The Edgar Allan Poe Awards® (the "Edgars®") are named after The Mystery Writers of America's patron saint, Edgar Allan Poe, and are awarded to authors of distinguished work in various categories of the genre.
Year | Best Novel | Best First Novel | Best Fact Crime |
2007 | Jason Goodwin | Alex Berenson | Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer James L. Swanson |
2006 | Jess Walter | Theresa Schwegel |
Edward Dolnick |
2005
| Jefferson Parker | Don Lee | Conviction: Solving the Moxley Murder Leonard Levitt |
2004 | Ian Rankin | Rebecca Pawel |
Erik Larson |
2003 | S J Rozan | Jonathon King |
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2002 | T Jefferson Parker | David Ellis |
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2001 | Joe R Lansdale | David Liss |
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2000 | Jan Burke | Eliot Pattison |
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