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. BEST NOVEL Devil House by John Darnielle (Farrar, Straus and Giroux – MCD) Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett (Ha ..read more

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. “Myst ..read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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