Full list as MWA announces 2025 Edgar Awards winners

The Mystery Writers of America (MWA) has revealed the winners of the prestigious 2025 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, celebrating outstanding works in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television produced in 2024, as reported by crimereads.com. The awards ceremony recognises exceptional talent in the genre, and this year’s winners showcase a diverse range of literary and screen achievements.

Winners Across Categories

The winners include:

– Best Novel: The In Crowd by Charlotte Vassell (Penguin Random House – Doubleday)

– Best First Novel by an American Author: Holy City by Henry Wise (Grove Atlantic – Atlantic Monthly Press)

– Best Paperback Original: The Paris Widow by Kimberly Belle (Harlequin Trade Publishing – Park Row Books)

– Best Fact Crime: The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective by Steven Johnson (Penguin Random House – Crown)

– Best Critical/Biographical: James Sallis: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction by Nathan Ashman (McFarland Publishing)

Other notable winners include:

– Best Short Story: Eat My Moose by Erika Krouse (Bard College)

– Best Juvenile: Mysteries of Trash and Treasure: The Stolen Key by Margaret Peterson Haddix (HarperCollins – Quill Tree Books)

– Best Young Adult: 49 Miles Alone by Natalie D. Richards (Sourcebooks – Sourcebooks Fire)

– Best Television Episode Teleplay: Episode One – Monsieur Spade, Written by Tom Fontana & Scott Frank (AMC)

Special Awards

The MWA also honored exceptional contributions to the genre with special awards:

– Grand Master: Laura Lippman and John Sandford

– Ellery Queen Award: Peter Wolverton, St. Martin’s Press

– Raven Award: Face in a Book Bookstore & Gifts, El Dorado Hills, CA

Additional Winners

Other award winners include:

– Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: The Jews on Elm Street by Anna Stolley Persky (Dell Magazines)

– The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award: The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill (Sourcebooks – Poisoned Pen Press)

– The G.P. Putnam’s Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award: The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear (Soho Press – Soho Crime)

– The Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award: The Murders in Great Diddling by Katarina Bivald (Sourcebooks – Poisoned Pen Press)

The Edgar Awards continue to celebrate the best in mystery and crime writing, recognising talented authors and creators who captivate audiences worldwide.

 

 

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