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Mystery Writers of America

The Eleanor Taylor Bland Award: Giving a Voice to an Underrepresented Community

By Mia Manansala

May 6, 2020

It’s that time again! From March 16 – June 22, 2020, Sisters in Crime is accepting applications for the Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award. Sisters in Crime is a wonderful organization that continues its mission to not only advance the career of women crime writers, but also serve as the voice…

The Edgar Awards Revisited: Peter’s Pence by Jon Cleary (Best Novel; 1975)

By Jeremy Finley

May 31, 2019

Perhaps you know the sensation: that an inanimate object has somehow found you. That perfect-fitting, too soft-to-be-true t-shirt that was shoved on a sale rack with your favorite line from Star Wars or The Godfather or whatever you want emblazoned on the front. Or the gnome statue at a garage sale that looks remarkably like…

The Long Goodbye Raymond Chandler Edgar Awards

The Edgar Awards Revisited: The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler (Best Novel; 1955)

By Adam Wagner

January 11, 2019

Raymond Chandler. The name carries so much weight in the mystery genre, it’s hard to believe anyone who says they’ve never read any of his works. But I hadn’t. Like much of popular culture, after a certain time, the details are everywhere—reviewed, rebooted, interpreted, and imitated. I knew Philip Marlowe through and through without having…

The Edgar Awards Revisited: Beat Not the Bones by Charlotte Jay (Best Novel; 1954)

By Joe Brosnan

January 4, 2019

Five years ago, through some good luck, I began working for Criminal Element. It wasn’t the destination I had in mind when I started my job search, but after an interview for a role where I wasn’t quite a perfect fit, my interviewer said he might have a different opportunity for me. Enter Criminal Element.…

Announcing 2018’s Edgar Award Nominees

By Crime HQ

January 19, 2018

The Mystery Writers of America have announced the 2018 Edgar Award nominees and special winners. The Edgars banquet—an annual black-tie gala celebrating crime fiction, non-fiction, and television writing—will be held on Thursday, April 26th, 2018, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. As always, it's a fantastic list of great work that deserves…

2016 Edgar Awards—A Night of Milestones

By Leslie Gilbert Elman

April 29, 2016

The annual Edgar Allan Poe Awards dinner, hosted by the Mystery Writers of America, was a night of milestones—starting with the Edgars themselves, which turned 70 this year. That’s 70 years of celebrating the best of mystery fiction, crime fiction, suspense, thrillers, and true crime—all the stuff we love to read and watch, all the…

2016 Edgar Awards Reviews

By Crime HQ

April 1, 2016

The Edgar Award, in honor of the great Edgar Allan Poe, is presented by The Mystery Writers of America to the best in mystery fiction & nonfiction that was produced during the previous year.  Here at Criminal Element, we'll be covering the Edgars during the entire month of April, leading up to the awards ceremony…

The Man on the Washing Machine: New Excerpt

By Susan Cox

December 12, 2015

The Man on the Washing Machine by Susan Cox is a debut crime novel about Theophania Bogart, a former Englishwoman who flees to San Francisco and gets caught up in a smuggling operation and a series of murders, who has to race to find the killer before they find her (Available December 15, 2015). When…

The ZINNG: “You Like Me! You Really Like Me!”

By Crime HQ

November 24, 2015

No Sex in the Reading Room – Sometimes, there are no words available to describe the passion and intimacy of a sexual encounter. And in literature, some authors might want to remember that before committing adultery to the page. Thankfully for us, some authors flounder about like a dying fish when it comes to the…

“An Unexpected Guest”: Listen Now!

By Donna Andrews

May 19, 2015

We're thrilled to have “An Unexpected Guest” to share in audio format! This short story is a collision of fan-favorite universes, courtesy of their respective authors, Donna Andrews and John Gilstrap, and in commemoration of Mystery Writers of America's 70th anniversary. If you'd like to read the text version of what happens when one of…

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