MWA Announces the 2024 Edgar Award Winners
Mystery Writers of America Announces 2024 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners
2024 Edgar Winners
May 1, 2024, New York, NY – Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce the winners for the 2024 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction and television published or produced in 2023. The 78th Annual Edgar® Awards were celebrated on May 1, 2024, at the New York Marriott Marquis Times Square and live-streamed on YouTube.
BEST NOVEL
Flags on the Bayou by James Lee Burke (Grove Atlantic – Atlantic Monthly Press)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry (Simon & Schuster – Atria Books)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Penguin Random House – Berkley)
BEST FACT CRIME
Crooked: The Roaring ’20s Tale of a Corrupt Attorney General, a Crusading Senator, and the Birth of the American Political Scandal by Nathan Masters (Hachette Book Group – Hachette Books)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
Love Me Fierce in Danger: The Life of James Ellroy by Steven Powell (Bloomsbury Publishing – Bloomsbury Academic)
BEST SHORT STORY
“Hallowed Ground,” by Linda Castillo (Macmillan Publishers – Minotaur Books
BEST JUVENILE
The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto by Adrianna Cuevas (Macmillan Publishers – Farrar, Straus and Giroux BFYR)
BEST YOUNG ADULT
Girl Forgotten by April Henry (Hachette Book Group – LBYR – Christy Ottaviano Books)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
“Escape from Shit Mountain” – Poker Face, Written by Nora Zuckerman & Lilla Zuckerman (Peacock)
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ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
“The Body in Cell Two,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May-June 2023 by Kate Hohl (Dell Magazines)
THE SIMON & SCHUSTER MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
Presented on behalf of Simon & Schuster.
Play the Fool by Lina Chern (Penguin Random House – Bantam)
THE G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD
Presented on behalf of G.P. Putnam’s Sons.
An Evil Heart by Linda Castillo (Macmillan Publishers – Minotaur Books)
THE LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN MEMORIAL AWARD
Endowed by the estate of Lilian Jackson Braun.
Glory Be by Danielle Arceneaux (Pegasus Books – Pegasus Crime)
SPECIAL AWARDS
GRAND MASTER
Katherine Hall Page
R.L. Stine
ELLERY QUEEN AWARD
Michaela Hamilton, Kensington Books
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The Edgar Awards, or “Edgars,” as they are commonly known, are named after MWA’s patron saint Edgar Allan Poe and are presented to authors of distinguished work in various categories. MWA is the premier organization for mystery writers, professionals allied to the crime-writing field, aspiring crime writers, and those who are devoted to the genre. The organization encompasses some 3,000 members including authors of fiction and non-fiction books, screen and television writers, as well as publishers, editors, and literary agents.
Mystery Writers of America would like to emphasize our commitment to diversity and fairness in the judging of the Edgar Awards. Judges are selected from every region of the country, from every sub-category of our genre, and from every demographic to ensure fairness and impartiality.
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