The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the traditional mystery subgenre: "books typified by the works of Agatha Christie . . . loosely defined as mysteries that contain no explicit sex, excessive gore or gratuitous violence, and are not classified as 'hard-boiled.'"[1] At an annual convention in Washington, D.C.,[2] the Agatha Awards are handed out by Malice Domestic Ltd, in six categories: Best Novel; Best First Mystery; Best Historical Novel; Best Short Story; Best Non-Fiction; Best Children's/Young Adult Mystery. Additionally, in some years the Poirot Award is presented to honor individuals other than writers who have made outstanding contributions to the mystery genre, but it is not an annual award.
Early meetings of the Malice Domestic Committee occurred in fall 1987, with the first convention held on April 21–23, 1989, in Silver Spring, MD.[3][4] Malice Domestic Ltd was incorporated in 1992. It is governed by a volunteer board of directors.[5]
Awards
editWinners and, where known, nominated titles for each year:
Best First Novel
edit1980s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Elizabeth George | A Great Deliverance | Bantam Books | Winner | |
| Caroline Graham | The Killings at Badger's Drift | Finalist | |||
| Corinne Holt Sawyer | The J. Alfred Prufrock Murders | Finalist | |||
| Susannah Stacey | Goodbye Nanny Grey | Finalist | |||
| Dorothy Sucher | Dead Men Don't Give Seminars | Finalist | |||
| 1989 | Jill Churchill | Grime and Punishment | Avon | Winner | |
| Eleanor Boylan | Working Murder | Finalist | |||
| Frances Fyfield | A Question of Guilt | Finalist | |||
| Melanie Johnson Howe | The Mother Shadow | Finalist | |||
| Edith Skom | The Mark Twain Murders | Finalist |
1990s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Katherine Hall Page | The Body in the Belfry | St. Martin's Press | Winner | |
| Pat Burden | Screaming Bones | Finalist | |||
| William F. Love | The Chartreuse Clue | Finalist | |||
| Diane Mott Davidson | Catering to Nobody | Finalist | |||
| Janet L. Smith | Sea of Troubles | Finalist | |||
| 1991 | Mary Willis Walker | Zero at the Bone | St. Martin's Press | Winner | |
| Mary Cahill | Carpool | Finalist | |||
| Mary Daheim | Just Desserts | Finalist | |||
| Rebecca Rothenberg | The Bulrush Murders | Finalist | |||
| Ann Williams | Flowers for the Dead | Finalist | |||
| 1992 | Barbara Neely | Blanche on the Lam | St. Martin's Press | Winner | [7][8] |
| Deborah Adams | All the Great Pretenders | Finalist | |||
| Carol Higgins Clark | Decked | Finalist | |||
| Miriam Grace Monfredo | Seneca Falls Inheritance | Finalist | |||
| Susan Wittig Albert | Thyme of Death | Finalist | |||
| 1993 | Nevada Barr | Track of the Cat | Putnam | Winner | |
| Jan Burke | Goodnight, Irene | Finalist | |||
| Deborah Crombie | A Share in Death | Finalist | |||
| Sharan Newman | Death Comes as Ephiphany | Finalist | |||
| Abigail Padgett | Child of Silence | Finalist | |||
| 1994 | Jeff Abbott | Do Unto Others | Ballantine | Winner | |
| Barbara Burnett Smith | Writers of the Purple Sage | Finalist | |||
| Janet Evanovich | One for the Money | Scribner | Finalist | ||
| Earlene Fowler | Fool's Puzzle | Finalist | |||
| Polly Whitney | Until Death | Finalist | |||
| 1995 | Jeanne M. Dams | The Body in the Transept | Walker | Winner | |
| Teri Holbrook | A Far and Deadly Cry | Finalist | |||
| Jody Jaffe | Horse of a Different Killer | Finalist | |||
| Virginia Lanier | Death in Bloodhound Red | Finalist | |||
| Martha C. Lawrence | Murder in Scorpio | Finalist | |||
| 1996 | Anne George | Murder on a Girl's Night Out | Avon | Winner | |
| Dale Furutani | Death in Little Tokyo: A Ken Tanaka Mystery | St. Martin’s | Finalist | ||
| Terris Grimes | Somebody Else's Child | Onyx Books | Finalist | ||
| Teri Holbrook | The Grass Widow | Bantam Books | Finalist | ||
| Margaret K. Lawrence | Hearts and Bone: A Novel of Historical Suspense | Avon | Finalist | ||
| Lillian M. Roberts | Riding for a Fall | Gold Medal | Finalist | ||
| 1997 | Sujata Massey | The Salaryman's Wife | HarperCollins | Winner | |
| Joanne Dobson | Quieter Than Sleep | Doubleday | Finalist | ||
| Phyllis Richman | The Butter Did It | HarperCollins | Finalist | ||
| Penny Warner | Dead Body Language | Bantam Books | Finalist | ||
| Barbara Jaye Wilson | Death Brims Over | Avon | Finalist | ||
| 1998 | Robin Hathaway | The Doctor Digs a Grave | Minotaur Books | Winner | |
| Jerrilyn Farmer | Sympathy for the Devil | Avon | Finalist | ||
| Jacqueline Fiedler | Tiger's Palette | Finalist | |||
| Judy Fitzwater | Dying to Get Published | Fawcett | Finalist | ||
| Sharon Kahn | Fax Me a Bagel | Scribner | Finalist | ||
| 1999 | Donna Andrews | Murder with Peacocks | Thomas Dunne Books | Winner | |
| April Henry | Circles of Confusion | HarperTorch | Finalist | ||
| Kris Neri | Revenge of the Gypsy Queen | Rainbow Books | Finalist | ||
| Elena Santangelo | By Blood Possessed | Minotaur Books | Finalist | ||
| Marcia Talley | Sing It to Her Bones | Dell | Finalist |
2000s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Rosemary Stevens [fr] | Death on a Silver Tray | Berkley Prime Crime | Winner | |
| Julie W. Herman | Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death | Overmountain Press | Finalist | ||
| Irene Marcuse | Death of an Amiable Child | Walker & Company | Finalist | [9] | |
| Denise Swanson | Murder of a Small Town Honey | Signet | Finalist | ||
| 2001 | Sarah Strohmeyer | Bubbles Unbound | Dutton | Winner | |
| Tim Myers | Innkeeping with Murder | Berkley Prime Crime | Finalist | ||
| Charlie O'Brien | Mute Witness | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | ||
| Andy Straka | A Witness Above | Signet | Finalist | ||
| 2002 | Julia Spencer-Fleming | In the Bleak Midwinter | Minotaur Books | Winner | |
| Pip Granger | Not All Tarts Are Apple | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | ||
| Roberta Isleib | Six Strokes Under | Berkley Prime Crime | Finalist | ||
| Claire M. Johnson | Beat Until Stiff | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | ||
| Nancy Martin | How to Murder a Millionaire | Signet | Finalist | ||
| Lea Wait | Shadows at the Fair | Scribner | Finalist | ||
| 2003 | Jacqueline Winspear | Maisie Dobbs | Soho Press Inc. | Winner | |
| Elaine Flinn [fr] | Dealing in Murder | Avon | Finalist | ||
| Erin Hart | Haunted Ground | Scribner | Finalist | ||
| S.W. Hubbard | Take the Bait | Pocket Books | Finalist | ||
| Maddy Hunter | Alpine for You | Pocket Books | Finalist | ||
| Joyce Kreig | Murder off Mike | Minotaur Books | Finalist | [10] | |
| Sarah Stewart Taylor [de] | O’ Artful Death | St. Martin's Press | Finalist | ||
| 2004 | Harley Jane Kozak | Dating Dead Men | Doubleday | Winner | |
| Judy Clemens | Till the Cows Come Home | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | ||
| Patricia Harwin | Arson and Old Lace | Pocket Books | Finalist | ||
| Susan Kandel | I Dreamed I Married Perry Mason | HarperCollins | Finalist | ||
| Pari Noskin Taichert | The Clovis Incident: A Mystery | University of New Mexico Press | Finalist | ||
