1990
First novel, Murphy's Fault, named to 1990 New York Times Notable Books List as one of the top crime novels of the year.

1992
Awarded Banyan Prize by Sewanee Writers' Conference attendees

1993
Television film Proudheart (co-writer) nominated for the Cable ACE Award

1993
Appointed to Advisory Board, Green River Writers, Inc.

1994
Dead Folks' Blues awarded the 1994 Edgar Allan Poe Award
as Best Original Paperback Novel by Mystery Writers of America

1994
Torch Town Boogie nominated for the 1994 Shamus Award
by the Private Eye Writers of America as Best Original Paperback Novel

1995
Way Past Dead nominated for the 1995 Shamus Award
by the Private Eye Writers of America as Best Original Paperback Novel

1996
Elected Regional Vice-President, Mystery Writers of America

1997
Chain of Fools nominated for both the 1997 Shamus Award
by PWA and the Anthony Award by participants of Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, for Best Paperback Original Novel

1997
Elected President, Novelists, Inc.

1998
Named to Advisory Board, Tennessee Writers Alliance

1998
Named to Advisory Board, Tennessee Mountain Writers

1999
Murder Manual short-listed for the Triple Crown of mystery: the Edgar, the Anthony, and the Shamus Awards--winning the Shamus

2001
Dirty Money nominated for the 1995 Shamus Award
by the Private Eye Writers of America as Best Original Paperback Novel

2004
Awarded Carrell Family Visiting Writer Grant as writer-in-residence at The Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, Tennessee

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