-14 . 2024-05-09 . 2023-06-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230610202534/https://poisonedpen.com/2014/12/14/congratulations-to-david-morrell/ . live .
12. News: Lynch . Jeremy . Peter Pan Must Die wins the 2015 Nero Award . Crimespree Magazine . 2015-12-07 . 2024-05-09 . 2016-02-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160215231749/http://crimespreemag.com/peter-pan-must-die-wins-the-2015-nero-award/ . live .
13. Web site: Wolfe Pack Nero Award Recipients . The Wolfe Pack . 2016-12-04 . 2019-06-07 . 2014-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106073143/http://www.nerowolfe.org/htm/literary_awards/nero_award/awardees_chron.htm . live .
14. Web site: Wolfe Pack Nero Award Recipients . The Wolfe Pack . 2017-12-02 . 2019-06-07 . 2014-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106073143/http://www.nerowolfe.org/htm/literary_awards/nero_award/awardees_chron.htm . live .
15. Web site: Wolfe Pack Nero Award Recipients . The Wolfe Pack . 2018-12-01 . 2019-06-07 . 2014-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106073143/http://www.nerowolfe.org/htm/literary_awards/nero_award/awardees_chron.htm . live .
16. Web site: Wolfe Pack Nero Award Recipients . The Wolfe Pack . 2019-12-07 . 2020-01-21 . 2014-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106073143/http://www.nerowolfe.org/htm/literary_awards/nero_award/awardees_chron.htm . live .
17. Web site: Wolfe Pack Nero Award Recipients . The Wolfe Pack . 2019-12-07 . 2020-01-21 . 2014-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106073143/http://www.nerowolfe.org/htm/literary_awards/nero_award/awardees_chron.htm . live .
18. Web site: Wolfe Pack Nero Award Recipients . The Wolfe Pack . 2023-03-23 . 2023-05-08 . 2014-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106073143/http://www.nerowolfe.org/htm/literary_awards/nero_award/awardees_chron.htm . live .
19. Web site: Wolfe Pack Nero Award Recipients . The Wolfe Pack . 2023-03-23 . 2023-05-08 . 2014-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106073143/http://www.nerowolfe.org/htm/literary_awards/nero_award/awardees_chron.htm . live .