Last night in New York City, the Mystery Writers of America announced the winners of the 78th annual Edgar Awards. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees.
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BEST NOVEL
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WINNER
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka (HarperCollins – William Morrow)
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NOMINEES
Devil House by John Darnielle (Farrar, Straus and Giroux – MCD)
Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown & Co./Mulholland Books)
Gangland by Chuck Hogan (Hachette Book Group – Grand Central Publishing)
The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown & Co./Mulholland Books)
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka (HarperCollins – William Morrow)
The Maid by Nita Prose (Penguin Random House – Ballantine Books)
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Dwyer Murphy interviews John Darnielle.
Kellye Garrett on social media, fame, and the “Strong Black Woman”.
Gabino Iglesias on the novels of Paco Ignacio Taibo II.
Danya Kukafka on her love of pickles.
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BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
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WINNER
Don’t Know Tough by Eli Cranor (Soho Press – Soho Crime)
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NOMINEES
Jackal by Erin E. Adams (Penguin Random House – Bantam)
Don’t Know Tough by Eli Cranor (Soho Press – Soho Crime)
Shutter by Ramona Emerson (Soho Press – Soho Crime)
More Than You’ll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez (HarperCollins – William Morrow)
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li (Penguin Random House – Tiny Reparations Books)
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Eli Cranor on coaching and writing.
Grace D. Li on car chases, heist novels, and Chinese-American identity.
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BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
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WINNER
Or Else by Joe Hart (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer)
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NOMINEES
Quarry’s Blood by Max Allan Collins (Hard Case Crime)
On a Quiet Street by Seraphina Nova Glass (Harlequin Trade Publishing – Graydon House
Or Else by Joe Hart (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer)
Cleopatra’s Dagger by Carole Lawrence (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer)
A Familiar Stranger by A.R. Torre (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer)
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Seraphina Nova Glass on obsession thrillers.
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BEST FACT CRIME
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WINNER
Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation by Erika Krouse (Flatiron Books)
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NOMINEES
Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls by Kathleen Hale (Grove Atlantic – Grove Press)
Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation by Erika Krouse (Flatiron Books)
Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders by Kathryn Miles (Hachette Book Group – Workman Publishing – Algonquin Books)
American Caliph: The True Story of a Muslim Mystic, a Hollywood Epic, and the 1977 Siege of Washington, D.C. by Shahan Mufti (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America’s Jack the Ripper by Daniel Stashower (Minotaur Books)
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Kathleen Hale with a reading list of psychopathic women.
Erika Krouse on having the kind of face that spurs others to reveal hard truths.
Kathryn Miles on cold cases and the Shenandoah murders.
Shahan Mufti on the Nation of Islam and 1950s America.
Daniel Stashower on Eliot Ness and a Cleveland serial killer.
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BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
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WINNER
The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators by Martin Edwards (HarperCollins – Collins Crime Club)
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NOMINEES
The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators by Martin Edwards (HarperCollins – Collins Crime Club)
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie by Mary Anna Evans & J.C. Bernthal (Bloomsbury – Bloomsbury Academic)
The Crime World of Michael Connelly: A Study of His Works and Their Adaptations by David Geherin (McFarland)
The Woman Beyond the Attic: The V.C. Andrews Story by Andrew Neiderman (Simon & Schuster – Gallery Books)
Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley (Pegasus Books – Pegasus Crime)
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Martin Edwards on his life in crime.
Andrew Neiderman on the hidden pain of V.C. Andrews.
