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Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2019

Mystery Writers of America has announced the winners of the 2019 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction and television published or produced in 2018. The Edgar® Awards were presented at their 73rd Gala Banquet on April 25, 2019 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.

Week of April 15, 2019

Paperback releases for the week of April 15th include VARINA, in which Charles Frazier returns to the time and place of COLD MOUNTAIN, vividly bringing to life the chaos and devastation of the Civil War; DREAMS OF FALLING by Karen White, a contemporary women's fiction novel, set in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, about lifelong friends who share a devastating secret; RUTHLESS TIDE, a gripping history celebrating the remarkable heroes of the Johnstown Flood --- the deadliest flood in U.S. history --- from NBC host and legendary weather authority Al Roker; and BLUFF by Michael Kardos, which takes us deep inside the fraught and fascinating world of a modern magician who becomes obsessed with magic's dark twin --- the underworld of the cardsharp.

Anthony Awards 2019

Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, is pleased to announce the Anthony Award winners for 2019. The Anthony Awards are presented at each annual Bouchercon with the winners selected by attendees. The award is named for the late Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White), writer and critic from the New York Times, who helped found the Mystery Writers of America.