The Mystery Writers of America has announced the winners for the 2023 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction and television published or produced in 2022.

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2023 Winners

BEST NOVEL
NOTES ON AN EXECUTION by Danya Kukafka (William Morrow)

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
DON'T KNOW TOUGH by Eli Cranor (Soho Crime)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
OR ELSE by Joe Hart (Thomas & Mercer)

BEST FACT CRIME
TELL ME EVERYTHING: The Story of a Private Investigation, by Erika Krouse (Flatiron Books)

BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
THE LIFE OF CRIME: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators, by Martin Edwards (Collins Crime Club)

BEST SHORT STORY
"Red Flag," Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by Gregory Fallis (Dell Magazines)

BEST JUVENILE
AGGIE MORTON MYSTERY QUEEN: The Seaside Corpse, by Marthe Jocelyn (Tundra Books)

BEST YOUNG ADULT
THE RED PALACE by June Hur (Feiwel & Friends)

BEST TV EPISODE TELEPLAY
“Episode 1” – “Magpie Murders,” written by Anthony Horowitz (Masterpiece/PBS)

ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
“Dogs in the Canyon,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Mark Harrison (Dell Magazines)

THE SIMON & SCHUSTER MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
A DREADFUL SPLENDOR by B.R. Myers (William Morrow)

THE G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD
HIDEOUT by Louisa Luna (Doubleday)

THE LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN MEMORIAL AWARD
BURIED IN A GOOD BOOK by Tamara Berry (Poisoned Pen Press)

GRAND MASTER
Michael Connelly
Joanne Fluke

RAVEN AWARD
Crime Writers of Color
Eddie Muller for Noir Alley and The Noir Foundation

ELLERY QUEEN AWARD
The Strand Magazine
 

2023 Nominees

BEST NOVEL

• DEVIL HOUSE by John Darnielle (MCD)
• LIKE A SISTER by Kellye Garrett (Mulholland Books)
• GANGLAND by Chuck Hogan (Grand Central Publishing)
• THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME by Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland Books)
• NOTES ON AN EXECUTION by Danya Kukafka (William Morrow)
• THE MAID by Nita Prose (Ballantine Books)

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR

• JACKAL by Erin E. Adams (Bantam)
• DON'T KNOW TOUGH by Eli Cranor (Soho Crime)
• SHUTTER by Ramona Emerson (Soho Crime)
• MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW by Katie Gutierrez (William Morrow)
• PORTRAIT OF A THIEF by Grace D. Li (Tiny Reparations Books)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

• QUARRY'S BLOOD by Max Allan Collins (Hard Case Crime)
• ON A QUIET STREET by Seraphina Nova Glass (Graydon House)
• OR ELSE by Joe Hart (Thomas & Mercer)
• CLEOPATRA'S DAUGHTER by Carole Lawrence (Thomas & Mercer)
• A FAMILIAR STRANGER by A.R. Torre (Thomas & Mercer)

BEST FACT CRIME

• SLENDERMAN: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls, by Kathleen Hale (Grove Press)
• TELL ME EVERYTHING: The Story of a Private Investigation, by Erika Krouse (Flatiron Books)
• TRAILED: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders, by Kathryn Miles (Algonquin Books)
• AMERICAN CALIPH: The True Story of a Muslim Mystic, a Hollywood Epic, and the 1977 Siege of Washington, D.C., by Shahan Mufti (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
• AMERICAN DEMON: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper, by Daniel Stashower (Minotaur Books)

BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL

• THE LIFE OF CRIME: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators, by Martin Edwards (Collins Crime Club)
• THE BLOOMSBURY HANDBOOK TO AGATHA CHRISTIE by Mary Anna Evans & J.C. Bernthal (Bloomsbury Academic)
• THE CRIME WORLD OF MICHAEL CONNELLY: A Study of His Works and Their Adaptations, by David Geherin (McFarland)
• THE WOMAN BEYOND THE ATTIC: The V.C. Andrews Story, by Andrew Neiderman (Gallery Books)
• AGATHA CHRISTIE: An Elusive Woman, by Lucy Worsley (Pegasus Crime)

