Each year the Mystery Writers of America give Edgar Allen Poe awards (Edgars for short) to honor mystery fiction, non-fiction, television and film published or produced in the previous year.  This years winners, honor the best of 2007:


BEST NOVEL

Down River by John Hart


BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR

In the Woods by Tana French


BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

Queenpin by Megan Abbott


BEST FACT CRIME

Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi


BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL

Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters edited by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower and Charles Foley


BEST SHORT STORY

"The Golden Gopher" - by Susan Straight in Los Angeles Noir


BEST JUVENILE

The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh


BEST YOUNG ADULT

Rat Life by Tedd Arnold


BEST PLAY

Panic by Joseph Goodrich


BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY

"Pilot" - Burn Notice, Teleplay by Matt Nix


BEST MOTION PICTURE SCREENPLAY

Michael Clayton, Screenplay by Tony Gilroy


ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD

"The Catch" - by Mark Ammons in Still Waters: Crime Stories by New England Writers