* Bold records denote winners
| Award Year | Award Category | Title | Author's Name | Publisher/Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Grand Master | Katherine Hall Page | |||
| 2024 | The Grand Master | R.L. Stine | |||
| 2023 | The Grand Master | Michael Connelly | |||
| 2023 | The Grand Master | Joanne Fluke | |||
| 2022 | The Grand Master | Laurie R. King | |||
| 2021 | The Grand Master | Charlaine Harris | |||
| 2021 | The Grand Master | Jeffery Deaver | |||
| 2020 | The Grand Master | Barbara Neely | |||
| 2019 | The Grand Master | Martin Cruz Smith | |||
| 2018 | The Grand Master | Jane Langton | |||
| 2018 | The Grand Master | William Link | |||
| 2018 | The Grand Master | Peter Lovesey | |||
| 2017 | The Grand Master | Max Allan Collins | |||
| 2017 | The Grand Master | Ellen Hart | |||
| 2016 | The Grand Master | Walter Mosley | |||
| 2015 | The Grand Master | Lois Duncan | |||
| 2015 | The Grand Master | James Ellroy | |||
| 2014 | The Grand Master | Robert Crais | |||
| 2014 | The Grand Master | Carolyn Hart | |||
| 2013 | The Grand Master | Ken Follett | |||
| 2013 | The Grand Master | Margaret Maron | |||
| 2012 | The Grand Master | Martha Grimes | |||
| 2011 | The Grand Master | Sara Paretsky | |||
| 2010 | The Grand Master | Dorothy Gilman | |||
| 2009 | The Grand Master | James Lee Burke | |||
| 2009 | The Grand Master | Sue Grafton | |||
| 2008 | The Grand Master | Bill Pronzini | |||
| 2007 | The Grand Master | Stephen King | |||
| 2006 | The Grand Master | Stuart M. Kaminsky | |||
| 2005 | The Grand Master | Marcia Muller | |||
| 2004 | The Grand Master | Joseph Wambaugh | |||
| 2003 | The Grand Master | Ira Levin | |||
| 2002 | The Grand Master | Robert B. Parker | |||
| 2001 | The Grand Master | Edward D. Hoch | |||
| 2000 | The Grand Master | Mary Higgins Clark | |||
| 1999 | The Grand Master | P.D. James | |||
| 1998 | The Grand Master | Barbara Mertz | Comment: aka Elizabeth Peters & Barbara Michaels | ||
| 1997 | The Grand Master | Ruth Rendell | |||
| 1996 | The Grand Master | Dick Francis | |||
| 1995 | The Grand Master | Mickey Spillane | |||
| 1994 | The Grand Master | Lawrence Block | |||
| 1993 | The Grand Master | Donald E. Westlake | |||
| 1992 | The Grand Master | Elmore Leonard | |||
| 1991 | The Grand Master | Tony Hillerman | |||
| 1990 | The Grand Master | Helen McCloy | |||
| 1989 | The Grand Master | Hillary Waugh | |||
| 1988 | The Grand Master | Phyllis A. Whitney | |||
| 1987 | The Grand Master | Michael Gilbert | |||
| 1986 | The Grand Master | Ed McBain | |||
| 1985 | The Grand Master | Dorothy Salisbury Davis | |||
| 1984 | The Grand Master | John le Carre | |||
| 1983 | The Grand Master | Margaret Millar | |||
| 1982 | The Grand Master | Julian Symons | |||
| 1981 | The Grand Master | Stanley Ellin | |||
| 1980 | The Grand Master | W.R. Burnett | |||
| 1979 | The Grand Master | Aaron Marc Stein | |||
| 1978 | The Grand Master | Daphne du Maurier | |||
| 1978 | The Grand Master | Dorothy B. Hughes | |||
| 1978 | The Grand Master | Ngaio Marsh | |||
| 1976 | The Grand Master | Graham Greene | |||
| 1975 | The Grand Master | Eric Ambler | |||
| 1974 | The Grand Master | Ross Macdonald | Comment: Ross Macdonald was the pseudonym used by Kenneth Millar | ||
| 1973 | The Grand Master | Alfred Hitchcock | |||
| 1973 | The Grand Master | Judson Philips | |||
| 1972 | The Grand Master | John D. MacDonald | |||
| 1971 | The Grand Master | Mignon G. Eberhart | |||
| 1970 | The Grand Master | James M. Cain | |||
| 1969 | The Grand Master | John Creasey | |||
| 1967 | The Grand Master | Baynard Kendrick | |||
| 1966 | The Grand Master | Georges Simenon | |||
| 1964 | The Grand Master | George Harmon Coxe | |||
| 1963 | The Grand Master | John Dickson Carr | |||
| 1962 | The Grand Master | Erle Stanley Gardner | |||
| 1961 | The Grand Master | Ellery Queen | Comment: AKA: Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee | ||
| 1959 | The Grand Master | Rex Stout | |||
| 1958 | The Grand Master | Vincent Starrett | |||
| 1955 | The Grand Master | Agatha Christie |