The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Fact Crime, established in 1948, is presented to nonfiction hardcover, paperback, or electronic books about mystery.[1] The category includes both true crime books, as well as books "detailing how to solve actual crimes."[1]

The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Fact Crime winners are listed below.

Recipients

1990s

Year Author Title Result Ref.
1990 Jack Olsen Doc: The Rape of the Town of Lovell Winner [2]
1991 Peter Maas In a Child's Name Winner [2]
1992 David Simon Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets Winner [2]
1993 Harry Farrell Swift Justice Winner [2]
1994 Bella Stumbo Until the Twelfth of Never Winner [2]
1995 Joe Domanick To Protect and to Serve Winner [2]
1996 Pete Earley Circumstantial Evidence Winner [2]
1997 Darcy O'Brien Power to Hurt Winner [2]
1998 Carlton Stowers To the Last Breath Winner [2]
1999 Richard Firstman The Death of Innocents Winner [2]

2000s

Year Author Title Result Ref.
2005 Edward Dolnick Conviction: Solving the Moxley Murder: A Reporter and a Detective's Twenty-Year Search for Justice Winner
Suzanne O'Malley Are You There Alone?: The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates Shortlist
Julian Rubinstein Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts Shortlist
D.P. Lyle Forensics for Dummies Shortlist
Ann Rule Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer -- America's Deadliest Serial Murderer Shortlist
Marissa N. Batt Ready for the People: My Most Chilling Cases as Prosecutor Shortlist
2006 Edward Dolnick Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece Winner
Jed Horne Desire Street: A True Story of Death and Deliverance in New Orleans Shortlist
John Emsley The Elements of Murder: The History of Poison Shortlist
Michael Finkel True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa Shortlist
Diane Fanning Written in Blood Shortlist
2007 James L. Swanson Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer Winner [3]
Sebastian Junger A Death in Belmont Shortlist
Kate Clark Flora

Joseph K. Loughlin

 Finding Amy: A True Story of Murder in Maine Shortlist
Robin Odell Ripperology: A Study of the World's First Serial Killer Shortlist
Terri Jentz Strange Piece of Paradise Shortlist
Daniel Stashower The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe and the Invention of Murder Shortlist
2008 Vincent Bugliosi The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy Winner [4]
Kevin Flynn Relentless Pursuit: A True Story of Family, Murder, and the Prosecutor Who Wouldn't Quit Shortlist
Bruce Watson Sacco & Vanzetti: The Men, The Murders and the Judgment of Mankind Shortlist
Stanley Alpert The Birthday Party Shortlist
2009 Howard Blum American Lightning: Terror, Mystery and the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century Winner [5]
Simon Baatz For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb and the Murder that Shocked Chicago Shortlist
T.J. English Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost it to the Revolution Shortlist
Jonathan Lopez The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Hans van Meegeren Shortlist
Kate Summerscale The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher Shortlist

2010s

Year Author Title Result Ref.
2010 Dave Cullen Columbine Winner
Jeff Guinn Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde Shortlist
Laney Salisbury

Aly Sujo

 Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art Shortlist
Dick Lehr The Fence: A Police Cover-Up Along Bostons Racial Divide Shortlist
R. A. Scotti Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa Shortlist
2011 Candice Millard Scoreboard, Baby: A Story of College Football, Crime and Complicity Winner
Scott Higham

