It’s no longer a mystery as to which mystery writers will win the 2014 Edgar Allan Poe Awards as the Mystery Writers of America have unveiled this year’s winners. The Edgar Allan Poe Awards recognize the best in “mystery fiction, non-fiction and television,” with the 2014 winners receiving their awards at the 2014 gala banquet held today at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.
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 & Book Depository” — Bibliomysteries
by John Connolly (Mysterious Bookshop)
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 byAllan 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
(Presented at MWA’s Agents & Editors Party on Wednesday, April 30, 2014)
Cover of Snow by Jenny Milchman (Random House Publishing Group — Ballantine Books)
Source: Mystery Writers of America
-By Rebecca Murray
Follow Us On:
Stumble It! 
