Agatha Christie

The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the traditional mystery subgenre: "books typified by the works of Agatha Christie . . . loosely defined as mysteries that contain no explicit sex, excessive gore or gratuitous violence, and are not classified as 'hard-boiled.'"[1] At an annual convention in Washington, D.C.,[2] the Agatha Awards are handed out by Malice Domestic Ltd, in six categories: Best Novel; Best First Mystery; Best Historical Novel; Best Short Story; Best Non-Fiction; Best Children's/Young Adult Mystery. Additionally, in some years the Poirot Award is presented to honor individuals other than writers who have made outstanding contributions to the mystery genre, but it is not an annual award.

Early meetings of the Malice Domestic Committee occurred in fall 1987, with the first convention held on April 21–23, 1989, in Silver Spring, MD.[3][4] Malice Domestic Ltd was incorporated in 1992. It is governed by a volunteer board of directors.[5]

Awards

Winners and, where known, nominated titles for each year:

Best First Novel

1980s

Agatha Award for Best First Novel, 1988-1989[6]
Year Author Title Publisher Result
1988 Elizabeth George A Great Deliverance Bantam Books Winner
Caroline Graham The Killings at Badger's Drift Finalist
Corinne Holt Sawyer The J. Alfred Prufrock Murders Finalist
Susannah Stacey Goodbye Nanny Grey Finalist
Dorothy Sucher Dead Men Don't Give Seminars Finalist
1989 Jill Churchill Grime and Punishment Avon Winner
Eleanor Boylan Working Murder Finalist
Frances Fyfield A Question of Guilt Finalist
Melanie Johnson Howe The Mother Shadow Finalist
Edith Skom The Mark Twain Murders Finalist

1990s

Agatha Award for Best First Novel, 1990-1999[6]
Year Author Title Publisher Result
1990 Katherine Hall Page The Body in the Belfry St. Martin's Press Winner
Pat Burden Screaming Bones Finalist
William F. Love The Chartreuse Clue Finalist
Diane Mott Davidson Catering to Nobody Finalist
Janet L. Smith Sea of Troubles Finalist
1991 Mary Willis Walker Zero at the Bone St. Martin's Press Winner
Mary Cahill Carpool Finalist
Mary Daheim Just Desserts Finalist
Rebecca Rothenberg The Bulrush Murders Finalist
Ann Williams Flowers for the Dead Finalist
1992 Barbara Neely Blanche on the Lam St. Martin's Press Winner [7][8]
Deborah Adams All the Great Pretenders Finalist
Carol Higgins Clark Decked Finalist
Miriam Grace Monfredo Seneca Falls Inheritance Finalist
Susan Wittig Albert Thyme of Death Finalist
1993 Nevada Barr Track of the Cat Putnam Winner
Jan Burke Goodnight, Irene Finalist
Deborah Crombie A Share in Death Finalist
Sharan Newman Death Comes as Ephiphany Finalist
Abigail Padgett Child of Silence Finalist
1994 Jeff Abbott Do Unto Others Ballantine Winner
Barbara Burnett Smith Writers of the Purple Sage Finalist
Janet Evanovich One for the Money Scribner Finalist
Earlene Fowler Fool's Puzzle Finalist
Polly Whitney Until Death Finalist
1995 Jeanne M. Dams The Body in the Transept Walker Winner
Teri Holbrook A Far and Deadly Cry Finalist
Jody Jaffe Horse of a Different Killer Finalist
Virginia Lanier Death in Bloodhound Red Finalist
Martha C. Lawrence Murder in Scorpio Finalist
1996 Anne George Murder on a Girl's Night Out Avon Winner
Dale Furutani Death in Little Tokyo: A Ken Tanaka Mystery St. Martin’s Finalist
Terris Grimes Somebody Else's Child Onyx Books Finalist
Teri Holbrook The Grass Widow Bantam Books Finalist
Margaret K. Lawrence Hearts and Bone: A Novel of Historical Suspense Avon Finalist
Lillian M. Roberts Riding for a Fall Gold Medal Finalist
1997 Sujata Massey The Salaryman's Wife HarperCollins Winner
Joanne Dobson Quieter Than Sleep Doubleday Finalist
Phyllis Richman The Butter Did It HarperCollins Finalist
Penny Warner Dead Body Language Bantam Books Finalist
Barbara Jaye Wilson Death Brims Over Avon Finalist
1998 Robin Hathaway The Doctor Digs a Grave Minotaur Books Winner
Jerrilyn Farmer Sympathy for the Devil Avon Finalist
Jacqueline Fiedler Tiger's Palette Pocket Finalist
Judy Fitzwater Dying to Get Published Fawcett Finalist
Sharon Kahn Fax Me a Bagel Scribner Finalist
1999 Donna Andrews Murder with Peacocks Thomas Dunne Books Winner
April Henry Circles of Confusion HarperTorch Finalist
Kris Neri Revenge of the Gypsy Queen Rainbow Books Finalist
Elena Santangelo By Blood Possessed Minotaur Books Finalist
Marcia Talley Sing It to Her Bones Dell Finalist

