Edgar Award
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The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America,[1] based in New York City.[2] They honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film, and theater published or produced in the previous year.
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Categories [edit]
- Best novel (since 1954)
- Best first novel by an American author (since 1946)
- Best paperback original (since 1970)
- Best short story (since 1951)
- Best fact crime (since 1948)
- Best critical/biographical work (since 1977)
- Best young adult (since 1989)
- Best juvenile (since 1961)
- Best episode in a TV series (since 1952)
- Best TV feature or miniseries (since 1972)
- Best motion picture screenplay (since 1946)
- Best play (since 1950, irregular)
- Special Edgars (since 1949, irregular)
- Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for first mystery short story (since 1984)
- Raven Award (since 1953)
- Grand Master Award (since 1955)
- Ellery Queen Award (since 1983)
- Mary Higgins Clark Award (since 2001)
- Best radio drama (1946–1960)
- Outstanding Mystery Criticism (1946–1967)
- Best foreign film (1949–1966)
- Best book jacket (1955–1975)
Best Novel award winners [edit]
Winners and, where known, shortlisted titles for each year:
1950s [edit]
- 1954 Charlotte Jay, Beat Not the Bones
- 1955 Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye
- 1956 Margaret Millar, Beast in View
- The Gordons, The Case of the Talking Bug
- Patricia Highsmith, The Talented Mr. Ripley
- 1957 Charlotte Armstrong, A Dram of Poison
- Margot Bennett, The Man Who Didn't Fly
- 1958 Ed Lacy, Room to Swing
- Arthur Upfield, The Bushman Who Came Back
- Bill Ballinger, The Longest Second
- Marjorie Carleton, The Night of the Good Children
- Dorothy Salisbury Davis, A Gentleman Called
- David Alexander, The Madhouse in Washington Square
- Lee Blackstock, The Woman in the Woods (aka Miss Fenny as Charity Blackstock)
1960s [edit]
- 1960 Celia Fremlin, The Hours Before Dawn
- Philip MacDonald, The List of Adrian Messenger
- 1961 Julian Symons, The Progress of a Crime
- Peter Curtis, The Devil's Own
- Herbert Brean, The Traces of Brillhart
- Geoffrey Household, Watcher in the Shadows
- 1962 J. J. Marric, Gideon's Fire
- Lionel Davidson, The Night of Wenceslas
- Anne Blaisdell, Nightmare
- Suzanne Blanc, The Green Stone
- Ross Macdonald, The Wycherly Woman
- 1963 Ellis Peters, Death and the Joyful Woman
- Dell Shannon, Knave of Hearts
- Mark McShane, Seance
- Shelley Smith, The Ballad of the Running Man
- Jean Potts, The Evil Wish
- Ross Macdonald, The Zebra-Striped Hearse
- 1964 Eric Ambler, The Light of Day
- Stanton Forbes, Grieve for the Past
- Dorothy B. Hughes, The Expendable Man
- Elizabeth Fenwick, The Make-Believe Man
- Ellery Queen, The Player on the Other Side
- Margaret Millar, The Fiend
- Hans Hellmut Kirst, The Night of the Generals
- Mary Stewart, This Rough Magic
- Mary Stewart, Airs Above the Ground
- Len Deighton, Funeral in Berlin
- Ross Macdonald, The Far Side of the Dollar
- Dorothy Salisbury Davis, The Pale Betrayer
- H. R. F. Keating, The Perfect Murder
- 1967 Nicolas Freeling, King of the Rainy Country
- Ngaio Marsh, Killer Dolphin
- Dick Francis, Odds Against
- Donald E. Westlake, The Busy Body
- 1968 Donald E. Westlake, God Save the Mark
- George Baxt, A Parade of Cockeyed Creatures
- Dick Francis, Flying Finish
- Charlotte Armstrong, Lemon in the Basket
- Ira Levin, Rosemary's Baby
- Charlotte Armstrong, The Gift Shop
- Peter Dickinson, A Glass-Sided Ants' Nest
- Dick Francis, Blood Sport
- Dorothy Salisbury Davis and Jerome Ross, God Speed the Night
- Heron Carvic, Picture Miss Seeton
- Stanley Ellin, The Valentine Estate
1970s [edit]
- 1970 Dick Francis, Forfeit
- Chester Himes, Blind Man with a Pistol
- Shaun Herron, Miro
- Peter Dickinson, The Old English Peep Show
- Emma Lathen, When in Greece
- Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Where the Dark Streets Go
- Pat Stadley, Autumn of a Hunter
- Margaret Millar, Beyond this Point Are Monsters
- Patricia Moyes, Many Deadly Returns
- Donald E. Westlake, The Hot Rock
- Shaun Herron, The Hound and the Fox and the Harper
- P. D. James, Shroud for a Nightingale
- G. F. Newman, Sir, You Bastard
- Tony Hillerman, The Fly on the Wall
- Arthur Wise, Who Killed Enoch Powell?
