The Edgar® Awards

Mystery Writers of America announced the winners of the 2011 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2010. The Edgar® Awards were presented to the winners at our 65th Gala Banquet, April 28, 2011 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.

BEST NOVEL
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard

BEST FACT CRIME
Scoreboard, Baby: A Story of College Football, Crime and Complicity by Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry

BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and his Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang

BEST JUVENILE
The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy by Dori Hillestad Butler

BEST YOUNG ADULT
Interrogation of Gabriel James by Charlie Price