Award overlap

Books That Won Both the CWA Daggers and the Edgar Allan Poe Awards

4 books won both the CWA Daggers and the Edgar Allan Poe Awards between 2009 and 2018, most recently Bluebird, Bluebird (2018/2018). 45 more were recognized by both without winning both.

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Won both

Books that won both the CWA Daggers and the Edgar Allan Poe Awards, most recent first.
BookAuthorCWA DaggersEdgar Allan Poe Awards
Bluebird, BluebirdAttica Locke
  • 2018 Winner (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2018 Winner (Best Novel)
Midnight in PekingPaul French
  • 2013 Winner (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2013 Winner (Best Fact Crime)
The Lock ArtistSteve Hamilton
  • 2011 Winner (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2011 Shortlist (Gold Dagger)
  • 2011 Winner (Best Novel)
The Last ChildJohn Hart
  • 2009 Winner (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2010 Winner (Best Novel)

Recognized by both

Books recognized by both the CWA Daggers and the Edgar Allan Poe Awards without winning both, most recent first.
BookAuthorCWA DaggersEdgar Allan Poe Awards
Ian Fleming: The Complete ManNicholas Shakespeare
  • 2024 Winner (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2025 Nominee (Best Critical/Biographical)
All the Sinners BleedS A Cosby
  • 2024 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2024 Nominee (Best Novel)
The Golden GateAmy Chua
  • 2024 Shortlist (John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger)
  • 2024 Nominee (Best First Novel)
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for MurderersJesse Q. Sutanto
  • 2024 Shortlist (Gold Dagger)
  • 2024 Winner (Best Paperback Original)
The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their CreatorsMartin Edwards
  • 2023 Shortlist (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2023 Winner (Best Critical/Biographical)
Razorblade TearsSA Cosby
  • 2022 Shortlist (Gold Dagger)
  • 2022 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2022 Nominee (Best Novel)
East of HounslowKhurrum Rahman
  • 2018 Shortlist (John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger)
  • 2021 Nominee (Best Paperback Original)
Three-FifthsJohn Vercher
  • 2021 Shortlist (John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger)
  • 2020 Nominee (Best First Novel)
Good Girl, Bad GirlMichael Robotham
  • 2020 Winner (Gold Dagger)
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Novel)
My Lovely WifeSamantha Downing
  • 2020 Shortlist (John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger)
  • 2020 Nominee (Best First Novel)
Smoke and AshesAbir Mukherjee
  • 2019 Shortlist (Historical Dagger)
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Novel)
The Feather ThiefKirk Wallace Johnson
  • 2019 Shortlist (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2019 Nominee (Best Fact Crime)
A Rising ManAbir Mukherjee
  • 2017 Winner (Historical Dagger)
  • 2017 Shortlist (Gold Dagger)
  • 2018 Nominee (Best Novel)
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBIDavid Grann
  • 2018 Shortlist (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2018 Winner (Best Fact Crime)
LolaMelissa Scrivner Love
  • 2018 Winner (John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger)
  • 2018 Nominee (Best First Novel)
DodgersBill Beverly
  • 2016 Winner (Gold Dagger)
  • 2016 Winner (John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger)
  • 2017 Nominee (Best First Novel)
Rain DogsAdrian McKinty
  • 2016 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2017 Winner (Best Paperback Original)
The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child MurdererKate Summerscale
  • 2017 Shortlist (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2017 Winner (Best Fact Crime)
Life or DeathMichael Robotham
  • 2015 Winner (Gold Dagger)
  • 2016 Nominee (Best Novel)
The Golden Age of MurderMartin Edwards
  • 2016 Shortlist (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2016 Winner (Best Critical/Biographical)
The Necessary Death of Lewis WinterMalcolm Mackay
  • 2013 Shortlist (John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger)
  • 2013 Longlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2016 Nominee (Best Paperback Original)
The Strangler VineM.J. Carter
  • 2014 Shortlist (John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger)
  • 2016 Nominee (Best Novel)
Cop TownKarin Slaughter
  • 2015 Winner (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2015 Nominee (Best Novel)
Dry Bones in the ValleyTom Bouman
  • 2015 Longlist (John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger)
  • 2015 Winner (Best First Novel)
Mr. MercedesStephen King
  • 2015 Shortlist (Gold Dagger)
  • 2015 Winner (Best Novel)
Shovel ReadyAdam Sternbergh
  • 2014 Longlist (John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger)
  • 2015 Nominee (Best First Novel)
This Dark Road to MercyWiley Cash
  • 2014 Winner (Gold Dagger)
  • 2015 Nominee (Best Novel)
GhostmanRoger Hobbs
  • 2013 Winner (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2013 Longlist (John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger)
  • 2014 Nominee (Best First Novel)
How the Light Gets InLouise Penny
  • 2014 Shortlist (Gold Dagger)
  • 2014 Nominee (Best Novel)
Rage Against the DyingBecky Masterman
  • 2013 Shortlist (Gold Dagger)
  • 2013 Longlist (John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger)
  • 2014 Nominee (Best First Novel)
The ExpatsChris Pavone
  • 2012 Longlist (John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger)
  • 2013 Winner (Best First Novel)
GoneMo Hayder
  • 2010 Longlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2012 Winner (Best Novel)
Blood HarvestS.J. Bolton
  • 2010 Shortlist (Gold Dagger)
  • 2011 Nominee (Mary Higgins Clark Award)
Crooked Letter, Crooked LetterTom Franklin
  • 2011 Winner (Gold Dagger)
  • 2011 Nominee (Best Novel)
The Killer of Little ShepherdsDouglas Starr
  • 2011 Winner (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2011 Nominee (Best Fact Crime)
Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie & ClydeJeff Guinn
  • 2010 Shortlist (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2010 Nominee (Best Fact Crime)
Calumet CityCharlie Newton
  • 2009 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2009 Nominee (Best First Novel)
SweetsmokeDavid Fuller
  • 2009 Shortlist (John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger)
  • 2009 Nominee (Best First Novel)
A Death in BelmontSebastian Junger
  • 2006 Shortlist (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2007 Nominee (Best Fact Crime)
Sharp ObjectsGillian Flynn
  • 2007 Winner (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2007 Winner (John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger)
  • 2007 Shortlist (Gold Dagger)
  • 2007 Nominee (Best First Novel)
The Faithful SpyAlex Berenson
  • 2007 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2007 Winner (Best First Novel)
The Janissary TreeJason Goodwin
  • 2006 Shortlist (Historical Dagger)
  • 2007 Winner (Best Novel)
ImmoralBrian Freeman
  • 2006 Shortlist (John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger)
  • 2006 Nominee (Best First Novel)
Red LeavesThomas H. Cook
  • 2006 Shortlist (Gold Dagger)
  • 2006 Nominee (Best Novel)
The Lincoln LawyerMichael Connelly
  • 2006 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2006 Nominee (Best Novel)