Southern Writers Guild
The SWG MYSTERY/THRILLER AWARDS began in 1990.  Winners of the GOLD MEDAL AWARDS are listed below:

2007 The Last Knight
GREG HUDGENS (TN)
2006 White Shadow
ACE ATKINS (MS)
2005 Blood Memory
GREG ILES (MS)
2004 Dirty South
ACE ATKINS (MS)
2003 The Valley of Light: A Novel
TERRY KAY (GA)
2002 No One to Trust
IRIS JOHANSEN (GA)
2001 Dead Sleep
GREG ILES (MS)
2000 Company Confidential
TOM McCRORY (TN)
1999 Hannibal
THOMAS HARRIS (MS)
1998 Extreme Justice
WILLIAM BERNHARDT (OK)
1997 Total Control
DAVID BALDACCI (VA)
1996 Absolute Power
DAVID BALDACCI (VA)
1995 Way Past Dead
STEVEN WOMACK (TN)
1994 The Chamber
JOHN GRISHAM (MS)
1993 Dead Folks' Blues
STEVEN WOMACK (TN)
1992 Bootlegger's Daughter
MARGARET MARON (NC)
1991 The Firm
JOHN GRISHAM (MS)
1990 Palindrome
STUART WOODS (FL)
The Southern Writers Guild was first established in 1939 and is now based in Nashville, Tennessee
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Terry Kay
Greg Iles
David Baldacci
Southern Writers Guild
Name: SWG Awards & Scholarship Committee
Email: southernwritersguild@juno.com
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