2024 Edgar Awards Nominations

Several authors and works of genre interest are among the Mystery Writers of America (MWA) 2024 Edgar Awards finalists.

Best First Novel

• Murder by Degrees, Ritu Mukerji (Simon & Schuster)

Best Paperback Original

• Hide, Tracy Clark (Thomas & Mercer)
• The Taken Ones, Jess Lourey (Thomas & Mercer)
• Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, Jesse Q. Sutanto (Berkley)

Best Critical/Biographical

• Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction, Max Allan Collins & James L. Traylor (Mysterious)
• A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Dawidziak (St. Martin’s)
• Fallen Angel: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Morgan (LSU Press)

Best Short Story

• “Thriller”, Heather Graham (Thriller)
• “Miss Direction”, Rob Osler (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 9-10/23)
• “The Rise”, Ian Rankin (Amazon Original Stories)
• “Pigeon Tony’s Last Stand”, Lisa Scottoline (Amazon Original Stories)

Best Young Adult

• Girl Forgotten, April Henry (Christy Ottaviano)
• Star Splitter, Matthew J. Kirby (Dutton Books for Young Readers)
• My Flawless Life, Yvonne Woon (Katherine Tegen)

The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award

• The Bones of the Story, Carol Goodman (William Morrow)

The Lilian Jackson Bruan Memorial Award

• Murder of an Amish Bridegroom, Patricia Johns (Crooked Lane)
• The Body in the Back Garden, Mark Waddell (Crooked Lane)

As previously announced, Katherine Hall Page and R.L. Stine have been named MWA Grand Masters.

The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, “honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television,” will be celebrated May 1, 2024. For more information, including the full list of nominees, see their official website.

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