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The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America,[1] based in New York City.[2] Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film, and theater published or produced in the previous year.

Categories[]

  • Best novel (since 1954)
  • Best first novel by an American author (since 1946)
  • Best paperback original (since 1970)
  • Best short story (since 1951)
  • Best fact crime (since 1948)
  • Best critical/biographical work (since 1977)
  • Best young adult (since 1989)
  • Best juvenile (since 1961)
  • Best episode in a TV series (1952–2012)
  • Best TV feature or miniseries (since 1972)
  • Best motion picture screenplay (1946–2009)
  • Best play (since 1950, irregular)
  • Special Award (since 1949, irregular)
  • Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for first mystery short story (since 1984).
  • Raven Award (since 1953) for "outstanding achievement in the mystery field outside of the realm of creative writing."[3]
  • Grand Master Award (since 1955)
  • Ellery Queen Award (since 1983) "to honor outstanding writing teams and outstanding people in the mystery-publishing industry."[3]
  • Mary Higgins Clark Award (since 2001)
  • Sue Grafton Memorial Award (since 2019) "honoring the best novel in a series featuring a female protagonist."[4]
  • Best radio drama (1946–1960)
  • Outstanding Mystery Criticism (1946–1967)
  • Best foreign film (1949–1966)
  • Best book jacket (1955–1975)

Best Novel award winners[]

Winners and, where known, shortlisted titles for each year:

1950s[]

1954 Charlotte Jay, Beat Not the Bones
1955 Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye
1956 Margaret Millar, Beast in View
1957 Charlotte Armstrong,
  • Charles Samuels, and Louise Samuels Night Fell on Georgia" (award winner for Best Fact Crime)
  • Margot Bennett, The Man Who Didn't Fly
1958 Ed Lacy, Room to Swing
  • Arthur Upfield, The Bushman Who Came Back
  • Bill Ballinger, The Longest Second
  • Marjorie Carleton, The Night of the Good Children
1959 Stanley Ellin, The Eighth Circle
  • Dorothy Salisbury Davis, A Gentleman Called
  • David Alexander, The Madhouse in Washington Square
  • Lee Blackstock, The Woman in the Woods (aka Miss Fenny as Charity Blackstock)

1960s[]

1960 Celia Fremlin, The Hours Before Dawn
  • Philip MacDonald, The List of Adrian Messenger
1961 Julian Symons, The Progress of a Crime
  • Peter Curtis, The Devil's Own
  • Herbert Brean, The Traces of Brillhart
  • Geoffrey Household, Watcher in the Shadows
1962 J. J. Marric, Gideon's Fire
1963 Ellis Peters, Death and the Joyful Woman
  • Dell Shannon, Knave of Hearts
  • Mark McShane, Seance
  • Shelley Smith, The Ballad of the Running Man
  • Jean Potts, The Evil Wish
  • Ross Macdonald, The Zebra-Striped Hearse
1964 Eric Ambler, The Light of Day
  • Stanton Forbes, Grieve for the Past
  • Dorothy B. Hughes, The Expendable Man
  • Elizabeth Fenwick, The Make-Believe Man
  • Ellery Queen, The Player on the Other Side
1965 John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
  • Margaret Millar, The Fiend
  • Hans Hellmut Kirst, The Night of the Generals
  • Mary Stewart, This Rough Magic
1966 Adam Hall, The Quiller Memorandum
1967 Nicolas Freeling, King of the Rainy Country
  • Ngaio Marsh, Killer Dolphin
  • Dick Francis, Odds Against
  • Donald E. Westlake, The Busy Body
1968 Donald E. Westlake, God Save the Mark
  • George Baxt, A Parade of Cockeyed Creatures
  • Dick Francis, Flying Finish
  • Charlotte Armstrong, Lemon in the Basket
  • Ira Levin, Rosemary's Baby
  • Charlotte Armstrong, The Gift Shop
1969 "Jeffery Hudson" (Michael Crichton), A Case of Need
  • Peter Dickinson, A Glass-Sided Ants' Nest
  • Dick Francis, Blood Sport
  • Dorothy Salisbury Davis and Jerome Ross, God Speed the Night
  • Heron Carvic, Picture Miss Seeton
  • Stanley Ellin, The Valentine Estate

