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Ceremony date April 26, 2017, 9:00 PM PDT Winners Let Me Die in His FootstepsLori Roy, Let Me Die in His Footsteps, Best Novel, Best Novel, Viet Thanh NguyenThe Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Best First Novel by an American, Best First Novel by an American, Whipping Boy: The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old BullyAllen Kurzweil, Whipping Boy: The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully, Best Fact Crime, Best Fact Crime, The Long and Faraway GoneLouis Berney, The Long and Faraway Gone, Best Paperback Original, Best Paperback Original, Susan VaughtFooter Davis Probably Is Crazy, Susan Vaught, Best Juvenile, Best Juvenile, Mindy McGinnisA Madness So Discreet, Mindy McGinnis, Best Young Adult, Best Young Adult, Stephen KingObits, Stephen King, Best Short Story, Best Short Story, Walter Mosley, Walter Mosley, Grand Master Award, Grand Master Award, The Golden Age of MurderMartin Edwards, The Golden Age of Murder, Best Critical/Biographical, Best Critical/Biographical, Lori Rader-DayLittle Pretty Things, Lori Rader-Day, Mary Higgins Clark Award, Mary Higgins Clark Award, Janet Rudolph, Janet Rudolph, Ellery Queen Award, Ellery Queen Award, Sisters in Crime, Sisters in Crime, Raven Award, Raven Award, Margaret Kinsman, Margaret Kinsman, Raven Award, Raven Award, Inspector George GentlyPeter Flannery, Inspector George Gently, Best TV Episode Teleplay, Best TV Episode Teleplay, Russell W JohnsonChung Ling Soo’s Greatest Trick, Russell W Johnson, Robert L Fish Memorial Award, Robert L Fish Memorial Award, Mr MercedesStephen King, Mr Mercedes, Best Novel, Best Novel, Tom BoumanDry Bones in the Valley, Tom Bouman, Best First Novel by an American, Best First Novel by an American, Tinseltown: Murder - Morphine - and Madness at the Dawn of HollywoodWilliam J Mann, Tinseltown: Murder - Morphine - and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood, Best Fact Crime, Best Fact Crime, The Secret History of Las VegasChris Abani, The Secret History of Las Vegas, Best Paperback Original, Best Paperback Original, James KliseThe Art of Secrets, James Klise, Best Young Adult, Best Young Adult, Gillian FlynnWhat Do You Do?, Gillian Flynn, Best Short Story, Best Short Story, James Ellroy, James Ellroy, Grand Master Award, Grand Master Award, Lois Duncan, Lois Duncan, Grand Master Award, Grand Master Award, Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan PoeJW Ocker, Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe, Best Critical/Biographical, Best Critical/Biographical, Jane CaseyThe Stranger You Know, Jane Casey, Mary Higgins Clark Award, Mary Higgins Clark Award, Charles Ardai, Charles Ardai, Ellery Queen Award, Ellery Queen Award, Kathryn Kennison, Kathryn Kennison, Raven Award, Raven Award, Jon Jordan, Jon Jordan, Raven Award, Raven Award, Ruth Jordan, Ruth Jordan, Raven Award, Raven Award, Happy ValleySally Wainwright, Happy Valley, Best TV Episode Teleplay, Best TV Episode Teleplay, Zoë Z DeanGetaway Girl, Zoë Z Dean, Robert L Fish Memorial Award, Robert L Fish Memorial Award, Ordinary GraceWilliam Kent Krueger, Ordinary Grace, Best Novel, Best Novel, Jason MatthewsRed Sparrow, Jason Matthews, Best First Novel by an American, Best First Novel by an American, The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil WarDaniel Stashower, The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War, Best Fact Crime, Best Fact Crime, The Wicked GirlsAlex Marwood, The Wicked Girls, Best Paperback Original, Best Paperback Original, Amy TimberlakeOne Came Home, Amy Timberlake, Best Juvenile, Best Juvenile, Annabel PitcherKetchup Clouds, Annabel Pitcher, Best Young Adult, Best Young Adult, John ConnollyThe Caxton Private Lending Library and Book Depository, John Connolly, Best Short