# Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award

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.
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:
* "The protagonist is a nice young woman whose life is suddenly invaded.
* "She’s self-made and independent, with primarily good family relationships.
* "She has an interesting job.
* "She is not looking for trouble–she is doing exactly what she should be doing and something cuts across her bow.
* "She solves her problem by her own courage and intelligence.
* "The story has no on-scene violence.
* "The story has no strong four-letter words or explicit sex scenes."

## Recipients
### 2000s

Mary Higgins Clark Award winners and finalists, 2001-2009 :
| Year | Author | Title | Result |
| 2001 | Barbara D'Amato | Authorized Personnel Only | Winner |
| 2001 | Robert Crais | Demolition Angel | Shortlist |
| 2001 | Lynn Hightower | The Debt Collector | Shortlist |
| 2001 | Lelia Kelly | False Witness | Shortlist |
| 2001 | Jodi Picoult | Plain Truth | Shortlist |
| 2002 | Judith Kelman | Summer of Storms | Winner |
| 2002 | Rhys Bowen | Murphy's Law | Shortlist |
| 2002 | M. K. Preston | Perhaps She'll Die | Shortlist |
| 2002 | Denise Swanson | Murder of a Sweet Old Lady | Shortlist |
| 2003 | Rose Connors | Absolute Certainty | Winner |
| 2003 | Karen Harper | The Stone Forest | Shortlist |
| 2003 | Nancy Pickard | The Truth Hurts | Shortlist |
| 2003 | Laura Van Wormer | The Bad Witness | Shortlist |
| 2004 | M. K. Preston | Song of the Bones | Winner |
| 2004 | Nancy Baker Jacobs | Ricochet | Shortlist |
| 2004 | Katherine Hall Page | The Body in the Lighthouse | Shortlist |
| 2004 | Sujata Massey | Samurai's Daughter | Shortlist |
| 2004 | Virginia Lanier | A Bloodhound to Die For | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Rochelle Krich | Grave Endings | Winner |
| 2005 | Jerrilyn Farmer | Perfect Sax | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Carol Goodman | The Drowning Tree | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Christiane Heggan | Scent of a Killer | Shortlist |
| 2005 | P.B. Ryan | Murder in a Mill Town | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Karen Harper | Dark Angel | Winner |
| 2006 | Jo Bannister | Breaking Faith | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Gwen Hunter | Shadow Valley | Shortlist |
| 2007 | Fiona Mountain | Bloodline | Winner |
| 2008 | Sandi Ault | Wild Inferno | Winner |
| 2008 | Sarah Andrews | In Cold Pursuit | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Karen Harper | Inferno | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Judith Kelman | The First Stone | Shortlist |
| 2009 | Bill Floyd | The Killer's Wife | Winner |
| 2009 | Betsy Thornton | A Song for You | Shortlist |
| 2009 | S. J. Bolton | Sacrifice | Shortlist |
| 2009 | Julie Kramer | Stalking Susan | Shortlist |
| 2009 | Louise Ure | The Fault Tree | Shortlist |

