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April 29, 2022By Katy Hershberger

Edgar Awards

April 29, 2022By Katy Hershberger

Mystery Writers of America announced the winners of the 2022 Edgar Awards, including Last Call by Elon Green for Best Fact Crime, which is excerpted in our Buzz Books 2021: Spring/Summer sampler.

As previously announced, Laurie R. King won the Grand Master, Lesa Holstine won the Raven Award and Juliet Grames won the Ellery Queen Award. The rest of the winners:

Best Novel
Five Decembers by James Kestrel (Hard Case Crime)

Best First Novel By An American Author
Deer Season by Erin Flanagan (University of Nebraska Press)

Best Paperback Original
Bobby March Will Live Forever by Alan Parks (Europa Editions/World Noir)

Best Fact Crime
Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green (Celadon)

Best Critical/Biographical
The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense by Edward White (W.W. Norton & Company)

Best Short Story
“The Road to Hana,” Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine by R.T. Lawton (Dell Magazines)

Best Juvenile
Concealed by Christina Diaz Gonzalez (Scholastic)

Best Young Adult
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley (Henry Holt and Company BFYR)

Robert L. Fish Memorial Award
“Analogue,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Rob Osler (Dell Magazines)

Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award
Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara (Soho Crime)

G.P. Putnam’s Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award
Runner by Tracy Clark (Kensington Books)

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