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The Edgar® Awards, named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America (MWA), based in New York City. They honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film, and theater published or produced in the previous year (2018).

Edgar® Awards presented on 25 April 2019

Martin Cruz Smith was recognized with this year's 'Grand Master' award.

BEST NOVEL
The Liar’s Girl by Catherine Ryan Howard
House Witness by Mike Lawson
A Gambler’s Jury by Victor Methos
Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley (Winner)
Only to Sleep by Lawrence Osborne
A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn

BEST FIRST NOVEL
If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin (Winner)
Hiroshima Boy by Naomi Hirahara
Under a Dark Sky by Lori Rader-Day
The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani
Under My Skin by Lisa Unger

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin (Winner)
Hiroshima Boy by Naomi Hirahara
Under a Dark Sky by Lori Rader-Day
The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani

BEST FACT CRIME
Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation by Robert W. Fieseler (Winner)
Sex Money Murder: A Story of Crack, Blood, and Betrayal by Jonathan Green
The Last Wild Men of Borneo: A True Story of Death and Treasure by Carl Hoffman
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
The Good Mothers: The True Story of the Women Who Took on the World's Most Powerful Mafia by Alex Perry

BEST CRITICAL - BIOGRAPHICAL
The Metaphysical Mysteries of G.K. Chesterton: A Critical Study of the Father Brown Stories and Other Detective Fiction
by Laird R. Blackwell
Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession by Alice Bolin
Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s by Leslie S. Klinger (Winner)
Mark X: Who Killed Huck Finn's Father? by Yasuhiro Takeuchi
Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life by Laura Thompson

BEST SHORT STORIES [1,000 to 22,000 words]
“Rabid – A Mike Bowditch Short Story” by Paul Doiron
“Paranoid Enough for Two” – The Honorable Traitors by John Lutz
“Ancient and Modern” – Bloody Scotland by Val McDermid
“English 398: Fiction Workshop” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Art Taylor (Winner)
“The Sleep Tight Motel” – Dark Corners Collection by Lisa Unger

BEST JUVENILE MYSTERY [Hardbound or Paperback, Pre-school up to Grade 7, ages 5 - 12]
Denis Ever After by Tony Abbott
Zap! by Martha Freeman
Ra the Mighty: Cat Detective by A.B. Greenfield
Winterhouse by Ben Guterson
Otherwood by Pete Hautman (Winner)
Charlie & Frog: A Mystery by Karen Kane
Zora & Me: The Cursed Ground by T.R. Simon

YOUNG ADULT MYSTERY [Hardbound or Paperback, Grades 8-12, ages 13-18]
Contagion by Erin Bowman
Blink by Sasha Dawn
After the Fire by Will Hill
A Room Away From the Wolves by Nova Ren Suma
Sadie by Courtney Summers (Winner)

OTHER WINNERS
TV Episode Teleplay Award - "The One That Holds Everything" - The Romanoffs, Teleplay by Matthew Weiner & Donald Joh (Amazon Prime Video)
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award - "How Does He Die This Time" by Nancy Novick (Ellory Queen Mystery Magazine)
Mary Higgins Clark Award - "The Widows of Malabar Hill" by Sujata Masse
Sue Grafton Memorial Award - "Shell Game" by Sara Paretsky