1970s[]

1970 Dick Francis, Forfeit
  • Chester Himes, Blind Man with a Pistol
  • Shaun Herron, Miro
  • Peter Dickinson, The Old English Peep Show
  • Emma Lathen, When in Greece
  • Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Where the Dark Streets Go
1971 Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö, The Laughing Policeman
  • Pat Stadley, Autumn of a Hunter
  • Margaret Millar, Beyond this Point Are Monsters
  • Patricia Moyes, Many Deadly Returns
  • Donald E. Westlake, The Hot Rock
  • Shaun Herron, The Hound and the Fox and the Harper
1972 Frederick Forsyth, The Day of the Jackal
1973 Warren Kiefer, The Lingala Code
  • Martin Cruz Smith, Canto for a Gypsy
  • John Ball, Five Pieces of Jade
  • Hugh C. Rae, The Shooting Gallery
  • Ngaio Marsh, Tied Up in Tinsel
1974 Tony Hillerman, Dance Hall of the Dead
1975 Jon Cleary, Peter's Pence
  • Francis Clifford, Goodbye and Amen
  • Andrew Garve, The Lester Affair
  • Malcolm Bosse, The Man Who Loved Zoos
  • Paul Erdman, The Silver Bears
1976 Brian Garfield, Hopscotch
  • Gerald Seymour, Harry's Game
  • Maggie Rennert, Operation Alcestic
  • Marvin Albert, The Gargoyle Conspiracy
  • Ross Thomas, The Money Harvest
1977 Robert B. Parker, Promised Land
  • Richard Neely, A Madness of the Heart
  • Thomas Gifford, The Cavanaugh Quest
  • Gerald Seymour, The Glory Boys
  • Trevanian, The Main
1978 William H. Hallahan, Catch Me: Kill Me
1979 Ken Follett, Eye of the Needle

1980s[]

1980 Arthur Maling, The Rheingold Route[5]
  • C. P. Snow, A Coat of Varnish
  • Robert Barnard, Death of a Mystery Writer
  • Frank Parrish, Fire in the Barley
  • Ruth Rendell, Make Death Love Me
1981 Dick Francis, Whip Hand
1982 William Bayer, Peregrine
  • Patrick McGinley, Bogmail
  • Robert Barnard, Death in a Cold Climate
  • Liza Cody, Dupe
  • Robert Littell, The Amateur
  • Ted Allbeury, The Other Side of Silence
1983 Rick Boyer, Billingsgate Shoal
  • Lawrence Block, Eight Million Ways To Die
  • Donald E. Westlake, Kahawa
  • Elmore Leonard, Split Images
  • Seymour Shubin, The Captain
1984 Elmore Leonard, La Brava
1985 Ross Thomas, Briarpatch
1986 L. R. Wright, The Suspect
1987 Barbara Vine, A Dark-Adapted Eye
1988 Aaron Elkins, Old Bones
1989 Stuart M. Kaminsky, A Cold Red Sunrise

1990s[]

1990 James Lee Burke, Black Cherry Blues
1991 Julie Smith, New Orleans Mourning
1992 Lawrence Block, A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
1993 Margaret Maron, Bootlegger's Daughter
1994 Minette Walters, The Sculptress
1995 Mary Willis Walker, The Red Scream
1996 Dick Francis, Come to Grief
1997 Thomas H. Cook, The Chatham School Affair
1998 James Lee Burke, Cimarron Rose
1999 Robert Clark, Mr. White's Confession

2000s[]

2000 Jan Burke, Bones
2001 Joe R. Lansdale, The Bottoms
2002 T. Jefferson Parker, Silent Joe
2003 S. J. Rozan, Winter and Night
2004 Ian Rankin, Resurrection Men
2005 T. Jefferson Parker, California Girl
2006 Jess Walter, Citizen Vince
2007 Jason Goodwin, The Janissary Tree
2008 John Hart, Down River
2009 C. J. Box, Blue Heaven

2010s[]

2010 John Hart, The Last Child
2011 Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist
2012 Mo Hayder, Gone
2013 Dennis Lehane, Live by Night
2014 William Kent Krueger, Ordinary Grace
2015 Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes
2016 Lori Roy, Let Me Die in His Footsteps
2017 Noah Hawley, Before the Fall
2018 Attica Locke, Bluebird, Bluebird
2019 Walter Mosley, Down the River Unto the Sea

