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:
1950s
- 1954 - Charlotte Jay, Beat Not the Bones
- 1955 - Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye
- 1956 - Margaret Millar, Beast in View
- 1957 - Charlotte Armstrong, A Dram of Poison
- 1958 - Ed Lacy, Room to Swing
- 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
1960s
- 1960 - Celia Fremlin, The Hours Before Dawn
- 1961 - Julian Symons, Progress of a Crime
- 1962 - J. J. Marric, Gideon's Fire
- 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
- 1965 - John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
- 1966 - Adam Hall, The Quiller Memorandum
- 1967 - Nicolas Freeling, King of the Rainy Country
- 1968 - Donald E. Westlake, God Save the Mark
- 1969 - Jeffery Hudson, A Case of Need
1970s
- 1970 - Dick Francis, Forfeit
- 1971 - Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö, The Laughing Policeman
- 1972 - Frederick Forsyth, The Day of the Jackal
- 1973 - Warren Kiefer, The Lingala Code
- 1974 - Tony Hillerman, Dance Hall of the Dead
- 1975 - Jon Cleary, Peter's Pence
- 1976 - Brian Garfield, Hopscotch
- Gerald Seymour, Harry's Game
- Maggie Rennert, Operation Alcestic
- Martin Albert, The Gargoyle Conspiracy
- Ross Thomas, The Money Harvest
- 1977 - Robert B. Parker, Promised Land
- 1978 - William Hallahan, Catch Me: Kill Me
- 1979 - Ken Follett, Eye of the Needle
1980s
- 1980 - Arthur Maling, The Rheingold Route
- 1981 - Dick Francis, Whip Hand
- 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
- 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
- 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
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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