MWA Announces 2018 Edgar Award Winners

MWA NorCal Chapter was well-represented at the 2018 Edgar Allan Poe Awards ceremony. Chapter members Camille Minichino, Terry Shames, and Claire Booth were on hand to present awards, and Chapter President Laurie R. King reports that a fun time was had by all. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees!

April 26, 2018, New York, NY – Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce the Winners of the 2018 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2017. The Edgar® Awards were presented to the winners at our 72nd Gala Banquet held on April 26, 2018 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.
 
 
BEST NOVEL

Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
 
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
 
She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper 

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
 
The Unseeing by Anna Mazzola 
 
BEST FACT CRIME

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann 
 
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
 
Chester B. Himes: A Biography by Lawrence P. Jackson 
 
BEST SHORT STORY

“Spring Break” – New Haven Noir by John Crowley 
 
BEST JUVENILE

Vanished! By James Ponti 
 
BEST YOUNG ADULT
 
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds 
 
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY

“Somebody to Love” – Fargo, Teleplay by Noah Hawley 
 
 ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD

“The Queen of Secrets” – New Haven Noir by Lisa D. Gray 
 
GRAND MASTER

Jane Langton
William Link
Peter Lovesey
 
RAVEN AWARD

Kristopher Zgorski, BOLO Books
The Raven Bookstore, Lawrence Kansas
 
ELLERY QUEEN AWARD
 
Robert Pépin
 
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THE SIMON & SCHUSTER MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
 
The Widow’s House by Carol Goodman