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Award year

2023 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

Best Paperback Original

  • Cover of Or Else by Joe HartWinner

    Or Else

    Joe Hart

    Edgar Awards Winner

Also recognized

  • A Familiar Stranger by A.R. TorreFinalist
  • On a Quiet Street by Seraphina Nova GlassFinalist

Best Fact Crime

Also recognized

  • Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders by Kathryn MilesFinalist

Best Juvenile

Also recognized

  • Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen: The Seaside Corpse by Marthe JocelynWinner
  • Adventures on Trains: Murder on the Safari Star by M.G. Leonard and Sam SedgmanFinalist

Best Young Adult

Best Critical/Biographical Work

Also recognized

  • The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie by Mary Anna Evans and J.C. BernthalFinalist
  • The Crime World of Michael Connelly: A Study of His Works and Their Adaptations by David GeherinFinalist

Mary Higgins Clark Award

Also recognized

  • The Disinvited Guest by Carol GoodmanFinalist

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