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]
Winners and, where known, nominated titles for each year:
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1988 | Bantam Books | Winner | |||
Finalist | |||||
Finalist | |||||
Goodbye Nanny Grey | Finalist | ||||
Dead Men Don't Give Seminars | Finalist | ||||
1989 | Grime and Punishment | Avon | Winner | ||
Working Murder | Finalist | ||||
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Finalist | |||||
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1990 | St. Martin's Press | Winner | |||
Screaming Bones | Finalist | ||||
Finalist | |||||
Catering to Nobody | Finalist | ||||
Sea of Troubles | Finalist | ||||
1991 | Zero at the Bone | St. Martin's Press | Winner | ||
Carpool | Finalist | ||||
Just Desserts | Finalist | ||||
Finalist | |||||
Flowers for the Dead | Finalist | ||||
1992 | Blanche on the Lam | St. Martin's Press | Winner | [6] [7] | |
All the Great Pretenders | Finalist | ||||
Decked | Finalist | ||||
Seneca Falls Inheritance | Finalist | ||||
Thyme of Death | Finalist | ||||
1993 | Track of the Cat | Putnam | Winner | ||
Goodnight, Irene | Finalist | ||||
Finalist | |||||
Death Comes as Ephiphany | Finalist | ||||
Child of Silence | Finalist | ||||
1994 | Do Unto Others | Ballantine | Winner | ||
Writers of the Purple Sage | Finalist | ||||
One for the Money | Scribner | Finalist | |||
Fool's Puzzle | Finalist | ||||
Until Death | Finalist | ||||
1995 | Walker | Winner | |||
Finalist | |||||
Horse of a Different Killer | Finalist | ||||
Death in Bloodhound Red | Finalist | ||||
Murder in Scorpio | Finalist | ||||
1996 | Murder on a Girl's Night Out | Avon | Winner | ||
Death in Little Tokyo: A Ken Tanaka Mystery | St. Martin’s | Finalist | |||
Somebody Else's Child | Onyx Books | Finalist | |||
Bantam Books | Finalist | ||||
Hearts and Bone: A Novel of Historical Suspense | Avon | Finalist | |||
Riding for a Fall | Gold Medal | Finalist | |||
1997 | HarperCollins | Winner | |||
Quieter Than Sleep | Doubleday | Finalist | |||
HarperCollins | Finalist | ||||
Dead Body Language | Bantam Books | Finalist | |||
Death Brims Over | Avon | Finalist | |||
1998 | Minotaur Books | Winner | |||
Sympathy for the Devil | Avon | Finalist | |||
Tiger's Palette | Finalist | ||||
Dying to Get Published | Fawcett | Finalist | |||
Fax Me a Bagel | Scribner | Finalist | |||
1999 | Murder with Peacocks | Thomas Dunne Books | Winner | ||
Circles of Confusion | HarperTorch | Finalist | |||
Revenge of the Gypsy Queen | Rainbow Books | Finalist | |||
By Blood Possessed | Minotaur Books | Finalist | |||
Sing It to Her Bones | Dell | Finalist |
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2000 | [fr] | Death on a Silver Tray | Berkley Prime Crime | Winner | |
Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death | Overmountain Press | Finalist | |||
Death of an Amiable Child | Walker & Company | Finalist | [8] | ||
Murder of a Small Town Honey | Signet | Finalist | |||
2001 | Bubbles Unbound | Dutton | Winner | ||
Innkeeping with Murder | Berkley Prime Crime | Finalist | |||
Mute Witness | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | |||
Signet | Finalist | ||||
2002 | In the Bleak Midwinter | Minotaur Books | Winner | ||
Not All Tarts Are Apple | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | |||
Six Strokes Under | Berkley Prime Crime | Finalist | |||
Beat Until Stiff | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | |||
How to Murder a Millionaire | Signet | Finalist | |||
Shadows at the Fair | Scribner | Finalist | |||
2003 | Maisie Dobbs | Soho Press Inc. | Winner | ||
[fr] | Dealing in Murder | Avon | Finalist | ||
Haunted Ground | Scribner | Finalist | |||
Take the Bait | Pocket Books | Finalist | |||
Alpine for You | Pocket Books | Finalist | |||
Murder off Mike | Minotaur Books | Finalist | [9] | ||
[de] | O’ Artful Death | St. Martin's Press | Finalist | ||
2004 | Dating Dead Men | Doubleday | Winner | ||
Till the Cows Come Home | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | |||
Arson and Old Lace | Pocket Books | Finalist | |||
I Dreamed I Married Perry Mason | HarperCollins | Finalist | |||
University of New Mexico Press | Finalist | ||||
and Jerome Ross | God Speed the Night | Finalist | |||
2005 | [fr] | Better Off Wed | HarperCollins | Winner | |
Jury of One | Hilliard & Harris | Finalist | |||
Witch Way to Murder | Avon | Finalist | |||
Knit One, Kill Two | Finalist | ||||
Blood Relations | Hilliard & Harris | Finalist | |||
2006 | [fr] | Poisoned Pen Press | Winner | ||
Consigned to Death | Minotaur Books | Finalist | |||
and Susan Smily | Hilliard & Harris | Finalist | |||
Feint of Art | Signet | Finalist | |||
Murder on the Rocks | Midnight Ink | Finalist | |||
2007 | Prime Time | Harlequin | Winner | ||
Minotaur Books | Finalist | ||||
Five Star Mystery | Finalist | ||||
Silent in the Grave | Mira Books | Finalist | |||
2008 | Death of a Cozy Writer | Midnight Ink | Winner | ||
