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Mystery Writers of America
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MWA is the premier organization for writers and fans of the mystery/crime genre and we present the Edgar Awards every spring.
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"Mystery Writers of America wishes to clarify the use of images of Humphrey Bogart and Edgar Allan Poe in a video shown at our recent Edgar Awards. Member authors wrote the script, but AI tools were used to animate the images of Bogart and Poe. Such use is inconsistent with our otherwise staunch support of our members’ fight against unauthorized use and potential for piracy of their work through AI. We apologize and have taken steps to assure this won’t occur in the future.” --MWA Board of Directors
May 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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The winners!
Jacqueline Winspear, Nathan Ashman, Peter Wolverton, Charlotte Vassell, Laura Lippman, Natalie D. Richards, John Sandford, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Kimberly Belle, Erika Krouse, Steven Johnson (back), Tina Ferguson, Henry Wise, Sulari Gentill, Scott Frank, and Anna Stolley Persky. Photo by Aslan Chalom.
May 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Congratulations to Charlotte Vassell, winner of Best Novel for The In Crowd (Penguin Random House – Doubleday). #Edgars2025
Cover of The In Crowd features a manicured woman's hand reaching out of the Thames, Big Ben in the background.
May 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Congratulations to Henry Wise, winner of Best First Novel by an American Author for Holy City (Grove Atlantic – Atlantic Monthly Press). #Edgars2025
Holy City book jacket: A house in front of a yellow and orange sky.
May 2, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Congratulations to Kimberly Belle, winner of Best Paperback Original for The Paris Widow (Harlequin Trade Publishing – Park Row Books). #Edgars2025
Cover of The Paris Widow, a Paris city street at night.
May 2, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Congratulations to @erikakrouse.bsky.social, winner of Best Short Story for "Eat My Moose," Conjunctions: 82, Works & Days (Bard College). #Edgars2025
Cover of Conjunctions magazine, Works & Days issue.
May 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Congratulations to John Sandford, 2025 Grand Master! #Edgars2025
John Sandford in a blue shirt and black pants.
May 2, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Congratulations to Laura Lippman, 2025 Grand Master. #Edgars2025
Portrait of Laura Lippman in a black turtleneck.
May 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Congratulations to Steven Johnson, winner of Best Fact Crime for The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective (Penguin Random House - Crown). #Edgars2025
Cover of The Infernam Machine.
May 2, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Congratulations to Nathan Ashman, winner of Best Critical/Biographical for James Sallis: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (McFarland Publishing). #Edgars2025
Cover of James Sallis.
May 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Congratulations to Natalie D. Richards, winner of Best Young Adult for 49 Miles Alone (Sourcebooks – Sourcebooks Fire). #Edgars2025
Cover for 49 Miles alone, picture of the desert at sunset.
May 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Congratulations to Margaret Peterson Haddix, winner of Best Juvenile for Mysteries of Trash and Treasure: The Stolen Key (HarperCollins – Quill Tree Books). #Edgars2025
cover of Margaret Peterson Haddix's book The Stolen Key.
May 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Congratulations to Tom Fontana & Scott Frank, winners of Best Television Episode Teleplay for “Episode One” – Monsieur Spade (AMC). #Edgars2025
Monsieur Spade poster.
May 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Congratulations to Face in a Book Bookstore & Gifts, El Dorado Hills, CA, winner of the Raven Award. #Edgars2025
Face in Book Bookstore & Gifts logo, which is an open book.
May 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Congratulations to Peter Wolverton, St. Martin’s Press, winner of the Ellery Queen Award. #Edgars2025
Photo of Peter Wolverton in a red parka, buffalo plaid shirt and jeans, as well as a red scarf and ball cap.
May 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Congratulations to Anna Stolley Persky, winner of the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for “The Jews on Elm Street,” Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September-October 2024 by (Dell Magazines). #Edgars2025
Cover of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
May 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Congratulations to Katarina Bivald, winner of The Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award for The Murders in Great Diddling by (Sourcebooks – Poisoned Pen Press). #Edgars2025
Book jacket for Katarina Bivald for The Murders in Great Diddling, which pictures a tea cup on a book.
May 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Congratulations to Jacqueline Winspear, winner of The G.P. Putnam’s Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award for The Comfort of Ghosts (Soho Press – Soho Crime). #Edgars2025
Book jacket for Jacqueline Winspear's The Comfort of Ghosts.
May 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Congratulations to @sularigentill.bsky.social, winner of The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award for The Mystery Writer (Sourcebooks – Poisoned Pen Press). #Edgars2025
A picture of Edgar Allan Poe over the book jacket for Sulari Gentill's The Mystery Writer, which pictures a typewriter in front of a bookshelf.
May 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Eddie is waiting #edgars2025
May 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Can't make it to the Edgars? Catch the livestream: bit.ly/MWAYouTube #edgars2025
Illustration of Edgar Allan Poe at a desk next an Edgar Award, which is a bust of his head.
April 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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The 2025 Edgar Awards banquet is two weeks from tonight!! We are still selling tickets - mysterywriters.org/product/2025... Come and find out whose names will be called when we open the envelopes! #edgars2025
April 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Have you registered yet for the Edgars Symposium? A day of scintillating panels, capped by a conversation between the 2025 Grand Masters, Laura Lippmann and John Sandford. Missing it would be a crime. #Edgars2025
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Graphic for 2025 Edgar Week Symposium on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at the marriott Marquis Times Square. Register Today. 8:30 Registration 8:55 Welcome 9 - 9:50 Can You Juggle? Managing multiple storylines. 10 - 10:50 Do You Remember the First Time? Meet the debut authors. 11 - 11:50 In the Mood: Setting the scene and building suspense. 1 - 1:50 Taking Candy from a Baby: Writing mysteries for young people. 2 - 2:50 It Takes Character: From detectives readers will follow anywhere to the narrators who can't be trusted. 3 - 3:50 Hitting the Books Research and borrowing from reality (fiction / nonfiction) 4 - 5:00 From the Writer's Desk 2025 Grand Masters Laura Lippman and John Sandford.
April 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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80 years ago today!
March 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Have you registered yet for this year's IN-PERSON symposium? Open to MWA and non-MWA members. Check it out: mysterywriters.org/2025-edgar-s.... #Edgars2025
8:30 Registration 8:55 Welcome 9 - 9:50 Can You Juggle? Managing multiple storylines. 10 - 10:50 Do You Remember the First Time? Meet the debut authors. 11 - 11:50 In the Mood: Setting the scene and building suspense. 1 - 1:50 Taking Candy from a Baby: Writing mysteries for young people. 2 - 2:50 It Takes Character: From detectives readers will follow anywhere to the narrators who can't be trusted. 3 - 3:50 Hitting the Books Research and borrowing from reality (fiction / nonfiction) 4 - 5:00 From the Writer's Desk 2025 Grand Masters Laura Lippman and John Sandford.
March 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM