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Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2022

The 2022 Edgar Allan Poe Awards went to The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense by Edward White (Best Critical/Biographical), Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green (Best Fact Crime) and Deer Season by Erin Flanagan (Best First Novel), with winners in 6 more categories. 47 books were nominated across 9 categories.

Winners

Best Critical/Biographical

  1. The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense by Edward Whitesource (opens in a new tab)

Best Fact Crime

  1. Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Greensource (opens in a new tab)

Best First Novel

  1. Deer Season by Erin Flanagansource (opens in a new tab)

Best Juvenile

  1. Concealed by Christina Diaz Gonzalezsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Novel

  1. Five Decembers by James Kestrelsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Paperback Original

  1. Bobby March Will Live Forever by Alan Parkssource (opens in a new tab)

Best Young Adult

  1. Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulleysource (opens in a new tab)

Mary Higgins Clark Award

  1. Clark and Division by Naomi Hiraharasource (opens in a new tab)

Sue Grafton Memorial Award

  1. Runner by Tracy Clarksource (opens in a new tab)

Nominees

Best Critical/Biographical

  1. Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World by Mark Aldridgesource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American Science by John Treschsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Unquiet Englishman: A Life of Graham Greene by Richard Greenesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Tony Hillerman: A Life by James McGrath Morrissource (opens in a new tab)

Best Fact Crime

  1. Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away by Ann Hagedornsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History by Margalit Foxsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade by Benjamin T. Smithsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Two Truths and a Lie: A Murder, a Private Investigator, and Her Search for Justice by Ellen McGarrahansource (opens in a new tab)
  5. When Evil Lived in Laurel: The "White Knights" and the Murder of Vernon Dahmer by Curtis Wilkiesource (opens in a new tab)

Best First Novel

  1. Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kuriansource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Suburban Dicks by Fabian Niciezasource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Damage by Caitlin Wahrersource (opens in a new tab)
  4. What Comes After by JoAnne Tompkinssource (opens in a new tab)

Best Juvenile

  1. Aggie Morton Mystery Queen: The Dead Man in the Garden by Marthe Jocelynsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Cold-Blooded Myrtle by Elizabeth C. Buncesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Kidnap on the California Comet: Adventures on Trains #2 by M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgmansource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Rescue by Jennifer A. Nielsensource (opens in a new tab)

Best Novel

  1. How Lucky by Will Leitchsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfieldsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosbysource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowensource (opens in a new tab)

Best Paperback Original

  1. Kill All Your Darlings by David Bellsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Starr Sign by C.S. O'Cinneidesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Album of Dr. Moreau by Daryl Gregorysource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Lighthouse of Witches by C.J. Cookesource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcellsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Young Adult

  1. Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídésource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hursource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. When You Look Like Us by Pamela N. Harrissource (opens in a new tab)

Mary Higgins Clark Award

  1. Chapter and Curse by Elizabeth Penneysource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Ruby Red Herring by Tracy Gardnersource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Secret Life of Miss Mary Bennet by Katherine Cowleysource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Sign of Death by Callie Huttonsource (opens in a new tab)

Sue Grafton Memorial Award

  1. Double Take by Elizabeth Brecksource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Family Business by S.J. Rozansource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Shadow Hill by Thomas Kiessource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Sleep Well, My Lady by Kwei Quarteysource (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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