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Award year

2019 Edgar Awards

Sources: official announcement 1, official announcement 2, official announcement 3, official announcement 4, official announcement 5, official announcement 6, official announcement 7, official announcement 8

Best Novel

Best First Novel by an American Author

  • Cover of Bearskin by James A. McLaughlinWinner

    Bearskin

    James A. McLaughlin

    Edgar Awards Winner

Best Paperback Original

Also recognized

  • The Perfect Nanny by Leila SlimaniFinalist

Best Fact Crime

Also recognized

  • Sex Money Murder: A Story of Crack, Blood, and Betrayal by Jonathan GreenFinalist

Best Juvenile

  • Cover of Otherwood by Pete HautmanWinner

    Otherwood

    Pete Hautman

    Edgar Awards Winner

Best Young Adult

  • Cover of Sadie by Courtney SummersWinner

    Sadie

    Courtney Summers

    Edgar Awards Winner

Best Critical/Biographical Work

Also recognized

  • Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life by Laura ThompsonFinalist
  • Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession by Alice BolinFinalist
  • The Metaphysical Mysteries of G.K. Chesterson: A Critical Study of the Father Brown Stories and Other Detective Fiction by Laird R. BlackwellFinalist

Mary Higgins Clark Award

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