Mystery Writers of America announced the winners of the 2025 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction and television published or produced in 2024. Congratulations to all! It’s never too late to check the Webstore for copies of the winning books. https://store.poisonedpen.com/
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)
BEST SHORT STORY
“Eat My Moose,” Conjunctions: 82, Works & Days 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)
OTHER AWARDS
ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD – Endowed by the family of Robert L. Fish.
“The Jews on Elm Street,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September-October 2024 by Anna Stolley Persky (Dell Magazines)
THE SIMON & SCHUSTER MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD – Presented on behalf of Simon & Schuster
The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill (Sourcebooks – Poisoned Pen Press)
THE G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD – Presented on behalf of G.P. Putnam’s Sons.
The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear (Soho Press – Soho Crime)
THE LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN MEMORIAL AWARD – Endowed by the estate of Lilian Jackson Braun.
The Murders in Great Diddling by Katarina Bivald (Sourcebooks – Poisoned Pen Press)
SPECIAL AWARDS
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED ON JANUARY 15, 2025
GRAND MASTER
Laura Lippman
John Sandford
RAVEN AWARD
Face in a Book Bookstore & Gifts, El Dorado Hills, CA
ELLERY QUEEN AWARD
Peter Wolverton, St. Martin’s Press