Mystery Writers of America Announces the 2017 Edgar® Award Winners
Apr 28, 2017, 08:55 ET
NEW YORK, April 28, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce the Winners of the 2017 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2016. The Edgar® Awards were presented to the winners at our 71st Gala Banquet, April 27, 2017 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.
BEST NOVEL
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)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty (Prometheus Books – Seventh Street Books)
BEST FACT CRIME
The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer
by Kate Summerscale (Penguin Random House – Penguin Press)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin (W.W. Norton - Liveright)
BEST SHORT STORY
"Autumn at the Automat" – In Sunlight or in Shadow by Lawrence Block (Pegasus Books)
BEST JUVENILE
OCDaniel by Wesley King (Simon & Schuster – Paula Wiseman Books)
BEST YOUNG ADULT
Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown BFYR)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
"A Blade of Grass" – Penny Dreadful, Teleplay by John Logan (Showtime)
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
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THE SIMON & SCHUSTER - MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
The Shattered Tree by Charles Todd (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)
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SOURCE Mystery Writers of America