2020s[]

2020 Elly Griffiths, The Stranger Diaries
2021 Deepa Anappara, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

1972 winners[]

2007 winners[]

Nominees:[6]

2008 winners[]

Nominees:[7]

2009 winners[]

Nominees:[8]

2010 winners[]

Nominees:[9]

The Robert L. Fish Memorial Award was presented to "A Dreadful Day" – Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine by Dan Warthman (Dell Magazines).[10]

2011 winners[]

Nominees:[11]

2012 winners[]

Nominees:[12]

  • Best Novel: Gone by Mo Hayder
  • Best First Novel: Bent Road by Lori Roy
  • Best Paperback Original: The Company Man by Robert Jackson Bennett
  • Best Fact Crime: Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
  • Best Critical/Biographical: On Conan Doyle; or, The Whole Art of Storytelling by Michael Dirda
  • Best Short Story: "The Man Who Took His Hat Off to the Driver of the Train" - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Peter Turnbull
  • Best Juvenile: Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby
  • Best Young Adult: The Silence of Murder by Dandi Daley Mackall
  • Best Television Episode Teleplay: "Pilot" - Homeland, Teleplay by Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon & Gideon Raff
  • Best Play: The Game's Afoot by Ken Ludwig
  • Robert L. Fish Memorial: "A Good Man of Business" - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by David Ingram
  • Mary Higgins Clark: Learning to Swim by Sara J. Henry
  • Grand Master: Martha Grimes
  • Raven: M is for Mystery Bookstore, San Mateo, CA / Molly Weston, Meritorious Mysteries
  • Ellery Queen Award: Joe Meyers of the Connecticut Post/Hearst Media News Group

2013 winners[]

Nominees:[13]

  • Best Novel: Live by Night by Dennis Lehane
  • Best First Novel by an American Author: The Expats by Chris Pavone
  • Best Paperback Original: The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters
  • Best Fact Crime: Midnight in Peking by Paul French
  • Best Critical/Biographical: The Scientific Sherlock Holmes: Cracking the Case with Science and Forensics by James O'Brien
  • Best Short Story: "The Unremarkable Heart" - Mystery Writers of America Presents: Vengeance by Karin Slaughter
  • Best Juvenile: The Quick Fix by Jack D. Ferraiolo
  • Best Young Adult: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
  • Best Television Episode Teleplay: "A Scandal in Belgravia" - Sherlock, teleplay by Steven Moffat
  • Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: "When They Are Done With Us" - Staten Island Noir by Patricia Smith
  • Grand Master: Ken Follett and Margaret Maron
  • Raven Awards: Oline Cogdill, Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore San Diego and Redondo Beach, CA
  • Ellery Queen Award: Akashic Books
  • The Simon & Schuster-Mary Higgins Clark Award: The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan

2014 winners[]

Nominees:[14]

  • Best Novel: Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
  • Best First Novel by an American Author: Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews
  • Best Paperback Original: The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood
  • Best Fact Crime: The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War by Daniel Stashower
  • Best Critical/Biographical: America Is Elsewhere: The Noir Tradition in the Age of Consumer Culture by Erik Dussere
  • Best Short Story: "The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository" - Bibliomysteries by John Connolly
  • Best Juvenile: One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
  • Best Young Adult: Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher
  • Best Television Episode Teleplay: "Episode 1" - The Fall, teleplay by Allan Cubitt
  • Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: "The Wentworth Letter" - Criminal Element's Malfeasance Occasional by Jeff Soloway
  • Grand Master: Robert Crais and Carolyn Hart[15]
  • Raven Awards: Aunt Agatha's in Ann Arbor, Michigan[15]

2015 winners[]

Nominees:[16]

2016 winners[]

Nominees:[17]

2017 winners[]

Nominees:[18]

