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This list includes all submissions received by the MWA national office as of May 4, 2026. 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 2027. The winners will be announced at the Edgar® Awards Banquet late April/early May 2027.
- 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
Ahmead, Amin, A KILLER IN THE FAMILY
Akers, W.M., TO KILL A COOK
Ando, Jose, JACKSON ALONE
Angoe, Yasmin, BEHIND THESE FOUR WALLS
Armstrong, Kelley, FIRST SIGN OF DANGER
Arnott, Elizabeth, THE SECRET LIVES OF MURDERERS’ WIVES
Bahr, Dane, THE DEAD RINGER
Baldacci, David, HOPE RISES
Bannalec, Jean-Luc, THE SECRETS OF THE ABBEY
Bannister, Ilona, FIVE
Beaton, M.C. with, Green. R.W., DEATH OF A GROOM
Bell, A.D., THE BOOKBINDER’S SECRET
Berry, Steve, THE DEVIL’S BIBLE
Betley, Matthew, THE COUNCIL
Booth, Isabel, THEN HE WAS GONE
Box, C.J., THE CROSSROADS
Boyd, Jeff, HARD TIMES
Brennan, Allison, MAKE IT OUT ALIVE
Brown, Rita Mae, CLAWED AND DANGEROUS
Brown, Sandra, BLOODLUST
Broyles, Clare &, Bowen, Rhys, VANISHED IN THE CROWD
Burke, James Lee, THE HADACOIO BOOGIE
Castellani, Christopher, LAST SEEN
Cavanagh, Steve, TWO KINDS OF STRANGERS
Chang, Janie, THE FOURTH PRINCESS
Collins, Max Allan, RETURN OF THE MALTESE FALCON
Condie, Ally, THE GIRLS TRIP
Connelly, Lucy, THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE POISONED PROFESSOR
Cosimano, Elle, FINLAY DONAVAN CROSSES THE LINE
Cox, Mollie Ann, THE WIDOW HAMILTON
Crawford, Frances, A BAD, BAD PLACE
Crichton, Michael, A MURDER IN HOLLYWOOD
Crouch, Sarah, THE BRIARS
Dean, Will, ADRIFT
Delany, Vicki, THE DEVIL IN THE DETAILS
Drews, C.G., YOU DID NOTHING WRONG
Dugoni, Robert, HER COLD JUSTICE
Dumas, Luke, NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD
Dunne, Thomas, MURDERS & ACQUISITIONS
Elston, Ashley, ANATOMY OF AN ALIBI
Feeney, Alice, MY HUSBAND’S WIFE
Foster, Sara, COME BACK TO ME
Fox, Hattie, BAKING UP A MURDER
French, Tana, THE KEEPER
Garcia, Jessie, THE FAIR WEATHER FRIEND
Gilbert, Victoria, A DEADLY CLUE
Girard, Danielle, PINKY SWEAR
Greene, Katherine, WHERE THE TRUTH LIES
Grippando, James, THE RIGHT TO REMAIN
Hanna, Johansson, BODY DOUBLE
Hannigan, Rebecca, DARKROOMS
Harding, Robyn, STRANGERS IN THE VILLA
Harper, Jane, LAST ONE OUT
Harper, Jordan, A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE
Hawkins, Rachel, THE STORM
Henderson, Alice, STORM WARNING
Higashino, Keigo, GUILT
Hirahara, Naomi, CROWN CITY
Houston, Victoria, THE WOLVES ARE WATCHING
Hurtubise, Charleen, SAOIRSE: A NOVEL
Hurwitz, Gregg, ANTIHERO
Idov, Michael, THE CORMORANT HUNT
Jackson, E.A., MISSING
Jackson, Joshilyn, MISSING SISTER
Johansen, Iris &, Johansen, Roy, WAIT AND SEE
Jones, Sandie, KILLING ME SOFTLY
Katzenbach, John, THE ARCHITECT
Kazumi, Callie, GREEDY
