Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award

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The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award, established in 2001, is an American literary award, presented as part of the Edgar Awards. The award was created to honor author of suspense novels, Mary Higgins Clark.

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To be eligible for the Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award, the book must be "written in the Mary Higgins Clark tradition according to guidelines set forth by Mary Higgins Clark:

Recipients

2000s

Mary Higgins Clark Award winners and finalists, 2001-2009 [2]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2001 Barbara D'Amato Authorized Personnel OnlyWinner [3]
Robert Crais Demolition AngelShortlist
Lynn Hightower The Debt CollectorShortlist
Lelia Kelly False WitnessShortlist
Jodi Picoult Plain TruthShortlist
2002 Judith Kelman Summer of StormsWinner
Rhys Bowen Murphy's LawShortlist
M. K. Preston Perhaps She'll DieShortlist
Denise Swanson Murder of a Sweet Old LadyShortlist
2003 Rose Connors Absolute CertaintyWinner [4]
Karen Harper The Stone ForestShortlist
Nancy Pickard The Truth HurtsShortlist
Laura Van Wormer The Bad WitnessShortlist
2004 M. K. Preston Song of the BonesWinner
Nancy Baker Jacobs RicochetShortlist
Katherine Hall Page The Body in the LighthouseShortlist
Sujata Massey Samurai's DaughterShortlist
Virginia Lanier A Bloodhound to Die ForShortlist
2005 Rochelle Krich Grave EndingsWinner [5]
Jerrilyn Farmer Perfect SaxShortlist
Carol Goodman The Drowning TreeShortlist
Christiane Heggan Scent of a KillerShortlist
P.B. Ryan Murder in a Mill TownShortlist
2006 Karen Harper Dark AngelWinner [6]
Jo Bannister Breaking FaithShortlist
Gwen Hunter Shadow ValleyShortlist
2007 Fiona Mountain BloodlineWinner [7]
2008 Sandi Ault Wild InfernoWinner [8]
Sarah Andrews In Cold PursuitShortlist
Karen Harper InfernoShortlist
Judith Kelman The First StoneShortlist
2009 Bill Floyd The Killer's WifeWinner [9] [10]
Betsy Thornton A Song for YouShortlist
S. J. Bolton SacrificeShortlist
Julie Kramer Stalking SusanShortlist
Louise Ure The Fault TreeShortlist

2010s

Mary Higgins Clark Award winners and finalists, 2010-2019 [2]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2010 S. J. Bolton AwakeningWinner
Blaize Clement Cat Sitter on a Hot Tin RoofShortlist
Nadia Gordon Lethal VintageShortlist
Hallie Ephron Never Tell a LieShortlist
Susan Kandel Dial H for HitchcockShortlist
2011 Elly Griffiths The Crossing PlacesWinner [11]
S. J. Bolton Blood HarvestShortlist
Karen Harper Down RiverShortlist
Wendy Corsi Staub Live to TellShortlist
Sandi Ault Wild PenanceShortlist
2012 Sara J. Henry Learning to Swim Winner [12] [13] [14]
S. J. Bolton Now You See MeShortlist [13]
Hallie Ephron Come and Find MeShortlist [13]
Janice Hamrick Death on TourShortlist [13]
Tracy Kiely Murder Most PersuasiveShortlist [13]
2013 Hank Phillippi Ryan The Other Woman Winner [15] [16]
Rebecca Cantrell A City of Broken GlassShortlist
S. J. Bolton Dead ScaredShortlist
Wendy Corsi Staub SleepwalkerShortlist
Jane Casey The ReckoningShortlist
2014 Jenny Milchman Cover of SnowWinner [17] [18]
Hallie Ephron There Was an Old WomanShortlist [17]
Susan Froetschel Fear of BeautyShortlist [17]
Katia Lief The Money KillShortlist [17]
Linda Stasi The Sixth StationShortlist [17]
2015 Jane Casey The Stranger You KnowWinner [19] [20] [21]
Sharon Bolton A Dark and Twisted TideShortlist
Julia Dahl Invisible CityShortlist
Julia Keller Summer of the DeadShortlist
Lori Rader-Day The Black HourShortlist
2016 Lori Rader-Day Little Pretty ThingsWinner [22] [23] [24]
Frances Brody A Woman Unknown Shortlist
Susanna Calkins The Masque of a MurdererShortlist
Hallie Ephron Night Night, Sleep TightShortlist
Catriona McPherson The Child GardenShortlist
2017 Charles Todd The Shattered TreeWinner [25] [26]
Dianne Dixon The Other SisterShortlist
Catriona McPherson Quiet NeighborsShortlist
Hank Phillippi Ryan Say No MoreShortlist
Wendy Corsi Staub Blue MoonShortlist
2018 Carol Goodman The Widow's HouseWinner [27]
Ellen Crosby The Vineyard VictimsShortlist
Hallie Ephron You'll Never Know DearShortlist
Nadine Nettmann Uncorking a LieShortlist
Lori Rader-Day The Day I DiedShortlist
2019 Sujata Massey The Widows of Malabar HillWinner [28]
Mariah Fredericks A Death of No ImportanceShortlist [29]
Dianne Freeman A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and MurderShortlist [29]
Julia Keller Bone on BoneShortlist [29] [30]
Paula Munier A Borrowing of BonesShortlist [29]

2020s

Mary Higgins Clark Award winners and finalists, 2020-present [2]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2020 Carol Goodman The Night VisitorsWinner [31] [32]
Tara Laskowski One Night GoneShortlist
Catriona McPherson Strangers at the GateShortlist
Emma Rowley Where the Missing GoShortlist
Hank Phillippi Ryan The Murder ListShortlist
2021 Elsa Hart The Cabinets of Barnaby MayneWinner [33] [34] [35]
Mariah Fredericks Death of an American BeautyShortlist
Hank Phillippi Ryan The First to LieShortlist
Lori Rader-Day The Lucky OneShortlist
Paige Shelton Cold WindShortlist
2022 Naomi Hirahara Clark and DivisionWinner [36] [37] [38]
Elizabeth Penney Chapter and CurseShortlist [39]
Tracy Gardner Ruby Red HerringShortlist [39]
Katherine Cowley The Secret Life of Miss Mary BennetShortlist [39] [40]
Callie Hutton The Sign of DeathShortlist [39]
2023 B. R. Myers A Dreadful SplendorWinner [41]
Amanda Flower Because I Could Not Stop for DeathShortlist [42]
Sulari Gentill The Woman in the LibraryShortlist [42]
Carol Goodman The Disinvited GuestShortlist [42]
D. M. Rowell Never Name the DeadShortlist [42]
2024 Lina Chern Play the FoolWinner [43]
Carol Goodman The Bones of the StoryShortlist [43]
Anastasia Hastings Of Manners and MurderShortlist [43]
Kate Robards The Three Deaths of Willa StannardShortlist [43]
Mary Winters Murder in PostscriptShortlist [43]

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