Friday, April 28, 2017

Edgar Winners Announced

April 27, 2017 New York, NY - Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce the Winners of the 2017 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2016. The Edgar® Awards were presented to the winners at our 71stGala Banquet, April 27, 2017 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.
 
 
BEST NOVEL

Before the Fall by Noah Hawley (Hachette Book Group – Grand Central Publishing)
 

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR

Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry (Penguin Random House – Penguin Books)
 

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
 
Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty (Prometheus Books – Seventh Street Books)
 
 
BEST FACT CRIME

The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer by Kate Summerscale (Penguin Random House – Penguin Press)
 
 
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
 
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin (W.W. Norton - Liveright)

 
BEST SHORT STORY

"Autumn at the Automat” – In Sunlight or in Shadow by Lawrence Block (Pegasus Books)
 

BEST JUVENILE

OCDaniel by Wesley King (Simon & Schuster – Paula Wiseman Books)
 
 
BEST YOUNG ADULT

Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown BFYR)
 
 
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY

"A Blade of Grass" – Penny Dreadful, Teleplay by John Logan (Showtime)
 
 
ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD

"The Truth of the Moment" – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by E. Gabriel Flores (Dell Magazines)
 

GRAND MASTER

Max Allan Collins
Ellen Hart
 

RAVEN AWARD

Dru Ann Love
 

ELLERY QUEEN AWARD
 
Neil Nyren
 
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THE SIMON & SCHUSTER - MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
 
The Shattered Tree by Charles Todd (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)

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