Best Novel• The Pale Blue Eye, by Louis Bayard (HarperCollins)
• The Janissary Tree, by Jason Goodwin (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
• Gentleman & Players, by Joanne Harris (William Morrow)
• The Dead Hour, by Denise Mina (Little, Brown and Company)
• The Virgin of Small Plains, by Nancy Pickard (Ballantine Books)
• Liberation Movements, by Olen Steinhauer (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
Best First Novel by an American Author
• The Faithful Spy, by Alex Berenson (Random House)
• Sharp Objects, by Gillian Flynn (Shaye Areheart Books)
• King of Lies, by John Hart (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
• Holmes on the Range, by Steve Hockensmith (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
• A Field of Darkness, by Cornelia Read (The Mysterious Press)
Best Paperback Original
• The Goodbye Kiss, by Massimo Carlotto; translated by Lawrence Venuti (Europa Editions)
• The Open Curtain, by Brian Evenson (Coffee House Press)
• Snakeskin Shamisen, by Naomi Hirahara (Delta Books)
• The Deep Blue Alibi, by Paul Levine (Bantam Books)
• City of Tiny Lights, by Patrick Neate (Riverhead Books)
Best Fact Crime
• Strange Piece of Paradise, by Terri Jentz (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
• A Death in Belmont, by Sebastian Junger (Norton)
• Finding Amy: A True Story of Murder in Maine, by Capt. Joseph K. Loughlin and Kate Clark Flora (University Press of New England)
• Ripperology: A Study of the World’s First Serial Killer, by Robin Odell (The Kent State University Press)
• The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe and the Invention of Murder, by Daniel Stashower (Dutton)
• Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer, by James L. Swanson (William Morrow)
Best Critical/Biographical
• Unless the Threat of Death is Behind Them: Hard-Boiled Fiction and Film Noir, by John T. Irwin (Johns Hopkins University Press)
• The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, by E.J. Wagner (John Wiley & Sons)
Best Short Story
• “The Home Front,” by Charles Ardai (in Death Do Us Part, edited by Harlan Coben; Little, Brown and Company)
• “Rain,” by Thomas H. Cook (in Manhattan Noir, edited by Lawrence Block; Akashic Books)
• “Cranked,” by Bill Crider (in Damn Near Dead, edited by Duane Swierczynski; Busted Flush Press)
• “White Trash Noir,” by Michael Malone (in Murder at the Foul Line, edited by Otto Penzler; The Mysterious Press)
• “Building,” by S.J. Rozan (also in Manhattan Noir)
Best Juvenile• Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake, by Jennifer Allison (Sleuth/Dutton)
• The Stolen Sapphire, by Sarah Masters Buckey (American Girl Publishing)
• Room One: A Mystery or Two, by Andrew Clements (Simon & Schuster)
• The Bloodwater Mysteries: Snatched, by Pete Hautman and Mary Logue (Sleuth/Putnam)
• The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery, by Nancy Springer (Philomel/Sleuth)
Best Young Adult
• The Road of the Dead, by Kevin Brooks (The Chicken House)
• The Christopher Killer, by Alane Ferguson (Sleuth/Viking)
• Crunch Time, by Mariah Fredericks (Richard Jackson Books/Atheneum)
• Buried, by Robin Merrow MacCready (Dutton Children’s Books)
• The Night My Sister Went Missing, by Carol Plum-Ucci (Harcourt Children’s Books)
Best Play
• Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, by Steven Dietz (Arizona Theatre Company)
• Curtains, by Rupert Holmes (Ahmanson Theatre)
• Ghosts of Ocean House, by Michael Kimball (The Players’ Ring)
Best Television Episode Teleplay
• The Closer: “Blue Blood,” teleplay by James Duff and Mike Berchem (Turner Network Television)
• Dexter: “Crocodile,” teleplay by Clyde Phillips (Showtime)
• House: “Clueless,” teleplay by Thomas L. Moran (Fox/NBC Universal)
• Life on Mars, Episode 1, teleplay by Matthew Graham (BBC America)
• Monk: “Mr. Monk Gets a New Shrink,” teleplay by Hy Conrad (USA Network/NBC Universal)
Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay
• Conviction, teleplay by Bill Gallagher (BBC America)
• Cracker: A New Terror, teleplay by Jimmy McGovern (BBC America)
• Messiah: The Harrowing, teleplay by Terry Cafolla (BBC America)
• Secret Smile, teleplay by Kate Brooke, based on the book by Nicci French (BBC America)
• The Wire, Season 4, teleplays by Ed Burns, Kia Corthron, Dennis Lehane, David Mills, Eric Overmyer, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, David Simon and William F. Zorzi (HBO)
Best Motion Picture Screenplay
• Casino Royale, screenplay by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis, based on a novel by Ian Fleming (MGM)
• Children of Men, screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, based on a novel by P.D. James (Universal)
• The Departed, screenplay by William Monahan (Warner Bros.)
• The Good Shepherd, teleplay by Eric Roth (Universal)
• Notes on a Scandal, screenplay by Patrick Marber (Scott Rudin Productions)
In addition, William Dylan Powell will receive the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for his short story “Evening Gold,” which appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (November 2006), Fiona Mountain will be given the Simon & Schuster-Mary Higgins Clark Award for her novel Bloodline, and Raven Awards will be handed over to both Books & Books (Mitchell Kaplan, owner) and Mystery Loves Company Bookstore (Kathy and Tom Harig, owners). Oh, and of course Stephen King--who MWA executive vice president Reed Farrell Coleman calls “the natural successor to Edgar Allan Poe,” will receive the Grand Master Award.
The Edgar Awards will be presented to winners in each category at its 61st Gala Banquet, to be held on April 26, 2007, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.
READ MORE: “Analyzing the Edgar Awards,” by Sarah Weinman (Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind); “This Is More Like It,” by Lee Goldberg (A Writer’s Life); “‘Poe Toaster’ Visits Writer’s Grave for 58th Year” (CNN).
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