Edgar Allan Poe Awards

Mystery Writers of America (MWA)
236 West 27 Street, New York
NY 10001, USA

Mystery Writers of America honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television and film published or produced in the previous year. Therefore, a 1990 "Edgar" is for a 1989 work. This started after 1986, therefore, 1987 is not represented on the list. Listed below are the winners of the Edgar for Best Novel.
The Edgars website.

• 2008 Down river John Hart
• 2007 The Janissary Tree Jason Goodwin
• 2006 Citizen Vince Jess Walter
• 2005 California Girl T. Jefferson Parker
• 2004 Resurrection Men Ian Rankin
• 2003 Winter and Night S.J. Rozan
• 2002 Silent Joe T. Jefferson Parker
• 2001 The Bottoms Joe R Lansdale
• 2000 Bones Jan Burke
• 1999 Mr White's confession Robert Clark
• 1998 Cimarron Rose James Lee Burke
• 1997 The Chatham School affair Thomas A. Cook
• 1996 Come to grief Dick Francis
• 1995 The Red scream Mary Willis Walker
• 1994 Sculptress Minette Walters
• 1993 Bootleggers daughter Margaret Maron
• 1992 A dance at the slaughterhouse Lawrence Block
• 1991 New Orleans mourning Julie Smith
• 1990 Black cherry blues James Lee Burke
• 1989 A cold red sunrise Stuart M. Kaminsky
• 1988 Old bones Aaron Elkins
• 1986 A dark-adapted eye Barbara Vine
• 1985 The Suspect L.R. Wright
• 1984 Briar patch Ross Thomas
• 1983 La Brava Elmore Leonard
• 1982Billingsgate Shoal Rick Boyer
• 1981 Peregrine William Bayer
• 1980 Whip hand Dick Francis
• 1979 The Rheingold route Arthur Maling
• 1978 The Eye of the needle Ken Follett
• 1977 Catch me: kill me William Hallahan
• 1976 Promised land Robert Parker
• 1975 Hopscotch Brian Garfield
• 1974 Peters pence Jon Cleary
• 1973 Dance hall of the dead Tony Hillerman
• 1972 The Lingala vode Warren Kiefer
• 1971 The Day of the Jackal Frederick Forsyth
• 1970 The Laughing policeman Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo
• 1969 Forfeit Dick Francis
• 1968 A case of need Jeffery Hudson
• 1967 God save the mark Donald E. Westlake
• 1966 King of the rainy country Nicolas Freeling
• 1965 The Quiller memorandum Adam Hall
• 1964 The Spy who came in from the cold John Le Carre
• 1963 The Light of day Eric Ambler
• 1962 Death of the joyful woman Ellis Peters
• 1961 Gideons fire J.J. Marric
• 1960 Progress of a crime Julian Symons
• 1959 The Hours before dawn Celia Fremlin
• 1958 The Eighth circle Stanley Ellin
• 1957 Room to swing Ed Lacy
• 1956 A dram of poison Charlotte Armstrong
• 1955 Beast in view Margaret Millar
• 1954 The Long goodbye Raymond Chandler
• 1953 Beat not the bones Charlotte Jay