Through a Glass, Deadly | Finalist | ||||
Paper, Scissors, Death | Finalist | ||||
Penguin Group | Finalist | ||||
Pushing Up Daisies | Minotaur Books | Finalist | [10] | ||
2009 | Delacorte Press | Winner | [11] | ||
For Better, for Murder | Finalist | ||||
Posed for Murder | Minotaur Books | Finalist | |||
St. Martin's Press | Finalist | ||||
In the Shadow of Gotham | Minotaur Books | Finalist |
Result | ||||
2010 | [fr; ja] | Winner | [12] | |
Murder at the PTA | Finalist | [13] | ||
Finalist | ||||
Maid of Murder | Finalist | |||
Full Mortality | Finalist | |||
Diamonds for the Dead | Finalist | |||
2011 | [fr] | Learning to Swim | Winner | [14] |
Dire Threads | Finalist | [15] | ||
Choke | Finalist | |||
Who Do, Voodoo? | Finalist | |||
Tempest in the Tea Leaves | Finalist | |||
2012 | Lowcountry Boil | Winner | ||
Iced Chiffon | Finalist | |||
Finalist | ||||
Finalist | ||||
Faithful Unto Death | Finalist | |||
2013 | Death Al Dente | Winner | ||
You Cannoli Die Once | Finalist | |||
Board Stiff | Finalist | |||
Kneading to Die | Finalist | |||
Front Page Fatality | Finalist | |||
2014 | Well Read, Then Dead | Winner | ||
Circle of Influence | Finalist | |||
Tagged for Death | Finalist | |||
Finding Sky | Finalist | |||
Murder Strikes a Pose | Finalist | |||
2015 | On the Road with Del and Louise | Winner | ||
Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman | Finalist | [16] | ||
Macdeath | Finalist | |||
Plantation Shudders | Finalist | |||
Just Killing Time | Finalist | |||
2016 | Winner | |||
Terror in Taffeta | Finalist | |||
Murder in G Major | Finalist | |||
Decanting a Murder | Finalist | |||
Design for Dying | Finalist | [17] | ||
2017 | Hollywood Homicide | Winner | ||
Adrift | Finalist | |||
Finalist | ||||
Daughters of Bad Men | Finalist | |||
Protocol | Finalist | |||
2018 | [fr] | Winner | ||
Curses, Boiled Again | Winner | |||
Little Comfort | Finalist | |||
What Doesn't Kill You | Finalist | |||
Deadly Solution | Finalist | |||
2019 | [fr] | One Night Gone | Winner | |
Finalist | ||||
Murder Once Removed | Finalist | [18] | ||
When It’s Time for Leaving | Finalist | |||
Staging is Murder | Finalist |
Result | ||||
2020 | Murder at the Mena House | Winner | [19] | |
Finalist | [20] [21] | |||
Winter Witness | Finalist | |||
Derailed | Finalist | |||
Murder Most Sweet | Finalist | |||
2021 | Arsenic and Adobo | Winner | [22] | |
Finalist | ||||
Finalist | ||||
Murder in the Master | Finalist | |||
Mango, Mambo, and Murder | Finalist | |||
2022 | Cheddar Off Dead | Winner | ||
Death in the Aegean | Finalist | |||
The Bangalore Detectives Club | Finalist | |||
Devil's Chew Toy | Finalist | |||
The Finalist | Finalist | |||
The Gallery of Beauties | Finalist | |||
2023 | Crime and Parchment | Winner | ||
Glory Be | Finalist | |||
Finalist | ||||
Dutch Threat | Finalist | |||
Mother-Daughter Murder Night | Finalist |
Result | ||||
2013 | Winner | |||
Pagan Spring | Finalist | |||
How the Light Gets In | Finalist | |||
Clammed Up | Finalist | |||
Through the Evil Days | Finalist | |||
2014 | Truth Be Told | Winner | ||
Finalist | ||||
Finalist | ||||
Designated Daughters | Finalist | |||
Finalist | ||||
2015 | Long Upon the Land | Winner | ||
Bridges Burned | Finalist | |||
Finalist | ||||
Nature of the Beast | Finalist | |||
What You See | Finalist | |||
2016 | Winner | |||
Body on the Bayou | Finalist | |||
Quiet Neighbors | Finalist | |||
Fogged Inn | Finalist | |||
Say No More | Finalist | |||
2017 | Glass Houses | Winner | ||
Death Overdue | Finalist | |||
Finalist | ||||
No Way Home | Finalist | |||
Take Out | Finalist | |||
2018 | Mardi Gras Murder | Winner | ||
Beyond the Truth | Finalist | |||
Cry Wolf | Finalist | |||
Kingdom of the Blind | Finalist | |||
Trust Me | Finalist | |||
2019 | Winner | |||
Fatal Cajun Festival | Finalist | |||
Fair Game | Finalist | |||
Finalist | ||||
Finalist | ||||
Finalist |
Result | ||||
2020 | All the Devils Are Here | Winner | [23] | |
Finalist | ||||
Murder in the Bayou Boneyard | Finalist | |||
Sherry Harris | From Beer to Eternity | Finalist | ||
Finalist | ||||
2021 | Cajun Kiss of Death | Winner | ||
Watch Her | Finalist | |||
Finalist | ||||
Her Perfect Life | Finalist | |||
Gabriel Valjan | Symphony Road | Finalist | ||
2022 | A World of Curiosities | Winner | ||
Bayou Book Thief | Finalist | |||
Jennifer J. Chow | Death By Bubble Tea | Finalist | ||
Fatal Reunion | Finalist | |||
Tina De Bellegarde | Dead Man's Leap | Finalist | ||
2023 | Winner | |||
Wined and Died in New Orleans | Finalist | |||
Helpless | Finalist | |||
Case of the Bleus | Finalist | |||
Finalist |
Result | |||||
1988 | Something Wicked | Bantam | Winner | ||
Finalist | |||||
Mischief in Maggody | Finalist | ||||
Paying the Piper | Finalist | ||||
Dead Crazy | Finalist | ||||
1989 | Naked Once More | Warner | Winner | ||
Finalist | |||||
Finalist | |||||
Corpus Christmas | Finalist | ||||
Philly Stakes | Finalist |
Result | |||||
