2018 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners

Awards List

First Novel

She Rides Shotgun

She Rides Shotgun (Winner)
Jordan Harper

Jun-2017
/ Suspense

Juvenile

Vanished!

Vanished! (Winner)
James Ponti

Aug-2017
/ Action Adventure

Mary Higgins Clark Award

The Widow's House

The Widow's House (Winner)
Carol Goodman

Mar-2017
/ Thriller

Novel

Bluebird, Bluebird

Bluebird, Bluebird (Winner)
Attica Locke

Sep-2017
/ General Fiction

Paperback Original

The Unseeing

The Unseeing (Winner)
Anna Mazzola

Feb-2017
/ Historical

Young Adult

Long Way Down

Long Way Down (Winner)
Jason Reynolds

Oct-2017
/ General Fiction

Critical/Biographical

Arthur and Sherlock

Arthur and Sherlock (Nominee)
Michael Sims

Jan-2017
/ Mystery

From Holmes to Sherlock

From Holmes to Sherlock (Nominee)
Mattias Bostrom

Aug-2018
/ Private Investigator

First Novel

Idaho

Idaho (Nominee)
Emily Ruskovich

Jan-2017
/ Psychological Suspense

Tornado Weather

Tornado Weather (Nominee)
Deborah Elaine Kennedy

Jul-2017
/ Mystery

Dark Chapter

Dark Chapter (Nominee)
Winnie M. Li

Sep-2017
/ General Fiction

Lola

Lola (Nominee)
Melissa Scrivner Love

Jan-2018
/ General Fiction

Juvenile

Audacity Jones Steals the Show

Audacity Jones Steals the Show (Nominee)
Kirby Larson

Feb-2017
/ Action Adventure

Newsprints

Newsprints (Nominee)
Ru Xu

Feb-2017
/ Action Adventure

First Class Murder

First Class Murder (Nominee)
Robin Stevens

Apr-2017
/ Mystery

The Assassin's Curse

The Assassin's Curse (Nominee)
Kevin Sands

Sep-2017
/ Action Adventure

Mary Higgins Clark Award

The Day I Died

The Day I Died (Nominee)
Lori Rader-Day

Apr-2017
/ Thriller

Uncorking a Lie

Uncorking a Lie (Nominee)
Nadine Nettmann

May-2017
/ Mystery

You'll Never Know, Dear

You'll Never Know, Dear (Nominee)
Hallie Ephron

Jun-2017
/ Thriller

The Vineyard Victims

The Vineyard Victims (Nominee)
Ellen Crosby

Oct-2017
/ Cozy Mystery

Novel

The Dime

The Dime (Nominee)
Kathleen Kent

Feb-2017
/ Police Procedural

Prussian Blue

Prussian Blue (Nominee)
Philip Kerr

Apr-2017
/ Historical Mystery

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley (Nominee)
Hannah Tinti

Apr-2017
/ Literary

A Rising Man

A Rising Man (Nominee)
Abir Mukherjee

May-2017
/ Police Procedural

Paperback Original

The Rules of Backyard Cricket

The Rules of Backyard Cricket (Nominee)
Jock Serong

Aug-2016
/ General Fiction

Black Fall

Black Fall (Nominee)
Andrew Mayne

Mar-2017
/ Thriller

In Farleigh Field

In Farleigh Field (Nominee)
Rhys Bowen

Mar-2017
/ Cozy Mystery

Penance

Penance (Nominee)
Kanae Minato

Apr-2017
/ Thriller

Ragged Lake

Ragged Lake (Nominee)
Ron Corbett

Oct-2017
/ Law Enforcement

Young Adult

The Cruelty

The Cruelty (Nominee)
Scott Bergstrom

Feb-2017
/ Action Adventure

The Impossible Fortress

The Impossible Fortress (Nominee)
Jason Rekulak

Feb-2017
/ Action Adventure

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give (Nominee)
Angie Thomas

Mar-2017
/ General Fiction

Grit

Grit (Nominee)
Gillian French

May-2017
/ Romance

Award Categories

Critical/Biographical

Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award

Mary Higgins Clark Award

Paperback Original

Sue Grafton Memorial Award

The Robert L Fish Memorial Award

Award Years