2000s

Agatha Award for Best First Novel, 2000-2009[6]
Year Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
2000 Rosemary Stevens [fr] Death on a Silver Tray Berkley Prime Crime Winner
Julie W. Herman Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death Overmountain Press Finalist
Irene Marcuse Death of an Amiable Child Walker & Company Finalist [9]
Denise Swanson Murder of a Small Town Honey Signet Finalist
2001 Sarah Strohmeyer Bubbles Unbound Dutton Winner
Tim Myers Innkeeping with Murder Berkley Prime Crime Finalist
Charlie O'Brien Mute Witness Poisoned Pen Press Finalist
Andy Straka A Witness Above Signet Finalist
2002 Julia Spencer-Fleming In the Bleak Midwinter Minotaur Books Winner
Pip Granger Not All Tarts Are Apple Poisoned Pen Press Finalist
Roberta Isleib Six Strokes Under Berkley Prime Crime Finalist
Claire M. Johnson Beat Until Stiff Poisoned Pen Press Finalist
Nancy Martin How to Murder a Millionaire Signet Finalist
Lea Wait Shadows at the Fair Scribner Finalist
2003 Jacqueline Winspear Maisie Dobbs Soho Press Inc. Winner
Elaine Flinn [fr] Dealing in Murder Avon Finalist
Erin Hart Haunted Ground Scribner Finalist
S.W. Hubbard Take the Bait Pocket Books Finalist
Maddy Hunter Alpine for You Pocket Books Finalist
Joyce Kreig Murder off Mike Minotaur Books Finalist [10]
Sarah Stewart Taylor [de] O’ Artful Death St. Martin's Press Finalist
2004 Harley Jane Kozak Dating Dead Men Doubleday Winner
Judy Clemens Till the Cows Come Home Poisoned Pen Press Finalist
Patricia Harwin Arson and Old Lace Pocket Books Finalist
Susan Kandel I Dreamed I Married Perry Mason HarperCollins Finalist
Pari Noskin Taichert The Clovis Incident: A Mystery University of New Mexico Press Finalist
Dorothy Salisbury Davis and Jerome Ross God Speed the Night Finalist
2005 Laura Durham [fr] Better Off Wed HarperCollins Winner
Laura Bradford Jury of One Hilliard & Harris Finalist
Shirley Damsgaard Witch Way to Murder Avon Finalist
Maggie Sefton Knit One, Kill Two Finalist
Lisa Tillman Blood Relations Hilliard & Harris Finalist
2006 Sandra Parshall [fr] The Heat of the Moon Poisoned Pen Press Winner
Jane Cleland Consigned to Death Minotaur Books Finalist
Honora Finkelstein and Susan Smily The Chef Who Died Sauteing Hilliard & Harris Finalist
Hailey Lind Feint of Art Signet Finalist
Karen MacInerney Murder on the Rocks Midnight Ink Finalist
2007 Hank Phillippi Ryan Prime Time Harlequin Winner
Charles Finch A Beautiful Blue Death Minotaur Books Finalist
Beth Groundwater A Real Basket Case Five Star Mystery Finalist
Deanna Raybourn Silent in the Grave Mira Books Finalist
2008 G. M. Malliet Death of a Cozy Writer Midnight Ink Winner
Sarah Atwell Through a Glass, Deadly Finalist
Joanna Campbell Slan Paper, Scissors, Death Finalist
Krista Davis The Diva Runs Out of Thyme Penguin Group Finalist
Rosemary Harris Pushing Up Daisies Minotaur Books Finalist [11]
2009 Alan Bradley The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Delacorte Press Winner [12]
Lisa Bork For Better, for Murder Finalist
Meredith Cole Posed for Murder Minotaur Books Finalist
Elizabeth J. Duncan The Cold Light of Mourning St. Martin's Press Finalist
Stefanie Pintoff In the Shadow of Gotham Minotaur Books Finalist

2010s

Agatha Award for Best First Novel, 2010-2019[6]
Year Author Title Result
2010 Avery Aames [fr; ja] The Long Quiche Goodbye Winner [13]
Laura Alden Murder at the PTA Finalist [14]
Deborah Blum The Poisoner's Handbook Finalist [14]
Amanda Flower Maid of Murder Finalist [14]
Sasscer Hill Full Mortality Finalist [14]
Alan Orloff Diamonds for the Dead Finalist [14]
2011 Sara J. Henry [fr] Learning to Swim Winner [15]
Janet Bolin Dire Threads Finalist [16]
Kaye George Choke Finalist [16]
Rochelle Staab Who Do, Voodoo? Finalist [16]
Kari Lee Townsend Tempest in the Tea Leaves Finalist [16]
2012 Susan M. Boyer Lowcountry Boil Winner
Duffy Brown Iced Chiffon Finalist
Erika Chase A Killer Read Finalist
Mollie Cox Bryan A Scrapbook of Secrets Finalist
Stephanie Jaye Evans Faithful Unto Death Finalist
2013 Leslie Budewitz Death Al Dente Winner
Shelley Costa You Cannoli Die Once Finalist
Kendel Lynn Board Stiff Finalist
Liz Mugavero Kneading to Die Finalist
LynDee Walker Front Page Fatality Finalist
2014 Terrie Farley Moran Well Read, Then Dead Winner
Annette Dashoffy Circle of Influence Finalist
Sherry Harris Tagged for Death Finalist
Susan O'Brien Finding Sky Finalist
Tracy Weber Murder Strikes a Pose Finalist
2015 Art Taylor On the Road with Del and Louise Winner
Tessa Arlen Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman Finalist [17]
Cindy Brown Macdeath Finalist
Ellen Byron Plantation Shudders Finalist
Julianne Holmes Just Killing Time Finalist
2016 Cynthia Kuhn The Semester of Our Discontent Winner
Marla Cooper Terror in Taffeta Finalist
Alexia Gordon Murder in G Major Finalist
Nadine Nettmann Decanting a Murder Finalist
Renee Patrick Design for Dying Finalist [18]
2017 Kellye Garrett Hollywood Homicide Winner
Micki Browning Adrift Finalist
V.M. Burns The Plot is Murder Finalist
Laura Oles Daughters of Bad Men Finalist
Kathleen Valenti Protocol Finalist
2018 Dianne Freeman [fr] A Ladies Guide to Etiquette and Murder Winner
Shari Randall Curses, Boiled Again Winner
Edwin Hill Little Comfort Finalist
Aimee Hix What Doesn't Kill You Finalist
Keenan Powell Deadly Solution Finalist
2019 Tara Laskowski [fr] One Night Gone Winner
Connie Berry A Dream of Death Finalist
S. C. Perkins Murder Once Removed Finalist [19]
Ang Pompano When It’s Time for Leaving Finalist
Grace Topping Staging is Murder Finalist

2020s

Agatha Award for Best First Novel, 2020-2029[6]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2020 Erica Neubauer Murder at the Mena House Winner [20]
Esme Addison A Spell for Trouble Finalist [21][22]
Tina Debellegarde Winter Witness Finalist [21][22]
Mary Keliikoa Derailed Finalist [21][22]
Laura Jensen Walker Murder Most Sweet Finalist [21][22]
2021 Mia P. Manansala Arsenic and Adobo Winner [23]
Mally Becker The Turncoat's Widow Finalist
Lori Duffy Foster A Dead Man's Eyes Finalist
Judy L. Murray Murder in the Master Finalist
Raquel V. Reyes Mango, Mambo, and Murder Finalist
2022
Korina Moss Cheddar Off Dead Winner
M.A. Monnin Death in the Aegean Finalist
Harini Nagendra The Bangalore Detectives Club Finalist
Rob Osler Devil's Chew Toy Finalist
Joan Long The Finalist Finalist
Nina Wachsman The Gallery of Beauties Finalist

Best Contemporary Novel

2010s

Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel, 2013-2019[6]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2013 Hank Phillippi Ryan The Wrong Girl Winner
G. M. Malliet Pagan Spring Finalist
Louise Penny How the Light Gets In Finalist
Barbara Ross Clammed Up Finalist
Julia Spencer-Fleming Through the Evil Days Finalist
2014 Hank Phillippi Ryan Truth Be Told Winner
Donna Andrews The Good, the Bad and the Emus Finalist
G. M. Malliet A Demon Summer Finalist
Margaret Maron Designated Daughters Finalist
Louise Penny The Long Way Home Finalist
2015 Margaret Maron Long Upon the Land Winner [20]
Annette Dashofy Bridges Burned Finalist
Catriona McPherson The Child Garden Finalist
Louise Penny Nature of the Beast Finalist
Hank Phillippi Ryan What You See Finalist
2016 Louise Penny A Great Reckoning Winner
Ellen Byron Body on the Bayou Finalist
Catriona McPherson Quiet Neighbors Finalist
Barbara Ross Fogged Inn Finalist
Hank Phillippi Ryan Say No More Finalist
2017 Louise Penny Glass Houses Winner
Allison Brook Death Overdue Finalist
Ellen Byron A Cajun Christmas Killing Finalist
Annette Dashofy No Way Home Finalist
Margaret Maron Take Out Finalist
2018 Ellen Byron Mardi Gras Murder Winner
Bruce Robert Coffin Beyond the Truth Finalist
Annette Dashofy Cry Wolf Finalist
Louise Penny Kingdom of the Blind Finalist
Hank Phillippi Ryan Trust Me Finalist
2019 Ann Cleeves The Long Call Winner
Ellen Byron Fatal Cajun Festival Finalist
Annette Dashofy Fair Game Finalist
Edwin Hill The Missing Ones Finalist
Louise Penny A Better Man Finalist
Hank Phillippi Ryan The Murder List Finalist