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BEST SHORT STORY
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WINNER
“Red Flag,” Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by Gregory Fallis (Dell Magazines)
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NOMINEES
“Red Flag,” Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by Gregory Fallis (Dell Magazines)
“Backstory,” Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by Charles John Harper (Dell Magazines)
“Locked-In,” Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by William Burton McCormick (Dell Magazines)
“The Amnesty Box,” Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms by Tim McLoughlin (Akashic Books)
“First You Dream, Then You Die,” Black is the Night by Donna Moore (Titan Books)
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BEST JUVENILE
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WINNER
Aggie Morton Mystery Queen: The Seaside Corpse by Marthe Jocelyn (Penguin Random House Canada – Tundra Books)
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NOMINEES
The Swallowtail Legacy: Wreck at Ada’s Reef by Michael D. Beil (Pixel+Ink)
The Area 51 Files by Julie Buxbaum (Random House Children’s Books – Delacorte Press)
Aggie Morton Mystery Queen: The Seaside Corpse by Marthe Jocelyn (Penguin Random House Canada – Tundra Books)
Adventures on Trains: Murder on the Safari Star by M.G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman (Macmillan Children’s Publishing – Feiwel & Friends)
Chester Keene Cracks the Code by Kekla Magoon (Random House Children’s Books – Wendy Lamb Books)
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BEST YOUNG ADULT
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WINNER
The Red Palace by June Hur (Macmillan Children’s Books – Feiwel & Friends)
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NOMINEES
Pretty Dead Queens by Alexa Donne (Random House Children’s Books – Crown BFYR)
Frightmares by Eva V. Gibson (Random House Children’s Books – Underlined)
The Black Girls Left Standing by Juliana Goodman (Macmillan Children’s Books – Feiwel & Friends)
The Red Palace by June Hur (Macmillan Children’s Books – Feiwel & Friends)
Lock the Doors by Vincent Ralph (Sourcebooks – Fire)
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BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
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WINNER
“Episode 1” – Magpie Murders, Written by Anthony Horowitz (Masterpiece/PBS)
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NOMINEES
“One Mighty and Strong” – Under the Banner of Heaven, Written by Brandon Boyce (Hulu/FX)
“Episode 1” – Magpie Murders, Written by Anthony Horowitz (Masterpiece/PBS)
“Episode 1″ – Karen Pirie, Written by Emer Kenny (BritBox)
“When Harry Met Fergus” – Harry Wild, Written by David Logan (Acorn TV)
“The Reagan Way” – Blue Bloods, Written by Siobhan Byrne O’Connor (CBS)
“Eighteen Wheels A Predator” – Law & Order: SVU, Written by Brianna Yellen, Kathy Dobie & Monet Hurst-Mendoza (NBC Universal)
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ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
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WINNER
“Dogs in the Canyon” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Mark Harrison (Dell Magazines)
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THE SIMON & SCHUSTER MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
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WINNER
A Dreadful Splendor by B.R. Myers (HarperCollins – William Morrow)
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NOMINEES
Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Amanda Flower (Penguin Random House – Berkley)
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill (Sourcebooks – Poisoned Pen Press)
The Disinvited Guest by Carol Goodman (HarperCollins – William Morrow)
A Dreadful Splendor by B.R. Myers (HarperCollins – William Morrow)
Never Name the Dead by D.M. Rowell (Crooked Lane Books)
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THE G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD
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WINNER
Hideout by Louisa Luna (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group – Doubleday)
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NOMINEES
Secret Lives by Mark de Castrique (Sourcebooks – Poisoned Pen Press)
An Unforgiving Place by Claire Kells (Crooked Lane Books)
Hideout by Louisa Luna (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group – Doubleday)
Behind the Lie by Emilya Naymark (Crooked Lane Books)
Secrets Typed in Blood by Stephen Spotswood (Knopf Doubleday Publishing – Doubleday)
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THE LILLIAN JACKSON BRAUN MEMORIAL AWARD
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WINNER
Buried in a Good Book by Tamara Berry (Sourcebooks – Poisoned Pen Press)
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NOMINEES
The Shadow of Memory by Connie Berry (Crooked Lane Books)
Buried in a Good Book by Tamara Berry (Sourcebooks – Poisoned Pen Press)
Smile Beach Murder by Alicia Bessette (Penguin Random House – Berkley)
Desert Getaway by Michael Craft (Brash Books)
The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood (Sourcebooks – Poisoned Pen Press)
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SPECIAL AWARDS
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GRAND MASTER
Michael Connelly
Joanne Fluke
RAVEN AWARD
Crime Writers of Color
Eddie Muller for Noir Alley and The Film Noir Foundation
ELLERY QUEEN AWARD
The Strand Magazine