| Dorothy Salisbury Davis and Jerome Ross | God Speed the Night | Finalist | |||
| 2005 | Laura Durham [fr] | Better Off Wed | HarperCollins | Winner | |
| Laura Bradford | Jury of One | Hilliard & Harris | Finalist | ||
| Shirley Damsgaard | Witch Way to Murder | Avon | Finalist | ||
| Maggie Sefton | Knit One, Kill Two | Finalist | |||
| Lisa Tillman | Blood Relations | Hilliard & Harris | Finalist | ||
| 2006 | Sandra Parshall [fr] | The Heat of the Moon | Poisoned Pen Press | Winner | |
| Jane Cleland | Consigned to Death | Minotaur Books | Finalist | ||
| Honora Finkelstein and Susan Smily | The Chef Who Died Sauteing | Hilliard & Harris | Finalist | ||
| Hailey Lind | Feint of Art | Signet | Finalist | ||
| Karen MacInerney | Murder on the Rocks | Midnight Ink | Finalist | ||
| 2007 | Hank Phillippi Ryan | Prime Time | Harlequin | Winner | |
| Charles Finch | A Beautiful Blue Death | Minotaur Books | Finalist | ||
| Beth Groundwater | A Real Basket Case | Five Star Mystery | Finalist | ||
| Deanna Raybourn | Silent in the Grave | Mira Books | Finalist | ||
| 2008 | G. M. Malliet | Death of a Cozy Writer | Midnight Ink | Winner | |
| Sarah Atwell | Through a Glass, Deadly | Finalist | |||
| Joanna Campbell Slan | Paper, Scissors, Death | Finalist | |||
| Krista Davis | The Diva Runs Out of Thyme | Penguin Group | Finalist | ||
| Rosemary Harris | Pushing Up Daisies | Minotaur Books | Finalist | [11] | |
| 2009 | Alan Bradley | The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie | Delacorte Press | Winner | [12] |
| Lisa Bork | For Better, for Murder | Finalist | |||
| Meredith Cole | Posed for Murder | Minotaur Books | Finalist | ||
| Elizabeth J. Duncan | The Cold Light of Mourning | St. Martin's Press | Finalist | ||
| Stefanie Pintoff | In the Shadow of Gotham | Minotaur Books | Finalist |
2010s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Avery Aames [fr; ja] | The Long Quiche Goodbye | Winner | [13] |
| Laura Alden | Murder at the PTA | Finalist | [14] | |
| Deborah Blum | The Poisoner's Handbook | Finalist | [14] | |
| Amanda Flower | Maid of Murder | Finalist | [14] | |
| Sasscer Hill | Full Mortality | Finalist | [14] | |
| Alan Orloff | Diamonds for the Dead | Finalist | [14] | |
| 2011 | Sara J. Henry [fr] | Learning to Swim | Winner | [15] |
| Janet Bolin | Dire Threads | Finalist | [16] | |
| Kaye George | Choke | Finalist | [16] | |
| Rochelle Staab | Who Do, Voodoo? | Finalist | [16] | |
| Kari Lee Townsend | Tempest in the Tea Leaves | Finalist | [16] | |
| 2012 | Susan M. Boyer | Lowcountry Boil | Winner | |
| Duffy Brown | Iced Chiffon | Finalist | ||
| Erika Chase | A Killer Read | Finalist | ||
| Mollie Cox Bryan | A Scrapbook of Secrets | Finalist | ||
| Stephanie Jaye Evans | Faithful Unto Death | Finalist | ||
| 2013 | Leslie Budewitz | Death Al Dente | Winner | |
| Shelley Costa | You Cannoli Die Once | Finalist | ||
| Kendel Lynn | Board Stiff | Finalist | ||
| Liz Mugavero | Kneading to Die | Finalist | ||
| LynDee Walker | Front Page Fatality | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Terrie Farley Moran | Well Read, Then Dead | Winner | |
| Annette Dashoffy | Circle of Influence | Finalist | ||
| Sherry Harris | Tagged for Death | Finalist | ||
| Susan O'Brien | Finding Sky | Finalist | ||
| Tracy Weber | Murder Strikes a Pose | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Art Taylor | On the Road with Del and Louise | Winner | |
| Tessa Arlen | Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman | Finalist | [17] | |
| Cindy Brown | Macdeath | Finalist | ||
| Ellen Byron | Plantation Shudders | Finalist | ||
| Julianne Holmes | Just Killing Time | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Cynthia Kuhn | The Semester of Our Discontent | Winner | |
| Marla Cooper | Terror in Taffeta | Finalist | ||
| Alexia Gordon | Murder in G Major | Finalist | ||
| Nadine Nettmann | Decanting a Murder | Finalist | ||
| Renee Patrick | Design for Dying | Finalist | [18] | |
| 2017 | Kellye Garrett | Hollywood Homicide | Winner | |
| Micki Browning | Adrift | Finalist | ||
| V.M. Burns | The Plot is Murder | Finalist | ||
| Laura Oles | Daughters of Bad Men | Finalist | ||
| Kathleen Valenti | Protocol | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Dianne Freeman [fr] | A Ladies Guide to Etiquette and Murder | Winner | |
| Shari Randall | Curses, Boiled Again | Winner | ||
| Edwin Hill | Little Comfort | Finalist | ||
| Aimee Hix | What Doesn't Kill You | Finalist | ||
| Keenan Powell | Deadly Solution | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Tara Laskowski [fr] | One Night Gone | Winner | |
| Connie Berry | A Dream of Death | Finalist | ||
| S. C. Perkins | Murder Once Removed | Finalist | [19] | |
| Ang Pompano | When It’s Time for Leaving | Finalist | ||
| Grace Topping | Staging is Murder | Finalist |
2020s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Erica Neubauer | Murder at the Mena House | Winner | [20] |
| Esme Addison | A Spell for Trouble | Finalist | [21][22] | |
| Tina Debellegarde | Winter Witness | Finalist | [21][22] | |
| Mary Keliikoa | Derailed | Finalist | [21][22] | |
| Laura Jensen Walker | Murder Most Sweet | Finalist | [21][22] | |
| 2021 | Mia P. Manansala | Arsenic and Adobo | Winner | [23] |
| Mally Becker | The Turncoat's Widow | Finalist | ||
| Lori Duffy Foster | A Dead Man's Eyes | Finalist | ||
| Judy L. Murray | Murder in the Master | Finalist | ||
| Raquel V. Reyes | Mango, Mambo, and Murder | Finalist | ||
| 2022 | Korina Moss | Cheddar Off Dead | Winner | |
| M. A. Monnin | Death in the Aegean | Finalist | ||
| Harini Nagendra | The Bangalore Detectives Club | Finalist | ||
| Rob Osler | Devil's Chew Toy | Finalist | ||
| Joan Long | The Finalist | Finalist | ||
| Nina Wachsman | The Gallery of Beauties | Finalist | ||
| 2023 | Daphne Silver | Crime and Parchment | Winner | |
| Danielle Arceneaux | Glory Be | Finalist | ||
| Kristin Kisska | The Hint of Light | Finalist | ||
| Josh Pachter | Dutch Threat | Finalist | ||
| Nina Simon | Mother-Daughter Murder Night | Finalist |
Best Contemporary Novel
edit2010s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Hank Phillippi Ryan | The Wrong Girl | Winner | |
| G. M. Malliet | Pagan Spring | Finalist | ||
| Louise Penny | How the Light Gets In | Finalist | ||
| Barbara Ross | Clammed Up | Finalist | ||
| Julia Spencer-Fleming | Through the Evil Days | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Hank Phillippi Ryan | Truth Be Told | Winner | |
| Donna Andrews | The Good, the Bad and the Emus | Finalist | ||
| G. M. Malliet | A Demon Summer | Finalist | ||
| Margaret Maron | Designated Daughters | Finalist | ||
| Louise Penny | The Long Way Home | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Margaret Maron | Long Upon the Land | Winner | [20] |
| Annette Dashofy | Bridges Burned | Finalist | ||
| Catriona McPherson | The Child Garden | Finalist | ||
| Louise Penny | Nature of the Beast | Finalist | ||
| Hank Phillippi Ryan | What You See | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Louise Penny | A Great Reckoning | Winner | |
