AWARDS & HONORS

• Marlowe Award for lifetime body of work, Mystery Writers of America (MWA), Southern California chapter, 2003
• MWA nominee for Best Short Story, "The Horrible, Senseless Murders of Two Elderly Women," 2002
• Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Nominee, 1995, 1993, 1984
• Guest of Honor, La Ville Est un Roman, Consiel General, Seine St-Denis, Paris, France, 1991
• Lifetime Achievement Award, Private Eye Writers of America, 1988
• Guest of Honor, 8th Festival du Roman et du Film Policiers, Reims, France, 1986
• President, Private Eye Writers of America (PWA), 1985
• The Best Suspense Writer of the 1970s Decade, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kriminalliteratur, the Crime Literature Association of West Germany, 1980
• MWA Special Award, 1969
• MWA Edgar Allan Poe Award, 1968.

RECOGNITION FOR NOVELS

• Walk a Black Wind by Michael Collins
  New York Times list of year’s best mysteries
  The National Observer list of the year’s four best mysteries
• Shadow of a Tiger by Michael Collins
  New York Times list of year’s best mysteries
• Silent Scream by Michael Collins
  New York Times list of year’s four best detective novels
• Circle of Fire by Mark Sadler:
  New York Times list of four Best Detective Novels
• A Touch of Darkness by John Crowe
  New York Times list as one of the year’s three best police procedurals
• Minnesota Strip by Michael Collins
  The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Novels, Edward D. Hoch, ed., Walker & Co.
• Red Rosa by Michael Collins
  The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Novels, Edward D. Hoch, ed., Walker & Co.
• Castrato by Michael Collins
  The Year’s Best Mystery and Suspense Novels, Edward D. Hoch, ed., Walker & Co.