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edgar awards 2022
WE CELEBRATED THE
76
TH
ANNIVERSARY OF
THE EDGAR® AWARDS
ON APRIL 28, 2022.
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2022 EDGAR® AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
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Annual Edgar® Awards were celebrated on April 28, 2022 honoring the best in mystery
ction, non-ction and television published or produced in 2021. e winners in each category are
highlighted in red. A copy of the winner announcement press release is available here.
BEST NOVEL
e Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen (Amazon Publishing – Lake Union)
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby (Macmillan Publishers – Flatiron Books)
Five Decembers by James Kestrel (Hard Case Crime)
How Lucky by Will Leitch (HarperCollins – Harper)
No One Will Miss Her by Kat Roseneld (HarperCollins – William Morrow)
CONGRATULATIONS
TO ALL OF THE
WUNNERS AND
NOMINEES.
THANK YOU TO ALL
OF THE JUDGES
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Mwa’s diversity/harassMent policy MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA WELCOMES PEOPLE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS, REGARDLESS OF RELIGION, RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER
IDENTITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR DISABILITY. WE DO NOT TOLERATE DISCRIMINATION OR ABUSE OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING ANY FORM OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT. WE SIMILARLY REQUIRE OUR
MEMBERS AND GUESTS TO COMPLY WITH THIS POLICY WHEN PARTICIPATING IN ANY MWASPONSORED EVENTS.
THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF Mystery writers of aMerica ISSN #15359034 PUBLISHED 10 TIMES PER YEAR © 2022 MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA, INC. All rights reserved.
e publication herein of news, advertising, seminars, classes, etc. does not imply any endorsement by or recommendation of MWA. e Edgar name and logo are registered in the US Patent and Trademark Oce.
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BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
Deer Season by Erin Flanagan (University of Nebraska Press)
Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian (Harlequin Trade Publishing – Park Row)
Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza (Penguin Random House – G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
What Comes After by JoAnne Tompkins (Penguin Random House – Riverhead Books)
e Damage by Caitlin Wahrer (Penguin Random House – Viking Books/Pamela Dorman Books)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Kill All Your Darlings by David Bell (Penguin Random House – Berkley)
e Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke (Penguin Random House – Berkley)
e Album of Dr. Moreau by Daryl Gregory (Tom Doherty Associates – Tordotcom)
Starr Sign by C.S. O’Cinneide (Dundurn Press)
Bobby March Will Live Forever by Alan Parks (Europa Editions – World Noir)
e Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell (Penguin Random House – Penguin Books)
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national officers PRESIDENT, ALAFAIR BURKE; EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, GREG HERREN; SECRETARY, TERRY SHAMES; TREASURER, LAWRENCE LIGHT; PARLIAMENTARIAN, TED HERTEL
the third degree staff EDITOR, BETH TINDALL; ASSOCIATE EDITOR, ANNIE CHERNOW coMMUnications coMMittee chair TONI L.P. KELNER
coMMUnications coMMittee: MICHAEL THOMAS FORD, TONI L.P. KELNER (CHAIR), STEPHEN D. ROGERS, TOM STRAW, MARCIA TALLEY, ART TAYLOR; Margery Flax, Beth Tindall, ex ocio
vital signs, address changes and MeMBership issUes: MARGERY FLAX Executive Director, Mystery Writers of America 1140 Broadway, Suite 1507 New York, NY 10001
TEL: 212.888.8171 FAX: 212.888.8107 E-MAIL: [email protected] WEB: www.mysterywriters.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mwanational/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/EdgarAwards
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BEST FACT CRIME
e Condence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History by Margalit Fox
(Random House Publishing Group – Random House)
Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green (Celadon Books)
Sleeper Agent: e Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away by Ann Hagedorn (Simon & Schuster)
Two Truths and a Lie: A Murder, a Private Investigator, and Her Search for Justice by Ellen McGarrahan (Penguin
Random House – Random House)
e Dope: e Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade by Benjamin T. Smith (W.W. Norton & Company)
When Evil Lived in Laurel: e “White Knights” and the Murder of Vernon Dahmer by Curtis Wilkie (W.W. Norton &
Company
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
Agatha Christie’s Poirot: e Greatest Detective in the World by Mark Aldridge (HarperCollins Publishers – Harper360)
e Unquiet Englishman: A Life of Graham Greene by Richard Greene (W.W. Norton & Company)
Tony Hillerman: A Life by James McGrath Morris (University of Oklahoma Press)
e Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American Science by John Tresch (Farrar,
Straus and Giroux)
e Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense by Edward White (W.W. Norton &
Company)
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BEST SHORT STORY
“Blindsided,” Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by Michael Bracken & James A. Hearn (Dell Magazines)
“e Vermeer Conspiracy,” Midnight Hour by V.M. Burns (Crooked Lane Books)
“Lucky irteen,” Midnight Hour by Tracy Clark (Crooked Lane Books)
“e Road to Hana,” Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by R.T. Lawton (Dell Magazines)
“e Locked Room Library,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Gigi Pandian (Dell Magazines)
“e Dark Oblivion,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Cornell Woolrich (Dell Magazines)
BEST JUVENILE
Cold-Blooded Myrtle by Elizabeth C. Bunce (Workman Publishing – Algonquin Young Readers)
