2009 Edgar Award Winners
Posted on May 6, 2009
The winners of the 2009 Edgar Awards - annual awards given by Mystery Writers of America - have been announced. Here's the list of winners.
- Best Novel: Blue Heaven by C.J. Box
- Best First Novel (by an American): The Foreigner by Francie Lin
- Best Paperback Original: China Lake: An Evan Delaney Novel by Meg Gardiner
- Best Fact Crime: American Lightning by Howard Blum
- Best Critical/Biographical: Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories by Harry Lee Poe
- Best Young Adult: Paper Towns by John Green
- Best Juvenile: The Postcard by Tony Abbott
- Best Short Story: "Skinhead Central" by T. Jefferson Parker (in The Blue Religion)
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