  • Best Novel: Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
  • Best First Novel: Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry
  • Best Paperback Original: Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty
  • Best Fact Crime: The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer by Kate Summerscale
  • Best Critical/Biographical: Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin
  • Best Short Story: "Autumn at the Automat" – from the collection In Sunlight or in Shadow by Lawrence Block
  • Best Juvenile: OCDaniel by Wesley King
  • Best Young Adult: Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse
  • Best Television Episode Teleplay: "A Blade of Grass" - Penny Dreadful by John Logan
  • Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: "The Truth of the Moment" – Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine by E. Gabriel Flores
  • Mary Higgins Clark Award: The Shattered Tree by Charles Todd
  • Grand Master: Max Allan Collins, Ellen Hart
  • Raven Award: Dru Ann Love
  • Ellery Queen Award: Neil Nyren

2018 winners[]

Nominees:[19]

  • Best Novel: Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
  • Best First Novel by an American Author: She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper
  • Best Paperback Original: The Unseeing by Anna Mazzola
  • Best Fact Crime: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
  • Best Critical/Biographical: Chester B. Himes: A Biography by
  • Best Short Story: “Spring Break” by John Crowley
  • Best Juvenile: Vanished! by James Ponti
  • Best Young Adult: Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
  • Best Television Episode Teleplay: “Somebody to Love” – Fargo, Teleplay by Noah Hawley
  • Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: “The Queen of Secrets” by Lisa D. Gray

2019 winners[]

Nominees:[20]

  • Best Novel: Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley
  • Best First Novel by an American Author: Bearskin by James A. McLaughlin
  • Best Paperback Original: If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin
  • Best Fact Crime: Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation by Robert W. Fieseler
  • Best Critical/Biographical: Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s by Leslie S. Klinger
  • Best Short Story: “English 398: Fiction Workshop” by Art Taylor
  • Best Juvenile: Otherwood by Pete Hautman
  • Best Young Adult: Sadie by Courtney Summers
  • Best Television Episode Teleplay: “The One That Holds Everything” – The Romanoffs, Teleplay by Matthew Weiner & Donald Joh
  • Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: “How Does He Die This Time?” by Nancy Novick

2020 winners[]

Winners:[21][22]

  • Best Novel: The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
  • Best First Novel by an American Author: by Angie Kim
  • Best Paperback Original: The Hotel Neversink by Adam O’Fallon Price
  • Best Fact Crime: The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity by Axton Betz-Hamilton
  • Best Critical/Biographical: Hitchcock and the Censors by John Billheimer
  • Best Short Story: "One of These Nights" by Livia Llewellyn from Cutting Edge: New Stories of Mystery and Crime by Women Writers
  • Best Juvenile: Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse by Susan Vaught
  • Best Young Adult: Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer
  • Best Television Episode Teleplay: Season 5, Episode 4 – Line of Duty by Jed Mercurio
  • Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: "There’s a Riot Goin' On," from Milwaukee Noir by Derrick Harriell

2021 winners[]

Winners:[23]

  • Best Novel: Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
  • Best First Novel by an American Author: Please See Us by Caitlin Mullen
  • Best Paperback Original: When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole
  • Best Fact Crime: Death in Mud Lick: A Coal Country Fight Against the Drug Companies that Delivered the Opioid Epidemic by Eric Eyre
  • Best Critical/Biographical: Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock by Christina Lane
  • Best Short Story: "Dust, Ash, Flight," by Maaza Mengiste from Addis Ababa Noir
  • Best Juvenile: Premeditated Myrtle by Elizabeth C. Bunce
  • Best Young Adult: The Companion by Katie Alender
  • Best Television Episode Teleplay: Episode 1, Photochemistry – Dead Still, Written by John Morton
  • Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: "The Bite" from Tampa Bay Noir by Colette Bancroft

See also[]

References[]

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  3. ^ a b "Major Mystery Prizes and Awards" (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
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  8. ^ "2009 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2009-12-17.
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  10. ^ 2010 Edgar Winners Press Release
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  12. ^ "2012 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03.
  13. ^ "2013 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02.
  14. ^ "2014 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10.
  15. ^ a b "MWA Announces 2014 Grand Master and Raven Awards". mysterywriters.org. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  16. ^ "2015 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2015-11-08.
  17. ^ "2016 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2016-11-05.
  18. ^ "2017 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07.
  19. ^ "2018 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2018-11-10.
  20. ^ "2019 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2019-08-18.
  21. ^ "Edgar Award Nominees". www.theedgars.com. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  22. ^ "Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2020 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 2020-05-05. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  23. ^ "2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners – Mystery Writers of America".

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