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4/27/2023. 2023 Edgar Award Winners Announced.

Mystery Writers of America Announces 2023 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners.

All kinds of information on their website, here.

Books: 
Notes on an Execution: An Edgar Award Winner Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780063052741
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - January 24th, 2023

2023 Edgar Award Winner: BEST NOVEL


Don't Know Tough Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781641294560
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Published: Soho Crime - February 21st, 2023

2023 Edgar Award Winner: BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR


Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250826466
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Published: Flatiron Books - March 14th, 2023

2023 Edgar Award Winner: BEST FACT CRIME


The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators Cover Image
$32.99
ISBN: 9780008192426
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Published: Collins Crime Club - August 30th, 2022

2023 Edgar Award Winner: BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL


Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen: The Seaside Corpse Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780735270824
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Published: Tundra Books - November 1st, 2022

2023 Edgar Award Winner: BEST JUVENILE


The Red Palace Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250800558
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Published: Feiwel & Friends - January 25th, 2022

2023 Edgar Award Winner: BEST YOUNG ADULT


A Dreadful Splendor: An Edgar Award Winner Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780063209831
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - August 23rd, 2022

2023 Edgar Award Winner: THE SIMON & SCHUSTER MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD

Given to the book most closely written in the Mary Higgins Clark tradition according to guidelines set forth by Mary Higgins Clark:

The protagonist is a nice young woman whose life is suddenly invaded.
She’s self-made and independent, with primarily good family relationships.
She has an interesting job.
She is not looking for trouble–she is doing exactly what she should be doing and something cuts across her bow.
She solves her problem by her own courage and intelligence.
The story has no on-scene violence
The story has no strong four-letter words or explicit sex scenes.

 


Hideout: An Alice Vega Novel Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781984898500
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Published: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard - February 7th, 2023

2023 Edgar Award Winner: THE G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD

The book must be at least the second in a series; the main character has to feature a female protagonist that also has the hallmarks of Sue’s writing and Kinsey’s character: a woman with quirks but also with a sense of herself, with empathy but also with savvy, intelligence, and wit.

Recognizing that the original criteria were too restrictive to take in all of the strong female protagonists who are carrying on the legacy of Sue Grafton and Kinsey Milhone, MWA has opened the Sue Grafton Memorial Award to any book featuring a strong, independent woman who is a professional investigator.  Private eyes are eligible – but so are crime-beat journalists, attorneys, and law enforcement professionals.


Buried in a Good Book (By the Book Mysteries) Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9781728248608
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Published: Poisoned Pen Press - May 24th, 2022

2023 Edgar Award Winner: THE LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN MEMORIAL AWARD

Honoring Braun’s legacy and work, the book must be a contemporary cozy mystery with a current-day setting and the story emphasis on solving a crime, usually a murder.