| Ellen Byron | Body on the Bayou | Finalist | ||
| Catriona McPherson | Quiet Neighbors | Finalist | ||
| Barbara Ross | Fogged Inn | Finalist | ||
| Hank Phillippi Ryan | Say No More | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Louise Penny | Glass Houses | Winner | |
| Allison Brook | Death Overdue | Finalist | ||
| Ellen Byron | A Cajun Christmas Killing | Finalist | ||
| Annette Dashofy | No Way Home | Finalist | ||
| Margaret Maron | Take Out | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Ellen Byron | Mardi Gras Murder | Winner | |
| Bruce Robert Coffin | Beyond the Truth | Finalist | ||
| Annette Dashofy | Cry Wolf | Finalist | ||
| Louise Penny | Kingdom of the Blind | Finalist | ||
| Hank Phillippi Ryan | Trust Me | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Ann Cleeves | The Long Call | Winner | |
| Ellen Byron | Fatal Cajun Festival | Finalist | ||
| Annette Dashofy | Fair Game | Finalist | ||
| Edwin Hill | The Missing Ones | Finalist | ||
| Louise Penny | A Better Man | Finalist | ||
| Hank Phillippi Ryan | The Murder List | Finalist |
2020s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Louise Penny | All the Devils Are Here | Winner | [20][24] |
| Donna Andrews | The Gift of the Magpie | Finalist | [21][22] | |
| Ellen Byron | Murder in the Bayou Boneyard | Finalist | [21][22] | |
| Sherry Harris | From Beer to Eternity | Finalist | [21][22] | |
| Lori Rader-Day | The Lucky One | Finalist | [21][22] | |
| 2021 | Ellen Byron | Cajun Kiss of Death | Winner | [23] |
| Edwin Hill | Watch Her | Finalist | ||
| Louise Penny | The Madness of Crowds | Finalist | ||
| Hank Phillippi Ryan | Her Perfect Life | Finalist | ||
| Gabriel Valjan | Symphony Road | Finalist | ||
| 2022 | Louise Penny | A World of Curiosities | Winner | |
| Ellen Byron | Bayou Book Thief | Finalist | [21][22] | |
| Jennifer J. Chow | Death By Bubble Tea | Finalist | [21][22] | |
| Annette Dashofy | Fatal Reunion | Finalist | [21][22] | |
| Tina De Bellegarde | Dead Man's Leap | Finalist | [21][22] | |
| 2023 | Tara Laskowski | The Weekend Retreat | Winner | |
| Ellen Byron | Wined and Died in New Orleans | Finalist | ||
| Annette Dashofy | Helpless | Finalist | ||
| Korina Moss | Case of the Bleus | Finalist | ||
| Gigi Pandian | The Raven Thief | Finalist |
Best Novel
edit1980s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Carolyn G. Hart | Something Wicked | Bantam | Winner | |
| Dorothy Cannell | The Widow's Club | Finalist | |||
| Joan Hess | Mischief in Maggody | Finalist | |||
| Sharyn McCrumb | Paying the Piper | Finalist | |||
| Nancy Pickard | Dead Crazy | Finalist | |||
| 1989 | Elizabeth Peters | Naked Once More | Warner | Winner | |
| Sarah Caudwell | The Sirens Sang of Murder | Finalist | |||
| Carolyn G. Hart | A Little Class on Murder | Finalist | |||
| Margaret Maron | Corpus Christmas | Finalist | |||
| Gillian Roberts | Philly Stakes | Finalist |
1990s
edit2000s
edit2010s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Louise Penny | Bury Your Dead | Winner | [25][13] |
| Donna Andrews | Stork Raving Mad | Finalist | [14] | |
| Nancy Pickard | The Scent of Rain and Lightning | Finalist | [14] | |
| Hank Phillippi Ryan | Drive Time | Finalist | [14] | |
| Heather Webber | Truly, Madly | Finalist | [14] | |
| 2011 | Margaret Maron | Three-Day Town | Winner | [15] |
| Donna Andrews | The Real Macaw | Finalist | ||
| Krista Davis | The Diva Haunts the House | Finalist | ||
| G. M. Malliet | Wicked Autumn | Finalist | ||
| Louise Penny | A Trick of the Light | Finalist | ||
| 2012 | Louise Penny | The Beautiful Mystery | Winner | |
| Krista Davis | The Diva Digs Up the Dirt | Finalist | ||
| G. M. Malliet | A Fatal Winter | Finalist | ||
| Margaret Maron | The Buzzard Table | Finalist | ||
| Hank Phillippi Ryan | The Other Woman | Finalist |
Best Historical Novel
edit2010s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Series | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Rhys Bowen | Naughty in Nice | Royal Spyness | Winner | [15] |
| J. J. Murphy | Murder Your Darlings | Algonquin Round Table | Finalist | [14] | |
| Ann Parker | Mercury's Rise | Silver Rush | Finalist | [14] | |
| Jeri Westerson | Troubled Bones | Crispin Guest Mysteries | Finalist | [14] | |
| Jacqueline Winspear | A Lesson in Secrets | Maisie Dobbs | Finalist | [14] | |
| 2012 | Catriona McPherson | Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for Murder | Dandy Gilver | Winner | |
| Rhys Bowen | The Twelve Clues of Christmas | Royal Spyness | Finalist | ||
| Victoria Thompson | Murder on Fifth Avenue | Gaslight Mysteries | Finalist | ||
| Charles Todd | An Unmarked Grave | Bess Crawford | Finalist | ||
| Jacqueline Winspear | Elegy for Eddie | Maisie Dobbs | Finalist | ||
| 2013 | Charles Todd | A Question of Honor | Bess Crawford | Winner | |
| Rhys Bowen | Heirs and Graces | Royal Spyness | Finalist | ||
| Kaye George | Death in the Time of Ice | Enga Dancing Flower | Finalist | ||
| J. J. Murphy | A Friendly Game of Murder | Algonquin Round Table | Finalist | ||
| Victoria Thompson | Murder in Chelsea | Gaslight Mysteries | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Rhys Bowen | Queen of Hearts | Royal Spyness | Winner | |
| DE Ireland | Wouldn't It Be Deadly | Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins | Finalist | ||
| Victoria Thompson | Murder in Murray Hill | Gaslight Mysteries | Finalist | ||
| Charles Todd | An Unwilling Accomplice | Bess Crawford | Finalist | ||
| Charles Todd | Hunting Shadows | Inspector Ian Rutledge | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Laurie R. King | Dreaming Spies | Mary Russell | Winner | |
| Rhys Bowen | Malice at the Palace | Royal Spyness | Finalist | ||
| Susanna Calkins | The Masque of a Murderer | Lucy Campion | Finalist | ||
| Susan Elia MacNeal | Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante | Maggie Hope | Finalist | ||
| Victoria Thompson | Murder on Amsterdam Avenue | Gaslight Mysteries | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Catriona McPherson | The Reek of Red Herrings | Dandy Gilver | Winner | |
| Jessica Estevao | Whispers Beyond the Veil | Change of Fortune | Finalist | ||
| D.E. Ireland | Get Me to the Grave on Time | Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins Mysteries | Finalist | ||
| Edith Maxwell | Delivering the Truth | Quaker Midwife | Finalist | ||
| Victoria Thompson | Murder in Morningside Heights | Gaslight Mysteries | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Rhys Bowen | In Farleigh Field | Winner | ||
| Jessica Ellicott | Murder in an English Village | Beryl and Edwina | Finalist | ||
| Susan Elia MacNeal | The Paris Spy | Maggie Hope | Finalist | ||
| Edith Maxwell | Called to Justice | Quaker Midwife | Finalist | ||
| Renee Patrick | Dangerous to Know | Lillian Frost and Edith Head | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Sujata Massey | The Widows of Malabar Hill | Perveen Mistry | Winner | |
| Rhys Bowen | Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding | Royal Spyness | Finalist | ||
