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This list includes all submissions received by the MWA national office as of April 18, 2024. Appearance of your work on this list does not mean you have been nominated for an Edgar® Award. It only means your work has been submitted for consideration. Only the judges on each Edgar® committee determine who is nominated and who wins. Nominations will be announced on or around Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday (January 19th) in 2025. The winners will be announced at the Edgar® Banquet on a Thursday in either late April or early May 2025.
- Best Novel
- Best First Novel
- Best Paperback/E-Book Original
- Best Fact Crime
- Best Critical-Biographical
- Best Short Story
- Best Juvenile
- Best Young Adult
- Best TV Episode
- Robert L. Fish Memorial Award
- Mary Higgins Clark Award
- Sue Grafton Award
- Lilian Jackson Braun Award
Best Novel
Bennett, Michael, RETURN TO BLOOD
Bennett, Robert Jackson, THE TAINTED CUP
Berry, Steve, THE ATLAS MANEUVER
Black, Cara, MURDER AT LA VILLETTE
Black, Lisa, THE DEEPEST KILL
Box, C.J., THREE-INCH TEETH
Brennan, Allison , THE MISSING WITNESS
Bruen, Ken, GALWAY CONFIDENTIAL
Burke, James Lee, CLETE
Burton, Jeffrey B., THE DEAD YEARS
Campisi, Megan, THE WIDOW SPY
Carson, Scott, LOST MAN’S LANE
Cavanagh, Steve, KILL FOR ME, KILL FOR YOU
Church, Wendy, KNIFE SKILLS
Conway, Elly, ARGYLLE
Correa, Armando Lucas, THE SILENCE IN HER EYES
Dag, Niklas Natt och, THE ORDER OF THE FURIES
de la Motte, Anders, THE MOUNTAIN KING
Dean, Abigail, DAY ONE
Doctorow, Cory, THE BEZZLE
Dodd, Christina, EVERY SINGLE SECRET
Dolan, Harry, DON’T TURN AROUND
Donovan, Kemper, THE BUSY BODY
Dovalpage, Teresa, LAST SEEN IN HAVANA
Downing, David, UNION STATION
Elston, Ashley, FIRST LIE WINS
Ferraro, Nicolás, MY FAVORITE SCAR
Fisher, Tarryn, GOOD HALF GONE
French, Tana, THE HUNTER
Frick, Kit, THE SPLIT
Gardner, Lisa, STILL SEE YOU EVERYWHERE
Gerber, Daryl Wood, THE SON’S SECRET
Grady, James, THE SMOKE IN OUR EYES
Grumley, Michael C., DEEP FREEZE
Hallett, Janice, THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE ALPERTON ANGELS
Hambly, Barbara, THE NUBIAN’S CURSE
Handler, David, THE WOMAN WHO LOWERED THE BOOM
Hawkins, Rachel, THE HEIRESS
Hayes, Terry, THE YEAR OF THE LOCUST
Hill, Edwin, WHO TO BELIEVE
Jacobs, Nova, THE STARS TURNED INSIDE OUT
Kashiwai, Hisashi, THE KAMOGAWA FOOD DETECTIVES
Keir, Linda, THE ROYAL GAME
Kellerman, Jonathan, THE GHOST ORCHID
King, Laurie R., THE LANTERN’S DANCE
Kubica, Mary, SHE’S NOT SORRY
Kurian, Vera, A STEP PAST DARKNESS
Langan, Sarah, A BETTER WORLD
Lawson, Mike, KINGPIN
Lennon, J. Robert, HARD GIRLS
Lief, Katia, INVISIBLE WOMAN
Lindholm, James, CALYPSO DOWN
Littell, Robert, A PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES
Mackintosh, Clare, A GAME OF LIES
Mahmood, Imran, FINDING SOPHIE
Marlantes, Karl, COLD VICTORY
Miller, C.L., THE ANTIQUE HUNTER’S GUIDE TO MURDER
Murrary, Andrew Hunter, THE SANCTUARY
Older, Malka, THE IMPOSITION OF UNNECESSARY OBSTACLES
Olson, Karen E., AN INCONVENIENT WIFE
Parlato, Terri, WHAT WAITS IN THE WOODS
Peguero, Robin, ONE IN THE CHAMBER
Perry, Thomas, HERO
Petrie, Nick, THE PRICE YOU PAY
Pinter, Jason, PAST CRIMES
Rice, Luanne, LAST NIGHT
Rickstad, Eric, LILITH
Robb, J.D., RANDOM IN DEATH
Ryan, Hank Phillippi, ONE WRONG WORD
Schillace, Brandy, THE FRAMED WOMEN OF ARDEMORE HOUSE
Scott, Justin, THE SISTER QUEENS
Scottoline, Lisa, THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DEVLINS
Sherwood, Kim, A SPY LIKE ME
Siger, Jeffrey, AT ANY COST
Stevenson, Benjamin, EVERYONE ON THIS TRAIN IS A SUSPECT