BEST SHORT STORY

• "Red Flag," Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by Gregory Fallis (Dell Magazines)
• "Backstory," Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by Charles John Harper (Dell Magazines)
• "Locked-In," Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by William Burton McCormick (Dell Magazines)
• “The Amnesty Box," ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND FIREARMS by Tim McLoughlin (Akashic Books)
• “First You Dream, Then You Die," BLACK IS THE NIGHT by Donna Moore (Titan Books)

BEST JUVENILE

• THE SWALLOWTAIL LEGACY: Wreck at Ada’s Reef, by Michael D. Beil (Pixel+Ink)
• THE AREA 51 FILES by Julie Buxbaum (Delacorte Press)
• AGGIE MORTON MYSTERY QUEEN: The Seaside Corpse, by Marthe Jocelyn (Tundra Books)
• ADVENTURES ON TRAIN: Murder on the Safari Star, by M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman (Feiwel & Friends)
• CHESTER KEENE CRACKS THE CODE by Kekla Magoon (Wendy Lamb Books)

BEST YOUNG ADULT

• PRETTY DEAD QUEENS by Alexa Donne (Crown Books for Young Readers)
• FRIGHTMARES by Eva V. Gibson (Underlined)
• THE BLACK GIRLS LEFT STANDING by Juliana Goodman (Feiwel & Friends)
• THE RED PALACE by June Hur (Feiwel & Friends)
• LOCK THE DOORS by Vincent Ralph (Sourcebooks Fire)

BEST TV EPISODE TELEPLAY

• “One Mighty and Strong” – “Under the Banner of Heaven,” written by Brandon Boyce (Hulu/FX)
• “Episode 1” – “Magpie Murders,” written by Anthony Horowitz (Masterpiece/PBS)
• “Episode 1” – “Karen Pirie,” written by Emer Kenny (BritBox)
• “When Harry Met Fergus” – “Harry Wild,” written by David Logan (Acorn TV)
• “The Reagan Way” – “Blue Bloods,” written by Siobhan Byrne O’Connor (CBS)
• “Eighteen Wheels A Predator” – “Law & Order: SVU,” written by Brianna Yellen and Monet Hurst-Mendoza (NBC Universal)

ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD

• “Dogs in the Canyon,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Mark Harrison (Dell Magazines)

THE SIMON & SCHUSTER MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD

• BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH by Amanda Flower (Berkley)
• THE WOMAN IN THE LIBRARY by Sulari Gentill (Poisoned Pen Press)
• THE DISINVITED GUEST by Carol Goodman (William Morrow)
• A DREADFUL SPLENDOR by B.R. Myers (William Morrow)
• NEVER NAME THE DEAD by D.M. Rowell (Crooked Lane Books)

THE G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD

• SECRET LIVES by Mark de Castrique (Poisoned Pen Press)
• AN UNFORGIVING PLACE by Claire Kells (Crooked Lane Books)
• HIDEOUT by Louisa Luna (Doubleday)
• BEHIND THE LIE by Emilya Naymark (Crooked Lane Books)
• SECRETS TYPED IN BLOOD by Stephen Spotswood (Doubleday)

THE LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN MEMORIAL AWARD

• THE SHADOW OF MEMORY by Connie Berry (Crooked Lane Books)
• BURIED IN A GOOD BOOK by Tamara Berry (Poisoned Pen Press)
• SMILE BEACH MURDER by Alicia Bessette (Berkley)
• DESERT GETAWAY by Michael Craft (Brash Books)
• THE MARLOW MURDER CLUB by Robert Thorogood (Poisoned Pen Press)

GRAND MASTER

• Michael Connelly
• Joanne Fluke

RAVEN AWARD

• Crime Writers of Color
• Eddie Muller for Noir Alley and The Noir Foundation

ELLERY QUEEN AWARD

• The Strand Magazine