Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce,
as they celebrate the 216th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe,
the nominees for the 2025 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery
fiction and nonfiction published in 2024. The 79th Annual
Edgar® Awards will be celebrated on May 1, 2025, at the New York Marriott
Marquis Times Square.
BEST NOVEL
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
Rough Trade by Katrina Carrasco
Things Don’t Break on Their Own by Sarah Easter Collins
My Favorite Scar by Nicolás Ferraro
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
The In Crowd by Charlotte Vassell
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
Twice the Trouble by Ash Clifton
Cold to the Touch by Kerri Hakoda
The Mechanics of Memory by Audrey Lee
A Jewel in the Crown by David Lewis
The President’s Lawyer by Lawrence Robbins
Holy City by Henry Wise
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
The Paris Widow by Kimberly Belle
The Vacancy in Room 10 by Seraphina Nova Glass
Shell Games by Bonnie Kistler
A Forgotten Kill by Isabella Maldonado
The Road to Heaven by Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson
BEST FACT CRIME
Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers by Frank
Figliuzzi
The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective by Steven Johnson
A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton by Deb Miller Landau
The Amish Wife: Unraveling the Lies, Secrets, and Conspiracy that Let a Killer Go Free by Gregg Olsen
Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America’s Second Slavery by Earl Swift
The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age by Michael Wolraich
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
James Sallis: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction by
Nathan Ashman
American Noir Film: From The Maltese Falcon to Gone Girl by M. Keith Booker
Organized Crime on Page and Screen: Portrayals in Hit
Novels, Films, and Television Shows by David Geherin
On Edge: Gender and Genre in the Work of Shirley Jackson,
Patricia Highsmith, and Leigh Brackett by Ashley Lawson
Ian Fleming; The Complete Man by Nicholas
Shakespeare
BEST JUVENILE
The Beanstalk Murder by P.G. Bell
Mystery of Mystic Mountain by Janet Fox
Mysteries of Trash and Treasure: The Stolen Key by Margaret Peterson
Haddix
The Spindle of Fate by Aimee Lim
Find Her by Ginger Reno
BEST YOUNG ADULT
Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell
The Bitter End by Alexa Donne
A Crane Among Wolves by June Hur
Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson
49 Miles Alone by Natalie D. Richards
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OUR OTHER AWARDS
THE SIMON & SCHUSTER MARY HIGGINS CLARK
AWARD – Presented on behalf of Simon & Schuster.
The Rose Arbor by Rhys Bowen
The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco by Michelle Chouinard
The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill
Return to Wyldcliffe Heights by Carol Goodman
Death in the Details by Katie Tietjen
THE G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD –
Presented on behalf of G.P. Putnam’s Sons.
Disturbing the Dead by Kelley Armstrong
A Game of Lies by Clare Mackintosh
Proof by Beverly McLachlin
A World of Hurt by Mindy Mejia
All the Way Gone by Joanna Schaffhausen
The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear
THE LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN MEMORIAL AWARD – Endowed by
the estate of Lilian Jackson Braun.
The Murders in Great Diddling by Katarina Bivald
Death and Fromage by Ian Moore
Booked for Murder by P.J. Nelson
Murder on Devil’s Pond by Ayla Rose
The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan
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