Lehane Wins Edgar, Thanks Librarians

Live by NightDennis Lehane won the Mystery Writers of America Award for Best Novel last night for Live by Night. In his acceptance speech, he thanked librarians for offering “a light in the darkness for the kids from the wrong side of the tracks,” reports Shelf Awareness.

Lehane won over six other nominees in that category, including Gillian Flynn for Gone Girl.

Click to download a spreadsheet of all the Edgar-Nominees-and-Winners in the book categories, with ordering information, including audio, large print and paperback formats.

Winners in the book categories are listed after the jump:

Best NovelLive by Night by Dennis Lehane (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)

Best First NovelThe Expats by Chris Pavone (RH/Crown)

Best Fact CrimeMidnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China by Paul French (Penguin)

Best JuvenileThe Quick Fix by Jack D. Ferraiolo (Abrams – Amulet Books)

Best Young AdultCode Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (Disney/Hyperion) — also a Printz Honor Book

Best Paperback OriginalThe Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters (Quirk Books)

Best Critical/Biographical: The Scientific Sherlock Holmes: Cracking the Case with Science and Forensics by James O’Brien (Oxford University Press)

The Simon & Schuster – Mary Higgins Clark Award: The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Macmillan/Forge)

2 Responses to “Lehane Wins Edgar, Thanks Librarians”

  1. Denise Engel Says:

    Thanks for creating a spreadsheet but I don’t see “Best Critical/Biographical: The Scientific Sherlock Holmes: Cracking the Case with Science and Forensics by James O’Brien (Oxford University Press)” on the list.

  2. Nora Rawlinson Says:

    Great to hear that you are using it — you are right, we accidentally left off that category — the spreadsheet is now updated.