In an official press release on April 28, 2011, the Mystery Writers of America announced the winners of its 2011 Edgar Allan Poe Awards. Presented at the organization's 65th Gala Banquet held April 28, 2011 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City, the 2011 Edgars® recognized the best mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2010.
- Best Novel: The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton (Minotaur Books)
- Best First Novel by an American Author: Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva (Tom Doherty Associates – Forge Books)
- Best Paperback Original: Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard (Random House - Bantam)
- Best Fact Crime: Scoreboard, Baby: A Story of College Football, Crime and Complicity by Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry (University of Nebraska Press – Bison Original)
- Best Critical / Biographical: Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and his Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang (W.W. Norton)
- Best Short Story: "The Scent of Lilacs" by Doug Allyn in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (Dell Magazines)
- Best Juvenile The Case of the Lost Boy (Buddy Files, book 1) by Dori Hillestad Butler (Albert Whitman & Co.)
- Best Young Adult: Interrogation of Gabriel James by Charlie Price (Farrar, Straus, Giroux Books for Young Readers)
- Best Play: The Psychic by Sam Bobrick (Falcon Theatre – Burbank, CA)
- Best Television Episode Teleplay: “Episode 1” - Luther, Teleplay by Neil Cross (BBC America)
- Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: "Skyler Hobbs and the Rabbit Man" by Evan Lewis in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (Dell Magazines)
The Mystery Writers of America also presented Sara Paretsky with its Grand Master Award and gave Raven Awards to the both the Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore in Forest Park, Illinois and the Once Upon A Crime Bookstore in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Elly Griffiths accepted the Simon and Schuster - Mary Higgins Clark Award for The Crossing Places, the first book in her Ruth Galloway Mystery series.
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