Edgar Award Winners

May 2, 2024By Katy Hershberger

Mystery Writers of America announced the winners of the Edgar Allan Poe Awards. The full list of winners is here.

Best Novel
Flags on the Bayou
by James Lee Burke

Best First Novel By An American Author
The Peacock and the Sparrow
by I. S. Berry

Best Paperback Original
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Best Fact Crime
Crooked
by Nathan Masters

Best Critical/Biographical
Love Me Fierce in Danger
by Steven Powell

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