Saturday, April 30, 2011

Edgar Awards Just Announced!

Every year in the spring, the Mystery Writers of America announce the Edgar Allan Poe Awards (aka The Edgars) to recognize the best of mystery fiction and non-fiction. Past winners have included bestselling authors such as James Lee Burke, Dick Francis, Margaret Maron and Lawrence Block. Just announced yesterday, the winners for 2011 are as follows:



Best Novel
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton

Best First Novel
Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva

Best Paperback Original
Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard

Best Fact Crime
Scoreboard, Baby: A Story of College Football, Crime and Complicity by Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry

Best Critical/Autobiographical
Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and his Rendezvouz with American History by Yunte Huang

Best Young Adult
Interrogration of Gabriel James by Charlie Price

The Simon & Schuster - Mary Higgins Clark Award
The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths

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