1990 | Bum Steer | Pocket Books | Winner | ||
Real Murders | Finalist | ||||
Deadly Valentine | Finalist | ||||
Finalist | |||||
Finalist | |||||
1991 | I.O.U. | Pocket Books | Winner | ||
Make No Bones | Mysterious Press | Finalist | |||
Bantam Books | Finalist | ||||
An Owl Too Many | Mysterious Press | Finalist | |||
Warner | Finalist | ||||
1992 | Bootlegger's Daughter | Mysterious Press | Winner | ||
Southern Ghost | Finalist | ||||
Finalist | |||||
Defend and Betray | Finalist | ||||
Finalist | |||||
1993 | Dead Man's Island | Bantam Books | Winner | ||
Old Scores | Finalist | ||||
O Little Town of Maggody | Finalist | ||||
To Live and Die in Dixie | Finalist | ||||
Fair Game | Finalist | ||||
Southern Discomfort | Finalist | ||||
1994 | She Walks These Hills | Scribner | Winner | ||
Scandal in Fair Haven | Finalist | ||||
Finalist | |||||
Angel of Death | Finalist | ||||
Night Train to Memphis | Finalist | ||||
1995 | If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him | Ballantine Books | Winner | ||
Miracles in Maggody | Finalist | ||||
Finalist | |||||
Twilight | Finalist | ||||
Escapade | Finalist | ||||
1996 | Up Jumps The Devil | Mysterious Press | Winner | ||
Kansas Troubles | Berkley Books | Finalist | |||
Strong as Death | Forge | Finalist | |||
1997 | Viking Press | Winner | |||
Hocus | Simon & Schuster | Finalist | |||
Dreaming of the Bones | Scribner | Finalist | |||
Goose in a Pond | Berkley Books | Finalist | |||
Seeing a Large Cat | Warner | Finalist | |||
1998 | Butchers Hill | Avon | Winner | ||
Liar | Simon & Schuster | Finalist | |||
Dove in the Window | Berkley | Finalist | |||
Blind Bloodhound Justice | HarperCollins | Finalist | |||
Home Fires | Mysterious Press | Finalist | |||
Avon | Finalist | ||||
1999 | Mariner's Compass | Berkley Books | Winner | ||
Immaculate Reception | Avon | Finalist | |||
Death on the River Walk | Avon | Finalist | |||
In Big Trouble | Avon | Finalist | |||
HarperCollins | Finalist |
Result | |||||
2000 | Storm Track | Mysterious Press | Winner | ||
Guns and Roses | Finalist | ||||
Killer Wedding | Finalist | ||||
Finalist | |||||
He Shall Thunder in the Sky | Finalist | ||||
2001 | Murphy's Law | St. Martin's Minotaur | Winner | ||
Arkansas Traveler | Berkley Books | Finalist | |||
Dead Until Dark | Ace | Finalist | |||
Shadows of Sin | Avon | Finalist | |||
HarperCollins | Finalist | ||||
2002 | You've Got Murder | Berkley Prime Crime | Winner | ||
Death of Riley | St. Martin's Minotaur | Finalist | |||
Morrow | Finalist | ||||
Blues in the Night | Ballantine Books | Finalist | |||
William Morrow & Company | Finalist | ||||
2003 | Letter From Home | Berkley Prime Crime | Winner | ||
Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon | St. Martin's Minotaur | Finalist | |||
Mumbo Gumbo | William Morrow & Company | Finalist | |||
Dream House | Ballantine Books | Finalist | |||
Last Lessons of Summer | Mysterious Press | Finalist | |||
Shop till You Drop | Signet | Finalist | |||
2004 | Birds of a Feather | Soho Press | Winner | ||
We'll Always Have Parrots | Thomas Dunne Books | Finalist | |||
By a Spider's Thread | HarperCollins | Finalist | |||
High Country Fall | Mysterious Press | Finalist | |||
HarperCollins | Finalist | ||||
2005 | William Morrow & Company | Winner | |||
Owls Well That Ends Well | St. Martin's Minotaur | Finalist | |||
Rituals of the Season | Mysterious Press & Warner Books | Finalist | |||
University of New Mexico Press | Finalist | ||||
Trouble in Spades | Finalist | ||||
Pardonable Lies | Henry Holt & Company | Finalist | |||
2006 | Random House | Winner | |||
Finalist | |||||
Why Casey Had to Die | Finalist | ||||
Finalist | |||||
All Mortal Flesh | Finalist | ||||
Messenger of Truth | Finalist | ||||
2007 | (Dead Cold in Canada) | St. Martin's Minotaur | Winner | [24] | |
St. Martin's Minotaur | Finalist | ||||
Her Royal Spyness | Penguin Group | Finalist | |||
Hard Row | Grand Central Publishing | Finalist | |||
Murder with Reservations | NAL | Finalist | |||
2008 | Minotaur Books | Winner | |||
Six Geese A-Slaying | Minotaur Books | Finalist | |||
Penguin Group | Finalist | ||||
Buckingham Palace Gardens | Random House | Finalist | |||
I Shall Not Want | Minotaur Books | Finalist | |||
2009 | Minotaur Books | Winner | |||
Swan for the Money | St. Martin's Minotaur | Finalist | |||
Bookplate Special | Berkley Prime Crime | Finalist | |||
Royal Flush | Berkley Prime Crime | Finalist | |||
Air Time | MIRA | Finalist |
Result | ||||
2010 | Bury Your Dead | Winner | ||
Stork Raving Mad | Finalist | |||
Finalist | ||||
Drive Time | Finalist | |||
Truly, Madly | Finalist | |||
2011 | Three-Day Town | Winner | ||
Finalist | ||||
Finalist | ||||
Wicked Autumn | Finalist | |||
Finalist | ||||
2012 | Winner | |||
Finalist | ||||
Finalist | ||||
Finalist | ||||
Finalist |
Result | |||||
2011 | Naughty in Nice | Royal Spyness | Winner | ||
Murder Your Darlings | Algonquin Round Table | Finalist | |||
