Thursday, April 28, 2022

2022 EDGAR AWARDS: Mystery Writers of America

Mystery Writers of America  -- 2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners

 

April 28, 2022, New York, NY - Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce the Winners for the 2022 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2021 The Edgar® Awards were presented at the New York Marriott Marquis Times Square and livestreamed on YouTube.

 

BEST NOVEL

Five Decembers by James Kestrel (Hard Case Crime)

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
 
Deer Season by Erin Flanagan (University of Nebraska Press)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
 
Bobby March Will Live Forever by Alan Parks (Europa Editions – World Noir)

BEST FACT CRIME


Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York

by Elon Green (Celadon Books)


BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL

The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense 

by Edward White (W.W. Norton & Company)
 

BEST SHORT STORY

“The Road to Hana,” Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by R.T. Lawton (Dell Magazines)

 

BEST JUVENILE

Concealed by Christina Diaz Gonzalez (Scholastic – Scholastic Press)


BEST YOUNG ADULT
 
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley 

(Macmillan Children’s Publishing – Henry Holt and Company BFYR)

BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY

“Boots on the Ground” – Narcos: Mexico, Written by Iturri Sosa (Netflix)



2 comments:

Edith Maxwell said...

Thanks, Janet. I had to go to be before the last three were announced (because COVID from Malice...), and I knew I could come right here in the early morning and learn who won.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations to all!