2020s

Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel, 2020-2029[6]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2020 Louise Penny All the Devils Are Here Winner [20][24]
Donna Andrews The Gift of the Magpie Finalist [21][22]
Ellen Byron Murder in the Bayou Boneyard Finalist [21][22]
Sherry Harris From Beer to Eternity Finalist [21][22]
Lori Rader-Day The Lucky One Finalist [21][22]
2021 Ellen Byron Cajun Kiss of Death Winner [23]
Edwin Hill Watch Her Finalist
Louise Penny The Madness of Crowds Finalist
Hank Phillippi Ryan Her Perfect Life Finalist
Gabriel Valjan Symphony Road Finalist
2022
Ellen Byron Bayou Book Thief Finalist [21][22]
Jennifer J. Chow Death By Bubble Tea Finalist
Annette Dashofy Fatal Reunion Finalist
Tina De Bellegarde Dead Man's Leap Finalist
Louise Penny A World of Curiosities Winner

Best Novel

1980s

Agatha Award for Best Novel,1988-1989[6]
Year Author Title Publisher Result
1988 Carolyn G. Hart Something Wicked Bantam Winner
Dorothy Cannell The Widow's Club Finalist
Joan Hess Mischief in Maggody [25]
Sharyn McCrumb Paying the Piper Finalist
Nancy Pickard Dead Crazy Finalist
1989 Elizabeth Peters Naked Once More Warner Winner
Sarah Caudwell The Sirens Sang of Murder Finalist
Carolyn G. Hart A Little Class on Murder Finalist
Margaret Maron Corpus Christmas Finalist
Gillian Roberts Philly Stakes Finalist

1990s

Agatha Award for Best Novel,1990-1999[6]
Year Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
1990 Nancy Pickard Bum Steer Pocket Books Winner
Charlaine Harris Real Murders Finalist
Carolyn G. Hart Deadly Valentine Finalist
Anne Perry The Face of a Stranger Finalist
Ellis Peters The Potter's Field Finalist
1991 Nancy Pickard I.O.U. Pocket Books Winner
Aaron Elkins Make No Bones Mysterious Press Finalist
Carolyn G. Hart The Christie Caper Bantam Books Finalist
Charlotte MacLeod An Owl Too Many Mysterious Press Finalist
Elizabeth Peters The Last Camel Died at Noon Warner Finalist
1992 Margaret Maron Bootlegger's Daughter Mysterious Press Winner
Carolyn G. Hart Southern Ghost Finalist
Sharyn McCrumb The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter Finalist
Anne Perry Defend and Betray Finalist
Elizabeth Peters The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog Finalist
1993 Carolyn Hart Dead Man's Island Bantam Books Winner
Aaron Elkins Old Scores Finalist
Joan Hess O Little Town of Maggody Finalist [25]
Kathy Hogan Trocheck To Live and Die in Dixie Finalist
Rochelle Majer Krich Fair Game Finalist
Margaret Maron Southern Discomfort Finalist
1994 Sharyn McCrumb She Walks These Hills Scribner Winner
Carolyn G. Hart Scandal in Fair Haven Finalist
Laurie R. King The Beekeeper's Apprentice Finalist
Rochelle Majer Krich Angel of Death Finalist
Elizabeth Peters Night Train to Memphis Finalist
1995 Sharyn McCrumb If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him Ballantine Books Winner
Joan Hess Miracles in Maggody Finalist [25]
Sharan Newman The Wandering Arm Finalist
Nancy Pickard Twilight Finalist
Walter Satterthwait Escapade Finalist
1996 Margaret Maron Up Jumps The Devil Mysterious Press Winner
Earlene Fowler Kansas Troubles Berkley Books Finalist
Sharan Newman Strong as Death Forge Finalist
1997 Kate Ross The Devil In Music Viking Press Winner
Jan Burke Hocus Simon & Schuster Finalist
Deborah Crombie Dreaming of the Bones Scribner Finalist
Earlene Fowler Goose in a Pond Berkley Books Finalist
Elizabeth Peters Seeing a Large Cat Warner Finalist
1998 Laura Lippman Butchers Hill Avon Winner [20]
Jan Burke Liar Simon & Schuster Finalist
Earlene Fowler Dove in the Window Berkley Finalist
Virginia Lanier Blind Bloodhound Justice HarperCollins Finalist
Margaret Maron Home Fires Mysterious Press Finalist
Elizabeth Peters The Ape Who Guards the Balance Avon Finalist
1999 Earlene Fowler Mariner's Compass Berkley Books Winner
Jerrilyn Farmer Immaculate Reception Avon Finalist
Carolyn Hart Death on the River Walk Avon Finalist
Laura Lippman In Big Trouble Avon Finalist
Sujata Massey The Flower Master HarperCollins Finalist

