Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Fact Crime

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

1940s

1940s Best Fact Crime winners[2]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1948 Edward D. Radin Twelve Against the Law Winner
1949 Marie Rodell (editor) Regional Murder Winner

1950s

1950s Best Fact Crime winners[2]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1950 Joseph Henry Jackson Bad Company Winner
1951 Edward D. Radin Twelve Against Crime Winner
William T. Brannon N/A[a] Shortlist
1952 St. Clair McKelway True Tales from the Annals of Crime and Rascality Winner
W. T. Brannon Lady Killers Shortlist
1953 Erle Stanley Gardner Court of Last Resort Winner
1954 John Bartlow Martin Why Did They Kill? Winner
1955 Charles Boswell and Lewis Thompson The Girl with the Scarlet Brand Winner
1956 Manly Wade Wellman Dead and Gone Winner
Lillian de la Torre The Truth About Belle Guness Shortlist
Robert J. Donovan The Assassins Shortlist
1957 Charles Samuels and Louise Samuels Night Fell on Georgia Winner
William Bradford Huie Ruby McCollum, The Woman in the Suwanne Jail Shortlist
Hugh Ross Williamson Historical Whodunits Shortlist
1958 Harold R. Danforth and James D. Horan The D.A.'s Man Winner
Lenore Glen Offord and Joseph Henry Jackson The Girl in the Belfry Shortlist
Henry Goddard, edited by Patrick Pringle Memoirs of a Bow Street Runner Shortlist
1959 Wenzell Brown They Died in the Chair Winner
Edward D. Radin The Deadly Reasons Shortlist
Sam Kollman as told to Hillel Black The Royal Vultures Shortlist
Edgar Lustgarten The Murder and the Trial Shortlist
Berton Donovan The Incurable Wound Shortlist

1960s

1960s Best Fact Crime winners[2]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1960 Thomas Gallagher Fire at Sea Winner
Eugene B. Block Great Train Robberies of the West Shortlist
1961 Miriam Allen deFord The Overbury Affair Winner
Sir Sydney Smith Mostly Murder Shortlist
Christianna Brand Heaven Knows Who Shortlist
1962 Barrett Prettyman, Jr. Death and the Supreme Court Winner
Paul Holmes The Sheppard Murder Case Shortlist
Edward D. Radin Lizzie Borden: The Untold Story Shortlist
George Waller Kidnap Shortlist
1963 Francis Russell Tragedy in Dedham Winner
1964 Gerold Frank The Deed Winner
Brad Williams Flight 967 Shortlist
Peter Wyden The Hired Killers Shortlist
1965 Anthony Lewis Gideon's Trumpet Winner
William Kunstler The Minister and the Choir Singer Shortlist
Norman Lewis The Honored Society Shortlist
Wayne G. Broehl, Jr. The Molly Maguires Shortlist
Arthur H. Lewis Lament for the Molly Maguires Shortlist
1966 Truman Capote In Cold Blood Winner
Harry Golden A Little Girl is Dead Shortlist
Michael V. DiSalle with Lawrence G. Blochman The Power of Life and Death Shortlist
Miriam Allen deFord Murderers Sane and Mad Shortlist
Jürgen Thorwald The Century of the Detective Shortlist
1967 Gerold Frank The Boston Strangler Winner
Julian Symons Crime and Detection Shortlist
Elwyn Jones The Last Two to Hang Shortlist
1968 Victoria Lincoln A Private Disgrace Winner
Margaret Kreig Black Market Medicine Shortlist
Selwyn Raab Justice in the Back Room Shortlist
Curt Gentry Frame-Up Shortlist
1969 John Walsh Poe the Detective Winner
John Frasca The Mulberry Tree Shortlist
Norman Zierold Three Sisters in Black Shortlist

