June 1, 2016 | madame librarian
The winners of the 2016 Agatha and Edgar awards have been announced. The awards are to materials published during the calendar year 2015 (January 1 - December 31). A complete list of the winners and nominees are available on Malice Domestic's (Agatha Christie Award) and the Mystery Writers of America's (Edgar Allan Poe Award) websites.
May 6, 2015 | madame librarian
Mystery Writers of America recently announced the winners of the 2015 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2014.
Best Novel
Mr. Mercedes: a novel by Stephen King
Best First Novel by an American Author
The Simon & Schuster-Mary Higgins Clark Award
May 9, 2014 | madame librarian
The Mystery Writers of America recently announced the 2014 Edgar Allan Poe Awards honoring the best mystery fiction and non-fiction published in 2013. Ann Arbor's Aunt Agatha's Bookstore won The Raven Mystery Award for outstanding achievement in the mystery field outside of creative writing.
Best Novel
Ordinary grace: a novel by William Kent Krueger
Best First Novel
Red sparrow: a novel by Jason Matthews
Best Paperback Original
The wicked girls by Alex Marwood
Mary Higgins Clark Award
Cover of snow: a novel by Jenny Milchman
Dry bones in the valley: a novel by Tom Bouman
The stranger you know by Jane Casey