Mercury's Rise | Silver Rush | Finalist | |||
Troubled Bones | Crispin Guest Mysteries | Finalist | |||
Finalist | |||||
2012 | Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for Murder | Winner | |||
Royal Spyness | Finalist | ||||
Murder on Fifth Avenue | Gaslight Mysteries | Finalist | |||
Bess Crawford | Finalist | ||||
Elegy for Eddie | Maisie Dobbs | Finalist | |||
2013 | Bess Crawford | Winner | |||
Heirs and Graces | Royal Spyness | Finalist | |||
Death in the Time of Ice | Enga Dancing Flower | Finalist | |||
Algonquin Round Table | Finalist | ||||
Murder in Chelsea | Gaslight Mysteries | Finalist | |||
2014 | Queen of Hearts | Royal Spyness | Winner | ||
Wouldn't It Be Deadly | Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins | Finalist | |||
Murder in Murray Hill | Gaslight Mysteries | Finalist | |||
Bess Crawford | Finalist | ||||
Hunting Shadows | Inspector Ian Rutledge | Finalist | |||
2015 | Dreaming Spies | Mary Russell | Winner | ||
Malice at the Palace | Royal Spyness | Finalist | |||
Lucy Campion | Finalist | ||||
Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante | Maggie Hope | Finalist | |||
Murder on Amsterdam Avenue | Gaslight Mysteries | Finalist | |||
2016 | Winner | ||||
Whispers Beyond the Veil | Change of Fortune | Finalist | |||
Get Me to the Grave on Time | Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins Mysteries | Finalist | |||
Delivering the Truth | Quaker Midwife | Finalist | |||
Murder in Morningside Heights | Gaslight Mysteries | Finalist | |||
2017 | In Farleigh Field | Winner | |||
Murder in an English Village | Beryl and Edwina | Finalist | |||
Maggie Hope | Finalist | ||||
Called to Justice | Quaker Midwife | Finalist | |||
Dangerous to Know | Lillian Frost and Edith Head | Finalist | |||
2018 | Perveen Mistry | Winner | |||
Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding | Royal Spyness | Finalist | |||
Art Deco Mystery | Finalist | ||||
Turning the Tide | Quaker Midwife | Finalist | |||
Murder on Union Square | Gaslight Mysteries | Finalist | |||
2019 | Charity’s Burden | Quaker Midwife | Winner | ||
Love and Death Among the Cheetahs | Royal Spyness | Finalist | |||
Murder Knocks Twice | Speakeasy Murders | Finalist | |||
Art Deco Mystery | Finalist | ||||
Company Files | Finalist |
Result | |||||
2020 | Royal Spyness | WInner | |||
Speakeasy Murders | Finalist | ||||
Countess of Harleigh | Finalist | ||||
Taken Too Soon | Quaker Midwife | Finalist | |||
Dandy Gilver | Finalist | ||||
2021 | Death at Greenway | Winner | |||
Murder at Mallowan Hall | Phyllida Bright | Finalist | |||
Clark and Division | Finalist | ||||
Perveen Mistry | Finalist | ||||
Company Files series | Finalist | ||||
2022 | Because I Could Not Stop for Death | Emily Dickinson | Winner | ||
A Revolutionary War Mystery | Finalist | ||||
The Lindbergh Nanny | Finalist | ||||
In Place of Fear | Finalist | ||||
Under a Veiled Moon | Inspector Corravan | Finalist | |||
2023 | Winner | ||||
Death Among the Ruins | Finalist | ||||
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord | Finalist | ||||
I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died | Finalist | ||||
Time’s Undoing | Finalist |
Result | |||||
1993 | Noble Press | Winner | |||
Finalist | |||||
Finalist | |||||
Finalist | |||||
Finalist | |||||
Dorothy L. Sayers | Finalist | ||||
1994 | and Dean James | By a Woman's Hand | Berkley Publishing Group | Winner | |
Encyclopedia Mysteriosa | Finalist | ||||
Crime Fiction II | Finalist | ||||
Great Women Mystery Writers | Finalist | ||||
Had She But Known: Mary Roberts Rinehart | Finalist | ||||
1995 | Mystery Readers Walking Guide-Chicago | Passport Books, NTC Publishing Group | Winner | ||
John Dickson Carr: the Man Who Explained Miracles | Finalist | ||||
Ngaio Marsh: the Woman and Her Work | Finalist | ||||
Finalist | |||||
Finalist | |||||
1996 | Detecting Women 2 | Purple Moon Press | Winner | ||
Mystery: A Celebration | KQED Books | Finalist | |||
and Anne Wingate | Amateur Detectives: A Writer's Guide to How Private Citizens Solve Criminal Cases | Writer's Digest | Finalist | ||
(editor) | St. Martin's Minotaur | Finalist | |||
and Dean James | By a Woman's Hand, 2nd Edition | Berkley Publishing Group | Finalist | ||
1997 | Detecting Men | Purple Moon Press | Winner | ||
and Robin Winks | Crimes of the Scene | St. Martin's Press | Finalist | ||
Guilty Parties | Thames & Hudson | Finalist | |||
1998 | Mystery Reader's Walking Guide to Washington D.C. | Passport Books | Winner | ||
and Martin H. Greenberg | Speaking of Murder | Berkley | Finalist | ||
Dean James and Ellen Nehr, Deadly Women | Carroll & Graf Publishers | Finalist | |||
and Susan Thompson | Silk Stalkings II | Scarecrow | Finalist | ||
and Dean James | Killer Books | Berkley | Finalist | ||
1999 | Teller of Tales: the Life of Arthur Conan Doyle | Henry Holt & Company | Winner | ||
Deadly Serious Press | Finalist | ||||
