2009 Edgar Award for Best Short Story

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<h1>Edgar Award for Best Short Story<br>2009</h1><br> <br><div class="ff1" style="min-height: 342px;"><div class="recbook"><br><strong><font size="+1" color="GOLD">winner</font></strong><br><br>Skinhead Central<br>by<br><a href="/p/t-jefferson-parker/">T Jefferson Parker</a></div><div class="recbook"><br><strong>nominee</strong><br><br><a href="/c/sean-chercover/sleep-not-unlike-death.htm"><img alt="thumb" src="/img/_.png" data-US="414MLwegfjL._SL500_.jpg" width="120" height="185" ></a><br><a href="/c/sean-chercover/sleep-not-unlike-death.htm">A Sleep Not Unlike Death</a><br>by<br><a href="/c/sean-chercover/">Sean Chercover</a></div><div class="recbook"><br><strong>nominee</strong><br><br>La Vie en Rose<br>by<br>Dominique Mainard</div><div class="spacer"></div><div class="recbook"><br><strong>nominee</strong><br><br><a href="/l/laura-lippman/scratch-woman.htm"><img alt="thumb" src="/img/_.png" data-US="41WiKYoRLCL._SL500_.jpg" width="120" height="185" ></a><br><a href="/l/laura-lippman/scratch-woman.htm">Scratch a Woman</a><br>by<br><a href="/l/laura-lippman/">Laura Lippman</a></div><div class="recbook"><br><strong>nominee</strong><br><br>Skin and Bones<br>by<br><a href="/g/david-edgerley-gates/">David Edgerley Gates</a></div></div><div class="spacer"></div><br><div class="sectionhead">About the Edgar Awards</div><div class="blurb">The Edgars Awards are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America.   <a href="https://edgarawards.com/">Website</a></div><br><div class="sectionhead">Years when the Edgar Award for Best Short Story was given</div><a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1951.htm">1951</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1952.htm">1952</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1953.htm">1953</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1954.htm">1954</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1955.htm">1955</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1956.htm">1956</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1957.htm">1957</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1958.htm">1958</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1959.htm">1959</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1960.htm">1960</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1961.htm">1961</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1962.htm">1962</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1963.htm">1963</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1964.htm">1964</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1965.htm">1965</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1966.htm">1966</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1967.htm">1967</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1968.htm">1968</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1969.htm">1969</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1970.htm">1970</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1971.htm">1971</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1972.htm">1972</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1973.htm">1973</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1974.htm">1974</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1975.htm">1975</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1976.htm">1976</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1977.htm">1977</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1978.htm">1978</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1979.htm">1979</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1980.htm">1980</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1981.htm">1981</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1982.htm">1982</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1983.htm">1983</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1984.htm">1984</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1985.htm">1985</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1986.htm">1986</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1987.htm">1987</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1988.htm">1988</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1989.htm">1989</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1990.htm">1990</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1991.htm">1991</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1992.htm">1992</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1993.htm">1993</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1994.htm">1994</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1995.htm">1995</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1996.htm">1996</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1997.htm">1997</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1998.htm">1998</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/1999.htm">1999</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2000.htm">2000</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2001.htm">2001</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2002.htm">2002</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2003.htm">2003</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2004.htm">2004</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2005.htm">2005</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2006.htm">2006</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2007.htm">2007</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2008.htm">2008</a>   2009   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2010.htm">2010</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2011.htm">2011</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2012.htm">2012</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2013.htm">2013</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2014.htm">2014</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2015.htm">2015</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2016.htm">2016</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2017.htm">2017</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2018.htm">2018</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2019.htm">2019</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2020.htm">2020</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2021.htm">2021</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2022.htm">2022</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2023.htm">2023</a>   <a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-short-story/2024.htm">2024</a>   <br><br><div class="sectionhead">Other Edgar Awards given in 2009</div><div class="blurb"><a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-first-novel/2009.htm">Edgar Award for Best First Novel</a><br><a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-juvenile/2009.htm">Edgar Award for Best Juvenile</a><br><a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-novel/2009.htm">Edgar Award for Best Novel</a><br><a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-paperback-original/2009.htm">Edgar Award for Best Paperback original</a><br><a href="/awards/edgar-awards/edgar-award-for-best-young-adult-novel/2009.htm">Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel</a><br><a href="/awards/edgar-awards/mary-higgins-clark-award/2009.htm">Mary Higgins Clark 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