Story, Best Short Story, Carolyn Hart, Carolyn Hart, Grand Master Award, Grand Master Award, Robert Crais, Robert Crais, Grand Master Award, Grand Master Award, America Is Elsewhere: The Noir Tradition in the Age of Consumer CultureErik Dussere, America Is Elsewhere: The Noir Tradition in the Age of Consumer Culture, Best Critical/Biographical, Best Critical/Biographical, Jenny MilchmanCover of Snow, Jenny Milchman, Mary Higgins Clark Award, Mary Higgins Clark Award, Aunt Agatha's Bookstore, Aunt Agatha's Bookstore, Raven Award, Raven Award, The FallAllan Cubitt, The Fall, Best TV Episode Teleplay, Best TV Episode Teleplay, Jeff SolowayThe Wentworth Letter, Jeff Soloway, Robert L Fish Memorial Award, Robert L Fish Memorial Award, Live by NightDennis Lehane, Live by Night, Best Novel, Best Novel, Chris PavoneThe Expats, Chris Pavone, Best First Novel by an American, Best First Novel by an American, Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old ChinaPaul French, Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China, Best Fact Crime, Best Fact Crime, The Last PolicemanBen Winters, The Last Policeman, Best Paperback Original, Best Paperback Original, Jack D FerraioloThe Quick Fix, Jack D Ferraiolo, Best Juvenile, Best Juvenile, Elizabeth E WeinCode Name Verity, Elizabeth E Wein, Best Young Adult, Best Young Adult, Karin SlaughterThe Unremarkable Heart, Karin Slaughter, Best Short Story, Best Short Story, Ken Follett, Ken Follett, Grand Master Award, Grand Master Award, Margaret Maron, Margaret Maron, Grand Master Award, Grand Master Award, The Scientific Sherlock Holmes: Cracking the Case with Science and ForensicsJames O'Brien, The Scientific Sherlock Holmes: Cracking the Case with Science and Forensics, Best Critical/Biographical, Best Critical/Biographical, Hank Phillippi RyanThe Other Woman, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Mary Higgins Clark Award, Mary Higgins Clark Award, Akashic Books, Akashic Books, Ellery Queen Award, Ellery Queen Award, Mysterious Galaxy, Mysterious Galaxy, Raven Award, Raven Award, Oline Cogdill, Oline Cogdill, Raven Award, Raven Award, SherlockSteven Moffat, Sherlock, Best TV Episode Teleplay, Best TV Episode Teleplay, Patricia SmithWhen They Are Done With Us, Patricia Smith, Robert L Fish Memorial Award, Robert L Fish Memorial Award, GoneMo Hayder, Gone, Best Novel, Best Novel, Lori RoyBent Road, Lori Roy, Best First Novel by an American, Best First Novel by an American, Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness - Medicine and the Murder of a PresidentCandice Millard, Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness - Medicine and the Murder of a President, Best Fact Crime, Best Fact Crime, The Company ManRobert Jackson Bennett, The Company Man, Best Paperback Original, Best Paperback Original, Matthew J KirbyIcefall, Matthew J Kirby, Best Juvenile, Best Juvenile, Dandi Daley MackallThe Silence of Murder, Dandi Daley Mackall, Best Young Adult, Best Young Adult, Peter TurnbullThe Man Who Took His Hat Off to the Driver of the Train, Peter Turnbull, Best Short Story, Best Short Story, Martha Grimes, Martha Grimes, Grand Master Award, Grand Master Award, On Conan Doyle: Or - the Whole Art of StorytellingMichael Dirda, On Conan Doyle: Or - the Whole Art of Storytelling, Best Critical/Biographical, Best Critical/Biographical, Sara J HenryLearning to Swim, Sara J Henry, Mary Higgins Clark Award, Mary Higgins Clark Award, Joe Meyers, Joe Meyers, Ellery Queen Award, Ellery Queen Award, M is For Mystery, M is For Mystery, Raven Award, Raven Award, Meritorious Mysteries, Meritorious Mysteries, Raven Award, Raven Award, HomelandGideon Raff - Howard Gordon - Alex Gansa, Homeland, Best TV Episode Teleplay, Best TV Episode Teleplay, David IngramA Good Man of Business, David Ingram, Robert L Fish Memorial Award, Robert