and Robert Weibezahl | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | |||
Detecting Women III | Purple Moon Press | Finalist | |||
Oxford University Press | Finalist |
Result | |||||
2000 | (editor) | 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century | Crum Creek Press | Winner | |
Pocket Books | Finalist | ||||
(editor) | Women of Mystery | Finalist | |||
(editor) | Finalist | ||||
(editor) | They Wrote the Book | Finalist | |||
2001 | Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir | HarperCollins | Winner | ||
Collector's Press | Finalist | ||||
Writing the Mystery: A Start-To-Finish Guide for Both Novice and Professional | Intrigue Press | Finalist | |||
Who Was That Lady? | Delphi Books | Finalist | |||
Food, Drink, and the Female Sleuth | Authors Choice Press/iUniverse.com | Finalist | |||
2002 | (editor) | They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated, and Forgotten Mystery Novels | Crum Creek Press | Winner | |
(editor) | Avalon Publishing Group | Finalist | |||
Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | |||
(editor) with Jan Burke and Barry Zeman | Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America | Writer's Digest | Finalist | ||
Kitchen Privileges: A Memoir | Simon and Schuster | Finalist | |||
2003 | and Kristen Whitbread (editors) with Dennis Forbes (design) | William Morrow & Company | Winner | ||
Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction, Volume 3 (Parts 1 & 2) | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | |||
and Robert Weibezahl (editors) | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | |||
Atomic Renaissance: Women Mystery Writers of the 1940s and 1950s | Delphi Books | Finalist | |||
2004 | Private Eye-Lashes: Radio’s Lady Detectives | Bear Manor Media | Winner | ||
(editor) | W. W. Norton & Company | Finalist | |||
2005 | Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her | Harcourt | Winner | ||
Behind the Mystery: Top Mystery Writers | Hothouse Press | Finalist | |||
W. W. Norton | Finalist | ||||
Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | ||||
2006 | Don't Murder Your Mystery | Bella Rosa Books | Winner | ||
and Austin Lugar | Mystery Muses | The Crum Creek Press | Finalist | ||
Dutton | Finalist | ||||
2007 | , Daniel Stashower, and Charles Foley | Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters | Penguin Press | Winner | |
Quirck Productions | Finalist | ||||
2008 | How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries | Perseverance Press | Winner | ||
African American Mystery Writers: A Historical & Thematic Study | McFarland & Co. | Finalist | |||
Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography | McFarland & Co. | Finalist | |||
Dr. | Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories | Metro Books | Finalist | ||
Walker & Co. | Finalist | ||||
2009 | Dame Agatha's Shorts | Bella Rosa Books | Winner | ||
Duchess of Death | Phoenix Books | Finalist | |||
Talking About Detective Fiction | Knopf | Finalist | |||
Blood on the Stage 1925-1950 | Scarecrow Press | Finalist | |||
St Martin's Press | Finalist |
Result | ||||
2010 | Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: 50 Years of Mysteries in the Making | Winner | ||
Finalist | ||||
and David A. Crowder | Sherlock Holmes for Dummies | Finalist | ||
Have Faith in Your Kitchen | Finalist | |||
Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History | Finalist | |||
2011 | Books, Crooks and Counselors: How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure | Winner | ||
Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making: More Stories and Secrets from Her Notebooks | Finalist | |||
On Conan Doyle; or The Whole Art of Storytelling | Finalist | |||
Wilkie Collins, Vera Caspary and the Evolution of the Casebook Novel | Finalist | |||
Finalist | [25] [26] | |||
2012 | Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels | Winner | ||
Blood Relations: The Selected Letters of Ellery Queen, 1947-1950 | Finalist | |||
More Forensics and Fiction: Crime Writers Morbidly Curious Questions Expertly Answered | Finalist | |||
Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies | Finalist | |||
Finalist | ||||
2013 | Winner | |||
Georgette Heyer | Finalist | |||
Finalist | ||||
and Rita Owen | Editors, Not Everyone's Cup of Tea: An Interesting & Entertaining History of Malice Domestic's First 25 Years | Finalist | ||
2014 | (editor) | Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer's Journey | Winner | |
Finalist | ||||
Death Dealer: How Cops and Cadaver Dogs Brought a Killer to Justice | Finalist | |||
400 Things Cops Know: Street Smart Lessons from a Veteran Patrolman | Finalist | |||
Finalist | ||||
2015 | Winner | |||
Finalist | ||||
Finalist | ||||
Unsolved Murders and Disappearances in Northeast Ohio | Finalist | |||
(editor), Mystery Writers of America | Finalist | |||
2016 | Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot: How to Write Gripping Stories that Keep Readers on the Edge of Their Seats | Winner | ||
