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Mystery Writers of America is the premier organization for writers and fans of the mystery/crime genre and we present the Edgar Awards every spring.
Mystery Writers of America
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Mystery Writers of America Announces 2023 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominations
January 19, 2023, New York, NY – Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce, as we celebrate the 214th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, the nominees for the 2023 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2022. The 77th Annual Edgar® Awards will be celebrated on April 27, 2023, at the New York Marriott Marquis Times Square.
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Devil House by John Darnielle (Farrar, Straus and Giroux – MCD)
Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett (Ha ..read more
Mystery Writers of America
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MWA Announces 2023 Grand Master, Raven and Ellery Queen Award Recipients
January 12, 2023 —New York, NY—Today Mystery Writers of America (MWA) announces the recipients of its special awards. The board chose Michael Connelly and Joanne Fluke as the 2023 Grand Masters, the 2023 Raven Award recipients are Crime Writers of Color and Eddie Muller, and The Strand Magazine will receive the Ellery Queen Award. They will accept their awards at the 77th Annual Edgar Awards Ceremony, which will be held on April 27, 2023 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square in New York City.
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Mystery Writers of America
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Here are the January 2023 books by some of our members. They may all be found at your local Independent Bookstore. Visit this link to find a store near you: http://www.indiebound.org
Books
Peter Blauner, Picture in the Sand, Minotaur Books
Allison Brennan, Don’t Open the Door, Harlequin – MIRA
Reed Bunzel, Greenwich Mean Time, Epicenter Press/Coffeetown Press
Dori Hillestad Butler, King & Kayla and the Case of the Cat Hunt, Holiday House
Tracy Clark, Hide, Amazon – Thomas & Mercer
Kate Collins, Gone But Not For Garden, Kensington
Elle Cosimano, Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun ..read more
Mystery Writers of America - Crime doesn't pay... enough
2M ago
Here are the December 2022 books by some of our members. They may all be found at your local Independent Bookstore. Visit this link to find a store near you: http://www.indiebound.org
Books
Susan M. Boyer, Lowcountry Getaway, Stella Maris Books
Allison Brennan, Don’t Open the Door, Harlequin – MIRA
V.M. Burns, Bookclubbed to Death, Kensington Cozies
Ellen Byron, Wined and Died in New Orleans, Penguin Random House – Berkley
Lynn Cahoon, A Medium Homecoming
Dana Cameron, Exit Interview, Dcle Publishing
Max Allan Collins, The Big Bundle, Hard Case Crime
Don Durkee, The Silver Setup, L ..read more
Mystery Writers of America - Crime doesn't pay... enough
3M ago
Here are the November 2022 books by some of our members. They may all be found at your local Independent Bookstore. Visit this link to find a store near you: http://www.indiebound.org
Books
Winnie Archer, Bread Over Troubled Water, Kensington Cozies
Shannon Baker, Exit Wounds, Severn River Publishing
David Bell, She’s Gone, Sourcebooks Fire
Rhys Bowen, Peril in Paris, Penguin Random House – Berkley
Lynn Cahoon, Secrets in the Stacks, Lyrical Underground
Michael Connelly, Desert Star, Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown & Company
E.J. Copperman, And Justice for Mall, Severn Hous ..read more
Mystery Writers of America - Crime doesn't pay... enough
4M ago
Here are the October 2022 books by some of our members. They may all be found at your local Independent Bookstore. Visit this link to find a store near you: http://www.indiebound.org
Books
Barbara Allan, Antiques Liquidation, Severn House
Todd Allen, The Cursed Apps, Indignant Media
Donna Andrews, Dashing Through the Snowbirds, Minotaur Books
John T. Aquino, The Radio Burglar: Thief Turns Killer in 1920s Queens, McFarland & Co.
Linwood Barclay, Look Both Ways, HarperCollins – William Morrow
Alicia Beckman, Blind Faith, Crooked Lane Books
Kate Belli, Treachery on Tenth Street, C ..read more
Mystery Writers of America - Crime doesn't pay... enough
5M ago
Here are the September 2022 books by some of our members. They may all be found at your local Independent Bookstore. Visit this link to find a store near you: http://www.indiebound.org
Books
Yasmin Angoe, They Come at Knight, Amazon – Thomas & Mercer
James R. Benn, From the Shadows, Soho Crime
C.J. Box, Treasure State, Minotaur Books
Allison Brook, Dewey Decimated, Crooked Lane Books
Katherine Cowley, The Lady’s Guide to Death and Deception, Tule Publishing
Krista Davis, A Good Dog’s Guide to Murder, Penguin Random House – Berkley
Maddie Day, Murder in a Cape Cottage, Kensingto ..read more
Mystery Writers of America - Crime doesn't pay... enough
6M ago
Here are the August 2022 books by some of our members. They may all be found at your local Independent Bookstore. Visit this link to find a store near you: http://www.indiebound.org
Books
Colin Alexander, Murder Under Another Sun, Alton Kremer
Donna Andrews, Round Up the Usual Peacocks, Minotaur Books
Jennifer Ashley, The Secret of Bow Lane, Penguin Random House – Berkley
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Final Gambit, Little, Brown BFYR
Fleur Bradley, Daybreak on Raven Island, Penguin Young Readers – Viking BFYR
Sandra Brown, Overkill, Grand Central Publishing
Lucy Burdette, A Dish to Die ..read more
Mystery Writers of America - Crime doesn't pay... enough
7M ago
Here are the July 2022 books by some of our members. They may all be found at your local Independent Bookstore. Visit this link to find a store near you: http://www.indiebound.org
Books
J.L. Abramo, Homeland Insecurity: The Birth of an Era of Unrest in America, Down & Out Books
Ann Aptaker, Hunting Gold, Bywater Books
David Bell, The Finalists, Penguin Random House – Berkley
Lisa Black, Red Flags, Kensington
Leslie Budewitz, Peppermint Barked, Seventh Street Books
Kris Calvin, Under a Broken Sky, Crooked Lane Books
Kate Carlisle, The Paper Caper, Penguin Random House – Berkley ..read more
Mystery Writers of America - Crime doesn't pay... enough
8M ago
MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA ANNOUNCES ESTABLISHMENT OF LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN COZY MYSTERY AWARD
New York City, NY, June 16, 2022 – Mystery Writers of America announces the establishment of the Lilian Jackson Braun Award for the best full-length, contemporary cozy mystery published by an MWA-approved publisher. This annual award comes with a $2,000 prize as the result of a generous endowment to MWA by the late Lilian Jackson Braun, who died in 2011 at the age of 97. Braun was the New York Times bestselling author of the “The Cat Who…” series of amateur sleuth mysteries which spanned 29 books publ ..read more