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Posted on January 27, 2021 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The Mystery Writers of America announced the contenders for the annual Edgar Allan Poe awards, which honor the best mystery fiction, nonfiction, and television, on Monday.
Below, we've shared a selection of the nominees (a complete list is available on the MWA website); the winners will be announced on April 29.
Previously, authors Jeffery Deaver and Charlaine Harris were announced as recipients of the annual Grand Master Award, which honors significant contributions to the mystery genre.
Best novel
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Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line, by Deepa Anappara
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Before She Was Helen, by Caroline B. Cooney
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Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman
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These Women, by Ivy Pochoda
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The Missing American, by Kwei Quartey
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The Distant Dead, by Heather Young
Best first novel by an American author
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Murder in Old Bombay, by Nev March
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Please See Us, by Caitlin Mullen
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Catherine House, by Elisabeth Thomas
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Winter Counts, by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
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Darling Rose Gold, by Stephanie Wrobel
Best fact crime
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Blood Runs Coal: The Yablonski Murders and the Battle for the United Mine Workers of America, by Mark A. Bradley
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The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia, by Emma Copley Eisenberg
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Death in Mud Lick: A Coal Country Fight Against the Drug Companies that Delivered the Opioid Epidemic, by Eric Eyre
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Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman’s Search for Justice in Indian Country, by Sierra Crane Murdoch
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Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man, and the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife, by Ariel Sabar
Best juvenile novel
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Premeditated Myrtle, by Elizabeth C. Bunce
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Me and Banksy, by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
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From the Desk of Zoe Washington, by Janae Marks
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Ikenga, by Nnedi Okorafor
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Nessie Quest, by Melissa Savage
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Coop Knows the Scoop, by Taryn Souders
Best YA novel
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The Companion, by Katie Alender
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The Inheritance Games, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
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They Went Left, by Monica Hesse
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Silence of Bones, by June Hur
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The Cousins, by Karen M. McManus
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