The Mystery Writers of America has announced the winners for the 2024 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction and television published or produced in 2023.

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2024 Winners

BEST NOVEL

• FLAGS ON THE BAYOU by James Lee Burke (Atlantic Monthly Press)

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR

• THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW by I.S. Berry (Atria Books)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

• VERA WONG'S UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR MURDERERS by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Berkley)

BEST FACT CRIME

• CROOKED: The Roaring ’20s Tale of a Corrupt Attorney General, a Crusading Senator, and the Birth of the American Political Scandal, by Nathan Masters (Hachette Books)

BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL

• LOVE ME FIERCE IN DANGER: The Life of James Ellroy, by Steven Powell (Bloomsbury Academic)

BEST SHORT STORY

• “Hallowed Ground” by Linda Castillo (Minotaur Books)

BEST JUVENILE

• THE GHOSTS OF RANCHO ESPANTO by Adrianna Cuevas ( Farrar, Straus and Giroux BFYR)

BEST YOUNG ADULT

• GIRL FORGOTTEN by April Henry (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

BEST TV EPISODE TELEPLAY

• “Escape from Shit Mountain” – “Poker Face,” written by Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman (Peacock)

ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD

• “The Body in Cell Two,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May-June 2023 by Kate Hohl (Dell Magazines)

THE SIMON & SCHUSTER MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD

• PLAY THE FOOL by Lina Chern (Bantam)

THE G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD

• AN EVIL HEART by Linda Castillo (Minotaur Books)

THE LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN MEMORIAL AWARD

• GLORY BE by Danielle Arceneaux (Pegasus Crime)

GRAND MASTER

• Katherine Hall Page
• R.L. Stine

ELLERY QUEEN AWARD

• Michaela Hamilton, Kensington Books
   

2024 Nominees

BEST NOVEL

• FLAGS ON THE BAYOU by James Lee Burke (Atlantic Monthly Press)
• ALL THE SINNERS BLEED by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)
• THE MADWOMEN OF PARIS by Jennifer Cody Epstein (Ballantine Books)
• BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN by Jessica Knoll (S&S/Marysue Rucci Books)
• AN HONEST MAN by Michael Koryta (Mulholland Books)
• THE RIVER WE REMEMBER by William Kent Krueger (Atria Books)
• CROOK MANIFESTO by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday)

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR

• THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW by I.S. Berry (Atria Books)
• THE GOLDEN GATE by Amy Chua (Minotaur Books)
• SMALL TOWN SINS by Ken Jaworowski (Henry Holt and Co.)
• THE LAST RUSSIAN DOLL by Kristen Loesch (Berkley)
• MURDER BY DEGREES by Ritu Mukerji (Simon & Schuster)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

• BOOMTOWN by A.F. Carter (Mysterious Press)
• HIDE by Tracy Clark (Thomas & Mercer)
• THE TAKEN ONES by Jess Lourey (Thomas & Mercer)
• VERA WONG'S UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR MURDERERS by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Berkley)
• LOWDOWN ROAD by Scott Von Doviak (Hard Case Crime)

BEST FACT CRIME

• IN LIGHT OF ALL DARKNESS: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America’s Child, by Kim Cross (Grand Central Publishing)
• NUMBER GO UP: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall, by Zeke Faux (Crown Currency)
• TANGLED VINES: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders, by John Glatt (St. Martin’s Press)
• CROOKED: The Roaring ’20s Tale of a Corrupt Attorney General, a Crusading Senator, and the Birth of the American Political Scandal, by Nathan Masters (Hachette Books)
• I KNOW WHO YOU ARE: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever, by Barbara Rae-Venter (Ballantine Books)
• THE LOST SONS OF OMAHA: Two Young Men in an American Tragedy, by Joe Sexton (Scribner)

BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL

• PERPLEXING PLOTS: Popular Storytelling and the Poetics of Murder, by David Bordwell (Columbia University Press)
• SPILLANE: King of Pulp Fiction, by Max Allan Collins and James L. Traylor (Mysterious Press)
• A MYSTERY OF MYSTERIES: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe, by Mark Dawidziak (St. Martin’s Press)
• FALLEN ANGEL: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe, by Robert Morgan (LSU Press)
• LOVE ME FIERCE IN DANGER: The Life of James Ellroy, by Steven Powell (Bloomsbury Academic)

