For a record third time,  Don Winslow has won the T. Jefferson Parker Award. The award, presented by The Southern California Independent Booksellers Association,  is for THE CARTEL, with earlier ones awarded for THE KINGS OF COOL and SAVAGES.

The Southern California Independent Booksellers Association (SCIBA) recognizes excellence in books that reflect Southern California culture or lifestyle, with authors/illustrators living within the SCIBA region and the award is named after T. Jefferson Parker, a Southern California resident.

The other finalists were
MARRY , KISS, KILL by Anne Flett-Giordano
THE REPLACEMENTS by David Putnam