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Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2010

The 2010 Edgar Allan Poe Awards went to The Lineup: The Worlds Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives by Otto Penzler (Best Critical/Biographical), Columbine by Dave Cullen (Best Fact Crime) and In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff (Best First Novel), with winners in 5 more categories. 42 books were nominated across 8 categories.

Winners

Best Critical/Biographical

  1. The Lineup: The Worlds Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives by Otto Penzlersource (opens in a new tab)

Best Fact Crime

  1. Columbine by Dave Cullensource (opens in a new tab)

Best First Novel

  1. In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoffsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Juvenile

  1. Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahnsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Novel

  1. The Last Child by John Hartsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Paperback Original

  1. Body Blows by Marc Strangesource (opens in a new tab)

Best Young Adult

  1. Reality Check by Peter Abrahamssource (opens in a new tab)

Mary Higgins Clark Award

  1. Awakening by S.J. Boltonsource (opens in a new tab)

Nominees

Best Critical/Biographical

  1. Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King by Lisa Rogaksource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Talking About Detective Fiction by P.D. Jamessource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Stephen King Illustrated Companion by Bev Vincentsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith by Joan Schenkarsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Fact Crime

  1. Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde by Jeff Guinnsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art by Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujosource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Fence: A Police Cover-Up Along Bostons Racial Divide by Dick Lehrsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa by R.A. Scottisource (opens in a new tab)

Best First Novel

  1. A Bad Day for Sorry by Sophie Littlefieldsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Black Water Rising by Attica Lockesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruleysource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Girl She Used to Be by David Cristofanosource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkaufsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Juvenile

  1. Creepy Crawly Crime by Aaron Reynoldssource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity by Mac Barnettsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springersource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Red Blazer Girls: The Ring of Rocamadour by Michael D. Beilsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Novel

  1. A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunnsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Hustonsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Nemesis by Jo Nesbosource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Missing by Tim Gautreauxsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Odds by Kathleen Georgesource (opens in a new tab)

Best Paperback Original

  1. Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbottsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Havana Lunar by Robert Arellanosource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Herring-Sellers Apprentice by L.C. Tylersource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Lord God Bird by Russell Hillsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Young Adult

  1. If the Witness Lied by Caroline B. Cooneysource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone by Dene Lowsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchellsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Morgue and Me by John C. Fordsource (opens in a new tab)

Mary Higgins Clark Award

  1. Cat Sitter on a Hot Tin Roof by Blaize Clementsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Dial H for Hitchcock by Susan Kandelsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Lethal Vintage by Nadia Gordonsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Never Tell a Lie by Hallie Ephronsource (opens in a new tab)

About the Edgar Allan Poe Awards

Book categories only, from MWA's official Edgar database category lists (edgarawards.com). Sue Grafton Memorial Award starts 2019 and Lilian Jackson Braun Award starts 2023; earlier years are zero. The database lists 2 Best Critical/Biographical nominees for 2007, 3 Mary Higgins Clark nominees for 2006, 1 for 2007, and only the winner for the 2019 Sue Grafton award; counts follow the database. Co-authors listed as separate rows are merged into one entry.

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