Edgar Awards 2014 Press Release

May 1, 2014, New York, NY:  Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce the winners of the 2014 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2013. The Edgar® Awards were presented to the winners at our 68^th Gala Banquet, May 1, 2014 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.


BEST NOVEL

Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (Simon & Schuster – Atria Books)


BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR

Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews (Simon & Schuster - Scribner)


BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood (Penguin Group USA - Penguin Books)


BEST FACT CRIME

The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War by Daniel Stashower (Minotaur Books)


BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL

America is Elsewhere: The Noir Tradition in the Age of Consumer Culture by Erik Dussere (Oxford University Press)


BEST SHORT STORY

"The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository” – Bibliomysteries by John Connolly (Mysterious Bookshop)


BEST JUVENILE

One Came Home by Amy Timberlake (Random House Children’s Books – Alfred A. Knopf BFYR)


BEST YOUNG ADULT

Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)


BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY

“Episode 1” – The Fall, Teleplay by Allan Cubitt (Netflix)


ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD

"The Wentworth Letter" – Criminal Element’s Malfeasance Occasional By Jeff Soloway (St. Martin’s Press)


GRAND MASTERS

Robert Crais
Carolyn Hart


RAVEN AWARD

Aunt Agatha’s Bookstore, Ann Arbor, Michigan


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THE SIMON & SCHUSTER - MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
(Presented at MWA’s Agents & Editors Party on Wednesday, April 30, 2014)

Cover of Snow by Jenny Milchman (Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine Books)


 

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