Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominations
Nominations were announced this week for the 2011 Edgar Allan Poe Awards. Presented by the Mystery Writers of America, these awards honour mystery fiction, non-fiction and television. Winners will be announced on April 28, 2011.
Best Novel
Caught by Harlan Coben
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Faithful Place by Tana French
I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
The Queen of Patpong by Timothy Hallinan
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Best First Novel by an American Author
Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto
The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron
Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva
The Serialist by David Gordon
Snow Angels by James Thompson
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Best Paperback Original
Expiration Date by Duane Swierczynski
Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard
The News Where You Are by Catherine O'Flynn
Ten Little Herrings by L.C. Tyler
Vienna Secrets by Frank Tallis
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Best Fact Crime
The Eyes of Willie McGee: A Tragedy of Race, Sex and Secrets in the Jim Crow South by Alex Heard
Finding Chandra: A True Washington Murder Mystery by Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz
Hellhound on his Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for his Assassin by Hampton Sides
The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science by Douglas Starr
Scoreboard, Baby: A Story of College Football, Crime and Complicity by Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry
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Best Critical/Biographical
Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making by John Curran
Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and his Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang
Sherlock Holmes for Dummies by Steven Doyle and David A. Crowder
Thrillers: 100 Must Reads edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner
The Wire: Truth Be Told by Rafael Alvarez





















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