L Fish Memorial Award, The Game's AfootKen Ludwig, The Game's Afoot, Best Play, Best Play Nominees (2017) Before the FallNoah Hawley, Before the Fall, Where It HurtsReed Farrel Coleman, Where It Hurts, What Remains of MeAlison Gaylin, What Remains of Me, Jane SteeleLyndsay Faye, Jane Steele, Flynn BerryUnder the Harrow, Flynn Berry, Bill BeverlyDodgers, Bill Beverly, Heather YoungThe Lost Girls: A Novel, Heather Young, LILI WRIGHTDancing with the Tiger, LILI WRIGHT, Joe IdeIQ, Joe Ide, Nick PetrieThe Drifter, Nick Petrie, The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child MurdererKate Summerscale, The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer, Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane: A True Story of Victorian Law and Disorder: The Unsolved Murder that Shocked Victorian EnglandPaul Thomas Murphy, Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane: A True Story of Victorian Law and Disorder: The Unsolved Murder that Shocked Victorian England, While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent Into MadnessEli Sanders, While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent Into Madness, The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the KlanLaurence Leamer, The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the Klan, Morgue: A Life in DeathVincent Di Maio - Ron Franscell, Morgue: A Life in Death, The 7th CanonRobert Dugoni, The 7th Canon, Rain Dogs: A Detective Sean Duffy NovelAdrian McKinty, Rain Dogs: A Detective Sean Duffy Novel, Come TwilightTyler Dilts, Come Twilight, A Brilliant DeathRobin Yocum, A Brilliant Death, Shot In DetroitPatricia Abbott, Shot In Detroit, Heart of Stone: An Ellie Stone MysteryJames W Ziskin, Heart of Stone: An Ellie Stone Mystery, James PontiFramed!, James Ponti, Sarah LariviereThe Bad Kid, Sarah Lariviere, Claire LegrandSome Kind of Happiness, Claire Legrand, Susan VaughtThings Too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry, Susan Vaught, Wesley KingOCDaniel, Wesley King, Ally CondieSummerlost, Ally Condie, Brent HartingerThree Truths and a Lie, Brent Hartinger, Billy TaylorThieving Weasels, Billy Taylor, Justine LarbalestierMy Sister Rosa, Justine Larbalestier, April HenryThe Girl I Used to Be, April Henry, Stephen KingThe Music Room, Stephen King, Megan AbbottOxford Girl, Megan Abbott, Lawrence BlockAutumn at the Automat, Lawrence Block, Laura BenedictA Paler Shade of Death, Laura Benedict, Joyce Carol OatesThe Crawl Space, Joyce Carol Oates, Alfred Hitchcock: A Brief LifePeter Ackroyd, Alfred Hitchcock: A Brief Life, Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction: Works and Authors of Denmark - Finland - Iceland - Norway and Sweden Since 1967Mitzi Brunsdale, Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction: Works and Authors of Denmark - Finland - Iceland - Norway and Sweden Since 1967, Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted LifeRuth Franklin, Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life, Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker - the Man Who Wrote DraculaDavid J Skal, Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker - the Man Who Wrote Dracula, Wendy Corsi StaubBlue Moon, Wendy Corsi Staub, Dianne DixonThe Other Sister, Dianne Dixon, Catriona McPhersonQuiet Neighbors: A Novel, Catriona McPherson, Charles ToddThe Shattered Tree: Library Edition, Charles Todd, Hank Phillippi RyanSay No More: A Jane Ryland Novel, Hank Phillippi Ryan, The People v O J Simpson: American Crime Story - Season 1Scott Alexander - Larry Karaszewski, The People v O J Simpson: American Crime Story - Season 1, SherlockMark Gatiss - Steven Moffat, Sherlock, WestworldJonathan Nolan - Lisa Joy, Westworld, Penny DreadfulJohn Logan, Penny Dreadful, Person of InterestJonathan Nolan, Person of Interest, VeraMartha Hillier, Vera