2000s

Agatha Award for Best Novel, 2000-2009[6]
Year Author Title Publisher Result
2000 Margaret Maron Storm Track Mysterious Press Winner
Taffy Cannon Guns and Roses Finalist
Jerrilyn Farmer Killer Wedding Finalist
Sujata Massey The Floating Girl Finalist
Elizabeth Peters He Shall Thunder in the Sky Finalist
2001 Rhys Bowen Murphy's Law St. Martin's Minotaur Winner
Earlene Fowler Arkansas Traveler Berkley Books Finalist
Charlaine Harris Dead Until Dark Ace Finalist
Rochelle Majer Krich Shadows of Sin Avon Finalist
Sujata Massey The Bride's Kimono HarperCollins Finalist
2002 Donna Andrews You've Got Murder Berkley Prime Crime Winner
Rhys Bowen Death of Riley St. Martin's Minotaur Finalist
Katherine Hall Page The Body in the Bonfire Morrow Finalist
Rochelle Majer Krich Blues in the Night Ballantine Books Finalist
Elizabeth Peters The Golden One William Morrow & Company Finalist
2003 Carolyn Hart Letter From Home Berkley Prime Crime Winner
Donna Andrews Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon St. Martin's Minotaur Finalist
Jerrilyn Farmer Mumbo Gumbo William Morrow & Company Finalist
Rochelle Majer Krich Dream House Ballantine Books Finalist
Margaret Maron Last Lessons of Summer Mysterious Press Finalist
Elaine Viets Shop till You Drop Signet Finalist
2004 Jacqueline Winspear Birds of a Feather Soho Press Winner
Donna Andrews We'll Always Have Parrots Thomas Dunne Books Finalist
Laura Lippman By a Spider's Thread HarperCollins Finalist
Margaret Maron High Country Fall Mysterious Press Finalist
Sujata Massey The Pearl Diver HarperCollins Finalist
2005 Katherine Hall Page The Body in the Snowdrift William Morrow & Company Winner
Donna Andrews Owls Well That Ends Well St. Martin's Minotaur Finalist
Margaret Maron Rituals of the Season Mysterious Press & Warner Books Finalist
Pari Noskin Taichert The Belen Hitch University of New Mexico Press Finalist
Heather Webber Trouble in Spades Avon/HarperCollins Finalist
Jacqueline Winspear Pardonable Lies Henry Holt & Company Finalist
2006 Nancy Pickard The Virgin of Small Plains Random House Winner
Earlene Fowler The Saddlemaker's Wife Finalist
L. C. Hayden Why Casey Had to Die Finalist
Nancy Pickard The Virgin of Small Plains Finalist
Julia Spencer-Fleming All Mortal Flesh Finalist
Jacqueline Winspear Messenger of Truth Finalist
2007 Louise Penny A Fatal Grace (Dead Cold in Canada) St. Martin's Minotaur Winner [26]
Donna Andrews The Penguin Who Knew Too Much St. Martin's Minotaur Finalist
Rhys Bowen Her Royal Spyness Penguin Group Finalist
Margaret Maron Hard Row Grand Central Publishing Finalist
Elaine Viets Murder with Reservations NAL Finalist
2008 Louise Penny The Cruelest Month Minotaur Books Winner [26]
Donna Andrews Six Geese A-Slaying Minotaur Books Finalist
Rhys Bowen A Royal Pain Penguin Group Finalist
Anne Perry Buckingham Palace Gardens Random House Finalist
Julia Spencer-Fleming I Shall Not Want Minotaur Books Finalist
2009 Louise Penny A Brutal Telling Minotaur Books Winner [26][12]
Donna Andrews Swan for the Money St. Martin's Minotaur Finalist
Lorna Barrett Bookplate Special Berkley Prime Crime Finalist
Rhys Bowen Royal Flush Berkley Prime Crime Finalist
Hank Phillippi Ryan Air Time MIRA Finalist

2010s

Agatha Award for Best Novel, 2010-2019[6]
Year Author Title Result
2010 Louise Penny Bury Your Dead Winner [26][13]
Donna Andrews Stork Raving Mad Finalist [14]
Nancy Pickard The Scent of Rain and Lightning Finalist [14]
Hank Phillippi Ryan Drive Time Finalist [14]
Heather Webber Truly, Madly Finalist [14]
2011 Margaret Maron Three-Day Town Winner [15]
Donna Andrews The Real Macaw Finalist
Krista Davis The Diva Haunts the House Finalist
G. M. Malliet Wicked Autumn Finalist
Louise Penny A Trick of the Light Finalist
2012 Louise Penny The Beautiful Mystery Winner
Krista Davis The Diva Digs Up the Dirt Finalist
G. M. Malliet A Fatal Winter Finalist
Margaret Maron The Buzzard Table Finalist
Hank Phillippi Ryan The Other Woman Finalist

Best Historical Novel

2010s

Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel, 2011-2019[6]
Year Author Title Series Result
2011 Rhys Bowen Naughty in Nice Royal Spyness Winner [15]
J. J. Murphy Murder Your Darlings Algonquin Round Table Finalist [14]
Ann Parker Mercury's Rise Silver Rush Finalist [14]
Jeri Westerson Troubled Bones Crispin Guest Mysteries Finalist [14]
Jacqueline Winspear A Lesson in Secrets Maisie Dobbs Finalist [14]
2012 Catriona McPherson Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for Murder Dandy Gilver Winner
Rhys Bowen The Twelve Clues of Christmas Royal Spyness Finalist
Victoria Thompson Murder on Fifth Avenue Gaslight Mysteries Finalist
Charles Todd An Unmarked Grave Bess Crawford Finalist
Jacqueline Winspear Elegy for Eddie Maisie Dobbs Finalist
2013 Charles Todd A Question of Honor Bess Crawford Winner
Rhys Bowen Heirs and Graces Royal Spyness Finalist
Kaye George Death in the Time of Ice Enga Dancing Flower Finalist
J. J. Murphy A Friendly Game of Murder Algonquin Round Table Finalist
Victoria Thompson Murder in Chelsea Gaslight Mysteries Finalist
2014 Rhys Bowen Queen of Hearts Royal Spyness Winner
DE Ireland Wouldn't It Be Deadly Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins Finalist
Victoria Thompson Murder in Murray Hill Gaslight Mysteries Finalist
Charles Todd An Unwilling Accomplice Bess Crawford Finalist
Charles Todd Hunting Shadows Inspector Ian Rutledge Finalist
2015 Laurie R. King Dreaming Spies Mary Russell Winner
Rhys Bowen Malice at the Palace Royal Spyness Finalist
Susanna Calkins The Masque of a Murderer Lucy Campion Finalist
Susan Elia MacNeal Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante Maggie Hope Finalist
Victoria Thompson Murder on Amsterdam Avenue Gaslight Mysteries Finalist
2016 Catriona McPherson The Reek of Red Herrings Dandy Gilver Winner
Jessica Estevao Whispers Beyond the Veil Change of Fortune Finalist
D.E. Ireland Get Me to the Grave on Time Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins Mysteries Finalist
Edith Maxwell Delivering the Truth Quaker Midwife Finalist
Victoria Thompson Murder in Morningside Heights Gaslight Mysteries Finalist
2017 Rhys Bowen In Farleigh Field Winner
Jessica Ellicott Murder in an English Village Beryl and Edwina Finalist
Susan Elia MacNeal The Paris Spy Maggie Hope Finalist
Edith Maxwell Called to Justice Quaker Midwife Finalist
Renee Patrick Dangerous to Know Lillian Frost and Edith Head Finalist
2018 Sujata Massey The Widows of Malabar Hill Perveen Mistry Winner
Rhys Bowen Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding Royal Spyness Finalist
LA Chandlar The Gold Pawn Art Deco Mystery Finalist
Edith Maxwell Turning the Tide Quaker Midwife Finalist
Victoria Thompson Murder on Union Square Gaslight Mysteries Finalist
2019 Edith Maxwell Charity’s Burden Quaker Midwife Winner
Rhys Bowen Love and Death Among the Cheetahs Royal Spyness Finalist
Susanna Calkins Murder Knocks Twice Speakeasy Murders Finalist
L. A. Chandlar The Pearl Dagger Art Deco Mystery Finalist
Gabriel Valjan The Naming Game Company Files Finalist

