Each Spring, Mystery Writers of America present the Edgar^® Awards, widely acknowledged to be the most prestigious awards in the genre. These awards recognize the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction and television in the past year.

For more information on The Edgars, or the Mystery Writers of America, please visit http://www.TheEdgars.com/

2011 Winners

BEST NOVEL
THE LOCK ARTIST by Steve Hamilton (Minotaur Books)

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
ROGUE ISLAND by Bruce DeSilva (Tom Doherty Associates – Forge Books)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
LONG TIME COMING by Robert Goddard (Random House - Bantam)

BEST FACT CRIME
SCOREBOARD, BABY: A Story of College Football, Crime and Complicity, by Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry (University of Nebraska Press – Bison Original)

BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
CHARLIE CHAN: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and his Rendezvouz with American History, by Yunte Huang (W.W. Norton)

BEST SHORT STORY
"The Scent of Lilacs" – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Doug Allyn (Dell Magazines)

BEST JUVENILE
THE BUDDY FILES: The Case of the Lost Boy, by Dori Hillestad Butler (Albert Whitman & Co.)

BEST YOUNG ADULT
INTERROGATION OF GABRIEL JAMES by Charlie Price (Farrar, Straus, Giroux Books for Young Readers)

BEST PLAY
THE PSYCHIC by Sam Bobrick (Falcon Theatre – Burbank, CA)

BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
"Episode 1" - Luther, Teleplay by Neil Cross (BBC America)

ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
"Skyler Hobbs and the Rabbit Man" – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Evan Lewis (Dell Magazines)

GRAND MASTER
Sara Paretsky

RAVEN AWARDS
Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore, Forest Park, Illinois
Once Upon A Crime Bookstore, Minneapolis, Minnesota

ELLERY QUEEN AWARD
Poisoned Pen Press (Barbara Peters & Robert Rosenwald)

THE SIMON & SCHUSTER - MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD (Presented at MWA’s Agents & Editors Party on Wednesday, April 27, 2011)
THE CROSSING PLACES by Elly Griffiths (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

2011 Nominees

BEST NOVEL
CAUGHT by Harlan Coben (Dutton Adult/Penguin)
CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER by Tom Franklin (William Morrow/HarperCollins)
FAITHFUL PLACE by Tana French (Viking/Penguin)
THE QUEEN OF PATPONG: A Poke Rafferty Thriller by Timothy Hallinan (William Morrow/HarperCollins)
THE LOCK ARTIST by Steve Hamilton (Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books)
I’D KNOW YOU ANYWHERE by Laura Lippman (William Morrow/HarperCollins)

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
ROGUE ISLAND by Bruce DeSilva (Tom Doherty/Forge Books)
THE POACHER’S SON by Paul Doiron (Minotaur Books)
THE SERIALIST: A Novel by David Gordon (Simon & Schuster)
GALVESTON by Nic Pizzolatto (Scribner/Simon & Schuster)
SNOW ANGELS by James Thompson (Putnam/Penguin)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
LONG TIME COMING by Robert Goddard (Bantam/Random House)
THE NEWS WHERE YOU ARE by Catherine O’Flynn (Henry Holt)
EXPIRATION DATE by Duane Swierczynski (Minotaur Books)
VIENNA SECRETS by Frank Tallis (Random House Trade Paperbacks)
TEN LITTLE HERRINGS by L.C. Tyler (Felony & Mayhem Press)

BEST FACT CRIME
SCOREBOARD, BABY: A Story of College Football, Crime and Complicity 
by Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry (University of Nebraska Press)
THE EYES OF WILLIE MCGEE: A Tragedy of Race, Sex, and Secrets in Jim Crow South by Alex Heard (HarperCollins)
FINDING CHANDRA: A True Washington Murder Mystery by Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz (Scribner/Simon & Schuster)
HELLHOUND ON HIS TRAIL: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for his Assassin by Hampton Sides (Doubleday/Random House)
THE KILLER OF LITTLE SHEPHERDS: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science by Douglas Starr (Alfred A. Knopf)

BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
THE WIRE: Truth Be Told by Rafael Alvarez (Grove Press)
AGATHA CHRISTIE’S SECRET NOTEBOOKS: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making by John Curran (HarperCollins)
SHERLOCK HOLMES FOR DUMMIES by Steven Doyle and David A. Crowder (Wiley)
CHARLIE CHAN: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and his Rendevouz with American History by Yunte Huang (W.W. Norton & Company)
THRILLERS: 100 Must Reads edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner (Oceanview Publishing)

BEST SHORT STORY
"The Scent of Lilacs" from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Doug Allyn (Dell Magazines)
"The Plot" from FIRST THRILLS by Jeffery Deaver (Tom Doherty/Forge Books)
"A Good Safe Place” from THIN ICE by Judith Green (Level Best Books)
"Monsieur Alice is Absent" from Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by Stephen Ross (Dell Magazines)
"The Creative Writing Murders" from DARK END OF THE STREET by Edmund White (Bloomsbury)

BEST JUVENILE
ZORA AND ME by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon (Candlewick Press)
THE BUDDY FILES: The Case of the Lost Boy by Dori Hillestad Butler (Albert Whitman & Co.)
THE HAUNTING OF CHARLES DICKENS by Lewis Buzbee (Feiwel & Friends)
GRIFF CARVER: Hallway Patrol by Jim Krieg (Razorbill/Penguin Young Readers Group)
THE SECRET LIFE OF MS. FINKLEMAN by Ben H. Winters (HarperCollins Children’s Books)

BEST YOUNG ADULT
THE RIVER by Mary Jane Beaufrand (Little Brown Books for Young Readers)
PLEASE IGNORE VERA DIETZ by A.S. King (Alfred A. Knopf/Random House Children’s Books)
7 SOULS by Barnabas Miller and Jordan Orlando (Delacorte Press/Random House Children’s Books)
THE INTERROGATION OF GABRIEL JAMES by Charlie Price (Farrar, Straus, Giroux Books for Young Readers)
DUST CITY by Robert Paul Weston (Razorbill/Penguin Young Readers Group)

BEST PLAY
“The Psychic” by Sam Bobrick (Falcon Theatre in Burbank, CA)
“The Tangled Skirt” by Steve Braunstein (New Jersey Repertory Company)
“The Fall of the House” by Robert Ford (Alabama Shakespeare Festival)

BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
Episode 1 from “Luther,” Teleplay by Neil Cross (BBC America)
Episode 4 from “Luther,” Teleplay by Neil Cross (BBC America)
Full Measure from “Breaking Bad,” Teleplay by Vince Gilligan (AMC/Sony)
No Mas from “Breaking Bad,” Teleplay by Vince Gilligan (AMC/Sony)
The Next One’s Gonna Go In Your Throat from “Damages,” Teleplay by Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler & Daniel Zelman (FX Networks)

ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
"Skyler Hobbs and the Rabbit Man" from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Evan Lewis (Dell Magazines)

GRAND MASTER
Sara Paretsky

RAVEN AWARDS
Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore, Forest Park, Illinois
Once Upon A Crime Bookstore, Minneapolis, Minnesota

THE SIMON & SCHUSTER - MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
WILD PENANCE by Sandi Ault (Berkley Prime Crime/Penguin)
BLOOD HARVEST by S.J. Bolton (Minotaur Books)
DOWN RIVER by Karen Harper (MIRA Books)
THE CROSSING PLACES by Elly Griffiths (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
LIVE TO TELL by Wendy Corsi Staub (Avon/HarperCollins)