Edgar Allan Poe Award - Mary Higgins Clark Award (Awarded by Mystery Writers of America)

Awards List

2023

A Dreadful Splendor
(Winner)
B.R. Myers

The Woman in the Library
(Nominee)
Sulari Gentill

The Disinvited Guest
(Nominee)
Carol Goodman

Because I Could Not Stop for Death
(Nominee)
Amanda Flower

Never Name the Dead
(Nominee)
D.M. Rowell

2022

Clark and Division
(Winner)
Naomi Hirahara

The Secret Life of Miss Mary Bennet
(Nominee)
Katherine Cowley

The Sign of Death
(Nominee)
Callie Hutton

Ruby Red Herring
(Nominee)
Tracy Gardner

Chapter and Curse
(Nominee)
Elizabeth Penney

2021

The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne
(Winner)
Elsa Hart

The Lucky One
(Nominee)
Lori Rader-Day

Death of an American Beauty
(Nominee)
Mariah Fredericks

The First to Lie
(Nominee)
Hank Phillippi Ryan

Cold Wind
(Nominee)
Paige Shelton

2020

The Night Visitors
(Winner)
Carol Goodman

Where the Missing Go
(Nominee)
Emma Rowley

The Murder List
(Nominee)
Hank Phillippi Ryan

One Night Gone
(Nominee)
Tara Laskowski

Strangers at the Gate
(Nominee)
Catriona McPherson

2019

The Widows of Malabar Hill
(Winner)
Sujata Massey

A Death of No Importance
(Nominee)
Mariah Fredericks

A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder
(Nominee)
Dianne Freeman

Bone on Bone
(Nominee)
Julia Keller

A Borrowing of Bones
(Nominee)
Paula Munier

2018

The Widow's House
(Winner)
Carol Goodman

The Day I Died
(Nominee)
Lori Rader-Day

Uncorking a Lie
(Nominee)
Nadine Nettmann

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

The Vineyard Victims
(Nominee)
Ellen Crosby

2017

The Shattered Tree
(Winner)
Charles Todd

The Other Sister
(Nominee)
Dianne Dixon

Quiet Neighbors
(Nominee)
Catriona McPherson

Blue Moon
(Nominee)
Wendy Corsi Staub

Say No More
(Nominee)
Hank Phillippi Ryan

2016

Little Pretty Things
(Winner)
Lori Rader-Day

A Woman Unknown
(Nominee)
Frances Brody

Night Night, Sleep Tight
(Nominee)
Hallie Ephron

The Masque of a Murderer
(Nominee)
Susanna Calkins

The Child Garden
(Nominee)
Catriona McPherson

2015

Invisible City
(Nominee)
Julia Dahl

The Stranger You Know
(Nominee)
Jane Casey

The Black Hour
(Nominee)
Lori Rader-Day

Summer of the Dead
(Nominee)
Julia Keller

A Dark and Twisted Tide
(Nominee)
Sharon Bolton

2014

Cover of Snow
(Nominee)
Jenny Milchman

Fear of Beauty
(Nominee)
Susan Froetschel

The Sixth Station
(Nominee)
Linda Stasi

The Money Kill
(Nominee)
Katia Lief

There Was an Old Woman
(Nominee)
Hallie Ephron

2013

The Other Woman
(Winner)
Hank Phillippi Ryan

The Reckoning
(Nominee)
Jane Casey

Dead Scared
(Nominee)
S.J. Bolton

A City of Broken Glass
(Nominee)
Rebecca Cantrell

Sleepwalker
(Nominee)
Wendy Corsi Staub

2012

Learning to Swim
(Winner)
Sara J. Henry

Come and Find Me
(Nominee)
Hallie Ephron

Death on Tour
(Nominee)
Janice Hamrick

Now You See Me
(Nominee)
S.J. Bolton

Murder Most Persuasive
(Nominee)
Tracy Kiely

2011

The Crossing Places
(Winner)
Elly Griffiths

Down River
(Nominee)
Karen Harper

Live to Tell
(Nominee)
Wendy Corsi Staub

Wild Penance
(Nominee)
Sandi Ault

Blood Harvest
(Nominee)
S.J. Bolton

2010

Awakening
(Winner)
S.J. Bolton

Cat Sitter on a Hot Tin Roof
(Nominee)
Blaize Clement

Never Tell a Lie
(Nominee)
Hallie Ephron

Lethal Vintage
(Nominee)
Nadia Gordon

Dial H for Hitchcock
(Nominee)
Susan Kandel

2009

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

2008

Wild Indigo
(Winner)
Sandi Ault

Inferno
(Nominee)
Karen Harper

The First Stone
(Nominee)
Judith Kelman

In Cold Pursuit
(Nominee)
Sarah Andrews

2007

Bloodline
(Winner)
Fiona Mountain

2006

Dark Angel
(Winner)
Karen Harper

Shadow Valley
(Nominee)
Gwen Hunter

Breaking Faith
(Nominee)
Jo Bannister

2005

Grave Endings
(Winner)
Rochelle Majer Krich

Perfect Sax
(Nominee)
Jerrilyn Farmer

Scent of a Killer
(Nominee)
Christiane Heggan

The Drowning Tree
(Nominee)
Carol Goodman

Murder in a Mill Town
(Nominee)
P.B. Ryan

2004

Song of the Bones
(Winner)
M.K. Preston

The Samurai's Daughter
(Nominee)
Sujata Massey

The Body in the Lighthouse
(Nominee)
Katherine Hall Page

A Bloodhound to Die For
(Nominee)
Virginia Lanier

Ricochet
(Nominee)
Nancy Baker Jacobs

2003

Absolute Certainty
(Winner)
Rose Connors

The Stone Forest
(Nominee)
Karen Harper

Truth Hurts
(Nominee)
Nancy Pickard

The Bad Witness
(Nominee)
Laura Van Wormer

2002

Summer of Storms
(Winner)
Judith Kelman

Murder of a Sweet Old Lady
(Nominee)
Denise Swanson

Perhaps She'll Die
(Nominee)
M.K. Preston

Murphy's Law
(Nominee)
Rhys Bowen

2001

Authorized Personnel Only
(Winner)
Barbara D'Amato

False Witness
(Nominee)
Lelia Kelly

Demolition Angel
(Nominee)
Robert Crais

Plain Truth
(Nominee)
Jodi Picoult

The Debt Collector
(Nominee)
Lynn S. Hightower

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

Award Years

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