The 2021 Edgar Mystery Book Awards

by Mystery Writers of America
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48 books
Mystery Writers of America present the Edgar Awards, widely acknowledged to be the most prestigious awards in the genre.
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See the source list and commentary at www.theedgars.com

Best Novel
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Best First Novel
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Best Paperback Original
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Best Fact Crime
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Blood Runs Coal: The Yablonski Murders and the Battle for the United Mine Workers of America

Mark A. Bradley, 2020

The Third Rainbow Girl

The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia
Emma Copley Eisenberg, 2020

Death in Mud Lick

A Coal Country Fight Against the Drug Companies That Delivered the Opioid Epidemic
Eric Eyre, 2021

Yellow Bird

Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
Sierra Crane Murdoch, 2021

Veritas

A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife
Ariel Sabar, 2020
Best Critical/Biographical
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Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club

Martin Edwards, 2020

Phantom Lady

Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock
Christina Lane, 2020

Ian Rankin

A Companion to the Mystery Fiction
Erin E. MacDonald, 2020

Guilt Rules All

Irish Mystery, Detective, and Crime Fiction
Elizabeth Mannion, Brian Cliff, 2020

This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing

Jacqueline Winspear, 2020
Best Juvenile
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Young Adult
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The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award
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The G.P. Putnam’s Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award
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