| LA Chandlar | The Gold Pawn | Art Deco Mystery | Finalist | ||
| Edith Maxwell | Turning the Tide | Quaker Midwife | Finalist | ||
| Victoria Thompson | Murder on Union Square | Gaslight Mysteries | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Edith Maxwell | Charity’s Burden | Quaker Midwife | Winner | |
| Rhys Bowen | Love and Death Among the Cheetahs | Royal Spyness | Finalist | ||
| Susanna Calkins | Murder Knocks Twice | Speakeasy Murders | Finalist | ||
| L. A. Chandlar | The Pearl Dagger | Art Deco Mystery | Finalist | ||
| Gabriel Valjan | The Naming Game | Company Files | Finalist |
2020s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Series | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Rhys Bowen | The Last Mrs. Summers | Royal Spyness | WInner | [20] |
| Susanna Calkins | The Fate of a Flapper | Speakeasy Murders | Finalist | [21][22] | |
| Dianne Freeman | A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder | Countess of Harleigh | Finalist | [21][22] | |
| Edith Maxwell | Taken Too Soon | Quaker Midwife | Finalist | [21][22] | |
| Catriona McPherson | The Turning Tide | Dandy Gilver | Finalist | [21][22] | |
| 2021 | Lori Rader-Day | Death at Greenway | Winner | [23] | |
| Colleen Cambridge | Murder at Mallowan Hall | Phyllida Bright | Finalist | ||
| Naomi Hirahara | Clark and Division | Finalist | |||
| Sujata Massey | The Bombay Prince | Perveen Mistry | Finalist | ||
| Gabriel Valjan | The Devil's Music | Company Files series | Finalist | ||
| 2022 | Amanda Flower | Because I Could Not Stop for Death | Emily Dickinson | Winner | |
| Mally Becker | The Counterfeit Wife | A Revolutionary War Mystery | Finalist | ||
| Mariah Fredericks | The Lindbergh Nanny | Finalist | |||
| Catriona McPherson | In Place of Fear | Finalist | |||
| Karen Odden | Under a Veiled Moon | Inspector Corravan | Finalist | ||
| 2023 | Sujata Massey | The Mistress of Bhatia House | Winner | ||
| Susanna Calkins | Death Among the Ruins | Finalist | |||
| Celeste Connally | Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord | Finalist | |||
| Amanda Flower | I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died | Finalist | |||
| Cheryl A. Head | Time’s Undoing | Finalist |
Best Non-Fiction
edit1990s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Barbara D'Amato | The Doctor, the Murder, the Mystery | Noble Press | Winner | |
| Michael C. Gerald | The Poisonous Pen of Agatha Christie | Finalist | |||
| Edward Gorman | The Fine Art of Murder | Finalist | |||
| Marvin Lachman | A Reader's Guide to the American Novel of Detection | Finalist | |||
| Ellen A. Nehr | The Doubleday Crime Club Compendium 1928-91 | Finalist | |||
| Alzina Stone Dale | Dorothy L. Sayers | Finalist | |||
| 1994 | Jean Swanson and Dean James | By a Woman's Hand | Berkley Publishing Group | Winner | |
| William L. DeAndrea | Encyclopedia Mysteriosa | Finalist | |||
| Allen J. Hubin | Crime Fiction II | Finalist | |||
| Kathleen Gregory Klein | Great Women Mystery Writers | Finalist | |||
| Charlotte MacLeod | Had She But Known: Mary Roberts Rinehart | Finalist | |||
| 1995 | Alzina Stone Dale | Mystery Readers Walking Guide-Chicago | Passport Books, NTC Publishing Group | Winner | |
| Douglas G. Greene | John Dickson Carr: the Man Who Explained Miracles | Finalist | |||
| B.J. Rahn | Ngaio Marsh: the Woman and Her Work | Finalist | |||
| Kate Stine | The Armchair Detective Book of Lists, 2nd edition | Finalist | |||
| Robin Whiteman | The Cadfael Companion, 2nd edition | Finalist | |||
| 1996 | Willetta L. Heising | Detecting Women 2 | Purple Moon Press | Winner | |
| Ron Miller | Mystery: A Celebration | KQED Books | Finalist | ||
| Elaine Raco Chase and Anne Wingate | Amateur Detectives: A Writer's Guide to How Private Citizens Solve Criminal Cases | Writer's Digest | Finalist | ||
| Barbara Reynolds (editor) | The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: The Making of a Detective Novelist | St. Martin's Minotaur | Finalist | ||
| Jean Swanson and Dean James | By a Woman's Hand, 2nd Edition | Berkley Publishing Group | Finalist | ||
| 1997 | Willeta L. Heising | Detecting Men | Purple Moon Press | Winner | |
| Nina King and Robin Winks | Crimes of the Scene | St. Martin's Press | Finalist | ||
| Ian Ousby | Guilty Parties | Thames & Hudson | Finalist | ||
| 1998 | Alzina Stone Dale | Mystery Reader's Walking Guide to Washington D.C. | Passport Books | Winner | |
| Edward Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg | Speaking of Murder | Berkley | Finalist | ||
| Jan Grape | Dean James and Ellen Nehr, Deadly Women | Carroll & Graf Publishers | Finalist | ||
| Victoria Nichols and Susan Thompson | Silk Stalkings II | Scarecrow | Finalist | ||
| Jean Swanson and Dean James | Killer Books | Berkley | Finalist | ||
| 1999 | Daniel Stashower | Teller of Tales: the Life of Arthur Conan Doyle | Henry Holt & Company | Winner | |
| Kate Derie | The Deadly Directory | Deadly Serious Press | Finalist | ||
| Jo Grossman and Robert Weibezahl | A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | ||
| Willetta L. Heising | Detecting Women III | Purple Moon Press | Finalist | ||
| Rosemary Herbert | The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing | Oxford University Press | Finalist |
2000s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Jim Huang (editor) | 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century | Crum Creek Press | Winner | |
| Matthew Bunson | The Complete Christie | Pocket Books | Finalist | ||
| Martha Dubose (editor) | Women of Mystery | Finalist | |||
| Marvin Lachman (editor) | The American Regional Mystery | Finalist | |||
| Helen Windrath (editor) | They Wrote the Book | Finalist | |||
| 2001 | Tony Hillerman | Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir | HarperCollins | Winner | |
| Max Allan Collins | The History of the Mystery | Collector's Press | Finalist | ||
| G. Miki Hayden | Writing the Mystery: A Start-To-Finish Guide for Both Novice and Professional | Intrigue Press | Finalist | ||
| Jeffrey Marks | Who Was That Lady? | Delphi Books | Finalist | ||
| The Sisters Wells | Food, Drink, and the Female Sleuth | Authors Choice Press/iUniverse.com | Finalist | ||
| 2002 | Jim Huang (editor) | They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated, and Forgotten Mystery Novels | Crum Creek Press | Winner | |
| Mike Ashley (editor) | The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction | Avalon Publishing Group | Finalist | ||
| Colleen Barnett | Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | ||
| Sue Grafton (editor) with Jan Burke and Barry Zeman | Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America | Writer's Digest | Finalist | ||
| Mary Higgins Clark | Kitchen Privileges: A Memoir | Simon and Schuster | Finalist | ||
| 2003 | Elizabeth Peters and Kristen Whitbread (editors) with Dennis Forbes (design) | Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendium | William Morrow & Company | Winner | |