2020s

Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel, 2020-2029[6]
Year Author Title Series Result Ref.
2020 Rhys Bowen The Last Mrs. Summers Royal Spyness WInner [20]
Susanna Calkins The Fate of a Flapper Speakeasy Murders Finalist [21][22]
Dianne Freeman A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder Countess of Harleigh Finalist [21][22]
Edith Maxwell Taken Too Soon Quaker Midwife Finalist [21][22]
Catriona McPherson The Turning Tide Dandy Gilver Finalist [21][22]
2021 Lori Rader-Day Death at Greenway Winner [23]
Colleen Cambridge Murder at Mallowan Hall Phyllida Bright Finalist
Naomi Hirahara Clark and Division Finalist
Sujata Massey The Bombay Prince Perveen Mistry Finalist
Gabriel Valjan The Devil's Music Company Files series Finalist
2022 Mally Becker The Counterfeit Wife A Revolutionary War Mystery Finalist
Amanda Flower Because I Could Not Stop for Death Emily Dickinson Winner
Mariah Fredericks The Lindbergh Nanny Finalist
Catriona McPherson In Place of Fear Finalist
Karen Odden Under a Veiled Moon Inspector Corravan Finalist

Best Non-Fiction

1990s

Agatha Award for Best Non-Fiction, 1993-1999[6]
Year Author Title Publisher Result
1993 Barbara D'Amato The Doctor, the Murder, the Mystery Noble Press Winner
Michael C. Gerald The Poisonous Pen of Agatha Christie Finalist
Edward Gorman The Fine Art of Murder Finalist
Marvin Lachman A Reader's Guide to the American Novel of Detection Finalist
Ellen A. Nehr The Doubleday Crime Club Compendium 1928-91 Finalist
Alzina Stone Dale Dorothy L. Sayers Finalist
1994 Jean Swanson and Dean James By a Woman's Hand Berkley Publishing Group Winner
William L. DeAndrea Encyclopedia Mysteriosa Finalist
Allen J. Hubin Crime Fiction II Finalist
Kathleen Gregory Klein Great Women Mystery Writers Finalist
Charlotte MacLeod Had She But Known: Mary Roberts Rinehart Finalist
1995 Alzina Stone Dale Mystery Readers Walking Guide-Chicago Passport Books, NTC Publishing Group Winner
Douglas G. Greene John Dickson Carr: the Man Who Explained Miracles Finalist
B.J. Rahn Ngaio Marsh: the Woman and Her Work Finalist
Kate Stine The Armchair Detective Book of Lists, 2nd edition Finalist
Robin Whiteman The Cadfael Companion, 2nd edition Finalist
1996 Willetta L. Heising Detecting Women 2 Purple Moon Press Winner
Ron Miller Mystery: A Celebration KQED Books Finalist
Elaine Raco Chase and Anne Wingate Amateur Detectives: A Writer's Guide to How Private Citizens Solve Criminal Cases Writer's Digest Finalist
Barbara Reynolds (editor) The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: The Making of a Detective Novelist St. Martin's Minotaur Finalist
Jean Swanson and Dean James By a Woman's Hand, 2nd Edition Berkley Publishing Group Finalist
1997 Willeta L. Heising Detecting Men Purple Moon Press Winner
Nina King and Robin Winks Crimes of the Scene St. Martin's Press Finalist
Ian Ousby Guilty Parties Thames & Hudson Finalist
1998 Alzina Stone Dale Mystery Reader's Walking Guide to Washington D.C. Passport Books Winner
Edward Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg Speaking of Murder Berkley Finalist
Jan Grape Dean James and Ellen Nehr, Deadly Women Carroll & Graf Publishers Finalist
Victoria Nichols and Susan Thompson Silk Stalkings II Scarecrow Finalist
Jean Swanson and Dean James Killer Books Berkley Finalist
1999 Daniel Stashower Teller of Tales: the Life of Arthur Conan Doyle Henry Holt & Company Winner
Kate Derie The Deadly Directory Deadly Serious Press Finalist
Jo Grossman and Robert Weibezahl A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers Poisoned Pen Press Finalist
Willetta L. Heising Detecting Women III Purple Moon Press Finalist
Rosemary Herbert The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing Oxford University Press Finalist

2000s

Agatha Award for Best Non-Fiction, 2000-2009[6]
Year Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
2000 Jim Huang (editor) 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century Crum Creek Press Winner
Matthew Bunson The Complete Christie Pocket Books Finalist
Martha Dubose (editor) Women of Mystery Finalist
Marvin Lachman (editor) The American Regional Mystery Finalist
Helen Windrath (editor) They Wrote the Book Finalist
2001 Tony Hillerman Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir HarperCollins Winner
Max Allan Collins The History of the Mystery Collector's Press Finalist
G. Miki Hayden Writing the Mystery: A Start-To-Finish Guide for Both Novice and Professional Intrigue Press Finalist
Jeffrey Marks Who Was That Lady? Delphi Books Finalist
The Sisters Wells Food, Drink, and the Female Sleuth Authors Choice Press/iUniverse.com Finalist
2002 Jim Huang (editor) They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated, and Forgotten Mystery Novels Crum Creek Press Winner
Mike Ashley (editor) The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction Avalon Publishing Group Finalist
Colleen Barnett Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction Poisoned Pen Press Finalist
Sue Grafton (editor) with Jan Burke and Barry Zeman Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America Writer's Digest Finalist
Mary Higgins Clark Kitchen Privileges: A Memoir Simon and Schuster Finalist
2003 Elizabeth Peters and Kristen Whitbread (editors) with Dennis Forbes (design) Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendium William Morrow & Company Winner
Colleen A. Barnett Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction, Volume 3 (Parts 1 & 2) Poisoned Pen Press Finalist
Jo Grossman and Robert Weibezahl (editors) A Second Helping of Murder: More Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers Poisoned Pen Press Finalist
Jeffrey Marks Atomic Renaissance: Women Mystery Writers of the 1940s and 1950s Delphi Books Finalist
2004 Jack French Private Eye-Lashes: Radio’s Lady Detectives Bear Manor Media Winner
Leslie Klinger (editor) The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories W. W. Norton & Company Finalist
2005 Melanie Rehak Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her Harcourt Winner
Stuart Kaminsky Behind the Mystery: Top Mystery Writers Hothouse Press Finalist
Leslie S. Klinger The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes W. W. Norton Finalist
Marvin Lachman The Heirs of Anthony Boucher Poisoned Pen Press Finalist
2006 Chris Roerden Don't Murder Your Mystery Bella Rosa Books Winner
Jim Huang and Austin Lugar Mystery Muses The Crum Creek Press Finalist
Daniel Stashower The Beautiful Cigar Girl Dutton Finalist
2007 Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower, and Charles Foley Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters Penguin Press Winner
Penny Warner The Official Nancy Drew Handbook Quirck Productions Finalist
2008 Kathy Lynn Emerson How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries Perseverance Press Winner
Frankie Y. Bailey African American Mystery Writers: A Historical & Thematic Study McFarland & Co. Finalist
Jeffrey Marks Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography McFarland & Co. Finalist
Dr. Harry Lee Poe Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories Metro Books Finalist
Kate Summerscale The Suspicions of Mr. Whitcher, or The Murder at Road Hill House Walker & Co. Finalist
2009 Elena Santangelo Dame Agatha's Shorts Bella Rosa Books Winner [12]
Richard Hack Duchess of Death Phoenix Books Finalist
P. D. James Talking About Detective Fiction Knopf Finalist
Amnon Kabatchnik Blood on the Stage 1925-1950 Scarecrow Press Finalist
Joan Schenkar The Talented Miss Highsmith St Martin's Press Finalist

