The winners of the Edgar Allan Poe Awards have been announced.
Best Novel
Down River, by John Hart (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
Best First Novel By An American Author
In the Woods, by Tana French (Viking)
Best Paperback Original
Queenpin, by Megan Abbott (Simon & Schuster)
Best Critical/Biographical
Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters, by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower and Charles Foley (Penguin)
Best Fact Crime
Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, by Vincent Bugliosi (Norton)
Best Short Story
“The Golden Gopher,” Los Angeles Noir, by Susan Straight (Akashic)
Best Young Adult
Rat Life, by Tedd Arnold (Dial/Sleuth)
Best Juvenile
The Night Tourist, by Katherine Marsh (Hyperion)
Best Play
Panic, by Joseph Goodrich (International Mystery Writers’ Festival)
Best Television Episode Teleplay
“Pilot,” Burn Notice, by Matt Nix (USA Network/Fox Television Studios)
Best Motion Picture Screen Play
Michael Clayton, by Tony Gilroy (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award
“The Catch,” from Still Waters, by Mark Ammons (Level Best)