| Colleen A. Barnett | Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction, Volume 3 (Parts 1 & 2) | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | ||
| Jo Grossman and Robert Weibezahl (editors) | A Second Helping of Murder: More Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | ||
| Jeffrey Marks | Atomic Renaissance: Women Mystery Writers of the 1940s and 1950s | Delphi Books | Finalist | ||
| 2004 | Jack French | Private Eye-Lashes: Radio’s Lady Detectives | Bear Manor Media | Winner | |
| Leslie Klinger (editor) | The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories | W. W. Norton & Company | Finalist | ||
| 2005 | Melanie Rehak | Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her | Harcourt | Winner | |
| Stuart Kaminsky | Behind the Mystery: Top Mystery Writers | Hothouse Press | Finalist | ||
| Leslie S. Klinger | The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes | W. W. Norton | Finalist | ||
| Marvin Lachman | The Heirs of Anthony Boucher | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | ||
| 2006 | Chris Roerden | Don't Murder Your Mystery | Bella Rosa Books | Winner | |
| Jim Huang and Austin Lugar | Mystery Muses | The Crum Creek Press | Finalist | ||
| Daniel Stashower | The Beautiful Cigar Girl | Dutton | Finalist | ||
| 2007 | Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower, and Charles Foley | Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters | Penguin Press | Winner | |
| Penny Warner | The Official Nancy Drew Handbook | Quirck Productions | Finalist | ||
| 2008 | Kathy Lynn Emerson | How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries | Perseverance Press | Winner | |
| Frankie Y. Bailey | African American Mystery Writers: A Historical & Thematic Study | McFarland & Co. | Finalist | ||
| Jeffrey Marks | Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography | McFarland & Co. | Finalist | ||
| Dr. Harry Lee Poe | Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories | Metro Books | Finalist | ||
| Kate Summerscale | The Suspicions of Mr. Whitcher, or The Murder at Road Hill House | Walker & Co. | Finalist | ||
| 2009 | Elena Santangelo | Dame Agatha's Shorts | Bella Rosa Books | Winner | [12] |
| Richard Hack | Duchess of Death | Phoenix Books | Finalist | ||
| P. D. James | Talking About Detective Fiction | Knopf | Finalist | ||
| Amnon Kabatchnik | Blood on the Stage 1925-1950 | Scarecrow Press | Finalist | ||
| Joan Schenkar | The Talented Miss Highsmith | St Martin's Press | Finalist |
2010s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | John Curran | Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: 50 Years of Mysteries in the Making | Winner | [13] |
| Deborah Blum | The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York | Finalist | [14] | |
| Stephen Doyle and David A. Crowder | Sherlock Holmes for Dummies | Finalist | [14] | |
| Katherine Hall Page | Have Faith in Your Kitchen | Finalist | [14] | |
| Yunte Huang | Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History | Finalist | [14] | |
| 2011 | Leslie Budewitz | Books, Crooks and Counselors: How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure | Winner | [15] |
| John Curran | Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making: More Stories and Secrets from Her Notebooks | Finalist | ||
| Michael Dirda | On Conan Doyle; or The Whole Art of Storytelling | Finalist | ||
| A. B. Emrys | Wilkie Collins, Vera Caspary and the Evolution of the Casebook Novel | Finalist | ||
| Charlaine Harris | The Sookie Stackhouse Companion | Finalist | [26][27] | |
| 2012 | John Connolly | Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels | Winner | |
| Joseph Goodrich | Blood Relations: The Selected Letters of Ellery Queen, 1947-1950 | Finalist | ||
| D. P. Lyle | More Forensics and Fiction: Crime Writers Morbidly Curious Questions Expertly Answered | Finalist | ||
| Ben Macintyre | Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies | Finalist | ||
| Mathew Prichard | The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie | Finalist | ||
| 2013 | Daniel Stashower | The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War | Winner | |
| Jennifer Kloester | Georgette Heyer | Finalist | ||
| Maria Konnikova | Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes | Finalist | ||
| Verena Rose and Rita Owen | Editors, Not Everyone's Cup of Tea: An Interesting & Entertaining History of Malice Domestic's First 25 Years | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Hank Phillippi Ryan (editor) | Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer's Journey | Winner | |
| Stephen Bates | The Poisoner: The Life and Crimes of Victorian England's Most Notorious Doctor | Finalist | ||
| Kate Flora | Death Dealer: How Cops and Cadaver Dogs Brought a Killer to Justice | Finalist | ||
| Adam Plantinga | 400 Things Cops Know: Street Smart Lessons from a Veteran Patrolman | Finalist | ||
| Lucy Worsley | The Art of the English Murder | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Martin Edwards | The Golden Age of Murder: The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story | Winner | |
| Zack Dundas | The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes | Finalist | ||
| Kathryn Harkup | A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie | Finalist | ||
| Jane Ann Turzillo | Unsolved Murders and Disappearances in Northeast Ohio | Finalist | ||
| Kate White (editor), Mystery Writers of America | The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook: Wickedly Good Meals and Desserts to Die For | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Jane K. Cleland | Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot: How to Write Gripping Stories that Keep Readers on the Edge of Their Seats | Winner | |
| Roger Guay with Kate Clark Flora | A Good Man with a Dog: A Game Warden's 25 Years in the Maine Woods | Finalist | ||
| Margaret Kinsman | Sara Paretsky: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Mattias Bostrom | From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon | Winner | |
| Tatiana de Rosnay | Manderley Forever: A Biography of Daphne du Maurier | Finalist | ||
| Martin Edwards | The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books | Finalist | ||
| Monica Hesse | American Fire: Love, Arson and Life in a Vanishing Land | Finalist | ||
| Jess Lourey | Through the Healing Power of Fiction | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Jane Cleland | Mastering Plot Twists | Winner | |
| Nancy J. Cohen | Writing the Cozy Mystery | Finalist | ||
| Margalit Fox | Conan Doyle for the Defense | Finalist | ||
| Laura Thompson | Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life | Finalist | ||
| Jane Ann Turzillo | Wicked Women of Ohio | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Mo Moulton | The Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women | Winner | |
| Laird R. Blackwell | Frederic Dannay, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story | Finalist | ||
| Julia Bricklin | Blonde Rattlesnake: Burmah Adams, Tom White, and the 1933 Crime Spree that Terrified Los Angeles | Finalist | ||