2015 edgar awards best critical biographical

The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City. They honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film, and theater published or produced in the previous year.

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Winners and, where known, shortlisted titles for each year:

1950s

1954 Charlotte Jay, Beat Not the Bones

1955 Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye

1956 Margaret Millar, Beast in View

The Gordons, The Case of the Talking Bug

Patricia Highsmith, The Talented Mr. Ripley

1957 Charlotte Armstrong, A Dram of Poison

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Charles Samuels, and Louise Samuels Night Fell on Georgia" (award winner for Best Fact Crime)

Margot Bennett, The Man Who Didn't Fly

1958 Ed Lacy, Room to Swing

Arthur Upfield, The Bushman Who Came Back

Bill Ballinger, The Longest Second

Marjorie Carleton, The Night of the Good Children

1959 Stanley Ellin, The Eighth Circle

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Dorothy Salisbury Davis, A Gentleman Called

David Alexander, The Madhouse in Washington Square

Lee Blackstock, The Woman in the Woods (aka Miss Fenny as Charity Blackstock)

1960s

1960 Celia Fremlin, The Hours Before Dawn

Philip MacDonald, The List of Adrian Messenger

1961 Julian Symons, The Progress of a Crime

Peter Curtis, The Devil's Own

Herbert Brean, The Traces of Brillhart

Geoffrey Household, Watcher in the Shadows

1962 J. J. Marric, Gideon's Fire

Lionel Davidson, The Night of Wenceslas

Anne Blaisdell, Nightmare

Suzanne Blanc, The Green Stone

Ross Macdonald, The Wycherly Woman

1963 Ellis Peters, Death and the Joyful Woman

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Dell Shannon, Knave of Hearts

Mark McShane, Seance

Shelley Smith, The Ballad of the Running Man

Jean Potts, The Evil Wish

Ross Macdonald, The Zebra-Striped Hearse

1964 Eric Ambler, The Light of Day

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Stanton Forbes, Grieve for the Past

Dorothy B. Hughes, The Expendable Man

Elizabeth Fenwick, The Make-Believe Man

Ellery Queen, The Player on the Other Side

1965 John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Margaret Millar, The Fiend

Hans Hellmut Kirst, The Night of the Generals

Mary Stewart, This Rough Magic

1966 Adam Hall, The Quiller Memorandum

Mary Stewart, Airs Above the Ground

Len Deighton, Funeral in Berlin

Ross Macdonald, The Far Side of the Dollar

Dorothy Salisbury Davis, The Pale Betrayer

H. R. F. Keating, The Perfect Murder

1967 Nicolas Freeling, King of the Rainy Country

Ngaio Marsh, Killer Dolphin

Dick Francis, Odds Against

Donald E. Westlake, The Busy Body

1968 Donald E. Westlake, God Save the Mark

George Baxt, A Parade of Cockeyed Creatures

Dick Francis, Flying Finish

Charlotte Armstrong, Lemon in the Basket

Ira Levin, Rosemary's Baby

Charlotte Armstrong, The Gift Shop

1969 "Jeffery Hudson" (Michael Crichton), A Case of Need

Peter Dickinson, A Glass-Sided Ants' Nest

Dick Francis, Blood Sport

Dorothy Salisbury Davis and Jerome Ross, God Speed the Night

Heron Carvic, Picture Miss Seeton

Stanley Ellin, The Valentine Estate

1970s

1970 Dick Francis, Forfeit

Chester Himes, Blind Man with a Pistol

Shaun Herron, Miro

Peter Dickinson, The Old English Peep Show

Emma Lathen, When in Greece

Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Where the Dark Streets Go

1971 Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö, The Laughing Policeman

Pat Stadley, Autumn of a Hunter

Margaret Millar, Beyond this Point Are Monsters

Patricia Moyes, Many Deadly Returns

Donald E. Westlake, The Hot Rock

Shaun Herron, The Hound and the Fox and the Harper

1972 Frederick Forsyth, The Day of the Jackal

P. D. James, Shroud for a Nightingale

G. F. Newman, Sir, You Bastard

Tony Hillerman, The Fly on the Wall

Arthur Wise, Who Killed Enoch Powell?

