The Edgar Awards

The Edgar Allen Poe Awards, presented by the Mystery Writers of America were announced last Friday. This year's awards go to:

• Best Novel: Down River by John Hart (St. Martin's Minotaur)
• Best First Novel by an American Author: In the Woods by Tana French (Viking)
• Best Paperback Original: Queenpin by Megan Abbott (S&S)
• Best Fact Crime: Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi (Norton)
• Best Critical/Biographical: Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower and Charles Foley (Penguin Press)
• Best Short Story: "The Golden Gopher" in Los Angeles Noir by Susan Straight (Akashic Books)
• Best Juvenile: The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh (Hyperion Books for Young Readers)
• Best Young Adult: Rat Life by Tedd Arnold (Dial Books for Young Readers/Penguin)
• Best Play: Panic by Joseph Goodrich (International Mystery Writers' Festival)
• Best TV Episode Teleplay: "Pilot" for Burn Notice, teleplay by Matt Nix (USA Network/Fox Television Studios)
• Best Motion Picture Screenplay: Michael Clayton, screenplay by Tony Gilroy (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: "The Catch," in Still Waters by Mark Ammons (Level Best Books)