| Casey Cep | Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee | Finalist | ||
| Hallie Rubenhold | The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper | Finalist |
2020s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Christina Lane | Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock | Winner | [20] |
| Leslie Brody | Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy | Finalist | [22] | |
| Martin Edwards | Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club | Finalist | [22] | |
| Sheila Mitchell | H.R.F. Keating: A Life of Crime | Finalist | [22] | |
| Kate Winkler Dawon | American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI | Finalist | [22] | |
| 2021 | Lee Child and Laurie R. King (editor) | How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America | Winner | |
| Jan Brogan | The Combat Zone: Murder, Race, and Boston’s Struggle for Justice | Finalist | ||
| Chris Chan | Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter | Finalist | ||
| Julie Kavanaugh | The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge, and the Phoenix Park Murders that Stunned Victorian England | Finalist | ||
| 2022 | Diane Vallere | Promophobia: Taking the Mystery Out of Promoting Crime Fiction | Winner | |
| Martin Edwards | The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators | Finalist | ||
| Mary Anna Evansand J. C. Bernthal | The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie | Finalist | ||
| Carla Valentine | Summary of the Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie | Finalist | ||
| 2023 | Anjili Babbar | Finders: Justice, Faith and Identity in Irish Crime Fiction | Winner | |
| David Bordwell | Perplexing Plots: Popular Storytelling and the Poetics of Murder | Finalist | ||
| Mark Dawidziak | A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe | Finalist | ||
| Robert Morgan | Fallen Angel: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe | Finalist |
Best Short Story
edit1980s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Publication | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Robert Barnard | More Final Than Divorce | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Winner | |
| 1989 | Sharyn McCrumb | A Wee Doch And Doris | Mistletoe Mysteries (Mysterious Press) | Winner |
1990s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Publication | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Joan Hess | Too Much To Bare | Sisters in Crime 2 (Berkley Publishing Group) | Winner | [28] |
| 1991 | Margaret Maron | Deborah's Judgment | A Woman's Eye (Delacourte Press) | Winner | |
| 1992 | Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins | Nice Gorilla | Malice Domestic 1 (Pocket Books) | Winner | |
| 1993 | M.D. Lake | Kim's Game | Malice Domestic 2 (Pocket Books) | Winner | |
| 1994 | Dorothy Cannell | The Family Jewels | Malice Domestic 3 (Pocket Books) | Winner | |
| 1995 | Elizabeth Daniels Squire | The Dog Who Remembered Too Much | Malice Domestic 4 (Pocket Books) | Winner | |
| 1996 | Carolyn Wheat | Accidents Will Happen | Malice Domestic 5 (Pocket Books) | Winner | |
| 1997 | M.D. Lake | Tea for Two | Funnybones (Penguin Group) | Winner | |
| 1998 | Barbara D'Amato | Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is A Vegetable | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1998 | Winner | |
| 1999 | Nancy Pickard | Out of Africa | Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder (Berkley Publishing Group) | Winner |
2000s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Publication | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Jan Burke | The Man in the Civil Suit | Malice Domestic 9 (Avon Books) | Winner | |
| 2001 | Katherine Hall Page | The Would-Be-Widower | Malice Domestic X (Avon Books) | Winner | |
| 2002 | Margaret Maron | The Dog That Didn't Bark | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 2002 | Winner | |
| Marcia Talley | Too Many Cooks | Much Ado About Murder, edited by Anne Perry (Berkley Prime Crime) | Winner | ||
| 2003 | Elizabeth Foxwell | No Man’s Land | Blood On Their Hands (Berkley Prime Crime) | Winner | |
| 2004 | Elaine Viets | Wedding Knife | Chesapeake Crimes, edited by Donna Andrews (Quiet Storm Publishing) | Winner | |
| 2005 | Marcia Talley | Driven to Distraction | Chesapeake Crimes II (Quiet Storm Publishing) | Winner | |
| 2006 | Toni Kelner | Sleeping with the Plush | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | Winner | |
| 2007 | Donna Andrews | A Rat's Tale | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine | Winner | |
| 2008 | Dana Cameron | The Night Things Changed | Wolfsbane & Mistletoe (Penguin Group) | Winner | |
| 2009 | Hank Phillippi Ryan | On the House | Level Best Books | Winner | [12] |
2010s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Publication | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mary Jane Maffini | So Much in Common | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sept./Oct. 2010 | Winner | |
| Dana Cameron | Swing Shift | Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side (Berkley) | Finalist | [14] | |
| Sheila Connolly | Size Matters | Thin Ice: Crime Stories by New England Writers (Level Best Books) | Finalist | [14] | |
| Barb Goffman | Volunteer of the Year | Chesapeake Crimes: They Had it Comin' (Wildside Press) | Finalist | [14] | |
| Elizabeth Zelvin | The Green Cross | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Aug. 2010 | Finalist | [14] | |
| 2011 | Dana Cameron | Disarming | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 2011 | Winner | [15] |
| Krista Davis | Dead Eye Gravy | Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology (Wildside Press) | Finalist | [16] | |
| Barb Goffman | Truth and Consequences | Mystery Times Ten (Buddhapuss Ink) | Finalist | [16] | |
| Roberta Isleib | The Itinerary | Mystery Writers of America Presents the Rich and the Dead (Grand Central Publishing) | Finalist | [16] | |
| Daryl Wood Gerber | Palace by the Lake | Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology (Wildside Press) | Finalist | [16] | |
| 2012 | Dana Cameron | Mischief in Mesopotamia | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2012 | Winner | |
| Sheila Connolly | Kept in the Dark | Best New England Crime Stories 2013: Blood Moon (Level Best Books) | Finalist | ||
| Barb Goffman | The Lord is My Shamus | Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder (Wildside Press) | Finalist | ||
| B.K. Stevens | Thea's First Husband | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, June 2012 | Finalist | ||
| Art Taylor | When Duty Calls | Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder (Wildside Press) | Finalist | ||
| 2013 | Art Taylor | The Care and Feeding of House Plants | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2013 | Winner | |
| Barb Goffman | Evil Little Girl | Don't Get Mad, Get Even (Wildside Press) | Finalist | ||
| Barb Goffman | Nightmare | Don't Get Mad, Get Even (Wildside Press) | Finalist | ||
