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“ (…) Noah Hawley really knows how to keep a reader turning the pages, but there’s more to the novel than suspense. On one hand, “Before the Fall” is a complex, compulsively readable thrill ride of a novel. On the other, it is an exploration of the human condition, a meditation on the vagaries of human nature, the dark side of celebrity, the nature of art, the power of hope and the danger of an unchecked media. The combination is a potent, gritty thriller that exposes the high cost of news as entertainment and the randomness of fate.“

(Kristin Hannah, The New York Times)

April 27, 2017 New York, NY – Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce the Winners of the 2017 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2016. The Edgar® Awards were presented to the winners at our 71st Gala Banquet, April 27, 2017 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.

BEST NOVEL – Before the Fall by Noah Hawley (Hachette Book Group – Grand Central Publishing) – in deutscher Übersetzung

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR – Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry (Penguin Random House – Penguin Books)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL – Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty (Prometheus Books – Seventh Street Books) – in deutscher Übersetzung

BEST FACT CRIME – The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer by Kate Summerscale (Penguin Random House – Penguin Press)

BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL – Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin (W.W. Norton – Liveright)

BEST SHORT STORY – „Autumn at the Automat” – In Sunlight or in Shadow by Lawrence Block (Pegasus Books)

BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY – “A Blade of Grass” – Penny Dreadful, Teleplay by John Logan (Showtime)

GRAND MASTER
Max Allan Collins
Ellen Hart