Straczynski, J. Michael, THE GLASS BOX
Swierczynski, Duane, CALIFORNIA BEAR
Thompson, Aggie Blum, SUCH A LOVELY FAMILY
Thorne, Jennifer, DIAVOLA
Thornton, Chris Harding, LITTLE UNDERWORLD
Trinchieri, Camilla, THE ROAD TO MURDER
Westerson, Jeri, THE TWILIGHT QUEEN
Winters, Ben H., BIG TIME
Best First Novel
Brody, Kate, RABBIT HOLE
Bush, Marlee, WHEN SHE WAS ME
Croft, Jennifer, THE EXTINCTION OF IRENA REY
Flaherty, Brendan, THE DREDGE
Friedman, Terry S., BONE PENDANT GIRLS
Greer, Sierra, ANNIE BOT
Greisman, Gordon, THE DEVIL’S DAUGHTER
Howard, Scott Alexander, THE OTHER VALLEY
Hutchins, Pamela Fagan, HER SILENT BONES
Kahler, Abbott, WHERE YOU END
Koffi, Sara, WHILE WE WERE BURNING
Lytle, Alana B., MAN’S BEST FRIEND
Ma-Kellams, Christine, THE BAND
Michaelson, Kate, HIDDEN ROOMS
Ochs, Sara, THE RESORT
Pease, Amy, NORTHWOODS
Plantinga, Adam, THE ASCENT
Sierra, Tracey, NIGHTWATCHING
Wise, Henry, HOLY CITY
Best Paperback/E-Book Original
Bailey, Samantha M., A FRIEND IN THE DARK
Baker, Shannon, BULL’S EYE
Beaumont, Jack, DARK ARENA
Bird, Kristen, WATCH IT BURN
Bock, Kris, SOMEONE ROTTEN RIDING THE RAILS
Bond, Gwenda, THE FRAME-UP
Brooks, Elizabeth, THE WOMAN IN THE SABLE COAT
Bruton, Keith, MURDER ON THE DODDER
Carlsson, Christoffer, UNDER THE STORM
Casale, Alexia, THE BEST WAY TO BURY YOUR HUSBAND
Coggins, Mark, GEISHA CONFIDENTIAL
Ferguson, Ian &, Ferguson, Will, I ONLY READ MURDER
Fisher, Tarryn, GOOD HALF GONE
Fleury, Clive, OFF SEASON
Frey, Rea, DON’T FORGET ME
Glass, Seraphina Nova, THE VACANCY IN ROOM 10
Hunter, Jennifer, THE ROSE REAPER
Maldonado, Isabella, A FORGOTTEN KILL
Mayfield, Jahmal, SMOKE KINGS
Mayne, Andrew, DARK DIVE
McNamara, Frances, THREE-DECKER MURDER IN A NUTSHELL
Miller, Timothy, THE STRANGE CASE OF THE PHAROAH’S HEART
Mofina, Rick, SOMEONE SAW SOMETHING
Pelayo, Cynthia, FORGOTTEN SISTERS
Regan, Lisa, FACE HER FEAR
Richell, Hannah, THE SEARCH PARTY
Rose, Willow, DON’T LET HER GO
Simpson, Roger, HALIFAX: RESURRECTION
Taylor, Mel &, Shea, Brian, THE EXCLUSIVE
Valjan, Gabriel, THE BIG LIE
Wascom, Kent, THE GREAT STATE OF WEST FLORIDA
Wolfe, Leslie, IF I GO MISSING
Best Fact Crime
Eischeid, Susan, MISTRESS OF LIFE AND DEATH: THE DARK JOURNEY OF MARIA MANDL, HEAD OVERSEER OF THE WOMEN’S CAMP AT AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU
Ervin, Kristine E., RABBIT HEART: A MOTHER’S MURDER, A DAUGHER’S STORY
Esau, Alvin A.J., 31 MURDERS: FOLLOWING THE TRAIL OF SERIAL SEX KILLER EARLE NELSON
Ferrante, Louis, BORGATA: RISE OF EMPIRE: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MAFIA
Pederson, Rena, THE KING OF DIAMONDS: THE SEARCH FOR THE ELUSIVE TEXAS JEWEL THIEF
Poston, Jr., McCracken, ZENITH MAN: DEATH, LOVE, AND REDEMPTION IN A GEORGIA COURTROOM
Ramsland, Katherine &, Ullman, Tracy, THE SERIAL KILLER’S APPRENTICE: THE TRUE STORY OF HOW HOUSTON’S DEADLIEST MURDERER TURNED A KID INTO A KILLING MACHINE
Ryan, Jason, SWAMP KINGS: THE STORY OF THE MURDAUGH FAMILY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND A CENTURY OF BACKWOODS POWER
Sherman, Casey , A MURDER IN HOLLYWOOD: THE UNTOLD STORY OF TINSELTOWN’S MOST SHOCKING CRIME
Best Critical-Biographical
Ashman, Nathan, JAMES SALLIS: A COMPANION TO THE MYSTERY FICTION
Meuel, David, JOAN CRAWFORD IN FILM NOIR: THE ACTRESS AS AUTEUR
Best Short Story
Allyn, Doug, “CAPONE’S CASTLE” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Bell, Terena Elizabeth, “LITTLE JIM” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Benn, James R., “BOOM IT UP!” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Blouin, Geneviève, “SEPPUKU” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Bracken, Michael, “BAR NONE” – MURDER, NEAT