1970s

1970s Best Fact Crime winners[2]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1970 Herbert B. Ehrmann The Case that Will Not Die Winner
Don T. Block Scottsboro Shortlist
Bernard Lefkowitz and Kenneth Gross The Victims Shortlist
Fred C. Shapiro Whitmore Shortlist
1971 Mildred Savage A Great Fall Winner
Girard Chester The Ninth Juror Shortlist
Ramsey Clark Crime in America Shortlist
1972 Sandor Frankel Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Winner
Robert Sullivan The Disappearance of Dr. Parkman Shortlist
William A. Clark The Girl on the Volkswagen Floor Shortlist
1973 Stephen Fay, Lewis Chester, and Magnus Linkletter Hoax Winner
A. C. Greene The Santa Claus Bank Robbery Shortlist
Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts Shipwreck Shortlist
T. P. Slattery They Got to Find Me Guilty Yet Shortlist
1974 Barbara Levy Legacy of Death Winner
Louis Nizer The Implosion Conspiracy Shortlist
Paulette Cooper The Medical Detectives Shortlist
John Pearson The Profession of Violence Shortlist
Ed Cray Burden of Proof Shortlist
1975 Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry Helter Skelter Winner
Gerald Meyer The Memphis Murders Shortlist
Ernest Tidyman Dummy Shortlist
1976 Tom Wicker A Time to Die Winner
Gene Miller Invitation to a Lynching Shortlist
Isser Harel The House on Garibaldi Street Shortlist
1977 Thomas Thompson Blood and Money Winner
Edward Keyes The Michigan Murders Shortlist
Margaret Anne Barnes Murder in Coweta County Shortlist
1978 George Jonas and Barbara Amiel By Persons Unknown Winner
Lacey Fosburgh Closing Time: The True Story of the Goodbar Murder Shortlist
Clark Howard Six Against the Rock Shortlist
Vin McLellan and Paul Avery The Voice of Guns Shortlist
Roberta S. Feuerlicht Justice Crucified Shortlist
1979 Vincent Bugliosi and Ken Hurwitz Til Death Do Us Part Winner
Jack W. Baugh and Jefferson Morgan Why Have They Taken Our Children? Shortlist
Charles Silberman Criminal Violence Shortlist
Alan Weinstein Perjury Shortlist

1980s

Year Author Title Result Ref.
1980 Robert Lindsey The Falcon and the Snowman Winner [3]
Shana Alexander Anyone's Daughter Shortlist [3]
Gary Cartwright Blood Will Tell Shortlist [3]
Stephen H. Gettinger Sentenced to Die Shortlist [3]
Clark Howard Zebra Shortlist [3]
1981 Fred Harwell A True Deliverance Winner [3]
John Dinges and Saul Landau Assassination on Embassy Row Shortlist [3]
Thomas Hawser The Trial of Policeman Thomas Shea Shortlist [3]
1982 Robert W. Greene The Sting Man Winner [3]
Ellen Godfrey By Reason of Doubt Shortlist [3]
Gregory Wallance Papa's Game Shortlist [3]
Seymour Reit The Day They Stole the Mona Lisa Shortlist [3]
Daniel Keyes The Minds of Billy Milligan Shortlist [3]
1983 Richard Hammer The Vatican Connection Winner [3]
Ernest Tidyman Big Bucks Shortlist [3]
William Randolph Stevens Deadly Intentions Shortlist [3]
David McClintick Indecent Exposure Shortlist [3]
Myron Farber Somebody is Lying: The Story of Doctor X. Shortlist [3]
1984 Shana Alexander Very Much a Lady Winner [3]
Lawrence O'Donnell Deadly Force Shortlist [3]
B.C. Hall and Bob Lancaster Judgement Day Shortlist [3]
Jack Olsen Son Shortlist [3]
William Wright The Von Bulow Affair Shortlist [3]
1985 Mike Weiss Double Play: The San Francisco City Hall Killings Winner [3]
John Cornwell Earth to Earth Shortlist [3]
Jim Atkinson and John Bloom Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs Shortlist [3]
David Black Murder at the Met Shortlist [3]
Jane Pejsa The Molineux Affair Shortlist [3]
1986 Stephen M.L. Aronson and Natalie Robins Savage Grace Winner [3]
Jonathan Coleman At Mother's Request: A True Story of Money, Murder, and Betrayal Shortlist [3]
Shana Alexander Nutcracker: Money, Madness, Murder: A Family Album Shortlist [3]
Gordon Burn Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son: The Story of the Yorkshire Ripper Shortlist [3]
Ludovic Kennedy The Airman and the Carpenter: The Lindbergh Kidnapping and the Framing of Richard Hauptmann Shortlist [3]
Brian Kates The Murder of a Shopping Bag Lady Shortlist [3]
1987 Carlton Stowers Careless Whispers: The True Story of a Triple Murder and the Determined Lawman Who Wouldn't Give Up Winner [3]
Johnny France and Malcolm McConnell Incident at Big Sky: Sheriff Johnny France and the Mountain Men Shortlist [3]
Alan Prendergast The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Violence and Revenge Shortlist [3]
Daniel Keyes Unveiling Claudia: A True Story of Serial Murder Shortlist [3]
Nicholas Pileggi Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family Shortlist [3]
1988 Richard Hammer CBS Murders Winner [3]
Robert Mayer Dreams of Ada Shortlist [3]
Loretta Schwartz-Nobel Engaged to Murder Shortlist [3]
Stephen Singular Talked to Death Shortlist [3]
Ira Berkow The Man Who Robbed the Pierre Shortlist [3]
1989 Harry N. MacLean In Broad Daylight Winner [3]
Robert Lindsey A Gathering of Saints Shortlist [3]
Pete Earley Family of Spies: Inside the John Walker Spy Ring Shortlist [3]
Lindsey Gruson and John Hubner Monkey on a Stick Shortlist [3]
Paul Eddy, Hugo Sabogal, and Sara Walden The Cocaine Wars Shortlist [3]

