Hello everyone! Mystery Writers of America (MWA) announced the nominees for the 2024 Edgar Allan Poe Award, which will be celebrated on May 1, 2024, at the New York Marriot Marquis in Times Square. This year's Edgar Awards Banquet will be in honor of the 215th birthday of one of the most famous mystery writers in literary history, Edgar Allan Poe. Purchase banquet tickets here.
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Here is your chance to get to know each of the nominees in their respective categories!
Best Novel
- James Lee Burke (Flags on the Bayou)
- S.A. Cosby (All the Sinners Bleed)
- Jennifer Cody Epstein (The Madwomen of Paris)
- Jessica Knoll (Bright Young Women)
- Michael Koryta (An Honest Man)
- William Kent Krueger (The River We Remember)
- Colson Whitehead (Crook Manifesto)Best 1st Novel by an American Author
- I.S. Berry (The Peacock and the Sparrow)
- Amy Chua (The Golden Gate)
- Ken Jaworowski (Small Town Sins)
- Kristen Loesch (The Last Russian Doll)
- Ritu Mukerji (Murder by Degrees)
Best Paperback Original
- A.F. Carter (Boomtown)
- Tracy Clark (Hide)
- Jess Lourey (The Taken Ones)
- Jesse Q Sutanto (Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers)
- Scott Von Doviak (Lowdown Road)
Best Fact Crime
- Kim Cross (In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America’s Child)
- Zeke Faux (Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall)
- John Glatt (Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders)
- Nathan Masters (Crooked: The Roaring '20s Tale of a Corrupt Attorney General, a Crusading Senator, and the Birth of the American Political Scandal)
- Barbara Rae-Venter (I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever)
- Joe Sexton (The Lost Sons of Omaha: Two Young Men in an American Tragedy)
Best Critical/Biographical
- David Bordwell (Perplexing Plots: Popular Storytelling and the Poetics of Murder)
- Max Allan Collins & James L. Traylor (Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction)
- Mark Dawidziak (A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe)
- Robert Morgan (Fallen Angel: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe)
- Steven Powell (Love Me Fierce in Danger - The Life of James Ellory)
- Linda Castillo (“Hallowed Ground”)
- Heather Graham (“Thriller,” Thriller)
- Rob Osler (“Miss Direction,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Sept-Oct 2023)
- Ian Rankin (“The Rise,” Amazon Original Stories)
- Lisa Scottoline (“Pigeon Tony’s Last Stand," Amazon Original Stories)
Best Juvenile
- Elizabeth C. Bunce (Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity)
- Adrianna Cuevas (The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto)
- Lamar Giles (Epic Ellisons: Cosmos Camp)
- Larry Schwarz & Iva-Marie Palmer (The Jules Verne Prophecy)
- Claire Swinarski (What Happened to Rachel Riley)
Best Young Adult
- April Henry (Girl Forgotten)
- Matthew J. Kirby (Star Splitter)
- Cameron Kelly Rosenblum (The Sharp Edge of Silence)
- Yvonne Woon (My Flawless Life)
- Laura Zimmermann (Just Do This One Thing for Me)
Best Television Episode Teleplay
- Wyatt Cain & Charlie Peppers (“Time of the Monkey” - Poker Face)
- Liz Heldens (“I’m a Pretty Observant Guy” - Will Trent)
- Rian Johnson (“Dead Man’s Hand” - Poker Face)
- Graham Roland & John Wirth (“Hózhó Náhásdlii” (Beauty is Restored) - Dark Winds)
- Nora Zuckerman & Lilla Zuckerman (“Escape from Shit Mountain” - Poker Face)
Additional Awards to be Presented by MWA
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award
- Bill Bassman (“Errand for a Neighbor” - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Jan-Feb 2023)
- Kate Hohl (“The Body in Cell Two” - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May-June 2023)
- Sean McCluskey (“The Soiled Dove of Shallow Hollow” - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Jan-Feb 2023)
- Meghan Leigh Paulk (“It’s Half Your Fault” - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, July-Aug 2023)
- Gabriela Stiteler (“Two Hours West of Nothing” - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Setp-Oct 2023)
The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award
- Lina Chern (Play the Fool)
- Carol Goodman (The Bones of the Story)
- Anastasia Hastings (Of Manners and Murder)
- Kate Robards (The Three Deaths of Willa Stannard)
- Mary Winters (Murder in Postscript)
The G.P. Putnam’s Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award
- Samantha Jayne Allen (Hard Rain)
- Linda Castillo (An Evil Heart)
- Susan Isaacs (Bad, Bad Seymour Brown)
- Val McDermid (Past Lying)
- Sarah Stewart Taylor (A Stolen Child)
The Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award
- Danielle Arceneaux (Glory Be)
- Vivien Chien (Misfortune Cookie)
- Jennifer J. Chow (Hot Pot Murder)
- Patricia Johns (Murder of an Amish Bridegroom)
- Mark Waddell (The Body in the Back Garden)
Special Awards
Grand Masters
Ellery Queen Award
- Michaela Hamilton, Kensington Books
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