### 2010s

Mary Higgins Clark Award winners and finalists, 2010-2019 :
| Year | Author | Title | Result |
| 2010 | S. J. Bolton | Awakening | Winner |
| 2010 | Blaize Clement | Cat Sitter on a Hot Tin Roof | Shortlist |
| 2010 | Nadia Gordon | Lethal Vintage | Shortlist |
| 2010 | Hallie Ephron | Never Tell a Lie | Shortlist |
| 2010 | Susan Kandel | Dial H for Hitchcock | Shortlist |
| 2011 | Elly Griffiths | The Crossing Places | Winner |
| 2011 | S. J. Bolton | Blood Harvest | Shortlist |
| 2011 | Karen Harper | Down River | Shortlist |
| 2011 | Wendy Corsi Staub | Live to Tell | Shortlist |
| 2011 | Sandi Ault | Wild Penance | Shortlist |
| 2012 | Sara J. Henry | Learning to Swim | Winner |
| 2012 | S. J. Bolton | Now You See Me | Shortlist |
| 2012 | Hallie Ephron | Come and Find Me | Shortlist |
| 2012 | Janice Hamrick | Death on Tour | Shortlist |
| 2012 | Tracy Kiely | Murder Most Persuasive | Shortlist |
| 2013 | Hank Phillippi Ryan | The Other Woman | Winner |
| 2013 | Rebecca Cantrell | A City of Broken Glass | Shortlist |
| 2013 | S. J. Bolton | Dead Scared | Shortlist |
| 2013 | Wendy Corsi Staub | Sleepwalker | Shortlist |
| 2013 | Jane Casey | The Reckoning | Shortlist |
| 2014 | Jenny Milchman | Cover of Snow | Winner |
| 2014 | Hallie Ephron | There Was an Old Woman | Shortlist |
| 2014 | Susan Froetschel | Fear of Beauty | Shortlist |
| 2014 | Katia Lief | The Money Kill | Shortlist |
| 2014 | Linda Stasi | The Sixth Station | Shortlist |
| 2015 | Jane Casey | The Stranger You Know | Winner |
| 2015 | Sharon Bolton | A Dark and Twisted Tide | Shortlist |
| 2015 | Julia Dahl | Invisible City | Shortlist |
| 2015 | Julia Keller | Summer of the Dead | Shortlist |
| 2015 | Lori Rader-Day | The Black Hour | Shortlist |
| 2016 | Lori Rader-Day | Little Pretty Things | Winner |
| 2016 | Frances Brody | A Woman Unknown | Shortlist |
| 2016 | Susanna Calkins | The Masque of a Murderer | Shortlist |
| 2016 | Hallie Ephron | Night Night, Sleep Tight | Shortlist |
| 2016 | Catriona McPherson | The Child Garden | Shortlist |
| 2017 | Charles Todd | The Shattered Tree | Winner |
| 2017 | Dianne Dixon | The Other Sister | Shortlist |
| 2017 | Catriona McPherson | Quiet Neighbors | Shortlist |
| 2017 | Hank Phillippi Ryan | Say No More | Shortlist |
| 2017 | Wendy Corsi Staub | Blue Moon | Shortlist |
| 2018 | Carol Goodman | The Widow's House | Winner |
| 2018 | Ellen Crosby | The Vineyard Victims | Shortlist |
| 2018 | Hallie Ephron | You'll Never Know Dear | Shortlist |
| 2018 | Nadine Nettmann | Uncorking a Lie | Shortlist |
| 2018 | Lori Rader-Day | The Day I Died | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Sujata Massey | The Widows of Malabar Hill | Winner |
| 2019 | Mariah Fredericks | A Death of No Importance | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Dianne Freeman | A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Julia Keller | Bone on Bone | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Paula Munier | A Borrowing of Bones | Shortlist |

### 2020s

Mary Higgins Clark Award winners and finalists, 2020-present :
| Year | Author | Title | Result |
| 2020 | Carol Goodman | The Night Visitors | Winner |
| 2020 | Tara Laskowski | One Night Gone | Shortlist |
| 2020 | Catriona McPherson | Strangers at the Gate | Shortlist |
| 2020 | Emma Rowley | Where the Missing Go | Shortlist |
| 2020 | Hank Phillippi Ryan | The Murder List | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Elsa Hart | The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne | Winner |
| 2021 | Mariah Fredericks | Death of an American Beauty | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Hank Phillippi Ryan | The First to Lie | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Lori Rader-Day | The Lucky One | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Paige Shelton | Cold Wind | Shortlist |
| 2022 | Naomi Hirahara | Clark and Division | Winner |
| 2022 | Elizabeth Penney | Chapter and Curse | Shortlist |
| 2022 | Tracy Gardner | Ruby Red Herring | Shortlist |
| 2022 | Katherine Cowley | The Secret Life of Miss Mary Bennet | Shortlist |
| 2022 | Callie Hutton | The Sign of Death | Shortlist |
| 2023 | B. R. Myers | A Dreadful Splendor | Winner |
| 2023 | Amanda Flower | Because I Could Not Stop for Death | Shortlist |
| 2023 | Sulari Gentill | The Woman in the Library | Shortlist |
| 2023 | Carol Goodman | The Disinvited Guest | Shortlist |
| 2023 | D. M. Rowell | Never Name the Dead | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Lina Chern | Play the Fool | Winner |
| 2024 | Carol Goodman | The Bones of the Story | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Anastasia Hastings | Of Manners and Murder | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Kate Robards | The Three Deaths of Willa Stannard | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Mary Winters | Murder in Postscript | Shortlist |