1990s

1990s Best Fact Crime winners[2]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1990 Jack Olsen Doc: The Rape of the Town of Lovell Winner
Joseph Wambaugh The Blooding: The True Story of the Narborough Village Murders Shortlist
Linda Wolfe Wasted: The Preppie Murder Shortlist
Peter Elkind The Death Shift: The True Story of Nurse Genene Jones and the Texas Baby Murders Shortlist
Darcy O'Brien Murder in Little Egypt Shortlist
1991 Peter Maas In a Child's Name Winner
John Cummings and Ernest Volkman Goombata Shortlist
Ken Englade Beyond Reason Shortlist
Barry Siegel A Death in White Bear Lake Shortlist
1992 David Simon Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets Winner
Christopher Joyce and Eric Stover Witnesses from the Grace: The Stories Bones Tell Shortlist
Joseph F. O'Brien and Andris Kurins Boss of Bosses: The Fall of the Godfather: The FBI and Pauk Castellano Shortlist
James B. Stewart Den of Thieves Shortlist
Charles C. Thompson II and James P. Cole Death of Elvis: What Really Happened Shortlist
1993 Harry Farrell Swift Justice Winner
Jana Bommersbach The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd Shortlist
Thomas H. Cook Blood Echoes Shortlist
Ann Rule Everything She Ever Wanted Shortlist
Jim Schutze My Husband's Trying to Kill Me Shortlist
1994 Bella Stumbo Until the Twelfth of Never Winner
Noel Behn Lindbergh: The Crime Shortlist
Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith Final Justice Shortlist
Jack Olsen The Misbegotten Son Shortlist
David Protess and Rob Warden Gone in the Night Shortlist
1995 Joe Domanick To Protect and to Serve Winner
Jerry Bledsoe Before He Wakes Shortlist
Edward Humes Mississippi Mud Shortlist
Dennis McDougal In the Best of Families Shortlist
Eileen McNamara Breakdown Shortlist
1996 Pete Earley Circumstantial Evidence Winner
John Douglas and Mark Olshaker Mindhunter Shortlist
T. J. English Born to Kill Shortlist
James Neff Unfinished Murder Shortlist
Jim Schutze By Two and Two Shortlist
1997 Darcy O'Brien Power to Hurt Winner
1998 Carlton Stowers To the Last Breath Winner
Jerry Bledsoe Death Sentence Shortlist
Rich Cohen Tough Jews Shortlist
Timothy Dumas Greentown Shortlist
Richard A. Serrano One of Ours Shortlist
1999 Richard Firstman The Death of Innocents Winner
Bernard Lefkowitz Our Guys: The Glen Ridge Rape and the Secret Life of the Perfect Suburb Shortlist
Ben MacIntyre The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief Shortlist
Ann Rule Bitter Harvest: A Woman's Fury, a Mother's Sacrifice Shortlist
John C. Tucker May God Have Mercy: A True Story of Crime and Punishment Shortlist

