Oklahoma Book Award Winners Fiction

Awards List

2015

Fatal Enquiry (Winner)
Will Thomas

May-2014
/ Historical Mystery

The House of Purple Cedar (Finalist)
Tim Tingle

Jan-2014
/ Historical

Fatal Enquiry (Finalist)
Will Thomas

May-2014
/ Historical Mystery

The Hatmaker's Heart (Finalist)
Carla Stewart

Jun-2014
/ Historical Romance

Hell with the Lid Blown Off (Finalist)
Donis Casey

Jun-2014
/ Historical Mystery

Popsicle Styx (Finalist)
John T. Biggs

Sep-2014
/ General Fiction

Sinking Suspicions (Finalist)
Sara Sue Hoklotubbe

Sep-2014
/ Mystery

Jingo Street (Finalist)
Sharon Ervin

Oct-2014
/ Contemporary Romance

2014

Che Guevara's Marijuana & Baseball Savings & Loan (Winner)
Jack Shakely

Jun-2013
/ General Fiction

Kind of Kin (Finalist)
Rilla Askew

Jan-2013
/ General Fiction

The Southern Chapter of the Big Girl Panties Club (Finalist)
Lynda Stephenson

Mar-2013
/ Action Adventure

A Map of Tulsa (Finalist)
Benjamin Lytal

Apr-2013
/ Literary

Sweet Dreams (Finalist)
Carla Stewart

May-2013
/ Historical

The Hanging of Samuel Ash (Finalist)
Sheldon Russell

Aug-2013
/ Historical Mystery

2013

Crimes of Redemption (Winner)
Linda L. McDonald

Oct-2012
/ Psychological Suspense

Stardust (Finalist)
Carla Stewart

May-2012
/ Christian

Playing with Matches (Finalist)
Carolyn D. Wall

Jul-2012
/ Literary

The Five O'Clock Follies: What's a Woman Doing Here, Anyway? (Finalist)
Theasa Tuohy

Oct-2012
/ General Fiction

Hard Twisted (Finalist)
C. Joseph Greaves

Nov-2012
/ General Fiction

Wrong Hill to Die On (Finalist)
Donis Casey

Nov-2012
/ Historical Mystery

Vermeer's Lady in Waiting (Finalist)
Lolly Anderson

Dec-2012
/ General Fiction

2012

Along the Watchtower (Winner)
Constance Squires

Jul-2011
/ Literary

Crying Blood (Finalist)
Donis Casey

Feb-2011
/ Historical Mystery

The American Cafe (Finalist)
Sara Sue Hoklotubbe

Apr-2011
/ Mystery

Broken Wings (Finalist)
Carla Stewart

Jun-2011
/ Christian

2011

Stations West (Finalist)
Allison Amend

Mar-2010
/ General Fiction

Chasing Lilacs (Finalist)
Carla Stewart

Jun-2010
/ Historical

Cheyenne Madonna (Finalist)
Eddie Chuculate

Jul-2010
/ General Fiction

With No Steps to Follow (Finalist)
David Allen Barton

Sep-2010
/ Western

2010

Confessions of a Former Rock Queen (Winner)
Kirk L. Bjornsgaard

Feb-2009
/ Historical

The Sky Took Him (Finalist)
Donis Casey

Jan-2009
/ Historical Mystery

2009

Sweeping Up Glass (Winner)
Carolyn D. Wall

Aug-2008
/ Suspense

The Black Hand (Finalist)
Will Thomas

Jul-2008
/ Historical Mystery

People of the Whale (Finalist)
Linda Hogan

Aug-2008
/ General Fiction

2008

Harpsong (Winner)
Rilla Askew

Apr-2009
/ General Fiction

2007

Dreams to Dust (Winner)
Sheldon Russell

Feb-2006
/ Historical

2006

The Black Jack Conspiracy (Winner)
David Kent

Dec-2005
/ Thriller

Tales of the Wide-A-Wake Cafe (Finalist)
Curt Munson

Oct-2004
/ Historical

The Old Buzzard Had It Coming (Finalist)
Donis Casey

Jul-2005
/ Historical Mystery

2005

Some Danger Involved (Winner)
Will Thomas

Jun-2004
/ Historical Mystery

Hate Crime (Finalist)
William Bernhardt

Feb-2004
/ Legal Thriller

Shoot the Moon (Finalist)
Billie Letts

Jul-2004
/ Contemporary Romance

Following the Harvest (Finalist)
Fred R. Harris

Oct-2004
/ Historical

2004

Song of the Bones (Winner)
M.K. Preston

Dec-2003
/ Amateur Sleuth

This Raw, Red Land (Finalist)
Voncille Shipley

Mar-2003
/ Action Adventure

As Brown as I Want: The Indianhead Diaries (Finalist)
Janelle Meraz Hooper

Sep-2003
/ Thriller

Letter from Home (Finalist)
Carolyn Hart / Carolyn G. Hart

Oct-2003
/ Mystery

The Greek Summer (Finalist)
John Douglas Miller

Nov-2003
/ General Fiction

University Boulevard (Finalist)
Alan B. Hollingsworth

Oct-2004
/ General Fiction

2003

The Mask Maker (Winner)
Diane Glancy

Apr-2002
/ General Fiction

Shell Shaker (Honor Book)
Leanne Howe

Sep-2001
/ Historical

2002

The Captain's Wife (Winner)
Douglas Kelley

Sep-2002
/ Action Adventure

Fire in Beulah (Honor Book)
Rilla Askew

Jan-2001
/ General Fiction

Perhaps She'll Die (Honor Book)
M.K. Preston

Jul-2001
/ Amateur Sleuth

Clear Creek: The Moon and Yellowtail (Honor Book)
Don Ballew

Aug-2001
/ Historical

Flatbellies (Honor Book)
Alan B. Hollingsworth

Apr-2003
/ General Fiction

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