Best Novel:
The In Crowd, by Charlotte Vassell (Doubleday)
Also nominated: The Tainted Cup, by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey); Rough Trade, by Katrina Carrasco (MCD); Things Don’t Break on Their Own, by Sarah Easter Collins (Crown); My Favorite Scar, by Nicolás Ferraro (Soho Crime); The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore (Riverhead); and Listen for the Lie, by Amy Tintera (Celadon)
Best First Novel by an American Author:
Holy City, by Henry Wise (Atlantic Monthly Press)
Also nominated: Twice the Trouble, by Ash Clifton (Crooked Lane); Cold to the Touch, by Kerri Hakoda (Crooked Lane); The Mechanics of Memory, by Audrey Lee (CamCat); A Jewel in the Crown, by David Lewis (John Scognamiglio); and The President’s Lawyer, by Lawrence Robbins (Atria)
Best Paperback Original:
The Paris Widow, by Kimberly Belle (Park Row)
Also nominated: The Vacancy in Room 10, by Seraphina Nova Glass (Graydon House); Shell Games, by Bonnie Kistler (Harper Paperbacks); A Forgotten Kill, by Isabella Maldonado (Thomas & Mercer); and The Road to Heaven, by Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson (Dundurn Press)
Best Fact Crime:
The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective, by Steven Johnson (Crown)
Also nominated: Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers, by Frank Figliuzzi (Mariner); A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton, by Deb Miller Landau (Pegasus Crime); The Amish Wife: Unraveling the Lies, Secrets, and Conspiracy that Let a Killer Go Free, by Gregg Olsen (Thomas & Mercer); Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery, by Earl Swift (Mariner); and The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age, by Michael Wolraich (Union Square)
Best Critical/Biographical:
James Sallis: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction, by Nathan
Ashman (McFarland)
Also nominated: American Noir Film: From The Maltese Falcon to Gone Girl, by M. Keith Booker (Rowman & Littlefield); Organized Crime on Page and Screen: Portrayals in Hit Novels, Films, and Television Shows, by David Geherin (McFarland); On Edge: Gender and Genre in the Work of Shirley Jackson, Patricia Highsmith, and Leigh Brackett, by Ashley Lawson (Ohio State University Press); and Ian Fleming; The Complete Man, by Nicholas Shakespeare (Harper)
Best Short Story:
“Eat My Moose,” by Erika Krouse (from Conjunctions, Spring 2024 “Works and Days” issue; Bard College)
Also nominated: “Cut and Thirst,” by Margaret Atwood (Amazon Original Stories); “Everywhere You Look,” by Liv Constantine (Amazon Original Stories); “Barriers to Entry,” by Ariel Lawhon (Amazon Original Stories); and “The Art of Cruel Embroidery,” by Steven Sheil (Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, July-August 2024)
Best Juvenile: Mysteries of Trash and Treasure: The Stolen Key, by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Quill Tree)
Also nominated: The Beanstalk Murder, by P.G. Bell (Feiwel & Friends); Mystery of Mystic Mountain, by Janet Fox (BFYR); The Spindle of Fate, by Aimee Lim (Feiwel & Friends); and Find Her, by Ginger Reno (Holiday House)
Best Young Adult:
49 Miles Alone, by Natalie D. Richards (Sourcebooks Fire)
Also nominated: Looking for Smoke, by K.A. Cobell (Heartdrum); The Bitter End, by Alexa Donne (Random House Books for Young Readers); A Crane Among Wolves, by June Hur (Feiwel & Friends); and Death at Morning House, by Maureen Johnson (Harper Teen)
Best Television Episode Teleplay:
“Episode One,” Monsieur Spade, written by Tom Fontana and
Scott Frank (AMC)
Also nominated: “Episode Five,” Rebus, written by Gregory Burke (Viaplay); “Episode One,” Moonflower Murders, written by Anthony Horowitz (Masterpiece PBS); “Mirror,” Murderesses, written by Wiktor Piatkowski, Joanna Kozłowska, and Katarzyna Kaczmarek (Viaplay); and “Episode Two,” The Marlow Murder Club, written by Robert Thorogood (Masterpiece PBS)
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The MWA also gives out several additional yearly prizes, with the winners of those being announced last evening, as well.Robert L. Fish Memorial Award:
“The Jews on Elm Street,” by Anna Stolley Persky (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine [EQMM], September-October 2024)
Also nominated: “The Legend of Penny and the Luck of the Draw Casino,” by Pat Gaudet (EQMM, May-June 2024); “Head Start,” by Kai Lovelace (EQMM, September-October 2024); “Murder Under Sedation,” by Lawrence Ong (EQMM, March-April 2024); and “Sparrow Maker,” by Jake Stein (EQMM, November-December 2024)
The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award:
The Mystery Writer, by Sulari Gentill (Poisoned Pen Press)
Also nominated: The Rose Arbor, by Rhys Bowen (Lake Union); The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco, by Michelle Chouinard (Minotaur); Return to Wyldcliffe Heights, by Carol Goodman (Morrow Paperbacks); and Death in the Details, by Katie Tietjen (Crooked Lane)
The G.P. Putnam’s Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award:
The Comfort of Ghosts, by Jacqueline Winspear (Soho Crime)
Also nominated: Disturbing the Dead, by Kelley Armstrong (Minotaur); A Game of Lies, by Clare Mackintosh (Sourcebooks Landmark); Proof, by Beverly McLachlin (Simon & Schuster Canada); A World of Hurt, by Mindy Mejia (Atlantic Monthly Press); and All the Way Gone, by Joanna Schaffhausen (Minotaur)
The Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award:
The Murders in Great Diddling, by Katarina Bivald (Poisoned Pen Press)
Also nominated: Death and Fromage, by Ian Moore (Poisoned Pen Press); Booked for Murder, by P.J. Nelson (Minotaur); Murder on Devil’s Pond, by Ayla Rose (Crooked Lane); and The Treasure Hunters Club, by Tom Ryan (Atlantic Monthly Press)
Laura Lippman and John Sandford (aka John Roswell Camp) were previously named as this year’s MWA Grand Masters, while the 2025 Raven Award will go to Face in a Book Bookstore & Gifts, in El Dorado Hills, California. Peter Wolverton, executive editor and vice president of St. Martin’s Press, has picked up the 2025 Ellery Award.
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