2010s

Agatha Award for Best Non-Fiction, 2010-2019[6]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2010 John Curran Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: 50 Years of Mysteries in the Making Winner [13]
Deborah Blum The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York Finalist [14]
Stephen Doyle and David A. Crowder Sherlock Holmes for Dummies Finalist [14]
Katherine Hall Page Have Faith in Your Kitchen Finalist [14]
Yunte Huang Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History Finalist [14]
2011 Leslie Budewitz Books, Crooks and Counselors: How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure Winner [15]
John Curran Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making: More Stories and Secrets from Her Notebooks Finalist
Michael Dirda On Conan Doyle; or The Whole Art of Storytelling Finalist
A. B. Emrys Wilkie Collins, Vera Caspary and the Evolution of the Casebook Novel Finalist
Charlaine Harris The Sookie Stackhouse Companion Finalist [27][28]
2012 John Connolly Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels Winner
Joseph Goodrich Blood Relations: The Selected Letters of Ellery Queen, 1947-1950 Finalist
D. P. Lyle More Forensics and Fiction: Crime Writers Morbidly Curious Questions Expertly Answered Finalist
Ben Macintyre Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies Finalist
Mathew Prichard The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie Finalist
2013 Daniel Stashower The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War Winner
Jennifer Kloester Georgette Heyer Finalist
Maria Konnikova Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes Finalist
Verena Rose and Rita Owen Editors, Not Everyone's Cup of Tea: An Interesting & Entertaining History of Malice Domestic's First 25 Years Finalist
2014 Hank Phillippi Ryan (editor) Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer's Journey Winner
Stephen Bates The Poisoner: The Life and Crimes of Victorian England's Most Notorious Doctor Finalist
Kate Flora Death Dealer: How Cops and Cadaver Dogs Brought a Killer to Justice Finalist
Adam Plantinga 400 Things Cops Know: Street Smart Lessons from a Veteran Patrolman Finalist
Lucy Worsley The Art of the English Murder Finalist
2015 Martin Edwards The Golden Age of Murder: The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story Winner
Zack Dundas The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes Finalist
Kathryn Harkup A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie Finalist
Jane Ann Turzillo Unsolved Murders and Disappearances in Northeast Ohio Finalist
Kate White (editor), Mystery Writers of America The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook: Wickedly Good Meals and Desserts to Die For Finalist
2016 Jane K. Cleland Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot: How to Write Gripping Stories that Keep Readers on the Edge of Their Seats Winner
Roger Guay with Kate Clark Flora A Good Man with a Dog: A Game Warden's 25 Years in the Maine Woods Finalist
Margaret Kinsman Sara Paretsky: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction Finalist
2017 Mattias Bostrom From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon Winner
Tatiana de Rosnay Manderley Forever: A Biography of Daphne du Maurier Finalist
Martin Edwards The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books Finalist
Monica Hesse American Fire: Love, Arson and Life in a Vanishing Land Finalist
Jess Lourey Through the Healing Power of Fiction Finalist
2018 Jane Cleland Mastering Plot Twists Winner
Nancy J. Cohen Writing the Cozy Mystery Finalist
Margalit Fox Conan Doyle for the Defense Finalist
Laura Thompson Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life Finalist
Jane Ann Turzillo Wicked Women of Ohio Finalist
2019 Mo Moulton The Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women Winner
Laird R. Blackwell Frederic Dannay, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story Finalist
Julia Bricklin Blonde Rattlesnake: Burmah Adams, Tom White, and the 1933 Crime Spree that Terrified Los Angeles Finalist
Casey Cep Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee Finalist
Hallie Rubenhold The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper Finalist

2020s

Agatha Award for Best Non-Fiction, 2020-2029[6]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2020 Christina Lane Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock Winner [20]
Leslie Brody Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy Finalist [22]
Martin Edwards Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club Finalist [22]
Sheila Mitchell H.R.F. Keating: A Life of Crime Finalist [22]
Kate Winkler Dawon American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI Finalist [22]

Best Short Story

1980s

Agatha Award for Best Short Story, 1988-1989[6]
Year Author Title Publication Result
1988 Robert Barnard More Final Than Divorce Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Winner
1989 Sharyn McCrumb A Wee Doch And Doris Mistletoe Mysteries (Mysterious Press) Winner

1990s

Agatha Award for Best Short Story, 1990-1999[6]
Year Author Title Publication Result
1990 Joan Hess Too Much To Bare Sisters in Crime 2 (Berkley Publishing Group) Winner [25]
1991 Margaret Maron Deborah's Judgment A Woman's Eye (Delacourte Press) Winner
1992 Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins Nice Gorilla Malice Domestic 1 (Pocket Books) Winner
1993 M.D. Lake Kim's Game Malice Domestic 2 (Pocket Books) Winner
1994 Dorothy Cannell The Family Jewels Malice Domestic 3 (Pocket Books) Winner
1995 Elizabeth Daniels Squire The Dog Who Remembered Too Much Malice Domestic 4 (Pocket Books) Winner
1996 Carolyn Wheat Accidents Will Happen Malice Domestic 5 (Pocket Books) Winner
1997 M.D. Lake Tea for Two Funnybones (Penguin Group) Winner
1998 Barbara D'Amato Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is A Vegetable Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1998 Winner
1999 Nancy Pickard Out of Africa Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder (Berkley Publishing Group) Winner

2000s

Agatha Award for Best Short Story, 2000-2009[6]
Year Author Title Publication Result Ref.
2000 Jan Burke The Man in the Civil Suit Malice Domestic 9 (Avon Books) Winner
2001 Katherine Hall Page The Would-Be-Widower Malice Domestic X (Avon Books) Winner
2002 Margaret Maron The Dog That Didn't Bark Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 2002 Winner
Marcia Talley Too Many Cooks Much Ado About Murder, edited by Anne Perry (Berkley Prime Crime) Winner
2003 Elizabeth Foxwell No Man’s Land Blood On Their Hands (Berkley Prime Crime) Winner
2004 Elaine Viets Wedding Knife Chesapeake Crimes, edited by Donna Andrews (Quiet Storm Publishing) Winner
2005 Marcia Talley Driven to Distraction Chesapeake Crimes II (Quiet Storm Publishing) Winner
2006 Toni Kelner Sleeping with the Plush Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Winner
2007 Donna Andrews A Rat's Tale Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Winner
2008 Dana Cameron The Night Things Changed Wolfsbane & Mistletoe (Penguin Group) Winner
2009 Hank Phillippi Ryan On the House Level Best Books Winner [12]

