![]() Although no official website exists for the Private Eye Writers of America, there is a page with background about the awards on the Thrilling Detective website, set up by Robert Randisi, who originally founded PWA. ![]() Short Story, and The Hammer Award (for Best P.I. Additional categories added over the years have included Best First P.I. ![]() Initial categories were The Eye Award (for Lifetime Achievement), Best P.I. Thus books and stories about private investigators (licensed and unlicensed), lawyers and reporters who do their own legwork, and other hired agents are eligible works centering on law enforcement officers or amateur sleuths are not.” The PWA was founded in 1981 and The Shamus Awards were first presented in 1982, and have been given out annually ever since. According to the PWA, a “private eye” is a mystery protagonist who is a professional investigator, but not a police officer or government agent - a person paid for investigative work but not employed by a unit of government - “a person paid for investigative work but not employed by a unit of government. ![]() The Shamus Awards honor the traditional private eye story, and are awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA). ![]()
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