Bracken, Michael, “BERMUDA TRIANGLE” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Bracken, Michael, “FAMILY BUSINESS” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Burke, Tim, “STRAYS” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Campbell, Melodie, “THE MOB, THE MODEL…AND THE COLLEGE REUNION,” MURDER, NEAT
Chase, Joslyn, “SOMETHING LIKE HAPPINESS” – MYSTERY MAGAZINE
Chase, Joslyn, “MALL COP CHRISTMAS PARADE” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Coward, Mat, “WHERE IS YOUR…?,” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Crandell, Doug, “THE PASTURE AT NIGHT” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Cranor, Eli, “MASK UP” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
D’Agnese, Joseph, “WHEN LILACS LAST IN THE DOORYARD BLED” – MURDER, NEAT
Davidson, Hilary, “THE GOOD FATHER” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
De Noux, O’Neil, “FLESH WOUNDS” – MURDER, NEAT
Dean, David, “THE ATONEMENT OF MICHAEL DARCY” – MURDER, NEAT
Dean, David, “THE CARFAX LUNATIC SOCIETY” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Dobbyn, John F., “RIDERS UP” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Dobbyn, John F., “THE MOMENT OF TRUTH” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Dubé, Marcelle, “THE BOY” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Egan, Kevin, “NEGATIVE PREGNANT” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Egan, Kevin, “FOXX GOES TO COLLEGE” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Elwood, Elizabeth, HOW MARY’S GARDEN GREW” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Faherty, Terence, “THE CROOKED MAN” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Faherty, Terence, “MARGO AND THE FEMME FATALE” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Fallis, Gregory, “WHERE’S DOOKIE” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Fiecke, Tyler, “BLOOD AND BUTTER” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Fisher, Eve, “BAD INFLUENCE” – MURDER, NEAT
Floyd, John M., “BOURBON AND WATER” – MURDER, NEAT
Freeborn, Richard, “THE CLEANSING OF ABEL” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Freimore, Jacqueline, “WHERE THE HEART IS” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Gates, David Edgerley, “SHUFFLE OFF TO BUFFALO” – MURDER, NEAT
Gaudet, Pat, “THE LEGEND OF PENNY AND THE LUCK OF THE DRAW CASINO” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Gilbertson, Nils, “APPLE JUICE” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Goffman, Barb, “NEVER HAVE I EVER” – MURDER, NEAT
Graves, Peter Lance, “NEIGHBORLY” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Grossman, Leigh &, Betancourt, John Gregory, “HE KNOWS WHEN YOU’VE BEEN BAD” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Hannah, James D.F., “A TEAR IN HIS HAND” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Harrington, Karen, “FISH AROUND AND FIND OUT” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Hearn, James A., “FOR LYDIA” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Helms, Richard, “THE FOUR-NINE PROFILE” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Hockensmith, Steve, “ENCHANTRESS” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Hodgkins, H., “WHEN BAPTISTS GO BAD” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Honerman, Mary Angela, “4TH FLOOR ALICE” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Hung, C.H., “THE QUEBECOIS QUOTIENT” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Johnson, Douglas Grant, “BLIND LUCK” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Jovena, LaToya, “MATERNITY LEAVE” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Jovena, LaToya, “DOWNHILL” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Kardos, Michael, “QUICK CHANGE” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Kisska, Kristin, “NOT YO’MAMA’S IPA” – MURDER, NEAT