2010s

Agatha Award for Best Short Story, 2010-2019[6]
Year Author Title Publication Result Ref.
2010 Mary Jane Maffini So Much in Common Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sept./Oct. 2010 Winner
Dana Cameron Swing Shift Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side (Berkley) Finalist [14]
Sheila Connolly Size Matters Thin Ice: Crime Stories by New England Writers (Level Best Books) Finalist [14]
Barb Goffman Volunteer of the Year Chesapeake Crimes: They Had it Comin' (Wildside Press) Finalist [14]
Elizabeth Zelvin The Green Cross Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Aug. 2010 Finalist [14]
2011 Dana Cameron Disarming Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 2011 Winner [15]
Krista Davis Dead Eye Gravy Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology (Wildside Press) Finalist [16]
Barb Goffman Truth and Consequences Mystery Times Ten (Buddhapuss Ink) Finalist [16]
Roberta Isleib The Itinerary Mystery Writers of America Presents the Rich and the Dead (Grand Central Publishing) Finalist [16]
Daryl Wood Gerber Palace by the Lake Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology (Wildside Press) Finalist [16]
2012 Dana Cameron Mischief in Mesopotamia Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2012 Winner
Sheila Connolly Kept in the Dark Best New England Crime Stories 2013: Blood Moon (Level Best Books) Finalist
Barb Goffman The Lord is My Shamus Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder (Wildside Press) Finalist
B.K. Stevens Thea's First Husband Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, June 2012 Finalist
Art Taylor When Duty Calls Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder (Wildside Press) Finalist
2013 Art Taylor The Care and Feeding of House Plants Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2013 Winner
Barb Goffman Evil Little Girl Don't Get Mad, Get Even (Wildside Press) Finalist
Barb Goffman Nightmare Don't Get Mad, Get Even (Wildside Press) Finalist
Gigi Pandian The Hindi Houdini Fish Nets: The Second Guppy Anthology (Wildside Press) Finalist
Barbara Ross Bread Baby Best New England Crime Stories 2014: Stone Cold (Level Best Books) Finalist
2014 Art Taylor The Odds Are Against Us Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2014 Winner
Kathy Lynn Emerson The Blessing Witch Best New England Crime Stories 2015: Rogue Wave (Level Best Books) Finalist
Barb Goffman The Shadow Knows Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays (Wildside Press) Finalist
Edith Maxwell Just Desserts for Johnny Finalist
Art Taylor Premonition Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays (Wildside Press) Finalist
2015 Barb Goffman A Year Without Santa Claus? Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2015 Winner
Terrie Farley Moran A Killing at the Beausoleil Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2015 Finalist
Edith Maxwell A Questionable Death History & Mystery, Oh My (Mystery & Horror, LLC) Finalist
Harriette Sackler Suffer the Poor History & Mystery, Oh My (Mystery & Horror, LLC) Finalist
B.K. Stevens A Joy Forever Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March 2015 Finalist
2016 Art Taylor Parallel Play Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning (Wildside Press) Winner
Gretchen Archer Double Jinx: A Bellissimo Casino Crime Caper Short Story Henery Press Finalist
Barb Goffman The Best-Laid Plans Malice Domestic 11: Murder Most Conventional (Wildside Press) Finalist
Edith Maxwell The Mayor and the Midwife Blood on the Bayou: Bouchercon Anthology 2016 (Down & Out Books) Finalist
B.K. Stevens The Last Blue Glass Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, April 2016 Finalist
2017 Gigi Pandian The Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn Winner
Gretchen Archer Double Deck the Halls Henery Press Finalist
Barb Goffman Whose Wine Is It Anyway? 50 Shades of Cabernet Finalist
Debra H. Goldstein The Night They Burned Miss Dixie's Place Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2017 Finalist
Art Taylor A Necessary Ingredient Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea (Down & Out Books) Finalist
2018 Leslie Budewitz All God's Sparrows Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2018 Winner
Tara Laskowski [fr] The Case of the Vanishing Professor Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2018 Winner
Susanna Calkins A Postcard for the Dead Florida Happens: Tales of Mystery, Mayhem, and Suspense from the Sunshine State (Three Rooms Press) Finalist
Barb Goffman Bug Appétit Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November/December 2018 Finalist
Art Taylor English 398: Fiction Workshop Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2018 Finalist
2019 Shawn Reilly Simmons The Last Word Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible Winner
Kaye George Grist for the Mill A Murder of Crows (Darkhouse Books) Finalist
Barb Goffman Alex’s Choice Crime Travel (Wildside Press) Finalist
Cynthia Kuhn The Blue Ribbon Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible (Wildside Press) Finalist
Art Taylor Better Days Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2019 Finalist

2020s

Agatha Award for Best Short Story, 2020-2029[6]
Year Author Title Publication Result
2020 Barb Goffman Dear Emily Etiquette Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2020 Winner
Shawn Reilly Simmons The Red Herrings at Killington Inn Masthead: Best New England Crime Stories Finalist [22]
Art Taylor The Boy Detective & the Summer of '74 Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2020 Finalist [22]
Gabriel Valjan Elysian Fields California Schemin': the 2020 Bouchercon Anthology (Wildside Press) Finalist [22]
James Ziskin The 25 Year Engagement In League with Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon (Pegasus Crime) Finalist [22]
2021 Barb Goffman A Family Matter Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2021 Finalist
Barb Goffman A Tale of Two Sisters Murder on the Beach (Destination Murders) Finalist
Richie Narvaez Doc's at Midnight Midnight Hour Finalist
Gigi Pandian The Locked Room Library Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2021 Finalist
Shawn Reilly Simmons Bay of Reckoning Murder on the Beach (Destination Murders) Winner
2022 Barb Goffman Beauty and the Beyotch Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Issue 29 Winner
Cynthia Kuhn There Comes a Time Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Diabolical Finalist
Lisa Q. Mathews Fly Me to the Morgue Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Diabolical Finalist
Richie Narvaez The Minnesota Twins Meet Bigfoot Land of 10,000 Thrills: Bouchercon Anthology 2022 Finalist
Art Taylor The Invisible Band Edgar & Shamus Go Golden Finalist

Best Children/Young Adult Fiction

2000s

Agatha Award for Best Children/Young Adult Fiction, 2000-2009[6]
Year Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
2001 Penny Warner Mystery Of The Haunted Caves (Troop 13 Mystery series) Meadowbrook Press Winner
2002 Daniel J. Hale and Matthew LaBrot Red Card (The Zeke Armstrong Mysteries) Top Publications Winner
2003 Kathleen Karr The 7th Knot Marshall Cavendish Winner
2004 Blue Balliett Chasing Vermeer Scholastic Press Winner
2005 Peter Abrahams Down the Rabbit Hole HarperCollins Winner
2005 Carl Hiaasen Flush Alfred A. Knopf Winner
2006 Nancy Means Wright Pea Soup Poisonings Hilliard & Harris Winner
2007 Sarah Masters Buckey A Light In The Cellar American Girl Winner
2008 Chris Grabenstein The Crossroads Winner
2009 Chris Grabenstein The Hanging Hill Random House Winner [12]

