Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work

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The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work, established in 1977, is a literary award presented as part of the Edgar Awards for a nonfiction critical or biographical hardcover, paperback, or electronic book.

To be eligible, biographical books should be "biographies of mystery writers or other notable practitioners of the genre, not to criminals."[1] Criminal biographies are eligible for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Fact Crime.[1]

The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work winners are listed below.

Recipients[edit]

2000s[edit]

Year Author Title Result Ref.
2008 Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower, and Charles Foley Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters Winner [2]
2009 Dr. Harry Lee Poe Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to his Tell-Tale Stories Winner [3]

2010s[edit]

Year Author Title Result Ref.
2010 Otto Penzler The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives Winner
2012 Michael Dirda On Conan Doyle; or, The Whole Art of Storytelling Winner [4][5]
Dan Burstein, Arne de Keijzer, and John-Henri Holmberg The Tattooed Girl: The Enigma of Stieg Larsson and the Secrets Behind the Most Compelling Thrillers of our Time Shortlist [5]
John Curran Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making Shortlist [5]
Philippa Gates Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective Film Shortlist [5]
Walter Raubicheck and Walter Srebnick Scripting Hitchcock: Psycho, The Birds and Marnie Shortlist [5]
2013 James O'Brien The Scientific Sherlock Holmes: Cracking the Case with Science and Forensics Winner [6]
2014 Erik Dussere America Is Elsewhere: The Noir Tradition in the Age of Consumer Culture Winner [7][8]
Bill Alder Maigret, Simenon and France: Social Dimensions of the Novels and Stories Shortlist [8]
Justin Gifford Pimping Fictions: African American Crime Literature and the Untold Story of Black Pulp Publishing Shortlist [8]
Andrew Lycett Ian Fleming Shortlist [8]
Melissa Schaub Middlebrow Feminism in Classic British Detective Fiction Shortlist [8]
2015 J. W. Ocker Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe Winner [9][10]
Charles Brownson The Figure of the Detective: A Literary History and Analysis Shortlist [9]
Jim Mancall James Ellroy: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction Shortlist [9]
Robert Miklitsch Kiss the Blood Off My Hands: Classic Film Noir Shortlist [9]
Francis M. Nevins Judges & Justice & Lawyers & Law: Exploring the Legal Dimensions of Fiction and Film Shortlist [9]
2016 Martin Edwards The Golden Age of Murder Winner [11][12]
2017 Ruth Franklin Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life Winner [13]
2018 Lawrence P. Jackson Chester B. Himes: A Biography Winner [14]
2019 Leslie S. Klinger Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s Winner [15]

2020s[edit]

Year Author Title Result Ref.
2020 John Billheimer Hitchcock and the Censors Winner [16][17]
2021 Christina Lane Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock Winner [18][19]
Martin Edwards Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club Shortlist [19]
Erin E. MacDonald Ian Rankin: A Companion to the Mystery & Fiction Shortlist [19]
Elizabeth Mannionand Brian Cliff Guilt Rules All: Irish Mystery, Detective, and Crime Fiction Shortlist [19]
Jacqueline Winspear This Time Next Year We’ll be Laughing Shortlist [19]
2022 Edward White The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense Winner [20]
2023 Martin Edwards The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators Winner [21]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Edgar Award Category Information". Mystery Writers of America. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  2. ^ "Awards: The Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke Prize". Shelf Awareness. May 2, 2008. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  3. ^ "Awards: Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke". Shelf Awareness. May 1, 2009. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  4. ^ "2012 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03.
  5. ^ a b c d e Cogdill, Oline. "2012 Edgar Award Winners". Mystery Scene Magazine. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  6. ^ "2013 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02.
  7. ^ "2014 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10.
  8. ^ a b c d e "The 2014 Edgar Award Nominations and Winners". Heights Libraries. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  9. ^ a b c d e "2015 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2015-11-08.
  10. ^ "Awards: Edgar Winners; Ridenhour Book". Shelf Awareness. May 1, 2015. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  11. ^ "2016 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2016-11-05.
  12. ^ "Awards: Edgar Winners". Shelf Awareness. May 2, 2016. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
  13. ^ "2017 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07.
  14. ^ "2018 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2018-11-10.
  15. ^ "2019 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2019-08-18.
  16. ^ "Edgar Award Nominees". www.theedgars.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  17. ^ "Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2020 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 2020-05-05. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  18. ^ "2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners". Mystery Writers of America.
  19. ^ a b c d e "Congratulations to the Winners of the 2021 Edgar Awards". CrimeReads. 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  20. ^ "2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners". Mystery Writers of America.
  21. ^ Schaub, Michael (2023-04-28). "Edgar Award Winners Are Revealed". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
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