Following the cancellation of the annual Edgar Awards banquet, hosted by the Mystery Writers of America, the organization announced it would switch to an online awards ceremony via Twitter. That day has arrived, and the winners for excellence in crime fiction and drama are:
BEST NOVEL
WINNER: The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Also nominated:
Fake Like Me by Barbara Bourland (Hachette Book Group – Grand Central Publishing)
The River by Peter Heller (Penguin Random House – Alfred A. Knopf)
Smoke and Ashes by Abir Mukherjee (Pegasus Books)
Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham (Simon & Schuster - Scribner)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
WINNER: Miracle Creek by Angie Kim (Farrar Straus and Giroux)
Also nominated:
My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing (Penguin Random House - Berkley)
The Good Detective by John McMahon (Penguin Random House – G.P. Putnam's Sons)
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott (Penguin Random House – Alfred A. Knopf)
Three-Fifths by John Vercher (Polis Books – Agora Books)
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson (Penguin Random House – Random House)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
WINNER: The Hotel Neversink by Adam O'Fallon Price (Tin House Books)
Also nominated:
Dread of Winter by Susan Alice Bickford (Kensington Publishing)
Freedom Road by William Lashner (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer)
Blood Relations by Jonathan Moore (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – Mariner Books)
February's Son by Alan Parks (Europa Editions – World Noir)
The Bird Boys by Lisa Sandlin (Cinco Puntos Press)
BEST FACT CRIME
WINNER: The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity by Axton Betz-Hamilton (Hachette Book Group – Grand Central Publishing)
Also nominated:
The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder that Shocked Jazz-Age America by Karen Abbott (Penguin Random House - Crown)
American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century by Maureen Callahan (Penguin Random House - Viking)
Norco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History by Peter Houlahan (Counterpoint Press)
Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall by James Polchin (Counterpoint Press)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
WINNER: Hitchcock and the Censors by John Billheimer (University Press of Kentucky)
Also nominated:
Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan by Ursula Buchan (Bloomsbury Publishing)
The Hooded Gunman: An Illustrated History of Collins Crime Club by John Curran (Collins Crime Club)
Medieval Crime Fiction: A Critical Overview by Anne McKendry (McFarland)
The Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and her Oxford Circle
Remade the World for Women by Mo Moulton (Hachette Book Group – Basic Books)
BEST SHORT STORY
WINNER: "One of These Nights," from Cutting Edge: New Stories of Mystery and Crime by Women Writers by Livia Llewellyn (Akashic Books)
Also nominated:
"Turistas," from Paque Tu Lo Sepas by Hector Acosta (Down & Out Books)
"The Passenger," from Sydney Noir by Kirsten Tranter (Akashic Books)
"Home at Last," from Die Behind the Wheel: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Steely Dan by Sam Wiebe (Down & Out Books)
"Brother's Keeper," from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Dave Zeltserman (Dell Magazine)
BEST JUVENILE
WINNER: Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse by Susan Vaught (Simon & Schuster Children's Books – Paula Wiseman Books)
Also nominated:
The Collected Works of Gretchen Oyster by Cary Fagan (Penguin Random House Canada – Tundra Books
Eventown by Corey Ann Haydu (HarperCollins Children's Books – Katherine Tegen Books)
The Whispers by Greg Howard (Penguin Young Readers – G.P. Putnam's Sons BFYR)
All the Greys on Greene Street by Laura Tucker (Penguin Young Readers – Viking BFYR)
BEST YOUNG ADULT
WINNER: Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer (Tom Doherty Associates – Tor Teen)
Also nominated:
Killing November by Adriana Mather (Random House Children's Books – Alfred A. Knopf BFYR)
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay (Penguin Young Readers - Kokila)
The Deceivers by Kristen Simmons (Tom Doherty Associates – Tor Teen)
Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas (Bloomsbury Publishing)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
WINNER: "Season 5, Episode 4" – Line of Duty, Teleplay by Jed Mercurio (Acorn TV)
Also nominated:
"Season 5, Episode 3" – Line of Duty, Teleplay by Jed Mercurio (Acorn TV)
"Episode 1" – Dublin Murders, Teleplay by Sarah Phelps (STARZ)
"Episode 1" – Manhunt, Teleplay by Ed Whitmore (Acorn TV)
"Episode 1" – The Wisting, Teleplay by Katherine Valen Zeiner & Trygve Allister Diesen (Sundance Now)
ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
WINNER: "There's a Riot Goin' On," from Milwaukee Noir by Derrick Harriell (Akashic Books)
THE SIMON & SCHUSTER MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
WINNER: The Night Visitors by Carol Goodman (HarperCollins – William Morrow)
Also nominated:
One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski (Harlequin – Graydon House)
Strangers at the Gate by Catriona McPherson (Minotaur Books)
Where the Missing Go by Emma Rowley (Kensington Publishing)
The Murder List by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Tom Doherty Associates – Forge Books)
THE G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD
WINNER: Borrowed Time by Tracy Clark (Kensington Publishing)
Also nominated:
Shamed by Linda Castillo (Minotaur Books)
The Missing Ones by Edwin Hill (Kensington Publishing)
The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey (Soho Crime)
The Alchemist's Illusion by Gigi Pandian (Midnight Ink)
Girl Gone Missing by Marcie R. Rendon (Cincos Puntos Press)