2010s

Agatha Award for Best Children/Young Adult Fiction, 2010-2019[6]
Year Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
2010 Sarah Smith The Other Side of Dark Atheneum Books Winner [13]
John Grisham Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer Dutton Children's Finalist [14]
R. L. LaFevers Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus Houghton Mifflin Finalist [14]
Y. S. Lee The Agency: A Spy in the House Candlewick Press Finalist [14]
Kathy Reichs Virals Razorbill Finalist [14]
2011 Chris Grabenstein The Black Heart Crypt Random House Winner [15]
Harlan Coben Shelter Putnam Finalist [16]
Matthew J. Kirby Icefall Scholastic Press Finalist [16]
Shawn Thomas Odyssey The Wizard of Dark Street EgmontUSA Finalist [16]
Penny Warner The Secret of the Skeleton Key (The Code Busters Club) EgmontUSA Finalist [16]
2012 Penny Warner The Haunted Lighthouse (The Code Busters Club) EgmontUSA Winner
Harlan Coben Seconds Away Finalist
Elizabeth George The Edge of Nowhere Finalist
Rebecca Stead Liar & Spy Finalist
Elizabeth Wein Code Name Verity Finalist
2013 Chris Grabenstein Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Random House Winner
Joelle Charbonneau The Testing HMH Books for Young Readers Finalist
Kathleen Ernst Traitor in the Shipyard: A Caroline Mystery American Girl Finalist
Amanda Flower Andi Unexpected Zonderkidz Finalist
Penny Warner Mystery of the Pirate's Treasure (The Code Busters Club) EgmontUSA Finalist
2014 Penny Warner The Mummy's Curse (The Code Busters Club) EgmontUSA Winner
Harlan Coben Found Putnam Juvenile Finalist
Amanda Flower Andi Under Pressure ZonderKidz Finalist
Kate Milford Greenglass House Clarion Books Finalist
Lea Wait Uncertain Glory Islandport Press Finalist
2015 Amanda Flower Andi Unstoppable Zonderkidz Winner
Blue Balliett Pieces and Players Scholastic Press Finalist
Joelle Charbonneau Need HMH Books for Young Readers Finalist
Spencer Quinn Woof Scholastic Press Finalist
B.K. Stevens Fighting Chance Poisoned Pen Press Finalist
2016 Penny Warner The Secret of the Puzzle Box(The Code Busters Club) Darby Creek Winner
P.A. DeVoe Trapped (A Mei-hua Adventure) Drum Tower Press Finalist
Stuart Gibbs Spy Ski School Simon & Schuster Finalist
J C Lane Tag, You're Dead Poisoned Pen Press Finalist
Rebecca Podos The Mystery of Hollow Places Balzer & Bray Finalist
2017 Cindy Callaghan Sydney Mackenzie Knocks 'Em Dead Aladdin Winner
Kristi Belcamino City of Angels Finalist
Caroline Carlson The World's Greatest Detective Finalist
Kirby Larson Audacity Jones Steals the Show Finalist
Natasha Tarpley The Harlem Charade Finalist
2018^ Cindy Callaghan Potion Problems (Just Add Magic) Winner
Ben Guterson Winterhouse Finalist
C. M. Surrisi A Side of Sabotage Finalist
2019 Frances Schoonmaker The Last Crystal Auctus Press Winner
Shauna Holyoak Kazu Jones and the Denver Dognappers Disney Hyperion Finalist
Karen MacManus Two Can Keep a Secret Delacorte Press Finalist
Robin Stevens Top Marks for Murder Puffin Finalist
Sherri Winston Jada Sly, Artist and Spy Little Brown Books for Young Readers Finalist

2020s

Agatha Award for Best Children/Young Adult Fiction, 2020-2029[6]
Year Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
2020 Richie Narvaez Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco Piñata Books Winner [20]
Fleur Bradley Midnight at the Barclay Hotel Viking Books for Young Readers Finalist [21][22]
Elizabeth C. Bunce Premeditated Myrtle Algonquin Young Readers Finalist [21][22]
Cindy Callaghan Saltwater Secrets AladdinQ Finalist [21][22]
Janae Marks From the Desk of Zoe Washington Katherin Teagen Books Finalist [21][22]
2021 Alan Orloff I Play One on TV Down & Out Books Winner [23]
Elizabeth C. Bunce Cold-Blooded Myrtle Algonquin Young Readers Finalist
June Hur The Forest of Stolen Girls Fiewel and Friends Finalist
Lynn Slaughter Leisha's Song Fire and Ice/Melange Books Finalist
Nancy Springer Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche Wednesday Books Finalist
2022 Fleur Bradley Daybreak on Raven Island Viking Books for Young Readers Finalist [23]
Elizabeth C. Bunce In Myrtle Peril Algonquin Young Readers Finalist
Greg Herren #shedeservedit Bold Strokes Books Finalist
Frances Schoonmaker Sid Johnson and the Phantom Slave Stealer Auctus Publishers Finalist
Nancy Springer Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade Wednesday Books Winner

Special Awards

Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement

Year Recipient Ref.
1990 Phyllis A. Whitney
1994 Mignon G. Eberhart
1996 Mary Stewart
1997 Emma Lathen
1998 Charlotte MacLeod
1999 Patricia Moyes
2000 Dick Francis
2001 Mildred Wirt Benson
2002 Tony Hillerman
2003 Barbara Mertz (also known as Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels)
2004 Marian Babson
2005 H.R.F. Keating
2006 Robert Barnard
2007 Carolyn Hart
2008 Peter Lovesey
2009 Anne Perry
2010 Mary Higgins Clark
2011 Sue Grafton
2012 Simon Brett
2013 Aaron Elkins
2014 Dorothy Cannell, Joan Hess, and Margaret Maron [25]
2015 Sara Paretsky
2016 Katherine Hall Page
2017 Charlaine Harris
2018 Nancy Pickard

Malice Domestic Poirot Award

Year Recipient Description
2003 David Suchet Actor
2004 Ruth Cavin Thomas Dunne Books editor
2005 Angela Lansbury Actress and singer
2006 Douglas G. Greene Crippen & Landru Press publisher
2007 None
2008 Janet Hutchings Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine editor
2008 Linda Landrigan Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine editor
2009 Kate Stine and Brian Skupin Mystery Scene publisher
2010 William Link Screenwriter and producer
2011 Janet Rudolph
2012 Lee Goldberg American writer
2013 None
2014 Tom Schantz
2015 None
2016 Barbara Peters Poisoned Pen Press editor-in-chief
2016 Robert Rosenwald Poisoned Pen Press president and founder
2017 Martin Edwards Author
2018 Brenda Blethyn British actress

See also

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