Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Agatha Awards, presented this past weekend at Malice Domestic.

Best Contemporary Novel: Gigi Pandian for A Midnight Puzzle

Best First Novel: K.T. Nguyen for You Know What You Did 

Best Non-Fiction: Phyllis M. Betz for Writing the Cozy Mystery: Authors’ Perspectives on Their Craft

Best Children’s/YA: K.A. Jackson for The Big Grey Man of Ben Macdhui

Best Historical Novel: Amanda Flower for To Slip the Bonds of Earth

Best Short Story: Barb Goffman for “A Matter Trust” in Three Strikes You’re Dead