Edgar Allan Poe Awards

Mystery Writers of America (MWA)
236 West 27 Street, New York
NY 10001, USA

Mystery Writers of America honour the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television and film published or produced in the previous year. Therefore, a 1990 "Edgar" is for a 1989 work. This started after 1986, therefore, 1987 is not represented on the list. Listed below are the winners of the Edgar for Best Novel. Visit The Edgars website for more information.

• 2009 Blue Heaven C. J. Box
• 2008 Down river John Hart
• 2007 The Janissary Tree Jason Goodwin
• 2006 Citizen Vince Jess Walter
• 2005 California Girl T. Jefferson Parker
• 2004 Resurrection Men Ian Rankin
• 2003 Winter and Night S.J. Rozan
• 2002 Silent Joe T. Jefferson Parker
• 2001 The Bottoms Joe R Lansdale
• 2000 Bones Jan Burke
• 1999 Mr White's confession Robert Clark
• 1998 Cimarron Rose James Lee Burke
• 1997 The Chatham School affair Thomas A. Cook
• 1996 Come to grief Dick Francis
• 1995 The Red scream Mary Willis Walker
• 1994 Sculptress Minette Walters
• 1993 Bootleggers daughter Margaret Maron
• 1992 A dance at the slaughterhouse Lawrence Block
• 1991 New Orleans mourning Julie Smith
• 1990 Black cherry blues James Lee Burke
• 1989 A cold red sunrise Stuart M. Kaminsky
• 1988 Old bones Aaron Elkins
• 1986 A dark-adapted eye Barbara Vine
• 1985 The Suspect L.R. Wright
• 1984 Briar patch Ross Thomas
• 1983 La Brava Elmore Leonard
• 1982Billingsgate Shoal Rick Boyer
• 1981 Peregrine William Bayer
• 1980 Whip hand Dick Francis
• 1979 The Rheingold route Arthur Maling
• 1978 The Eye of the needle Ken Follett
• 1977 Catch me: kill me William Hallahan
• 1976 Promised land Robert Parker
• 1975 Hopscotch Brian Garfield
• 1974 Peters pence Jon Cleary
• 1973 Dance hall of the dead Tony Hillerman
• 1972 The Lingala vode Warren Kiefer
• 1971 The Day of the Jackal Frederick Forsyth
• 1970 The Laughing policeman Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo
• 1969 Forfeit Dick Francis
• 1968 A case of need Jeffery Hudson
• 1967 God save the mark Donald E. Westlake
• 1966 King of the rainy country Nicolas Freeling
• 1965 The Quiller memorandum Adam Hall
• 1964 The Spy who came in from the cold John Le Carre
• 1963 The Light of day Eric Ambler
• 1962 Death of the joyful woman Ellis Peters
• 1961 Gideons fire J.J. Marric
• 1960 Progress of a crime Julian Symons
• 1959 The Hours before dawn Celia Fremlin
• 1958 The Eighth circle Stanley Ellin
• 1957 Room to swing Ed Lacy
• 1956 A dram of poison Charlotte Armstrong
• 1955 Beast in view Margaret Millar
• 1954 The Long goodbye Raymond Chandler
• 1953 Beat not the bones Charlotte Jay