with Kate Clark Flora | Finalist | |||
Sara Paretsky: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction | Finalist | |||
2017 | Winner | |||
Manderley Forever: A Biography of Daphne du Maurier | Finalist | |||
Finalist | ||||
American Fire: Love, Arson and Life in a Vanishing Land | Finalist | |||
Through the Healing Power of Fiction | Finalist | |||
2018 | Mastering Plot Twists | Winner | ||
Writing the Cozy Mystery | Finalist | |||
Conan Doyle for the Defense | Finalist | |||
Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life | Finalist | |||
Wicked Women of Ohio | Finalist | |||
2019 | Winner | |||
Frederic Dannay, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story | Finalist | |||
Blonde Rattlesnake: Burmah Adams, Tom White, and the 1933 Crime Spree that Terrified Los Angeles | Finalist | |||
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee | Finalist | |||
Finalist |
Result | ||||
2020 | Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock | Winner | ||
Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy | Finalist | |||
Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club | Finalist | |||
H.R.F. Keating: A Life of Crime | Finalist | |||
American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI | Finalist | |||
2021 | and Laurie R. King (editor) | How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America | Winner | |
Finalist | ||||
Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter | Finalist | |||
Finalist | ||||
2022 | Promophobia: Taking the Mystery Out of Promoting Crime Fiction | Winner | ||
Finalist | ||||
and J. C. Bernthal | Finalist | |||
Summary of the Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie | Finalist | |||
2023 | Finders: Justice, Faith and Identity in Irish Crime Fiction | Winner | ||
Perplexing Plots: Popular Storytelling and the Poetics of Murder | Finalist | |||
Finalist | ||||
Fallen Angel: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe | Finalist |
Result | ||||||
1988 | More Final Than Divorce | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | Winner | |||
1989 | Mistletoe Mysteries (Mysterious Press) | Winner |
Result | ||||||
1990 | Too Much To Bare | Sisters in Crime 2 (Berkley Publishing Group) | Winner | [27] | ||
1991 | Deborah's Judgment | A Woman's Eye (Delacourte Press) | Winner | |||
1992 | and Charlotte Elkins | Nice Gorilla | Malice Domestic 1 (Pocket Books) | Winner | ||
1993 | Kim's Game | Malice Domestic 2 (Pocket Books) | Winner | |||
1994 | Malice Domestic 3 (Pocket Books) | Winner | ||||
1995 | Malice Domestic 4 (Pocket Books) | Winner | ||||
1996 | Accidents Will Happen | Malice Domestic 5 (Pocket Books) | Winner | |||
1997 | Tea for Two | Funnybones (Penguin Group) | Winner | |||
1998 | Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is A Vegetable | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1998 | Winner | |||
1999 | Out of Africa | Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder (Berkley Publishing Group) | Winner |
Result | ||||||
2000 | Malice Domestic 9 (Avon Books) | Winner | ||||
2001 | Malice Domestic X (Avon Books) | Winner | ||||
2002 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 2002 | Winner | ||||
Too Many Cooks | Much Ado About Murder, edited by Anne Perry (Berkley Prime Crime) | Winner | ||||
2003 | No Man’s Land | Blood On Their Hands (Berkley Prime Crime) | Winner | |||
2004 | Wedding Knife | Chesapeake Crimes, edited by Donna Andrews (Quiet Storm Publishing) | Winner | |||
2005 | Driven to Distraction | Chesapeake Crimes II (Quiet Storm Publishing) | Winner | |||
2006 | Sleeping with the Plush | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | Winner | |||
2007 | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine | Winner | ||||
2008 | Wolfsbane & Mistletoe (Penguin Group) | Winner | ||||
2009 | On the House | Level Best Books | Winner |
Result | |||||
2010 | So Much in Common | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sept./Oct. 2010 | Winner | ||
Swing Shift | Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side (Berkley) | Finalist | |||
Size Matters | Thin Ice: Crime Stories by New England Writers (Level Best Books) | Finalist | |||
Volunteer of the Year | Chesapeake Crimes: They Had it Comin (Wildside Press) | Finalist | |||
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Aug. 2010 | Finalist | ||||
2011 | Disarming | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 2011 | Winner | ||
Dead Eye Gravy | Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology (Wildside Press) | Finalist | |||
Truth and Consequences | Mystery Times Ten (Buddhapuss Ink) | Finalist | |||
Mystery Writers of America Presents the Rich and the Dead (Grand Central Publishing) | Finalist | ||||
Palace by the Lake | Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology (Wildside Press) | Finalist | |||
