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2007 Edgar® Nominees

The winners are in red text.
(click on the underlined names to see a popup window with more information about the author)

 •  Novel  •  First Novel  •  Paperback Original  •  Critical/Biographical  •  Fact Crime  •  Short Story
 •  Young Adult  •  Juvenile  •  Play  •  TV Episode  •  TV Feature/Mini-Series  •  Motion Picture
 •  Robert L. Fish Memorial •  Mary Higgins Clark  •  Grand Master  •  Raven

The Pale Blue Eye The Janissary Tree Gentlemen & Players
The Dead Hour The Virgin of Small Plains The Liberation Movement

Best Novel Nominees

  • The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard (HarperCollins)
  • The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin (Sarah Crichton Books/FSG)
  • Gentlemen & Players by Joanne Harris (HarperCollins - William Morrow)
  • The Dead Hour by Denise Mina (Hachette Book Group - Little, Brown and Company)
  • The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard (Random House - Ballantine Books)
  • Liberation Movements by Olen Steinhauer (St. Martin's Minotaur)

The Faithful SpySharp ObjectsKing of Lies
Holmes on the RangeA Field of Darkness

The Goodbye KissThe Open CurtainSnakeskin Shamisen
The Deep Blue AlibiCity of Tiny Lights

Best Paperback Original
  • The Goodbye Kiss by Massimo Carlotto, translated by Lawrence Venuti (Europa Editions)
  • The Open Curtain by Brian Evenson (Coffee House Press)
  • Snakeskin Shamisen by Naomi Hirahara (Bantam Dell Publishing - Delta Books)
  • The Deep Blue Alibi by Paul Levine (Bantam Dell Publishing - Bantam Books)
  • City of Tiny Lights by Patrick Neate (Penguin Group - Riverhead Books)
Unless the Threat of Death is Behind Them: Hard-Boiled Fiction and Film NoirThe Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear

Best Critical/Biographical
  • Unless the Threat of Death is Behind Them: Hard-Boiled Fiction and Film Noir by John T. Irwin (Johns Hopkins University Press)
  • The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear by E.J. Wagner (John Wiley & Sons)