Keane, Carter, MORSEL
Keir, Linda, I DID NOT KILL MY HUSBAND
Kellerman, Jonathan, JIGSAW
Kelly, Lee &, Thorne, Jennifer, THE MIDNIGHT SNOW
Kempt, Malcolm, A GIFT BEFORE DYING
Kilmore, Karina, AGAINST THEIR WILL
Kling, Marc-Uwe, VIEWS
Konishi, Masateru, MY GRANDFATHER, THE MASTER DETECTIVE
Koontz, Dean, THE FRIEND OF THE FAMILY
Kubica, Mary, IT’S NOT HER
Lawson, Mike, THE ASSET
Lowkis, Carmella, A SLOW AND SECRET POISON
Ludington, Andrew, DOUBLE SHADOW
Mack, Catherine, THIS WEEKEND DOESN’T END WELL FOR ANYONE
Margaret, Joanna, THE DAUGHTERS
Markert, J.H., DIG
Massey, Sujata, THE STAR FROM CALCUTTA
Matheson, Nadine, THE SHADOW CARVER
Mathews, Lisa Q., BURIED IN SHAMROCKS
Matlin, Lisa, THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS
McDonough, Patrice, MURDER BY MOONRISE
McGuire, Ian, WHITE RIVER CROSSING
McIver, Rith, THE SOUND
McMahon, John, INSIDE MAN
Meltzer, Brad, THE VIPER
Messenger, Alex, THE ICE ON THE LAKE
Meyerson, Amy, THE WATER LIES
Miller, C.L., THE ANTIQUE HUNTER’S MURDER AT THE CASTLE
Miller, Marceau, THE STORY OF MARCEAU MILLER
Moldover, Joseph, TO THE END OF RECKONING
Montgomery, Ross, THE MURDER AT WORLD’S END
Morrow, Bethany C., THE BODY
Mulhauser, Travis, FAIR CHASE
Nash, Lenore, SHE FELL AWAY
Oliver, MK, A SOCIOPATH’S GUIDE TO A SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE
Oshetsky, Claire, EVIL GENIUS
Osler, Rob, THE CASE OF THE MURDERED MUCKRAKER
Paris, B.A., WHEN I KILL YOU
Parlato, Terri, SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS SAFE
Pearce, Daisy, DARK IS WHEN THE DEVIL COMES
Pease, Amy, WILDWOOD
Perez-Reverte, Arturo, THE FINAL PROBLEM
Perry, Thomas, THE TREE OF LIGHT AND FLOWERS
Perry, Anne &, Zackheim, Victoria, DEATH TIMES SEVEN
Petrie, Nick, THE DARK TIME
Philipson, Rebecca, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
Phillips, Gin, RUBY FALLS
Preston, Douglas &, Child, Lincoln, PENDERGAST
Preston, Douglas &, Preston, Aletheia, PARADOX
Pueyo, Hache, CABARET IN FLAMES
Quick, Matthew, THE METHOD
Quinn, Spencer, CAT ON A HOT TIN WOOF
Rader-Day, Lori, WRECK YOUR HEART
Rake, Jeff &, Hart, Rob, DETOUR
Ramey, Stacie, SPELLBOUND BY MURDER
Reid, Andrew, THE SURVIVOR
Robb, Candace, A LION’S RANSOM
Robb, J.D., STOLEN IN DEATH
Rollinson, Jacob, THE TRUTH OF CARCOSA
Romano-Lax, Andromeda, WHAT BOYS LEARN
Rosenfield, Kat, HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE WOODS
Ryan, Lindy, DOLLFACE
Schaefer, Saratoga, TRAD WIFE
Schott, Lauren, VERY SLOWLY ALL AT ONCE
Scotch, Allison Winn, THE INCOMNIACS
Sharpe, Rebecca, HARMLESS WOMEN
Sheinmel, Alyssa, SUCH SHELTERED LIVES
Shindler, Will, THE BONE QUEEN
Siegel, Katie, OUT OF THE LOOP
Sierra, Tracy, WARNING SIGNS
Siger, Jeffrey, A STUDY IN SECRETS
Stanley, Kelli, THE RECKONING
Sutanto, Jesse Q., READ BETWEEN THE LIES
