Edgar Award
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] They honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film and theatre published or produced in the past year.
Categories
- Robert L Fish Memorial Award (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
Winners and, where known, shortlisted titles for each year:
2000s
1990s
- 1999 Robert Clark, Mr. White's Confession
- 1998 James Lee Burke, Cimarron Rose
- 1997 Thomas H. Cook, The Chatham School Affair
- 1996 Dick Francis, Come to Grief
- 1995 Mary Willis Walker, The Red Scream
- 1994 Minette Walters, The Sculptress
- 1993 Margaret Maron, Bootlegger's Daughter
- 1992 Lawrence Block, A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
- 1991 Julie Smith, New Orleans Mourning
- 1990 James Lee Burke, Black Cherry Blues
1980s
1970s
- 1979 - Ken Follett, The Eye of the Needle
- 1978 - William Hallahan, Catch Me: Kill Me
- 1977 - Robert B. Parker, Promised Land
- 1976 - Brian Garfield, Hopscotch
- Gerald Seymour, Harry's Game
- Maggie Rennert, Operation Alcestic
- Martin Albert, The Gargoyle Conspiracy
- Ross Thomas, The Money Harvest
- 1975 - Jon Cleary, Peter's Pence
- 1974 - Tony Hillerman, Dance Hall of the Dead
- 1973 - Warren Kiefer, The Lingala Code
- 1972 - Frederick Forsyth, The Day of the Jackal
- 1971 - Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö, The Laughing Policeman
- 1970 - Dick Francis, Forfeit
1960s
- 1969 - Jeffery Hudson, A Case of Need
- 1968 - Donald E. Westlake, God Save the Mark
- 1967 - Nicolas Freeling, King of the Rainy Country
- 1966 - Adam Hall, The Quiller Memorandum
- 1965 - John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
- 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
- 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
- 1962 - J. J. Marric, Gideon's Fire
- 1961 - Julian Symons, Progress of a Crime
- 1960 - Celia Fremlin, The Hours Before Dawn
1950s
- 1959 - Stanley Ellin, The Eighth Circle
- Dorothy Salisbury Davis, A Gentleman Called
- David Alexander, The Madhouse in Washington Square
- Lee Blackstock, The Woman in the Woods
- 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
- 1957 - Charlotte Armstrong, A Dram of Poison
- 1956 - Margaret Millar, Beast in View
- 1955 - Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye
- 1954 - Charlotte Jay, Beat Not the Bones
2008 winners
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2008, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television and film published or produced in 2007, are Down River by John Hart for Best Novel, In the Woods by Tana French for Best First Novel By An American Author, Queenpin by Megan Abbott for Best Paperback Original, Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi for Best Fact Crime, Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower and Charles Foley for Best Critical/Biographical, "The Golden Gopher" - Los Angeles Noir by Susan Straight for Best Short Story, The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh for Best Juvenile, Rat Life by Tedd Arnold for Best Young Adult, Panic by Joseph Goodrich for Best Play, "Pilot" - Burn Notice, Teleplay by Matt Nix for Best Television Episode Teleplay, Michael Clayton, Screenplay by Tony Gilroy for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. The Robert L. Fish Memorial Award was presented to "The Catch" - Still Waters by Mark Ammons (Level Best Books).[2]
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