2009 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominees

Mystery Writers of America (MWA) has announced the nominees for 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Awards. This year is also the 200th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe. Here are the nominees for the Best Novel and Best First Novel categories.

Best Novel:

• Missing by Karin Alvtegen (Felony & Mayhem Press)
• Blue Heaven by C.J. Box (St. Martin's Minotaur)
• Sins of the Assassin by Robert Ferrigno (Simon & Schuster - Scribner)
• The Price of Blood by Declan Hughes (HarperCollins - William Morrow)
• The Night Following by Morag Joss (Random House - Delacorte Press)
• Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz (Simon & Schuster)

Best First Novel by an American Author:

• The Kind One by Tom Epperson (Five Star, div of Cengage)
• Sweetsmoke by David Fuller (Hyperion)
• The Foreigner by Francie Lin (Picador)
• Calumet City by Charlie Newton (Simon & Schuster - Touchstone)
• A Cure for Night by Justin Peacock (Random House - Doubleday)

You can see the complete list of nominees in all categories here on the MWA's website.