2012 | Mischief in Mesopotamia | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2012 | Winner | ||
Kept in the Dark | Best New England Crime Stories 2013: Blood Moon (Level Best Books) | Finalist | |||
Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder (Wildside Press) | Finalist | ||||
Thea's First Husband | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, June 2012 | Finalist | |||
When Duty Calls | Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder (Wildside Press) | Finalist | |||
2013 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2013 | Winner | |||
Evil Little Girl | Don't Get Mad, Get Even (Wildside Press) | Finalist | |||
Nightmare | Don't Get Mad, Get Even (Wildside Press) | Finalist | |||
Fish Nets: The Second Guppy Anthology (Wildside Press) | Finalist | ||||
Bread Baby | Best New England Crime Stories 2014: Stone Cold (Level Best Books) | Finalist | |||
2014 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2014 | Winner | |||
Best New England Crime Stories 2015: Rogue Wave (Level Best Books) | Finalist | ||||
Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays (Wildside Press) | Finalist | ||||
Just Desserts for Johnny | Finalist | ||||
Premonition | Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays (Wildside Press) | Finalist | |||
2015 | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2015 | Winner | |||
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2015 | Finalist | ||||
History & Mystery, Oh My (Mystery & Horror, LLC) | Finalist | ||||
Suffer the Poor | History & Mystery, Oh My (Mystery & Horror, LLC) | Finalist | |||
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March 2015 | Finalist | ||||
2016 | Parallel Play | Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning (Wildside Press) | Winner | ||
Double Jinx: A Bellissimo Casino Crime Caper Short Story | Henery Press | Finalist | |||
Malice Domestic 11: Murder Most Conventional (Wildside Press) | Finalist | ||||
Blood on the Bayou: Bouchercon Anthology 2016 (Down & Out Books) | Finalist | ||||
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, April 2016 | Finalist | ||||
2017 | Winner | ||||
Double Deck the Halls | Henery Press | Finalist | |||
Whose Wine Is It Anyway? | 50 Shades of Cabernet | Finalist | |||
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2017 | Finalist | ||||
Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea (Down & Out Books) | Finalist | ||||
2018 | All God's Sparrows | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2018 | Winner | ||
[fr] | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2018 | Winner | |||
Florida Happens: Tales of Mystery, Mayhem, and Suspense from the Sunshine State (Three Rooms Press) | Finalist | ||||
Bug Appétit | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November/December 2018 | Finalist | |||
English 398: Fiction Workshop | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2018 | Finalist | |||
2019 | Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible | Winner | |||
Grist for the Mill | (Darkhouse Books) | Finalist | |||
Alex’s Choice | Crime Travel (Wildside Press) | Finalist | |||
Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible (Wildside Press) | Finalist | ||||
Better Days | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2019 | Finalist |
Result | |||||
2020 | Dear Emily Etiquette | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2020 | Winner | ||
Masthead: Best New England Crime Stories | Finalist | ||||
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2020 | Finalist | ||||
Elysian Fields | California Schemin': the 2020 Bouchercon Anthology (Wildside Press) | Finalist | |||
In League with Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon (Pegasus Crime) | Finalist | ||||
2021 | Bay of Reckoning | Murder on the Beach (Destination Murders) | Winner | ||
A Family Matter | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2021 | Finalist | |||
A Tale of Two Sisters | Murder on the Beach (Destination Murders) | Finalist | |||
Doc's at Midnight | Midnight Hour | Finalist | |||
The Locked Room Library | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2021 | Finalist | |||
2022 | Beauty and the Beyotch | Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Issue 29 | Winner | ||
There Comes a Time | Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Diabolical | Finalist | |||
Fly Me to the Morgue | Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Diabolical | Finalist | |||
The Minnesota Twins Meet Bigfoot | Land of 10,000 Thrills: Bouchercon Anthology 2022 | Finalist | |||
The Invisible Band | Edgar & Shamus Go Golden | Finalist | |||
2023 | and Kristopher Zgorski | Ticket to Ride | Happiness Is a Warm Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of The Beatles | Winner | |
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, July/August 2023 | Finalist | ||||
Malice Domestic 17: Murder Most Traditional | Finalist | ||||
