2009 Edgar Allan Poe Award (Awarded by Mystery Writers of America)

Awards List

First Novel

The Foreigner
(Winner)
Francie Lin

The Kind One
(Nominee)
Tom Epperson

Calumet City
(Nominee)
Charlie Newton

A Cure for Night
(Nominee)
Justin Peacock

Sweetsmoke
(Nominee)
David Fuller

Juvenile

The Postcard
(Winner)
Tony Abbott

Eleven
(Nominee)
Patricia Reilly Giff

Enigma
(Nominee)
Graeme Base

The Witches of Dredmoore Hollow
(Nominee)
Riford McKenzie

Cemetery Street
(Nominee)
Brenda Seabrooke

Mary Higgins Clark Award

The Killer's Wife
(Winner)
Bill Floyd

The Fault Tree
(Nominee)
Louise Ure

Sacrifice
(Nominee)
S.J. Bolton

Stalking Susan
(Nominee)
Julie Kramer

A Song for You
(Nominee)
Betsy Thornton

Motion Picture

In Bruges
(Winner)
Martin McDonagh

Novel

Blue Heaven
(Winner)
C.J. Box

Missing
(Nominee)
Karin Alvtegen

Sins of the Assassin
(Nominee)
Robert Ferrigno

Curse of the Spellmans
(Nominee)
Lisa Lutz

The Night Following
(Nominee)
Morag Joss

The Price of Blood // The Dying Breed
(Nominee)
Declan Hughes

Paperback Original

China Lake
(Winner)
Meg Gardiner

Money Shot
(Nominee)
Christa Faust

Enemy Combatant
(Nominee)
Ed Gaffney

The Prince of Bagram Prison
(Nominee)
Alex Carr

The Cold Spot
(Nominee)
Tom Piccirilli

Short Story

Skinhead Central
(Winner)
T. Jefferson Parker
in The Blue Religion

Scratch a Woman
(Nominee)
Laura Lippman

Young Adult

Paper Towns
(Winner)
John Green

Bog Child
(Nominee)
Siobhan Dowd

The Big Splash
(Nominee)
Jack D. Ferraiolo

Torn to Pieces
(Nominee)
Margot McDonnell

Getting the Girl
(Nominee)
Susan Juby

Award Categories

Critical/Biographical

First Novel

Juvenile

Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award

Mary Higgins Clark Award

Motion Picture

Novel

Paperback Original

Short Story

Sue Grafton Memorial Award

The Robert L Fish Memorial Award

Young Adult

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