1973 Warren Kiefer, The Lingala Code

Martin Cruz Smith, Canto for a Gypsy

John Ball, Five Pieces of Jade

Hugh C. Rae, The Shooting Gallery

Ngaio Marsh, Tied Up in Tinsel

1974 Tony Hillerman, Dance Hall of the Dead

Francis Clifford, Amigo, Amigo

P. D. James, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

Jean Stubbs, Dear Laura

Victor Canning, The Rainbird Pattern

1975 Jon Cleary, Peter's Pence

Francis Clifford, Goodbye and Amen

Andrew Garve, The Lester Affair

Malcolm Bosse, The Man Who Loved Zoos

Paul Erdman, The Silver Bears

1976 Brian Garfield, Hopscotch

Gerald Seymour, Harry's Game

Maggie Rennert, Operation Alcestic

Marvin Albert, The Gargoyle Conspiracy

Ross Thomas, The Money Harvest

1977 Robert B. Parker, Promised Land

Richard Neely, A Madness of the Heart

Thomas Gifford, The Cavanaugh Quest

Gerald Seymour, The Glory Boys

Trevanian, The Main

1978 William Hallahan, Catch Me: Kill Me

William McIlvanney, Laidlaw

Martin Cruz Smith, Nightwing

1979 Ken Follett, Eye of the Needle

Ruth Rendell, A Sleeping Life

Tony Hillerman, Listening Woman

Jack S. Scott, The Shallow Grave

John Godey, The Snake

1980s

1980 Arthur Maling, The Rheingold Route

C. P. Snow, A Coat of Varnish

Robert Barnard, Death of a Mystery Writer

Frank Parrish, Fire in the Barley

Ruth Rendell, Make Death Love Me

1981 Dick Francis, Whip Hand

B. M. Gill, Death Drop

Robert Barnard, Death of a Literary Widow

A. J. Quinnell, Man on Fire

Reginald Hill, The Spy's Wife

1982 William Bayer, Peregrine

Patrick McGinley, Bogmail

Robert Barnard, Death in a Cold Climate

Liza Cody, Dupe

Robert Littell, The Amateur

Ted Allbeury, The Other Side of Silence

1983 Rick Boyer, Billingsgate Shoal

Lawrence Block, Eight Million Ways To Die

Donald E. Westlake, Kahawa

Elmore Leonard, Split Images

Seymour Shubin, The Captain

1984 Elmore Leonard, La Brava

1985 Ross Thomas, Briarpatch

1986 L. R. Wright, The Suspect

1987 Barbara Vine, A Dark-Adapted Eye

1988 Aaron Elkins, Old Bones

1989 Stuart M. Kaminsky, A Cold Red Sunrise

1990s

1990 James Lee Burke, Black Cherry Blues

1991 Julie Smith, New Orleans Mourning

1992 Lawrence Block, A Dance at the Slaughterhouse

1993 Margaret Maron, Bootlegger's Daughter

1994 Minette Walters, The Sculptress

1995 Mary Willis Walker, The Red Scream

1996 Dick Francis, Come to Grief

1997 Thomas H. Cook, The Chatham School Affair

1998 James Lee Burke, Cimarron Rose

1999 Robert Clark, Mr. White's Confession

2000s

2000 Jan Burke, Bones

2001 Joe R. Lansdale, The Bottoms

2002 T. Jefferson Parker, Silent Joe

2003 S. J. Rozan, Winter and Night

2004 Ian Rankin, Resurrection Men

2005 T. Jefferson Parker, California Girl

2006 Jess Walter, Citizen Vince

2007 Jason Goodwin, The Janissary Tree

2008 John Hart, Down River

2009 C. J. Box, Blue Heaven

2010s

2010 John Hart, The Last Child

2011 Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist

2012 Mo Hayder, Gone

2013 Dennis Lehane, Live by Night

2014 William Kent Krueger, Ordinary Grace

2015 Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes

2016 Lori Roy, Let Me Die in His Footsteps

1972 winners

Book Jacket: If You Want to See Your Wife Again by John Craig

2010 winners

The Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2010, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, and film published or produced in 2009, are:

Best Novel: The Last Child by John Hart

Best First Novel by an American Author: In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff

Best Paperback Original: Body Blows by Marc Strange

Best Fact Crime: Columbine by Dave Cullen

Best Critical/Biographical: The Lineup: The World’s Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives edited by Otto Penzler

Best Short Story: "Amapola" – Phoenix Noir by Luis Alberto Urrea

Best Juvenile: Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn

Best Young Adult: Reality Check by Peter Abrahams

Best Television Episode Teleplay: "A Place of Execution" by Patrick Harbinson

The Robert L. Fish Memorial Award was presented to "A Dreadful Day" – Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine by Dan Warthman (Dell Magazines).

2012 winners

For works published in 2011.