| Gigi Pandian | The Hindi Houdini | Fish Nets: The Second Guppy Anthology (Wildside Press) | Finalist | ||
| Barbara Ross | Bread Baby | Best New England Crime Stories 2014: Stone Cold (Level Best Books) | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Art Taylor | The Odds Are Against Us | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2014 | Winner | |
| Kathy Lynn Emerson | The Blessing Witch | Best New England Crime Stories 2015: Rogue Wave (Level Best Books) | Finalist | ||
| Barb Goffman | The Shadow Knows | Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays (Wildside Press) | Finalist | ||
| Edith Maxwell | Just Desserts for Johnny | Finalist | |||
| Art Taylor | Premonition | Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays (Wildside Press) | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Barb Goffman | A Year Without Santa Claus? | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2015 | Winner | |
| Terrie Farley Moran | A Killing at the Beausoleil | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2015 | Finalist | ||
| Edith Maxwell | A Questionable Death | History & Mystery, Oh My (Mystery & Horror, LLC) | Finalist | ||
| Harriette Sackler | Suffer the Poor | History & Mystery, Oh My (Mystery & Horror, LLC) | Finalist | ||
| B.K. Stevens | A Joy Forever | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March 2015 | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Art Taylor | Parallel Play | Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning (Wildside Press) | Winner | |
| Gretchen Archer | Double Jinx: A Bellissimo Casino Crime Caper Short Story | Henery Press | Finalist | ||
| Barb Goffman | The Best-Laid Plans | Malice Domestic 11: Murder Most Conventional (Wildside Press) | Finalist | ||
| Edith Maxwell | The Mayor and the Midwife | Blood on the Bayou: Bouchercon Anthology 2016 (Down & Out Books) | Finalist | ||
| B.K. Stevens | The Last Blue Glass | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, April 2016 | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Gigi Pandian | The Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn | Winner | ||
| Gretchen Archer | Double Deck the Halls | Henery Press | Finalist | ||
| Barb Goffman | Whose Wine Is It Anyway? | 50 Shades of Cabernet | Finalist | ||
| Debra H. Goldstein | The Night They Burned Miss Dixie's Place | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2017 | Finalist | ||
| Art Taylor | A Necessary Ingredient | Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea (Down & Out Books) | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Leslie Budewitz | All God's Sparrows | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2018 | Winner | |
| Tara Laskowski [fr] | The Case of the Vanishing Professor | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2018 | Winner | ||
| Susanna Calkins | A Postcard for the Dead | Florida Happens: Tales of Mystery, Mayhem, and Suspense from the Sunshine State (Three Rooms Press) | Finalist | ||
| Barb Goffman | Bug Appétit | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November/December 2018 | Finalist | ||
| Art Taylor | English 398: Fiction Workshop | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2018 | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Shawn Reilly Simmons | The Last Word | Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible | Winner | |
| Kaye George | Grist for the Mill | A Murder of Crows (Darkhouse Books) | Finalist | ||
| Barb Goffman | Alex’s Choice | Crime Travel (Wildside Press) | Finalist | ||
| Cynthia Kuhn | The Blue Ribbon | Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible (Wildside Press) | Finalist | ||
| Art Taylor | Better Days | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2019 | Finalist |
2020s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Publication | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Barb Goffman | Dear Emily Etiquette | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2020 | Winner | |
| Shawn Reilly Simmons | The Red Herrings at Killington Inn | Masthead: Best New England Crime Stories | Finalist | [22] | |
| Art Taylor | The Boy Detective & the Summer of '74 | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2020 | Finalist | [22] | |
| Gabriel Valjan | Elysian Fields | California Schemin': the 2020 Bouchercon Anthology (Wildside Press) | Finalist | [22] | |
| James Ziskin | The 25 Year Engagement | In League with Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon (Pegasus Crime) | Finalist | [22] | |
| 2021 | Shawn Reilly Simmons | Bay of Reckoning | Murder on the Beach (Destination Murders) | Winner | |
| Barb Goffman | A Family Matter | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2021 | Finalist | ||
| Barb Goffman | A Tale of Two Sisters | Murder on the Beach (Destination Murders) | Finalist | ||
| Richie Narvaez | Doc's at Midnight | Midnight Hour | Finalist | ||
| Gigi Pandian | The Locked Room Library | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2021 | Finalist | ||
| 2022 | Barb Goffman | Beauty and the Beyotch | Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Issue 29 | Winner | |
| Cynthia Kuhn | There Comes a Time | Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Diabolical | Finalist | ||
| Lisa Q. Mathews | Fly Me to the Morgue | Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Diabolical | Finalist | ||
| Richie Narvaez | The Minnesota Twins Meet Bigfoot | Land of 10,000 Thrills: Bouchercon Anthology 2022 | Finalist | ||
| Art Taylor | The Invisible Band | Edgar & Shamus Go Golden | Finalist | ||
| 2023 | Dru Ann Love and Kristopher Zgorski | Ticket to Ride | Happiness Is a Warm Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of The Beatles | Winner | |
| Shelley Costa | The Knife Sharpener | Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, July/August 2023 | Finalist | ||
| Tina deBellegarde | A Good Judge of Character | Malice Domestic 17: Murder Most Traditional | Finalist | ||
| Barb Goffman | Real Courage | Black Cat Mystery Magazine, October 2023 | Finalist | ||
| Richie Narvaez | Shamu, World’s Greatest Detective | Killin’ Time in San Diego | Finalist |
Best Children/Young Adult Fiction
edit2000s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Penny Warner | Mystery Of The Haunted Caves (Troop 13 Mystery series) | Meadowbrook Press | Winner | |
| 2002 | Daniel J. Hale and Matthew LaBrot | Red Card (The Zeke Armstrong Mysteries) | Top Publications | Winner | |
| 2003 | Kathleen Karr | The 7th Knot | Marshall Cavendish | Winner | |
| 2004 | Blue Balliett | Chasing Vermeer | Scholastic Press | Winner | |
| 2005 | Peter Abrahams | Down the Rabbit Hole | HarperCollins | Winner | |
| 2005 | Carl Hiaasen | Flush | Alfred A. Knopf | Winner | |
| 2006 | Nancy Means Wright | Pea Soup Poisonings | Hilliard & Harris | Winner | |
| 2007 | Sarah Masters Buckey | A Light In The Cellar | American Girl | Winner | |
| 2008 | Chris Grabenstein | The Crossroads | Winner | ||
| 2009 | Chris Grabenstein | The Hanging Hill | Random House | Winner | [12] |
