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2024 MWA Edgar Award Nominees Announced
The Mystery Writers of America (MWA) announced the nominees for the 2024 Edgar Awards. The seven nominees in the best novel category are as follows:
FLAGS ON THE BAYOU, by James Lee Burke (Atlantic Monthly Press)
ALL THE SINNERS BLEED, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)
THE MADWOMEN OF PARIS, by Jennifer Cody Epstein (Ballantine Books)
BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN, by Jessica Knoll (Simon & Schuster/Marysue Rucci Books)
AN HONES MAN, by Michael Koryta (Mulholland Books)
THE RIVER WE REMEMBER, by William Kent Krueger (Atria Books)
CRROK MANIFESTO, by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday)
To see the nominees in all the categories, click here. The Edgar Award winners will be announced at the Edgar Awards Ceremony, to be held on Wednesday, May 01 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square in New York City. (January 19, 2024)
2024 LCC Lefty Award Nominees Announced
Left Coast Crime 2024 has announced its Lefty Award nominees for books published in 2023 in four categories. The nominees in the best mystery novel category are as follows:
HIDE, by Tracy Clark (Thomas & Mercer)
ALL THE SINNERS BLEED, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)
ODYSSEY'S END, by Matt Coyle (Oceanview Publishing)
EVERYBODY KNOWS, by Jordan Harper (Mulholland Books)
FACE OF GREED, by James L'Etoile (Oceanview Publishing)
THE RAVEN GREED, by Gigi Pandian (Minotaur Books)
To see the nominees in the three other categories, click here. The winners will be voted on at the convention and announced at a banquet on Saturday, April 13, at the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue, Washington. (January 16, 2024)
Katherine Hall Page, R.L. Stine to Receive MWA Grand Master Awards
The Mystery Writers of America (MWA) has announced the recipients of its special awards as follows:
TWO 2024 Grand Master Award Recipients:
Katherine Hall Page and
R.L. Stine
Ellery Queen Award Recipient:
Michaela Hamilton, Executive Editor at Kensington Publishing and Editor-in-Chief of Citadel
They will receive their awards at the Edgar Awards Ceremony, to be held on Wednesday, May 01 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square in New York City. (January 12, 2024)
Alex Segura Wins Strand Critics
Finally, The Strand Magazine announced the winners for the 2023 Strand Magazine Critics Awards in as follows:
Best Novel: SECRET IDENTITY, by Alex Segura (Flatiron)
Best Dubut: A FLICKER IN THE DARK, by Stacy Willingham (Minotaur)
TWO Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients: James Lee Burke and Lee Child
Publisher of the Year Recipient: Dan Smetanka, Vice President and Editorial Chief of Counterpoint Press
[Revised below]
Best Mystery Audiobook: THE MAID, by Nita Prose. read by Lauren Ambrose (Random House Audio)
(January 11, 2024; Revised, January 15, 2024)
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