Swinson, David, FROM THE DUST
Thompson, Shailee, HOW TO KILL A GUY IN TEN DATES
Thor, Brad with, Larsen, Ward, COLD ZERO
Todd, Charles, A DAY OF JUDGMENT
Unger, Lisa, SERVED HIM RIGHT
Waite, Olivia, NOBODY’S BABY
Walter, Susan, MURDER AT 30,000 FEET
Ward, Catriona, NOWHERE BURNING
Welsh-Huggins, Andrew, THE DELIVERY
White, Kiersten, THE FOX AND THE DEVIL
Wolff, James, SPIES AND OTHER GODS
Zigman, Laura, THE AUTHOR WEEKEND
Best First Novel
Breedlove, Jennifer K., MURDER WILL OUT
Crum, Tiffany, THIS STORY MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE
Cullen, Michelle L., A FIELD GUIDE TO MURDER
Curran, Avery, SPOILED MILK
Foley, Nancy, I AM AGATHA
Glenn, Caroline, CRUELTY FREE
Gunasekera, Yosha, THE MIDNIGHT TAXI
Hanssen, Tiffany, MY NAME WAS GERRY SASS
Kelly, Pat, RIFLE SEASON
Kovatcheva, Anna, SHE MADE HERSELF A MONSTER
LaMothe, Allison, DIRTY METAL
Langsfeld, C. William, SALVATION
Madden, T. Kira, WHIDBEY
Martin, Connor, THE SILVER FISH
McConigley, Nina, HOW TO COMMIT A POSTCOLONIAL MURDER
McConnell, Patricia, AWAY TO ME
McDevitt, Darby, THE HALTER
Parkman, Karen, THE JILLS
Phillips, Rob, STAKEOUTS AND STOLLERS
Rai, Shantanu, A DANGEROUS DIAGNOSIS
Raphael, Eli, NIGHT OBJECTS
Taff, Rachel, PAPER CUT
van der Kleut, Jennifer, THE BETTER MOTHER
Walz, Marisa, GOOD INTENTIONS
Best Paperback/E-Book Original
Alexander, Ellie, THE WHISKING HOUR
Canadeo, Anne, MORE THAN YOU KNOW
Carter, A.F., CARNEY
Chance, Maia, THE RAVINE
Chow, Jennifer J., TELL-TALE THREATS
Christopher, Adam, CRAWLSPACE
Coffin, Bruce Robert, BITTER FALL
Cole, Audrey J., THE TRIP
Davidson, Orlando, NORTH OF FOOTHILL
DeRoy, Jesse, THE VENICE DOUBLE
DeStefano, Ren, A LIE FOR A LIE
Dixon, Helena, THE AFTERNOON TEA MURDERS
Douglas, Claire, THE NEW NEIGHBORS
Fanning, Diane, DEATH WISH
Field, M.G., THE BLUE WAVE
Fox, Sarah, DEFINITELY MAYBE NOT A DETECTIVE
French, Nicci, WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT
Glass, Ava, THE HIDING SEASON
Harper, Molly, A CUTE LITTLE MURDER
Haynes, Clarence A., THE BROKEN HEARTS AGENCY
Heider, Elizabeth, CHILDREN OF THE SAVAGE CITY
Herron, Lila, ANY MEANS NECESSARY
Kane, Darby, SUCH A CLEVER GIRL
Kelly, Diane, THE BARN IDENTITY
Konkoly, Steve, A TRUE KILL
Labuskes, Brianna, HER BEAUTIFUL LIFE
L’Etoile, James, ILLUSION OF TRUTH
Levison, Deborah, A NOVEL CRIME
Listfield, Emily, REASONS TO LIE
Logan, T.M., THE ROOM IN THE ATTIC
Lorini, Letizia, A KILLER KIND OF ROMANCE
Mangan, Nancy L., THE ORCHID MYSTERY
Marney, Ellie, NO ONE IS SAFE
McGrath, Irina, MURDER AT HADDONFIELD MANOR
McLynn, Fiza Saeed, THE MIDNIGHT CAROUSEL
Mitchell, Saundra, THIS SIDE OF GONE
Moke, Jenny Elder, CROSS YOUR HEART AND HOPE HE DIES
Neubauer, Erica Ruth, TWO BODIES ARE BETTER THAN ONE
Norlander, Linda, WHAT THE FIELDS SAW
Parks, Adele, OUR BEAUTIFUL MESS
