Edgar Allan Poe Awards

The 75th Annual Edgar® Awards were celebrated on April 29, 2021 where they celebrated the 212th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, and the nominees for the 2021 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2020.

The winner in each category is denoted with double asterisks. 

BEST NOVEL

** Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara 

-- Before She Was Helen by Caroline B. Cooney 

-- Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 

-- These Women by Ivy Pochoda 

-- The Missing American by Kwei Quartey 

-- The Distant Dead by Heather Young 

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR

-- Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March 

** Please See Us by Caitlin Mullen 

-- Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas 

-- Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden 

-- Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel 

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

** When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole 

-- The Deep, Deep Snow by Brian Freeman 

-- Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey 

-- The Keeper by Jessica Moor 

-- East of Hounslow by Khurrum Rahman 

BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL

-- Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the
Detection Club edited by Martin Edwards 

** Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock by Christina Lane 

-- Ian Rankin: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction by Erin E. MacDonald 

-- Guilt Rules All:  Irish Mystery, Detective, and Crime Fiction by Elizabeth Mannion & Brian Cliff 

-- This Time Next Year We’ll be Laughing by Jacqueline Winspear 

BEST JUVENILE

** Premeditated Myrtle by Elizabeth C. Bunce 

-- Me and Banksy by Tanya Lloyd Kyi 

-- From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks 

-- Ikenga by Nnedi Okorafor 

-- Nessie Quest by Melissa Savage 

-- Coop Knows the Scoop by Taryn Souders 

 BEST YOUNG ADULT

** The Companion by Katie Alender 

-- The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 

-- They Went Left by Monica Hesse 

-- Silence of Bones by June Hur 

-- The Cousins by Karen M. McManus 

 ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD

“The Bite,” Tampa Bay Noir by Colette Bancroft 

MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD

-- Death of an American Beauty by Mariah Fredericks 

** The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne by Elsa Hart 

-- The Lucky One by Lori Rader-Day 

-- The First to Lie by Hank Phillippi Ryan 

-- Cold Wind by Paige Shelton 

SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD

-- The Burn by Kathleen Kent 

-- Riviera Gold by Laurie R. King 

** Vera Kelly is Not a Mystery by Rosalie Knecht 

-- Dead Land by Sara Paretsky 

-- The Sleeping Nymph by Ilaria Tuti 

-- Turn to Stone by James W. Ziskin 

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners.  There should be something from everyone in this listing to read.