Mystery Writers of America
is proud to announce the winners of the 2012 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring
the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced
in 2011. The Edgar® Awards were presented to the winners at our 66th
Gala Banquet, April 26, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.
BEST NOVEL
Gone by Mo Hayder (Grove/Atlantic – Atlantic Monthly Press)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
Bent Road by Lori Roy (Penguin Group USA - Dutton)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
The Company Man by Robert Jackson Bennett (Hachette Book Group – Orbit Books)
BEST FACT CRIME
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
by Candice Millard (Random House - Doubleday)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
On Conan Doyle: Or, the Whole Art of Storytelling by Michael Dirda (Princeton University Press)
BEST SHORT STORY
“The Man Who Took His Hat Off to the Driver of the Train” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Peter Turnbull (Dell Magazines)
BEST JUVENILE
Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby (Scholastic Press)
BEST YOUNG ADULT
The Silence of Murder by Dandi Daley Mackall (Random House Children’s Books – Knopf BFYR)
BEST PLAY
The Game’s Afoot by Ken Ludwig (Cleveland Playhouse, Cleveland, OH)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
“Pilot” – Homeland, Teleplay by Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon & Gideon Raff (Showtime)
ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
"A Good Man of Business" – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
by David Ingram (Dell Magazines)
GRAND MASTER
Martha Grimes
RAVEN AWARDS
M is for Mystery Bookstore, San Mateo, CA
Molly Weston, Meritorious Mysteries
ELLERY QUEEN AWARD
Joe Meyers of the Connecticut Post/Hearst Media News Group
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THE SIMON & SCHUSTER - MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
(Presented at MWA’s Agents & Editors Party on Wednesday, April 25, 2012)
Learning to Swim by Sara J. Henry (Crown Publishing Group)
Gone by Mo Hayder (Grove/Atlantic – Atlantic Monthly Press)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
Bent Road by Lori Roy (Penguin Group USA - Dutton)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
The Company Man by Robert Jackson Bennett (Hachette Book Group – Orbit Books)
BEST FACT CRIME
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
by Candice Millard (Random House - Doubleday)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
On Conan Doyle: Or, the Whole Art of Storytelling by Michael Dirda (Princeton University Press)
BEST SHORT STORY
“The Man Who Took His Hat Off to the Driver of the Train” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Peter Turnbull (Dell Magazines)
BEST JUVENILE
Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby (Scholastic Press)
BEST YOUNG ADULT
The Silence of Murder by Dandi Daley Mackall (Random House Children’s Books – Knopf BFYR)
BEST PLAY
The Game’s Afoot by Ken Ludwig (Cleveland Playhouse, Cleveland, OH)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
“Pilot” – Homeland, Teleplay by Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon & Gideon Raff (Showtime)
ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
"A Good Man of Business" – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
by David Ingram (Dell Magazines)
GRAND MASTER
Martha Grimes
RAVEN AWARDS
M is for Mystery Bookstore, San Mateo, CA
Molly Weston, Meritorious Mysteries
ELLERY QUEEN AWARD
Joe Meyers of the Connecticut Post/Hearst Media News Group
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THE SIMON & SCHUSTER - MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
(Presented at MWA’s Agents & Editors Party on Wednesday, April 25, 2012)
Learning to Swim by Sara J. Henry (Crown Publishing Group)
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