The winners are:
BEST NOVEL Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King (Simon & Schuster – Scribner)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman (W.W. Norton)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL The Secret History of Las Vegas by Chris Abani (Penguin Random House – Penguin Books)
BEST FACT CRIME Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood by William J. Mann (HarperCollins Publishers – Harper)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe by J.W. Ocker (W.W. Norton – Countryman Press)
BEST SHORT STORY “What Do You Do?” – Rogues by Gillian Flynn (Penguin Random House Publishing – Bantam Books)
BEST JUVENILE Greenglass House by Kate Milford (Clarion Books – Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers)
BEST YOUNG ADULT The Art of Secrets by James Klise (Algonquin Young Readers)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY “Episode 1” – Happy Valley, Teleplay by Sally Wainwright (Netflix)
ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD “Getaway Girl” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine By Zoë Z. Dean (Dell Magazines)
GRAND MASTER Lois Duncan James Ellroy
RAVEN AWARDS Ruth & Jon Jordan, Crimespree Magazine Kathryn Kennison, Magna Cum Murder
ELLERY QUEEN AWARD Charles Ardai, Editor & Founder, Hard Case Crime * * * * * *
THE SIMON & SCHUSTER – MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD (Presented at MWA’s Agents & Editors Party on Tuesday, April 28, 2015) The Stranger You Know by Jane Casey (Minotaur Books)
For more information about the Mystery Writer’s of America, the Edgar Awards, and this year’s winners, visit their website.