Concealed by Christina Diaz Gonzalez (Scholastic – Scholastic Press)
Aggie Morton Mystery Queen: e Dead Man in the Garden by Marthe Jocelyn (Penguin Random House Canada – Tundra
Books)
Kidnap on the California Comet: Adventures on Trains #2 by M.G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman (Macmillan Children’s
Publishing – Feiwel & Friends)
Rescue by Jennifer A. Nielsen (Scholastic – Scholastic Press)
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BEST YOUNG ADULT
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (Macmillan Children’s Publishing – Feiwel & Friends)
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley (Macmillan Children’s Publishing – Henry Holt and Company BFYR)
When You Look Like Us by Pamela N. Harris (HarperCollins – Quill Tree Books)
e Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur (Macmillan Children’s Books – Feiwel & Friends)
e Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe (Penguin Young Readers – G.P. Putnam’s Sons BFYR)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
“Dog Day Morning” – e Brokenwood Mysteries, Written by Tim Balme and Nic Sampson (Acorn TV)
“Episode 1” – e Beast Must Die, Written by Gaby Chiappe (AMC+)
“We Men Are Wretched ings” – e North Water, Written by Andrew Haigh (AMC+)
“Happy Families” – Midsomer Murders, Written by Nicholas Hicks-Beach (Acorn TV)
“Boots on the Ground” – Narcos: Mexico, Written by Iturri Sosa (Netix)
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ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
“Analogue,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Rob Osler (Dell Magazines)
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THE SIMON & SCHUSTER MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
e Secret Life of Miss Mary Bennet by Katherine Cowley (Tule Publishing – Tule Mystery)
Ruby Red Herring by Tracy Gardner (Crooked Lane Books)
Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara (Soho Press – Soho Crime)
e Sign of Death by Callie Hutton (Crooked Lane Books)
Chapter and Curse by Elizabeth Penney (St. Martin’s Paperbacks)
THE G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD
Double Take by Elizabeth Breck (Crooked Lane Books)
Runner by Tracy Clark (Kensington Books)
Shadow Hill by omas Kies (Sourcebooks – Poisoned Pen Press)
Sleep Well, My Lady by Kwei Quartey (Soho Press – Soho Crime)
Family Business by S.J. Rozan (Pegasus Books – Pegasus Crime)
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SPECIAL AWARDS
GRAND MASTER
Laurie R. King
RAVEN AWARD
Lesa Holstine –
Lesa’s Book Critiques;
Library Journal Reviewer
ELLERY QUEEN AWARD
Juliet Grames –
Soho Press (Soho Crime)
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e 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 eld, aspiring crime writers, and those who are devoted to the genre. e organization
encompasses some 3,000 members including authors of ction and non-ction 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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EDGAR AWARD WINNERS, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: ITURRI SOSA, R.T. LAWTON, ERIN FLANAGAN,
TRACY CLARK, NAOMI HIRAHARA, ELON GREEN, LAURIE R. KING, LESA
HOLSTINE, ROB OSLER, CHRISTINA DIAZ GONZALEZ, JULIET GRAMES
2022 EDGAR AWARD BANQUET CELEBRATED IN PERSON
FROM LEFT: GRAND MASTER LAURIE R. KING,
RAVEN AWARD LESA HOLSTINE,
ELLERY QUEEN AWARD, JULIET GRAMES
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MWA was excited to have an in-person banquet again. ere were happy, smiling, well-dressed faces of friends, news and old,
gathering again. ank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this possible, as we honored the winners, nominees and
judges who truly represent the best of the best of the mystery community.
Clockwise from upper left:
Best First Novel winner Erin Flanagan
with former MWA President Meg
Gardiner;
MWA President and banquet emcee
Alafair Burke;
Board member Toni L.P. Kelner at left
with Grand Master Charlaine Harris;
Best Fact Crime winner Elon Green;
Best Short Story nominee V.M. Burns;
MWA Executive Vice President Greg
Herren with Paul Willis
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Clockwise from upper left:
MWA Board member Lori
Laceeld with President Alafair
Burke and Best First Novel
nominee Vera Kurian; Edgar
Award judge Reed Bunzel with
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Sue Grafton
Memorial Award Tracy Clark;
Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award winner Naomi
Hirahara with Ellery Queen Award winner Juliet Grimes; Best
Juvenile nominees (red badges) with their guests, from left Christina
Diaz Gonzalez, Marthe Jocelyn, Jennifer A. Nielsen; Raven recipient
Oline Cogdill at left with Sarah Weinman
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Top row from left: Best Novel nominees Rhys Bowen, S.A.
Cosby, Kat Roseneld, and Will Leitch;
Middle row from left: Robert L. Fish Memorial Award winner
Rob Osler and Edgar Award judge James L’Etoile;
MWA Executive Director Margery Flax with President
Alafair Burke
At left: MWA Board members Lynn Chandler Willis and
Jessie Chandler
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Below left:
e Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins
Clark Award: Tracy Gardner, Katherine
Cowley, Callie Hutton, Naomi Hirahara
At right:
Best Fact Crime: Margalit Fox, Elon
Green, Ann Hagedorn, Benjamin T.
Smith
At left:
Best First Novel:
Erin Flanagan,
Fabian Nicieza,
Vera Kurian,
Caitlin Wahrer
Below right:
Best Juvenile: Marthe Jocely, Elizabeth
C. Bunce, Christina Diaz Gonzalez, Sam
Sedgman, Jennifer A. Nielsen
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Top left: e G.P. Putnam’s Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award: Tracy Clark,
Elizabeth Breck, Kwei Quartey, S.J. Rozan, omas Kies
Top right: Best Paperback Only: C.J. Cooke, David Bell, Alan Parks,
C.S. O’Cinneide
Below: Best Short Story: Michael Bracken, James A. Hearn, Tracy Clark,
Gigi Pandian, V.M. Burns, R.T. Lawton
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