Real Courage | Black Cat Mystery Magazine, October 2023 | Finalist | |||
Shamu, World’s Greatest Detective | Killin’ Time in San Diego | Finalist |
Result | |||||
2001 | Mystery Of The Haunted Caves (Troop 13 Mystery series) | Meadowbrook Press | Winner | ||
2002 | and Matthew LaBrot | Red Card (The Zeke Armstrong Mysteries) | Top Publications | Winner | |
2003 | Marshall Cavendish | Winner | |||
2004 | Chasing Vermeer | Scholastic Press | Winner | ||
2005 | Down the Rabbit Hole | Winner | |||
2005 | Flush | Alfred A. Knopf | Winner | ||
2006 | Pea Soup Poisonings | Hilliard & Harris | Winner | ||
2007 | American Girl | Winner | |||
2008 | Winner | ||||
2009 | Random House | Winner | |||
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2010 | Atheneum Books | Winner | |||
Dutton Children's | Finalist | ||||
Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus | Houghton Mifflin | Finalist | |||
Candlewick Press | Finalist | ||||
Virals | Razorbill | Finalist | |||
2011 | Random House | Winner | |||
Shelter | Putnam | Finalist | |||
Icefall | Scholastic Press | Finalist | |||
EgmontUSA | Finalist | ||||
(The Code Busters Club) | EgmontUSA | Finalist | |||
2012 | (The Code Busters Club) | EgmontUSA | Winner | ||
Seconds Away | Finalist | ||||
Finalist | |||||
Liar & Spy | Finalist | ||||
Code Name Verity | Finalist | ||||
2013 | Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library | Random House | Winner | ||
HMH Books for Young Readers | Finalist | ||||
Traitor in the Shipyard: A Caroline Mystery | Finalist | ||||
Andi Unexpected | Zonderkidz | Finalist | |||
Mystery of the Pirate's Treasure (The Code Busters Club) | EgmontUSA | Finalist | |||
2014 | (The Code Busters Club) | EgmontUSA | Winner | ||
Found | Putnam Juvenile | Finalist | |||
Andi Under Pressure | ZonderKidz | Finalist | |||
Greenglass House | Clarion Books | Finalist | |||
Uncertain Glory | Islandport Press | Finalist | |||
2015 | Andi Unstoppable | Zonderkidz | Winner | ||
Pieces and Players | Scholastic Press | Finalist | |||
Need | HMH Books for Young Readers | Finalist | |||
Woof | Scholastic Press | Finalist | |||
Fighting Chance | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | |||
2016 | (The Code Busters Club) | Darby Creek | Winner | ||
Trapped (A Mei-hua Adventure) | Drum Tower Press | Finalist | |||
Spy Ski School | Simon & Schuster | Finalist | |||
Tag, You're Dead | Poisoned Pen Press | Finalist | |||
Balzer & Bray | Finalist | ||||
2017 | Sydney Mackenzie Knocks 'Em Dead | Aladdin | Winner | ||
City of Angels | Finalist | ||||
Finalist | |||||
Audacity Jones Steals the Show | Finalist | ||||
Finalist | |||||
2018 | Potion Problems (Just Add Magic) | Winner | |||
Winterhouse | Finalist | ||||
Finalist | |||||
2019 | Auctus Press | Winner | |||
Kazu Jones and the Denver Dognappers | Disney Hyperion | Finalist | |||
Two Can Keep a Secret | Delacorte Press | Finalist | |||
Top Marks for Murder | Puffin | Finalist | |||
Jada Sly, Artist and Spy | Little Brown Books for Young Readers | Finalist |
Result | |||||
2020 | Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco | Piñata Books | Winner | ||
Midnight at the Barclay Hotel | Viking Books for Young Readers | Finalist | |||
Premeditated Myrtle | Algonquin Young Readers | Finalist | |||
Saltwater Secrets | AladdinQ | Finalist | |||
From the Desk of Zoe Washington | Katherin Teagen Books | Finalist | |||
2021 | I Play One on TV | Down & Out Books | Winner | ||
Cold-Blooded Myrtle | Algonquin Young Readers | Finalist | |||
Fiewel and Friends | Finalist | ||||
Leisha's Song | Fire and Ice/Melange Books | Finalist | |||
Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche | Wednesday Books | Finalist | |||
2022 | Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade | Wednesday Books | Winner | ||
Daybreak on Raven Island | Viking Books for Young Readers | Finalist | |||
In Myrtle Peril | Algonquin Young Readers | Finalist | |||
| Bold Strokes Books | Finalist | |||
Sid Johnson and the Phantom Slave Stealer | Auctus Publishers | Finalist | |||
2023 | Winner | ||||
Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity | Finalist | ||||
Araña and Spiderman | Finalist | ||||
Finalist | |||||
Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose | Finalist |
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2003 | Actor | ||
2004 | Thomas Dunne Books editor | ||
2005 | Actress and singer | ||
2006 | Crippen & Landru Press publisher | ||
2007 | None | ||
2008 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine editor | ||
2008 | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine editor | ||
2009 | and Brian Skupin | Mystery Scene publisher | |
2010 | Screenwriter and producer | ||
2011 | |||
2012 | American writer | ||
2013 | None | ||
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2015 | None | ||
2016 | Poisoned Pen Press editor-in-chief | ||
2016 | Poisoned Pen Press president and founder | ||
2017 | Author | ||
2018 | British actress |