2020 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners

Awards List

First Novel

Miracle Creek

Miracle Creek (Winner)
Angie Kim

Apr-2019
/ Thriller

Juvenile

Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse

Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse (Winner)
Susan Vaught

May-2019
/ Mystery

Mary Higgins Clark Award

The Night Visitors

The Night Visitors (Winner)
Carol Goodman

Mar-2019
/ Thriller

Novel

The Stranger Diaries

The Stranger Diaries (Winner)
Elly Griffiths

Mar-2019
/ Mystery

Paperback Original

The Hotel Neversink

The Hotel Neversink (Winner)
Adam O'Fallon Price

Aug-2019
/ General Fiction

Sue Grafton Memorial Award

Borrowed Time

Borrowed Time (Winner)
Tracy Clark

Apr-2019
/ Law Enforcement

Young Adult

Catfishing on CatNet

Catfishing on CatNet (Winner)
Naomi Kritzer

Nov-2019
/ Mystery

First Novel

American Spy

American Spy (Nominee)
Lauren Wilkinson

Feb-2019
/ Thriller

The Good Detective

The Good Detective (Nominee)
John McMahon

Mar-2019
/ Police Procedural

My Lovely Wife

My Lovely Wife (Nominee)
Samantha Downing

Mar-2020
/ Thriller

The Secrets We Kept

The Secrets We Kept (Nominee)
Lara Prescott

Sep-2019
/ Historical

Three-Fifths

Three-Fifths (Nominee)
John Vercher

Sep-2019
/ General Fiction

Juvenile

The Whispers

The Whispers (Nominee)
Greg Howard

Jan-2019
/ Fantasy

Eventown

Eventown (Nominee)
Corey Ann Haydu

Feb-2019
/ Fantasy

All the Greys on Greene Street

All the Greys on Greene Street (Nominee)
Laura Tucker

Jun-2019
/ General Fiction

The Collected Works of Gretchen Oyster

The Collected Works of Gretchen Oyster (Nominee)
Cary Fagan

Sep-2019
/ General Fiction

Mary Higgins Clark Award

Where the Missing Go

Where the Missing Go (Nominee)
Emma Rowley

Mar-2018
/ Thriller

The Murder List

The Murder List (Nominee)
Hank Phillippi Ryan

Aug-2019
/ Thriller

One Night Gone

One Night Gone (Nominee)
Tara Laskowski

Oct-2019
/ Thriller

Strangers at the Gate

Strangers at the Gate (Nominee)
Catriona McPherson

Oct-2019
/ Thriller

Novel

The River

The River (Nominee)
Peter Heller

Mar-2019
/ General Fiction

Smoke and Ashes

Smoke and Ashes (Nominee)
Abir Mukherjee

Mar-2019
/ Historical Mystery

Fake Like Me

Fake Like Me (Nominee)
Barbara Bourland

Jun-2019
/ Women's Fiction

Good Girl, Bad Girl

Good Girl, Bad Girl (Nominee)
Michael Robotham

Jul-2019
/ Thriller

Paperback Original

Freedom Road

Freedom Road (Nominee)
William Lashner

Jan-2019
/ General Fiction

February's Son

February's Son (Nominee)
Alan Parks

Feb-2019
/ Mystery

Blood Relations

Blood Relations (Nominee)
Jonathan Moore

Jun-2019
/ Thriller

The Bird Boys

The Bird Boys (Nominee)
Lisa Sandlin

Aug-2019
/ Horror

Dread of Winter

Dread of Winter (Nominee)
Susan Alice Bickford

Nov-2019
/ Thriller

Sue Grafton Memorial Award

The Alchemist's Illusion

The Alchemist's Illusion (Nominee)
Gigi Pandian

Jan-2019
/ Mystery

The Satapur Moonstone

The Satapur Moonstone (Nominee)
Sujata Massey

Feb-2019
/ Mystery

Girl Gone Missing

Girl Gone Missing (Nominee)
Marcie R. Rendon

May-2019
/ Mystery

Shamed

Shamed (Nominee)
Linda Castillo

Jul-2019
/ Police Procedural

The Missing Ones

The Missing Ones (Nominee)
Edwin Hill

Sep-2019
/ Mystery

Young Adult

The Deceivers

The Deceivers (Nominee)
Kristen Simmons

Feb-2019
/ Mystery

Killing November

Killing November (Nominee)
Adriana Mather

Mar-2019
/ Mystery

Patron Saints of Nothing

Patron Saints of Nothing (Nominee)
Randy Ribay

Jun-2019
/ Thriller

Wild and Crooked

Wild and Crooked (Nominee)
Leah Thomas

Jun-2019
/ General Fiction

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