2000s

2000s Best Fact Crime winners and shortlists
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2000 James B. Stewart Blind Eye Winner [3]
Ann Rule And Never Let Her Go Shortlist [3]
James St. James Disco Bloodbath Shortlist [3]
Edward Humes Mean Justice Shortlist [3]
Jim Fisher The Ghosts of Hopewell Shortlist [3]
2001 Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill Black Mass: The Irish Mob, The FBI, & A Devil's Deal Winner [3]
Don Foster Author Unknown: On the Trail of Anonymous Shortlist [3]
John Evangelist Walsh Moonlight: Abraham Lincoln and the Almanac Trial Shortlist [3]
Jeanne Boylan Portraits of Guilt: The Woman Who Profiles the Faces of America's Deadliest Criminals Shortlist [3]
Joshua Armstrong and Anthony Bruno The Seekers: A Bounty Hunter's Story Shortlist [3]
2002 Kent Walker Son of a Grifter Winner [3]
Jonathan H. Pincus Base Instincts: What Makes a Killer Kill? Shortlist [3]
Roy Hazelwood and Stephen G. Michaud Dark Dreams: Sexual Violence, Homicide and the Criminal Mind Shortlist [3]
Joe Jackson Leavenworth Train: A Fugitive's Search for Justice in the Vanishing West Shortlist [3]
James Neff The Wrong Man: The Final Verdict in the Dr. Sam Sheppard Murder Case Shortlist [3]
2003 Joseph Wambaugh Fire Lover Winner [3]
Albert Borowitz Blood and Ink: International Guide to Fact-Based Crime Literature Shortlist [3]
James Ruddick Death at the Priory: Sex, Love and Murder in Victorian England Shortlist [3]
Douglas Century and Rick Cowan Takedown: The Fall of the Last Mafia Empire Shortlist [3]
John Taylor The Count and the Confession Shortlist [3]
2004 Erik Larson The Devil in the White City Winner [3]
Steve Oney And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan & the Lynching of Leo Frank Shortlist [3]
Steve Hodel Black Dahlia Avenger - The True Story Shortlist [3]
Dick Lehr and Mitchell Zuckoff Judgement Ridge: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murders Shortlist [3]
David Pietrusza Rothstien: The Life, Times, & Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series Shortlist [3]
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 [4]
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 [5]
Kevin Flynn Relentless Pursuit: A True Story of Family, Murder, and the Prosecutor Who Wouldn't Quit Shortlist
Bruce Watson Sacco and 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 [6]
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

2010s Best Fact Crime winners and shortlists[7]
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 Ken Armstrong

Nick Perry

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 [8][9]
Paul Collins The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars Shortlist [10]
T. J. English The Savage City: Race, Murder, and a Generation on the Edge Shortlist [10]
Steve Miller Girl, Wanted: The Chase for Sarah Pender Shortlist [10]
Mark Seal The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter Shortlist [10]
2013 Paul French Midnight in Peking Winner [11]
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 [12]
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 [13]
Michael D’Antonio Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal Shortlist [13]
Charles Graeber The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness and Murder Shortlist [13]
Cate Lineberry The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and the Medics Behind Nazi Lines Shortlist [13]
2015 William J. Mann Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood Winner [14][15]
Kevin Cook Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime that Changed America Shortlist [14]
Carl Hoffman The Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art Shortlist [14]
Lacy M. Johnson The Other Side: A Memoir Shortlist [14]
Harold Schechter The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder that Shook the Nation Shortlist [14]
2016 Allen Kurzweil Whipping Boy: The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully Winner [16][17]
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 [18]
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 [19]
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 [20]
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

2020s Best Fact Crime winners and shortlists[7]
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 [21][22]
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 [23][24]
Mark A. Bradley Blood Runs Coal: The Yablonski Murders and the Battle for the United Mine Workers of America Shortlist [24]
Emma Copley Eisenberg The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia Shortlist [24]
Sierra Crane Murdoch Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country Shortlist [24]
Ariel Sabar Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man, and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife Shortlist [24]
2022 Elon Green Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York Winner [25]
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 [26]
Kathleen Hale Slenderman Shortlist [27]
Kathryn Miles Trailed Shortlist [27]
Shahan Mufti American Caliph Shortlist [27]
Daniel Stashower American Demon Shortlist [27]
2024 Nathan Masters Crooked: The Roaring '20s Tale of a Corrupt Attorney General, a Crusading Senator, and the Birth of the American Political Scandal Winner [28][29]
Kim Cross In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America’s Child Shortlist [30]
Zeke Faux Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall Shortlist [30]
John Glatt Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders Shortlist [30]
Barbara Rae-Venter I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever Shortlist [30]
Joe Sexton The Lost Sons of Omaha: Two Young Men in an American Tragedy Shortlist [30]

Notes

  1. ^ Brannon was nominated "for general excellence in fact crime writing".

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