Sari Horwitz

 Finding Chandra: A True Washington Murder Mystery Shortlist
Hampton Sides Hellhound on his Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for his Assassin Shortlist
Alex Heard The Eyes of Willie McGee: A Tragedy of Race, Sex, and Secrets in Jim Crow South Shortlist
Douglas Starr The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science Shortlist
2012 Candice Millard Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President Winner [6][7]
Paul Collins The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars Shortlist [8]
T. J. English The Savage City: Race, Murder, and a Generation on the Edge Shortlist [8]
Steve Miller Girl, Wanted: The Chase for Sarah Pender Shortlist [8]
Mark Seal The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter Shortlist [8]
2013 Paul French Midnight in Peking Winner [9]
Gilbert King Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America Shortlist
Ben Macintyre Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies Shortlist
P. D. Lyle More Forensics and Fiction: Crime Writers' Morbidly Curious Questions Expertly Answered Shortlist
Richard Lloyd Parry The People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo - and the Evil that Swallowed Her Up Shortlist
2014 Daniel Stashower The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War Winner [10]
Paul Collins Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery Shortlist [11]
Michael D’Antonio Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal Shortlist [11]
Charles Graeber The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness and Murder Shortlist [11]
Cate Lineberry The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and the Medics Behind Nazi Lines Shortlist [11]
2015 William J. Mann Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood Winner [12][13]
Kevin Cook Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime that Changed America Shortlist [12]
Carl Hoffman The Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art Shortlist [12]
Lacy M. Johnson The Other Side: A Memoir Shortlist [12]
Harold Schechter The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder that Shook the Nation Shortlist [12]
2016 Allen Kurzweil Whipping Boy: The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully Winner [14][15]
Eric Bogosian Operation Nemesis: The Assassination Plot that Avenged the Armenian Genocide Shortlist
T. J. English Where the Bodies Were Buried: Whitey Bulger and the World That Made Him Shortlist
Val McDermid Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime Shortlist
John Temple American Pain: How a Young Felon and his Ring of Doctors Unleashed America's Deadliest Drug Epidemic Shortlist
2017 Kate Summerscale The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer Winner [16]
Vincent diMaio

Ron Franscell

 Morgue: A Life in Death Shortlist
Laurence Leamer The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle that Brought Down the Klan Shortlist
Paul Thomas Murphy Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane: A True Story of Victorian Law and Disorder: The Unsolved Murder that Shocked Victorian England Shortlist
Eli Sanders While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness Shortlist
2018 David Grann Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Winner [17]
Jeff Guinn The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple Shortlist
Monica Hesse American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land Shortlist
Bill James The Man From the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery Shortlist
Brad Ricca Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story of New York City's Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case that Captivated a Nation Shortlist
2019 Robert W. Fieseler Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation Winner [18]
Jonathan Green Sex Money Murder: A Story of Crack, Blood, and Betrayal Shortlist
Carl Hoffman The Last Wild Men of Borneo: A True Story of Death and Treasure Shortlist
Kirk Wallace Johnson The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century Shortlist
Michelle McNamara I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Shortlist
Alex Perry The Good Mothers: The True Story of the Women Who Took on the World's Most Powerful Mafia Shortlist

2020s

Year Author Title Result Ref.
2020 Axton Betz-Hamilton The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity Winner [19][20]
Karen Abbott The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder that Shocked Jazz-Age America Shortlist
Maureen Callahan American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century Shortlist
Peter Houlahan Norco '80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History Shortlist
James Polchin Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall Shortlist
2021 Eric Eyre Death in Mud Lick: A Coal Country Fight Against the Drug Companies that Delivered the Opioid Epidemic Winner [21][22]
Mark A. Bradley Blood Runs Coal: The Yablonski Murders and the Battle for the United Mine Workers of America Shortlist [22]
Emma Copley Eisenberg The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia Shortlist [22]
Sierra Crane Murdoch Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country Shortlist [22]
Ariel Sabar Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man, and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife Shortlist [22]
2022 Elon Green Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York Winner [23]
Margalit Fox The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History Shortlist
Ann Hagedorn Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away Shortlist
Ellen McGarrahan Two Truths and a Lie: A Murder, a Private Investigator, and Her Search for Justice Shortlist
Benjamin T Smith The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade Shortlist
Curtis Wilkie When Evil Lived in Laurel: The "White Knights" and the Murder of Vernon Dahmer Shortlist
2023 Erika Krouse Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation Winner [24]
Kathleen Hale Slenderman Shortlist [25]
Kathryn Miles Trailed Shortlist [25]
Shahan Mufti American Caliph Shortlist [25]
Daniel Stashower American Demon Shortlist [25]

References

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  10. ↑ "2014 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10.
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  13. ↑ "Awards: Edgar Winners; Ridenhour Book". Shelf Awareness. May 1, 2015. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  14. ↑ "2016 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2016-11-05.
  15. ↑ "Awards: Edgar Winners". Shelf Awareness. May 2, 2016. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
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  17. ↑ "2018 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2018-11-10.
  18. ↑ "2019 Nominees and Winners". Edgar Awards. Archived from the original on 2019-08-18.
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