Mystery Writers of America
Born
1945
Works
24
The Mystery Writers of America (MWA) is a professional organization of mystery and crime writers, based in New York City.
The organization was founded in 1945 by <a href="openlibrary.org target="_blank">Clayton Rawson</a>, <a href="openlibrary.org target="_blank">Anthony Boucher</a>, <a href="openlibrary.org target="_blank">Lawrence Treat</a>, and <a href="openlibrary.org target="_blank">Brett Halliday</a>.
It presents the Edgar Award, a small bust of Edgar Allan Poe, to mystery or crime writers every year. It presents the Raven Award to non-writers who contribute to the mystery genre. The category of Best Juvenile Mystery is also part of the Edgar Award, with such notable recipients as <a href="openlibrary.org target="_blank">Barbara Brooks Wallace</a> having won the honor twice for The Twin in the Tavern in 1994 and Sparrows in the Scullery in 1998, and <a href="openlibrary.org target="_blank">Tony Abbott</a> for his novel The Postcard in 2009.
<a href="openlibrary.org target="_blank">John Dickson Carr</a>, who also served as president of the MWA, won a Grand Master Award in 1949 and 1962.