BEST SHORT STORY

• “Hallowed Ground” by Linda Castillo (Minotaur Books)
• “Thriller,” THRILLER by Heather Graham (Blackstone Publishing)
• “Miss Direction,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September-October 2023 by Rob Osler (Dell Magazines)
• “The Rise,” Amazon Original Stories by Ian Rankin (Amazon Publishing)
• “Pigeon Tony’s Last Stand,” Amazon Original Stories by Lisa Scottoline (Amazon Publishing)

BEST JUVENILE

• MYRTLE, MEANS, AND OPPORTUNITY by Elizabeth C. Bunce (Algonquin Young Readers)
• THE GHOSTS OF RANCHO ESPANTO by Adrianna Cuevas ( Farrar, Straus and Giroux BFYR)
• EPIC ELLISONS: Cosmos Camp, by Lamar Giles (Versify)
• THE JULES VERNE PROPHECY by Larry Schwarz and Iva-Marie Palmer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
• WHAT HAPPENED TO RACHEL RILEY? by Claire Swinarski (Quill Tree Books)

BEST YOUNG ADULT

• GIRL FORGOTTEN by April Henry (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
• STAR SPLITTER by Matthew J. Kirby (Dutton Books for Young Readers)
• THE SHARP EDGE OF SILENCE by Cameron Kelly Rosenblum (Quill Tree Books)
• MY FLAWLESS LIFE by Yvonne Woon (Katherine Tegen Books)
• JUST DO THIS ONE THING FOR ME by Laura Zimmerman (Dutton Books for Young Readers)

BEST TV EPISODE TELEPLAY

• “Time of the Monkey” – “Poker Face,” written by Wyatt Cain and Charlie Peppers (Peacock)
• “I’m a Pretty Observant Guy” – “Will Trent,” written by Liz Heldens (ABC)
• “Dead Man’s Hand” – “Poker Face,” written by Rian Johnson (Peacock)
• “Hózhó Náhásdlii (Beauty is Restore)” – “Dark Winds,” written by Graham Roland and John Wirth (AMC)
• “Escape from Shit Mountain” – “Poker Face,” written by Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman (Peacock)

ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD

• “Errand for a Neighbor,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, January-February 2023 by Bill Bassman (Dell Magazines)
• “The Body in Cell Two,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May-June 2023 by Kate Hohl (Dell Magazines)
• “The Soiled Dove of Shallow Hollow,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, January-February 2023 by Sean McCluskey (Dell Magazines)
• “It’s Half Your Fault,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, July-August 2023 by Meghan Leigh Paulk (Dell Magazines)
• “Two Hours West of Nothing,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September-October 2023 by Gabriela Stiteler (Dell Magazines)

THE SIMON & SCHUSTER MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD

• PLAY THE FOOL by Lina Chern (Bantam)
• THE BONES OF THE STORY by Carol Goodman (William Morrow)
• OF MANNERS AND MURDER by Anastasia Hastings (Minotaur Books)
• THE THREE DEATHS OF WILLA STANNARD by Kate Robards (Crooked Lane Books)
• MURDER IN POSTSCRIPT by Mary Winters (Berkley)

THE G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD

• HARD RAIN by Samantha Jayne Allen (Minotaur Books)
• AN EVIL HEART by Linda Castillo (Minotaur Books)
• BAD, BAD SEYMOUR BROWN by Susan Isaacs (Atlantic Monthly Press)
• PAST LYING by Val McDermid (Atlantic Monthly Press)
• A STOLEN CHILD by Sarah Stewart Taylor (Minotaur Books)

THE LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN MEMORIAL AWARD

• GLORY BE by Danielle Arceneaux (Pegasus Crime)
• MISFORTUNE COOKIE by Vivien Chien (St. Martin’s Paperbacks)
• HOT POT MURDER by Jennifer J. Chow (Berkley)
• MURDER OF AN AMISH BRIDEGROOM by Patricia Johns (Crooked Lane Books)
• THE BODY IN THE BACK GARDEN by Mark Waddell (Crooked Lane Books)

GRAND MASTER

• Katherine Hall Page
• R.L. Stine

ELLERY QUEEN AWARD

• Michaela Hamilton, Kensington Books