G. P. Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award

The G. P. Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award was established in 2019 to honor Sue Grafton and is presented to "the best novel in a series featuring a female protagonist."^[1] It is presented annually as part of the Edgar Awards on behalf of the Mystery Writers of America.

Recipients

Award winners and shortlists^[2]

Year	Author	Title	Result	Ref.
2019	Sara Paretsky	Shell Game	Winner	[3][4]
	Lisa Black	Perish	Shortlist
	Victoria Thompson	City of Secrets	Shortlist
	Charles Todd	A Forgotten Place	Shortlist
	Jacqueline Winspear	To Die but Once	Shortlist
2020	Tracy Clark	Borrowed Time	Winner	[3][5]
	Linda Castillo	Shamed	Shortlist
	Edwin Hill	The Missing Ones	Shortlist
	Tara Laskowski	One Night Gone	Shortlist
	Gigi Pandian	The Alchemist’s Illusion	Shortlist
	Marcie R. Rendon	Girl Gone Missing	Shortlist
2021	Rosalie Knecht	Vera Kelly is Not a Mystery	Winner	[6][7]
	Kathleen Kent	The Burn	Shortlist
	Laurie R. King	Riviera Gold	Shortlist
	Sara Paretsky	Dead Land	Shortlist
	Ilaria Tuti	The Sleeping Nymph	Shortlist
	James W. Ziskin	Turn to Stone	Shortlist
2022	Tracy Clark	Runner	Winner	[8][9]
	Elizabeth Breck	Double Take	Shortlist
	Thomas Kies	Shadow Hill	Shortlist
	Kwei Quartey	Sleep Well, My Lady	Shortlist
	S. J. Rozan	Family Business	Shortlist
2023	Louisa Luna	Hideout	Winner	[10][11]
	Mark de Castrique	Secret Lives	Shortlist
	Claire Kells	An Unforgiving Place	Shortlist
	Emilya Naymark	Behind the Lie	Shortlist
	Stephen Spotswood	Secrets Typed in Blood	Shortlist
2024	Linda Castillo	An Evil Heart	Winner	[12][13]
	Samantha Jayne Allen	Hard Rain	Shortlist
	Susan Isaacs	Bad, Bad Seymour Brown	Shortlist
	Val McDermid	Past Lying	Shortlist
	Sarah Stewart Taylor	A Stolen Child	Shortlist