Best Novel: Gone by Mo Hayder

Best First Novel: Bent Road by Lori Roy

Best Paperback Original: The Company Man by Robert Jackson Bennett

Best Fact Crime: Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard

Best Critical/Biographical: On Conan Doyle; or, The Whole Art of Storytelling by Michael Dirda

Best Short Story: "The Man Who Took His Hat Off to the Driver of the Train" - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Peter Turnbull

Best Juvenile: Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby

Best Young Adult: The Silence of Murder by Dandi Daley Mackall

Best Television Episode Teleplay: "Pilot" - Homeland, Teleplay by Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon & Gideon Raff

Best Play: The Game's Afoot by Ken Ludwig

Robert L. Fish Memorial: "A Good Man of Business" - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by David Ingram

Mary Higgins Clark: Learning to Swim by Sara J. Henry

Grand Master: Martha Grimes

Raven: M is for Mystery Bookstore, San Mateo, CA / Molly Weston, Meritorious Mysteries

Ellery Queen Award: Joe Meyers of the Connecticut Post/Hearst Media News Group

2013 winners

Best Novel: Live by Night by Dennis Lehane

Best First Novel by an American Author: The Expats by Chris Pavone

Best Paperback Original: The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters

Best Fact Crime: Midnight in Peking by Paul French

Best Critical/Biographical: The Scientific Sherlock Holmes: Cracking the Case with Science and Forensics by James O'Brien

Best Short Story: "The Unremarkable Heart" - Mystery Writers of America Presents: Vengeance by Karin Slaughter

Best Juvenile: The Quick Fix by Jack D. Ferraiolo

Best Young Adult: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Best Television Episode Teleplay: "A Scandal in Belgravia" - Sherlock, teleplay by Steven Moffat

Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: "When They Are Done With Us" - Staten Island Noir by Patricia Smith

Grand Master: Ken Follett and Margaret Maron

Raven Awards: Oline Cogdill, Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore San Diego and Redondo Beach, CA

Ellery Queen Award: Akashic Books

The Simon & Schuster-Mary Higgins Clark Award: The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan

2014 winners

Best Novel: Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger

Best First Novel by an American Author: Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews

Best Paperback Original: The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood

Best Fact Crime: The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War by Daniel Stashower

Best Critical/Biographical: America Is Elsewhere: The Noir Tradition in the Age of Consumer Culture by Erik Dussere

Best Short Story: "The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository" - Bibliomysteries by John Connolly

Best Juvenile: One Came Home by Amy Timberlake

Best Young Adult: Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher

Best Television Episode Teleplay: "Episode 1" - The Fall, teleplay by Allan Cubitt

Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: "The Wentworth Letter" - Criminal Element's Malfeasance Occasional by Jeff Soloway

Grand Master: Robert Crais and Carolyn Hart

Raven Awards: Aunt Agatha’s in Ann Arbor, Michigan

2015 winners

Best Novel: Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

Best First Novel: Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman

Best Paperback Original: The Secret History of Las Vegas by Chris Abani

Best Fact Crime: Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood by William J. Mann

Best Critical/Biographical: Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe by J.W. Ocker

Best Short Story: "What Do You Do?"- Rogues by Gillian Flynn

Best Juvenile: Greenglass House by Kate Milford

Best Young Adult: The Art of Secrets by James Klise

Best Television Episode Teleplay: "Episode 1" - Happy Valley by Sally Wainwright

Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: "Getaway Girl" - Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine by Zoe Z. Bell

Mary Higgins Clark Award: The Stranger You Know by Jane Casey

Grand Master: Lois Duncan and James Ellroy

Raven Award: Ruth and Jon Jordan, Crimespree Magazine and Kathryn Kennison, Magna Cum Murder

Ellery Queen Award: Charles Ardai

2016 winners

Best Novel: Let Me Die in His Footsteps by Lori Roy

Best First Novel: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Best Paperback Original: The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney

Best Fact Crime: Whipping Boy: The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully by Allen Kurzweil

Best Critical/Biographical: The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards

Best Short Story: "Obits" – from the collection Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King

Best Juvenile: Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy by Susan Vaught

Best Young Adult: A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis

Best Television Episode Teleplay: "Gently with the Women" - George Gently by Peter Flannery

Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: "Chung Ling Soo's Greatest Trick" – Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine by Russell W. Johnson

Mary Higgins Clark Award: Little Pretty Things by Lori Rader-Day

Grand Master: Walter Mosley

Raven Award: Margaret Kinsman and Sisters in Crime

Ellery Queen Award: Janet Rudolph

References

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