Reding, Lauren, THE KILLER IN THE HOUSE
Robinson, Bryan E., SHE’LL BE KILLING ‘ROUND THE MOUNTAIN
Rother, Caitlin, HOOKED
Schott, Philipp, THREE BENGAL KITTENS
Stefanovich-Thomson, Alexis, OPPOSITE SULLY’S GYM
Suggett, Kayleigh, ALIBI BY ACCIDENT
Sutton, Lilli, A LONG DARK NIGHT
Thiem, Brian, A KILLER IN THE CORDGRASS
Wodhams, William, THIRTY FEET UNDER
Best Fact Crime
Barclay, Dawn M., VACATIONS CAN BE MURDER: A TRUE CRIME LOVER’S TRAVEL GUIDE TO THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES
Bufalino, Charles, BUFALINO: REVELATIONS OF A MAFIA FAMILY, THE TEAMSTERS, AND THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF JIMMY HOFFA
Hardin, Tom, WIRED ON WALL STREET: THE RISE AND FALL OF TIPPER X, ONE OF THE FBI’S MOST PROLIFIC INFORMANTS
Harding, Thomas, THE EINSTEIN VENDETTA: HITLER, MUSSOLINE, AND A TRUE STORY OF MURDER
Harpootlian, Dick with, Assael, Shaun, DIG ME A GRAVE: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE SERIAL KILLER WHO SEDUCED THE SOUTH
Mann, William J., BLACK DAHLIA: MURDER, MONSTERS, AND MADNESS IN MIDCENTURY HOLLYWOOD
Renevier, Anaïs, THE CASE OF THE MISSING BLACKFEET WOMEN
Sancton, Julian, NEPTUNE’S FORTUNE: THE BILLION-DOLLAR SHIPWRECK AND THE GHOSTS OF THE SPANISH EMPIRE
Toledo, Springs, DON’T TALK ABOUT JOE MAC: THE LIFE, WARS, AND SECRET HISTORY OF THE MAN BEHIND THE WINTER HILL GANG
Best Critical-Biographical
Birns, Margaret Boe &, Birns, Nicholas, AGATHA CHRISTIE UNDER THE MAGNIFYING GLASS: CLOSE READINGS OF 12 NOVELS
Chan, Chris, ABSOLUTE JUSTICE: THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF AGATHA CHRISTIE’S AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
Cornwell, Patricia, TRUE CRIME: A MEMOIR
Curran, Dr. John, THE MURDER GAME: PLAY, PUZZLES AND THE GOLDEN AGE
Curti, Roberto &, Lafond, Frank, FRENCH THRILLERS OF THE 1970S: VOLUME 1 – CRIME FILMS
Geherin, David, SERIAL KILLER FICTION: A STUDY OF 42 NOVELS AND 22 MOVIE ADAPTATIONS
Martin, Theodore, AMERICAN LITERATURE ON CRIME: NOVELS AND THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF MASS INCARCERATION
Terrace, Vincent, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TELEVISION NOIR, 1949-2024
Weill, Richard, FREDERICK KNOTT AND DIAL M FOR MURDER: THE CREATION AND EVOLUTION OF AN ICONIC THRILLER
Best Short Story
Berry, Lucinda, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE
Lourey, Jess, TWICE IN A BLUE MOON
Oliver, Lauren, A FATAL DELIVERY
Torre, A.R., YOU’LL MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE
Best Juvenile
Anderson, Veronica Park, BLOOD CITY ROLLERS: MOVE IT OR BRUISE IT
Bell, P.G., THE BIG BAD WOLF MURDER
Belote, Ashley, SQUIRREL LOCK HOLMES #1: THE PET ROCK MYSTERY
Clark, Zack Loran &, Elipulous, Nick, THE DOOMSDAY ARCHIVES: SHADOWGLASS