| John C. Ford | The Morgue and Me | Finalist | |||
| Lewis B. Montgomery | The Case of the Poisoned Pig | Finalist | |||
| Valerie O. Patterson | The Other Side of Blue | Finalist | |||
| Nancy Springer | 'The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline' | Finalist |
2010s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Sarah Smith | The Other Side of Dark | Atheneum Books | Winner | [13] |
| John Grisham | Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer | Dutton Children's | Finalist | [14] | |
| R. L. LaFevers | Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus | Houghton Mifflin | Finalist | [14] | |
| Y. S. Lee | The Agency: A Spy in the House | Candlewick Press | Finalist | [14] | |
| Kathy Reichs | Virals | Razorbill | Finalist | [14] | |
| 2011 | Chris Grabenstein | The Black Heart Crypt | Random House | Winner | [15] |
| Harlan Coben | Shelter | Putnam | Finalist | [16] | |
| Matthew J. Kirby | Icefall | Scholastic Press | Finalist | [16] | |
| Shawn Thomas Odyssey | The Wizard of Dark Street | EgmontUSA | Finalist | [16] | |
| Penny Warner | The Secret of the Skeleton Key (The Code Busters Club) | EgmontUSA | Finalist | [16] | |
| 2012 | Penny Warner | The Haunted Lighthouse (The Code Busters Club) | EgmontUSA | Winner | |
| Harlan Coben | Seconds Away | Finalist | |||
| Elizabeth George | The Edge of Nowhere | Finalist | |||
| Rebecca Stead | Liar & Spy | Finalist | |||
| Elizabeth Wein | Code Name Verity | Finalist | |||
| 2013 | Chris Grabenstein | Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library | Random House | Winner | |
| Joelle Charbonneau | The Testing | HMH Books for Young Readers | Finalist | ||
| Kathleen Ernst | Traitor in the Shipyard: A Caroline Mystery | American Girl | Finalist | ||
| Amanda Flower | Andi Unexpected | Zonderkidz | Finalist | ||
| Penny Warner | Mystery of the Pirate's Treasure (The Code Busters Club) | EgmontUSA | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Penny Warner | The Mummy's Curse (The Code Busters Club) | EgmontUSA | Winner | |
| Harlan Coben | Found | Putnam Juvenile | Finalist | ||
| Amanda Flower | Andi Under Pressure | ZonderKidz | Finalist | ||
| Kate Milford | Greenglass House | Clarion Books | Finalist | ||
| Lea Wait | Uncertain Glory | Islandport Press | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Amanda Flower | Andi Unstoppable | Zonderkidz | Winner | |
| Blue Balliett | Pieces and Players | Scholastic Press | Finalist | ||
| Joelle Charbonneau | Need | HMH Books for Young Readers | Finalist | ||
| Spencer Quinn | Woof | Scholastic Press | Finalist | ||
| B.K. Stevens | Fighting Chance | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Penny Warner | The Secret of the Puzzle Box(The Code Busters Club) | Darby Creek | Winner | |
| P.A. DeVoe | Trapped (A Mei-hua Adventure) | Drum Tower Press | Finalist | ||
| Stuart Gibbs | Spy Ski School | Simon & Schuster | Finalist | ||
| J C Lane | Tag, You're Dead | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | ||
| Rebecca Podos | The Mystery of Hollow Places | Balzer & Bray | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Cindy Callaghan | Sydney Mackenzie Knocks 'Em Dead | Aladdin | Winner | |
| Kristi Belcamino | City of Angels | Finalist | |||
| Caroline Carlson | The World's Greatest Detective | Finalist | |||
| Kirby Larson | Audacity Jones Steals the Show | Finalist | |||
| Natasha Tarpley | The Harlem Charade | Finalist | |||
| 2018^ | Cindy Callaghan | Potion Problems (Just Add Magic) | Winner | ||
| Ben Guterson | Winterhouse | Finalist | |||
| C. M. Surrisi | A Side of Sabotage | Finalist | |||
| 2019 | Frances Schoonmaker | The Last Crystal | Auctus Press | Winner | |
| Shauna Holyoak | Kazu Jones and the Denver Dognappers | Disney Hyperion | Finalist | ||
| Karen MacManus | Two Can Keep a Secret | Delacorte Press | Finalist | ||
| Robin Stevens | Top Marks for Murder | Puffin | Finalist | ||
| Sherri Winston | Jada Sly, Artist and Spy | Little Brown Books for Young Readers | Finalist |
2020s
edit| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Richie Narvaez | Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco | Piñata Books | Winner | [20] |
| Fleur Bradley | Midnight at the Barclay Hotel | Viking Books for Young Readers | Finalist | [21][22] | |
| Elizabeth C. Bunce | Premeditated Myrtle | Algonquin Young Readers | Finalist | [21][22] | |
| Cindy Callaghan | Saltwater Secrets | AladdinQ | Finalist | [21][22] | |
| Janae Marks | From the Desk of Zoe Washington | Katherin Teagen Books | Finalist | [21][22] | |
| 2021 | Alan Orloff | I Play One on TV | Down & Out Books | Winner | [23] |
| Elizabeth C. Bunce | Cold-Blooded Myrtle | Algonquin Young Readers | Finalist | ||
| June Hur | The Forest of Stolen Girls | Fiewel and Friends | Finalist | ||
| Lynn Slaughter | Leisha's Song | Fire and Ice/Melange Books | Finalist | ||
| Nancy Springer | Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche | Wednesday Books | Finalist | ||
| 2022 | Nancy Springer | Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade | Wednesday Books | Winner | [23] |
| Fleur Bradley | Daybreak on Raven Island | Viking Books for Young Readers | Finalist | ||
| Elizabeth C. Bunce | In Myrtle Peril | Algonquin Young Readers | Finalist | ||
| Greg Herren | #shedeservedit | Bold Strokes Books | Finalist | ||
| Frances Schoonmaker | Sid Johnson and the Phantom Slave Stealer | Auctus Publishers | Finalist | ||
| 2023 | K. B. Jackson | The Sasquatch of Hawthorne Elementary | Winner | ||
| Elizabeth C. Bunce | Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity | Finalist | |||
| Alex Segura | Araña and Spiderman | Finalist | |||
| Taryn Sounders | The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle | Finalist | |||
| Nancy Springer | Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose | Finalist |
Special Awards
editMalice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement
editMalice Domestic Poirot Award
edit| Year | Recipient | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | David Suchet | Actor |
| 2004 | Ruth Cavin | Thomas Dunne Books editor |
| 2005 | Angela Lansbury | Actress and singer |
| 2006 | Douglas G. Greene | Crippen & Landru Press publisher |
| 2007 | None | |
| 2008 | Janet Hutchings | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine editor |
| 2008 | Linda Landrigan | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine editor |
| 2009 | Kate Stine and Brian Skupin | Mystery Scene publisher |
| 2010 | William Link | Screenwriter and producer |
| 2011 | Janet Rudolph | |
| 2012 | Lee Goldberg | American writer |
| 2013 | None | |
| 2014 | Tom Schantz | |
| 2015 | None | |
| 2016 | Barbara Peters | Poisoned Pen Press editor-in-chief |
| 2016 | Robert Rosenwald | Poisoned Pen Press president and founder |
| 2017 | Martin Edwards | Author |
| 2018 | Brenda Blethyn | British actress |
See also
edit- Agatha Christie Award (Japan)
- Agatha-Christie-Krimipreis, a former German literary prize named after Agatha Christie for unpublished crime short stories.
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