Kohler, Sheila, “TURNABOUT” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Larsen, Tom, “LA HERMANA DEL ALCALDE” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Law, Janice, “THE COLONEL” – MURDER, NEAT
Lawton, R.T., “THE BAR” – MURDER, NEAT
Lewin, Michael Z., “ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Lieunoir, Pete, “FAR FROM THE TREE” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Liskow, Steve, “WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE ROOM” – MURDER, NEAT
Lopresti, Robert, “SHANK’S SUNBEAM” – MURDER, NEAT
Lopresti, Robert, “SHANKS IN RETREAT” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Lopresti, Robert, “SHANKS’S ROLE MODEL” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Lopresti, Robert, “PROFESSOR PIE IS GOING TO DIE” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Lundin, Leigh, “RAZING THE BAR” – MURDER, NEAT
Lynch, Sophia, “RENDERING” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Maddox, Lawrence, “DEEP TIME” – MURDER, NEAT
Mallory, Michael, “WHO WANTS TO KILL SOMEONE?” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Mangeot, Robert, “NOBLE ROT” – MURDER, NEAT
Marsh, Charley, “STREETS OF JOY” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
McCormick, William Burton, “DEATH IN THE MOONLIGHT” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Muessig, Chris, “HINDSIGHT” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Muessig, Chris, “VERSES ON THE VESLE” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Nethercott, Michael, “DARK EQUATION” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Obey, Erica, “THE PROBLEM OF THE VANISHING SOPRANOS” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
O’Connor, Paul Ryan, “NO ONE WILL BELIEVE YOU” – MYSTERY MAGAZINE
Oleksiw, Susan, “MURDER ALL SEWN UP” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Ong, Lawrence, “MURDER UNDER SEDATION” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Pachter, Josh, “TEXAS KINDA ATTITUDE” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Pham, Savio, “THE PANTHER” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Phelan, Twist, “AIM” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Phelan, Twist, “ARTIFICIAL HEARTS” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Pronzini, Bill, “THE FINGER” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Pronzini, Bill, “FRIENDS” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Raichev, R.T., “BLIND WITNESS” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Richardson, Travis, GOLDEN PARACHUTE” – MURDER, NEAT
Ross, Gary Earl, “NICKEL CITY EAVESDROPPER” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Ross, Stephen, “ROOM OF ICE” – MURDER, NEAT