Currie, Lindsay, X MARKS THE HAUNT
Debbink, Andrea, I WITNESSED: THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY OF 1963
Elliott, Rachel, ZEB AND BEL: A CASE OF BIRD PROBLEMS
Gardner, PJ, WORST IN SHOW
Green, John Patrick, Hastings, Christopher, INVESTIGATORS: AGENTS OF S.U.I.T.: SEW MUCH TROUBLE
Marsh, Rachel M., GRANDPERE’S GHOST SWAMP
Morrell, Christyne, THE CASE OF THE SCARLET SNAKEBITE
Munda, Rosaria, CONFESSIONS OF JUNIOR SPY: THE MEAN GIRL MISSION
Ònájìn, Àlàbá, THE CASE OF THE MISSING KOLO
Reese, Brandon, FANTASTIC FROG AND THE AMAZING TAD LAD
Sten, Camilla &, Sten, Viveca, THE SECRETS BELOW
Swinarski, Claire, EACH AND EVERY SPARK
Thurman, Brittany J., OPAL WATSON: A CASE MOST FOWL
Williams, Jarrett, HARPER SHARP: KID DETECTIVE
Best Young Adult
Angoe, Yasmin, SHE DRINKS THE LIGHT
Armstrong, Kelley, A DEADLY INHERITANCE
Davidhizar, Megan, GASLIT
Davis-Featherstone, Rachael, OXFORD BLOOD
Desamours, Channelle, THE CALL HER REGRET
Douglass, Ryan, THE GREAT DISILLUSIONMENT OF NICK AND JAY
Emill, Jumata, I DON’T WISH YOU WELL
Faubion, Rebekah, LOST GIRLS OF HOLLOW LAKE
Graham, Jennifer, THE FALL OF IRIS HENLEY
Hashem, Sara, WHERE NO SHADOW STAYS
Lourey, Jess, THE VERDANT CAGE
Ralph, Vincent, NIGHT TERROR
Ralph, Vincent, DEAD FAKE
Silver, Josh, ERASE ME
Springer, Nancy, ENOLA HOLMES AND THE CLANGING COFFIN
Turner, Sadie, TIDESPEAKER
Best TV Episode
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award
Mary Higgins Clark Award
Alexander, Ellie, THE WHISKING HOUR
Bell, A.D., THE BOOKBINDER’S SECRET
Chow, Jennifer J., TELL-TALE THREATS
Cox, Mollie Ann, THE WIDOW HAMILTON
Crowens, Elizabeth, ROUND UP THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS
Kelly, Diane, THE BARN IDENTITY
Massey, Sujata, THE STAR FROM CALCUTTA
Parlato, Terri, SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS SAFE
Rader-Day, Lori, WRECK YOUR HEART
Siegel, Katie, OUT OF THE LOOP
Sue Grafton Award
Armstrong, Kelley, FIRST SIGN OF DANGER
Goyette, Cindy, DIVERSION
L’Etoile, James, ILLUSION OF TRUTH
O’Connell, Catherine, STEEP AND DEEP
Lilian Jackson Braun Award
Alexander, Ellie, THE WHISKING HOUR
Chester, Fliss, MURDER IN A CORNISH TEASHOP
Chow, Jennifer J., TELL-TALE THREATS
Connelly, Lucy, THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE POISONED PROFESSOR
Cullen, Michelle L., A FIELD GUIDE TO MURDER
Delany, Vicki, THE DEVIL IN THE DETAILS
Fox, Hattie, BAKING UP A MURDER
George, Nicholas, YOU’VE LOST THAT LIVIN’ FEELIN’
Gilbert, Victoria, A DEADLY CLUE
Gunasekera, Yosha, THE MIDNIGHT TAXI
Hackney, Stacy, THE PRIMROSE MURDER SOCIETY
Harper, Molly, A CUTE LITTLE MURDER
Kelly, Diane, THE BARN IDENTITY
LoTempio, T.C., BURIED IN A BOOK
Mathews, Lisa Q., BURIED IN SHAMROCKS
Ramey, Stacie, SPELLBOUND BY MURDER
Walker, Laura Jensen, THE ALPHABET SLEUTHS