- Martin Cruz Smith, Canto for a Gypsy
- John Ball, Five Pieces of Jade
- Hugh C. Rae, The Shooting Gallery
- Ngaio Marsh, Tied Up in Tinsel
- Francis Clifford, Amigo, Amigo
- P. D. James, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
- Jean Stubbs, Dear Laura
- Victor Canning, The Rainbird Pattern
- 1975 Jon Cleary, Peter's Pence
- Francis Clifford, Goodbye and Amen
- Andrew Garve, The Lester Affair
- Malcolm Bosse, The Man Who Loved Zoos
- Paul Erdman, The Silver Bears
- 1976 Brian Garfield, Hopscotch
- Gerald Seymour, Harry's Game
- Maggie Rennert, Operation Alcestic
- Marvin Albert, The Gargoyle Conspiracy
- Ross Thomas, The Money Harvest
- Richard Neely, A Madness of the Heart
- Thomas Gifford, The Cavanaugh Quest
- Gerald Seymour, The Glory Boys
- Trevanian, The Main
- 1979 Ken Follett, Eye of the Needle
- Ruth Rendell, A Sleeping Life
- Tony Hillerman, Listening Woman
- Jack S. Scott, The Shallow Grave
- John Godey, The Snake
1980s [edit]
- C.P. Snow, A Coat of Varnish
- Robert Barnard, Death of a Mystery Writer
- Frank Parrish, Fire in the Barley
- Ruth Rendell, Make Death Love Me
- 1981 Dick Francis, Whip Hand
- B. M. Gill, Death Drop
- Robert Barnard, Death of a Literary Widow
- A. J. Quinnell, Man on Fire
- Reginald Hill, The Spy's Wife
- 1982 William Bayer, Peregrine
- 1983 Rick Boyer, Billinsgate Shoal
- 1984 Elmore Leonard, LaBrava
- 1985 Ross Thomas, Briarpatch
- 1986 L. R. Wright, The Suspect
- 1987 Barbara Vine, A Dark-Adapted Eye
- 1988 Aaron Elkins, Old Bones
- 1989 Stuart M. Kaminsky, A Cold Red Sunrise
1990s [edit]
- 1990 James Lee Burke, Black Cherry Blues
- 1991 Julie Smith, New Orleans Mourning
- 1992 Lawrence Block, A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
- 1993 Margaret Maron, Bootlegger's Daughter
- 1994 Minette Walters, The Sculptress
- 1995 Mary Willis Walker, The Red Scream
- 1996 Dick Francis, Come to Grief
- 1997 Thomas H. Cook, The Chatham School Affair
- 1998 James Lee Burke, Cimarron Rose
- 1999 Robert Clark, Mr. White's Confession
2000s [edit]
- 2000 Jan Burke, Bones
- 2001 Joe R. Lansdale, The Bottoms
- 2002 T. Jefferson Parker, Silent Joe
- 2003 S. J. Rozan, Winter and Night
- 2004 Ian Rankin, Resurrection Men
- 2005 T. Jefferson Parker, California Girl
- 2006 Jess Walter, Citizen Vince
- 2007 Jason Goodwin, The Janissary Tree
- 2008 John Hart, Down River
- 2009 C. J. Box, Blue Heaven
2010s [edit]
- 2010 John Hart, The Last Child
- 2011 Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist
- 2012 Mo Hayder, Gone
- 2013 Dennis Lehane, Live by Night
2013 winners [edit]
- Best Novel: Live by Night by Dennis Lehane
- Best First Novel by an American Author: The Expats by Chris Pavone
- Best Paperback Original: The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters
- Best Fact Crime: Midnight in Peking by Paul French
- Best Critical/Biographical: The Scientific Sherlock Holmes by James O'Brien
- Best Short Story: "The Unremarkable Heart" - Mystery Writers of America Presents: Vengeance by Karin Slaughter
- Best Juvenile: The Quick Fix by Jack D. Ferraiolo
- Best Young Adult: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
- Best Television Episode Teleplay: "A Scandal in Belgravia" - Sherlock, teleplay by Steven Moffat
- Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: "When They Are Done With Us" - Staten Island Noir by Patricia Smith
- Grand Master: Ken Follett and Margaret Maron
- Raven Awards: Oline Cogdill, Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore San Diego and Redondo Beach, CA
- Ellery Queen Award: Akashic Books
- The Simon & Schuster-Mary Higgens Clark Award: The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan
2012 winners [edit]
For works published in 2011.
- Best Novel: Gone by Mo Hayder
- Best First Novel: Bent Road by Lori Roy
- Best Paperback Original: The Company Man by Robert Jackson Bennett
- Best Fact Crime: Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
- Best Critical/Biographical: On Conan Doyle: Or, the Whole Art of Storytelling by Michael Dirda
- Best Short Story: "The Man Who Took His Hat Off to the Driver of the Train" - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Peter Turnbull
- Best Juvenile: Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby
- Best Young Adult: The Silence of Murder by Dandi Daley Mackall
- Best Television Episode Teleplay: "Pilot" - Homeland, Teleplay by Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon & Gideon Raff
- Best Play: The Game's Afoot by Ken Ludwig
- Robert L. Fish Memorial: "A Good Man of Business" - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by David Ingram
- Mary Higgins Clark: Learning to Swim by Sara J. Henry
- Grand Master: Martha Grimes
- Raven: M is for Mystery Bookstore, San Mateo, CA / Molly Weston, Meritorious Mysteries
- Ellery Queen Award: Joe Meyers of the Connecticut Post/Hearst Media News Group
2010 winners [edit]
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2010, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, and film published or produced in 2009, are:
- Best Novel: The Last Child by John Hart
- Best First Novel by an American Author: In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff
- Best Paperback Original: Body Blows by Marc Strange
- Best Fact Crime: Columbine by Dave Cullen
- Best Critical/Biographical: The Lineup: The World’s Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives edited by Otto Penzler
- Best Short Story: "Amapola" – Phoenix Noir by Luis Alberto Urrea
- Best Juvenile: Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn
- Best Young Adult: Reality Check by Peter Abrahams
- Best Television Episode Teleplay: "A Place of Execution" by Patrick Harbinson
The Robert L. Fish Memorial Award was presented to "A Dreadful Day" – Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine by Dan Warthman (Dell Magazines).[4]
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ Neimeyer, Mark. "Poe and Popular Culture", collected in The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe. Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-521-79727-6. p. 206.
- ^ "Contact the National Office of Mystery Writers of America". Retrieved 2013-04-21.
- ^ "Edgar Award Winners and Nominees Database". Theedgars.com. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
- ^ 2010 Edgar Winners Press Release
External links [edit]
- Mystery Writers of America
- The official website of Edgar Awards (includes nominees)