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn, “ARBORETUM HEIGHTS” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Santos de Oliveira, Fernando, “A SECOND OPINION” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Scotti, Anna, “INTO THE SILENT LAND” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Scotti, Anna, “A NEW WEARINESS” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Sheriff, John Paxton, “WHAT THE HELL HAS IT GOT TO DO WITH ME” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Silvis, Randall, “AND THE MOON DISAPPEARS” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Soni, M.J., “THE VIDEO GIRL” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Spencer, Nick, “A DEATH IN THE SWAMP” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Sullivan, Floyd, “OFF THE TOP” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Sun, Qinwen, “SACRIFICE IN WHITE” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Sweazy, Larry D., “THE LOW WATERS” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Taylor, Art , “TWO FOR ONE” – MURDER, NEAT
Taylor, Art , “DARK THREAD, LOOSEO STRANDS” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Thielman, Mark, “LYRICS AND MUSIC” – MURDER, NEAT
Thielman, Mark, “THE DEVIL IN THE DETAILS” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Thielman, Mark, “SFORTUNA” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Thielman, Mark, “STREETWISE” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Thornton, Brian, “THE CATHERINE WHEEL” – MURDER, NEAT
Tippee, Bob, “ANCILLARIES” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Tipton, James, “THE MISTS OF YR WYDDFA” – AHMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Todd, Marilyn, “LADY NITRO” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Tolnay, Tom, “POVERTY” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Valentine, Chad, “THE GIRL FROM NORTH KOREA” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Welsh-Huggins, Andrew, “FROM ANOTHER ANGLE” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Wiebe, Sam, “THE BARGUZIN SABLE” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Winter, Jim, “BAD WHISKEY” – MURDER, NEAT
Zeltserman, Dave, “SUCKER’S BET” – AHMM JAN-FEB 2024
Zeltserman, Dave, “MARY & SHELLEY” – AHMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Zelvin, Elizabeth, “A FRIENDLY GLASS” – MURDER, NEAT
Best Juvenile
Atkinson, Cate, SUPER FRIENDS!
Majoka, Salwa &, Chung, Christine D.U., VIEWFINDER
Best Young Adult
Albert, Melissa, THE BAD ONES
Bao, Karen, PANGU’S SHADOW
Campbell, Colin, SILENT FLIGHT HOLY NIGHT
De Souza, Adam, THE GULF
Levinson, Marilyn, THE DEVIL’S PAWN
Lin, Ann Sei, REBEL SKIES
Roque, Rebecca, TILL HUMAN VOICES WAKE US
Wooten, Jeff, KILL CALL
Best TV Episode
Brocklehurst, Danny, “EPISODE 8” – FOOL ME ONCE
Brocklehurst, Danny, “EPISODE 7” – FOOL ME ONCE
Brocklehurst, Danny, “EPISODE 2” – FOOL ME ONCE
Brocklehurst, Danny, “EPISODE 1” – FOOL ME ONCE
Coben, Charlotte, “EPISODE 3” – FOOL ME ONCE
Farrelly, Tom, “EPISODE 6” – FOOL ME ONCE
Metivier, Nina, “EPISODE 5” – FOOL ME ONCE
Oyefuwa, Yemi, “EPISODE 4” – FOOL ME ONCE
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award
Gaudet, Pat, “THE LEGEND OF PENNY AND THE LUCK OF THE DRAW CASINO” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Hodgkins, H., “WHEN BAPTISTS GO BAD” – EQMM MAY-JUNE 2024
Lynch, Sophia, “RENDERING” – EQMM JAN-FEB 2024
Ong, Lawrence, “MURDER UNDER SEDATION” – EQMM MARCH-APRIL 2024
Mary Higgins Clark Award
Dovalpage, Teresa, LAST SEEN IN HAVANA
Hill, Edwin, WHO TO BELIEVE
Michaelson, Kate, HIDDEN ROOMS
Parlato, Terri, WHAT WAITS IN THE WOODS
Ryan, Hank Phillippi, ONE WRONG WORD
Thompson, Aggie Blum, SUCH A LOVELY FAMILY
Sue Grafton Award
Black, Cara, MURDER AT LA VILLETTE
Bock, Kris, SOMEONE ROTTEN RIDING THE RAILS
Brennan, Allison , THE MISSING WITNESS
Chan, Chris, SHE RUINED OUR LIVES
Lilian Jackson Braun Award
Cahoon, Lynn, FIVE FURRY FAMILIARS
Donovan, Kemper, THE BUSY BODY
Gayle, Katie, A COUNTRY WEDDING MURDER
LoTempio, T.C., A CRUST TO DIE FOR
Norlander, Linda, THE DEATH OF GOLDIE’S MISTRESS
Shea, Susan C., MURDER AND THE MISSING DOG
