Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce the winners of the 2014 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction and television published or produced in 2013. The Edgar® Awards were presented to the winners at our 68th Gala Banquet, May 1, 2014 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.

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2014 Winners

BEST NOVEL
ORDINARY GRACE by William Kent Krueger (Simon & Schuster – Atria Books)

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
RED SPARROW by Jason Matthews (Simon & Schuster - Scribner)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
THE WICKED GIRLS by Alex Marwood (Penguin Group USA - Penguin Books)

BEST FACT CRIME
THE HOUR OF PERIL: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War, by Daniel Stashower (Minotaur Books)

BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
AMERICA IS ELSEWHERE: The Noir Tradition in the Age of Consumer Culture, by Erik Dussere (Oxford University Press)

BEST SHORT STORY
"The Caxton Private Lending Library and Book Depository" – Bibliomysteries by John Connolly (Mysterious)

BEST JUVENILE
ONE CAME HOME by Amy Timberlake (Random House Children's Books – Alfred A. Knopf BFYR)

BEST YOUNG ADULT
KETCHUP CLOUDS by Annabel Pitcher (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
"Episode 1" – "The Fall," Teleplay by Allan Cubitt (Netflix)

ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
"The Wentworth Letter" – Criminal Element's Malfeasance Occasional by Jeff Soloway (St. Martin's Press)

GRAND MASTER
Robert Crais
Carolyn Hart

RAVEN AWARDS
Aunt Agatha's Bookstore, Ann Arbor, Michigan

THE SIMON & SCHUSTER - MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
COVER OF SNOW by Jenny Milchman (Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine Books)

2014 Nominees

BEST NOVEL

• SANDRINE'S CASE by Thomas H. Cook (Grove Atlantic – The Mysterious Press)
• THE HUMANS by Matt Haig (Simon & Schuster)
• ORDINARY GRACE by William Kent Krueger (Simon & Schuster – Atria Books)
• HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
• STANDING IN ANOTHER MAN'S GRAVE by Ian Rankin (Hachette Book Group – Reagan Arthur Books)
• UNTIL SHE COMES HOME by Lori Roy (Penguin Group USA – Dutton Books)

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR

• THE RESURRECTIONIST by Matthew Guinn (W.W. Norton)
• GHOSTMAN by Roger Hobbs (Alfred A. Knopf)
• RAGE AGAINST THE DYING by Becky Masterman (Minotaur Books)
• RED SPARROW by Jason Matthews (Simon & Schuster - Scribner)
• RECONSTRUCTING AMELIA by Kimberly McCreight (HarperCollins Publishers)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

• THE GUILTY ONE by Lisa Ballantyne (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow Paperbacks)
• ALMOST CRIMINAL by E. R. Brown (Dundurn)
• JOE VICTIM by Paul Cleave (Simon & Schuster – Atria Books)
• JOYLAND by Stephen King (Hard Case Crime)
• THE WICKED GIRLS by Alex Marwood (Penguin Group USA - Penguin Books)
• BRILLIANCE by Marcus Sakey (Amazon Publishing – Thomas and Mercer)

BEST FACT CRIME

• DUEL WITH THE DEVIL: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery, by Paul Collins (Crown Trade Group)
• MORTAL SINS: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal, by Michael D'Antonio (Thomas Dunne Books)
• THE GOOD NURSE: A True Story of Medicine, Madness and Murder, by Charles Graeber (Grand Central Publishing – Twelve)
• THE SECRET RESCUE: An Untold Story of American Nurses and the Medics Behind Nazi Lines,
• by Cate Lineberry (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown and Company)
• THE HOUR OF PERIL: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War, by Daniel Stashower (Minotaur Books)

BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL

• MAIGRET, SIMENON AND FRANCE: Social Dimensions of the Novels and Stories, by Bill Alder (McFarland & Company)
• AMERICA IS ELSEWHERE: The Noir Tradition in the Age of Consumer Culture, by Erik Dussere (Oxford University Press)
• PIMPING FICTIONS: African American Crime Literature and the Untold Story of Black Pulp Publishing, by Justin Gifford (Temple University Press)
• IAN FLEMING by Andrew Lycett (St. Martin's Press)
• MIDDLEBROW FEMINISM IN CLASSIC BRITISH DETECTIVE FICTION by Melissa Schaub (Palgrave Macmillan)

BEST SHORT STORY

• "The Terminal" – KWIK KRIMES by Reed Farrel Coleman (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer)
• "So Long, Chief" – Strand Magazine by Max Allan Collins & Mickey Spillane (The Strand)
• "The Caxton Private Lending Library and Book Depository" – Bibliomysteries by John Connolly (Mysterious)
• "There are Roads in the Water" – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Tina Corey (Dell Magazines)
• "Where That Morning Sun Does Down" – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Tim L. Williams (Dell Magazines)

BEST JUVENILE

• STRIKE THREE, YOU'RE DEAD by Josh Berk (Random House Children's Books – Alfred A. Knopf BFYR)
• MOXIE AND THE ART OF RULE BREAKING by Erin Dionne (Penguin Young Readers Group – Dial)
• P.K. PINKERTON AND THE PETRIFIED MAN by Caroline Lawrence  (Penguin Young Readers Group – Putnam Juvenile)
• LOOKWOOD & CO.: The Screaming Staircase, by Jonathan Stroud (Disney Publishing Worldwide – Disney-Hyperion)
• ONE CAME HOME by Amy Timberlake (Random House Children's Books – Alfred A. Knopf BFYR)

BEST YOUNG ADULT

• ALL THE TRUTH THAT'S IN ME by Julie Berry (Penguin Young Readers Group – Viking Juvenile)
• FAR FAR AWAY by Tom McNeal (Random House Children's Books – Alfred A. Knopf BFYR)
• CRIMINAL by Terra Elan McVoy (Simon & Schuster – Simon Pulse)
• HOW TO LEAD A LIFE OF CRIME by Kirsten Miller (Penguin Young Readers Group – Razorbill)
• KETCHUP CLOUDS by Annabel Pitcher (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY

• "Episode 3" – "Luther," Teleplay by Neil Cross (BBC Worldwide)
• "Episode 1" – "The Fall," Teleplay by Allan Cubitt (Netflix)
• "Legitimate Rape" – "Law & Order: SVU," Teleplay by Kevin Fox & Peter Blauner (NBC Universal)
•  "Variations Under Domestication" – "Orphan Black," Teleplay by Will Pascoe (BBC Worldwide)
• "Pilot" – "The Following," Teleplay by Kevin Williamson (Fox/Warner Bros. Television)

ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD

• "The Wentworth Letter" – Criminal Element's Malfeasance Occasional by Jeff Soloway (St. Martin's Press)

GRAND MASTER

• Robert Crais
• Carolyn Hart

RAVEN AWARDS

• Aunt Agatha's Bookstore, Ann Arbor, Michigan

THE SIMON & SCHUSTER - MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD

• THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN by Hallie Ephron (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)
• FEAR OF BEAUTY by Susan Froetschel (Prometheus – Seventh Street Books)
• THE MONEY KILL by Katia Lief (HarperCollins Publishers – Harper)
• COVER OF SNOW by Jenny Milchman (Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine Books)
• THE SIXTH STATION by Linda Stasi (Forge Books)