Mystery Writers of America Announces the 2017 Edgar® Award Nominations

Mystery Writers of America Announces the 2017 Edgar® Award Nominations

NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2017 -- Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce, as we celebrate the 208^th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, the Nominees for the 2017 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2016. The Edgar® Awards will be presented to the winners at our 71^st Gala Banquet, April 27, 2017 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.


BEST NOVEL

• The Ex by Alafair Burke (HarperCollins Publishers - Harper)
• Where It Hurts by Reed Farrel Coleman (Penguin Random House – G.P. Putnam's Sons)
• Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye (Penguin Random House – G.P. Putnam's Sons)
• What Remains of Me by Alison Gaylin (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)
• Before the Fall by Noah Hawley (Hachette Book Group – Grand Central Publishing)

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR

• Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry (Penguin Random House – Penguin Books)
• Dodgers by Bill Beverly (Crown Publishing Group)
• IQ by Joe Ide (Little, Brown & Company – Mulholland Books)  
• The Drifter by Nicholas Petrie (Penguin Random House – G.P. Putnam's Sons)
• Dancing with the Tiger by Lili Wright (Penguin Random House – G.P. Putnam's Sons)
• The Lost Girls by Heather Young (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

• Shot in Detroit by Patricia Abbott (Polis Books)
• Come Twilight by Tyler Dilts (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer)
• The 7th Canon by Robert Dugoni (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer)
• Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty (Prometheus Books – Seventh Street Books)
• A Brilliant Death by Robin Yocum (Prometheus Books – Seventh Street Books)
• Heart of Stone byJames W. Ziskin (Prometheus Books – Seventh Street Books)

BEST FACT CRIME

• Morgue: A Life in Death by Dr. Vincent DiMaio & Ron Franscell (St. Martin's Press)
• The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle that Brought Down the Klan by Laurence Leamer (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)
• Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane: A True Story of Victorian Law and Disorder: The Unsolved Murder That Shocked Victorian England by Paul Thomas Murphy (Pegasus Books)
• While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness by Eli Sanders (Penguin Random House – Viking Books)
• The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer by Kate Summerscale (Penguin Random House – Penguin Press)

BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL

• Alfred Hitchcock: A Brief Life by Peter Ackroyd (Penguin Random House – Nan A. Talese)
• Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Since 1967 by Mitzi M. Brunsdale (McFarland & Company)
• Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin (W.W. Norton - Liveright)
• Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula by David J. Skal (W.W. Norton - Liveright)

BEST SHORT STORY

• "Oxford Girl" – Mississippi Noir by Megan Abbott (Akashic Books)
• "A Paler Shade of Death" – St. Louis Noir by Laura Benedict (Akashic Books)
• "Autumn at the Automat" – In Sunlight or in Shadow by Lawrence Block (Pegasus Books)
• "The Music Room" – In Sunlight or in Shadow by Stephen King (Pegasus Books)
• "The Crawl Space" – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Joyce Carol Oates (Dell Magazines)

BEST JUVENILE

• Summerlost by Ally Condie (Penguin Young Readers Group – Dutton BFYR)
• OCDaniel by Wesley King (Simon & Schuster – Paula Wiseman Books)
• The Bad Kid by Sarah Lariviere by (Simon & Schuster – Simon & Schuster BFYR)
• Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand (Simon & Schuster – Simon & Schuster BFYR)
  Framed! by James Ponti (Simon & Schuster – Aladdin)
• Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry by Susan Vaught (Simon & Schuster – Paula Wiseman Books)

BEST YOUNG ADULT

• Three Truths and a Lie by Brent Hartinger (Simon & Schuster – Simon Pulse)
• The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry (Macmillan Children's Publishing Group – Henry Holt BFYR)
  Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown BFYR)
• My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier (Soho Press – Soho Teen)
• Thieving Weasels by Billy Taylor (Penguin Random House – Penguin Young Readers – Dial Books)

BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY

• "Episode 1 – From the Ashes of Tragedy" – The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, Teleplay by Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski (FX Network)
• "The Abominable Bride" - Sherlock, Teleplay by Mark Gatiss & Steven Moffat (Hartswood Films/Masterpiece)
• "Episode 1 – Dark Road" - Vera, Teleplay by Martha Hillier (Acorn TV)
• "A Blade of Grass" – Penny Dreadful, Teleplay by John Logan (Showtime)
• "Return 0" - Person of Interest, Teleplay by Jonathan Nolan & Denise The (CBS/Warner Brothers)
  "The Bicameral Mind" – Westworld, Teleplay by Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy (HBO/Warner Bros. Television)

ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD

• "The Truth of the Moment" – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by E. Gabriel Flores (Dell Magazines)

GRAND MASTER

• Max Allan Collins
• Ellen Hart

RAVEN AWARD

• Dru Ann Love

ELLERY QUEEN AWARD

• Neil Nyren

THE SIMON & SCHUSTER - MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD

• The Other Sister by Dianne Dixon (Sourcebooks – Sourcebooks Landmark)
• Quiet Neighbors by Catriona McPherson (Llewellyn Worldwide – Midnight Ink)
• Say No More by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Tor/Forge Books – Forge Books)
• Blue Moon by Wendy Corsi Staub (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)
• The Shattered Tree by Charles Todd (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)

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