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EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARDS |
The following are awarded by the Mystery Writers of America.
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Best Novel |
Best First Novel by an American Author |
Grand Master Award |
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| 2002 |
LINE OF VISION, by David Ellis |
Robert B. Parker | |
| 2001 |
THE BOTTOMS, by Joe R. Lansdale |
A CONSPIRACY OF PAPER, by David Liss |
Edward D. Hoch |
| 2000 |
MR. WHITE'S CONFESSION, by Robert Clark |
A COLD DAY IN PARADISE, by Steve Hamilton |
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1999 |
BONES, by Jan Burke | THE SKULL MANTRA, by Eliot Pattison | Mary Higgins Clark |
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1998 |
CIMARRON ROSE, by James Lee Burke |
LOS ALAMOS, by Joseph Kanon |
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1997 |
THE CHATHAM SCHOOL AFFAIR, by Thomas H. Cook |
SIMPLE JUSTICE, by John Morgan Wilson |
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1996 |
COME TO GRIEF, by Dick Francis |
PENANCE, by David Housewright |
Dick Francis |
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1995 |
THE RED SCREAM, by Mary Willis Walker |
THE CAVEMAN'S VALENTINE, George Dawes Green |
Mickey Spillane |
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1994 |
A GRAVE TALENT, by Laurie King |
Lawrence Block |
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1993 |
BOOTLEGGER'S DAUGHTER, by Margaret Maron |
Donald E. Westlake |
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1992 |
A DANCE AT THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE, by Lawrence Block |
SLOW MOTION RIOT, by Peter Blauner |
Elmore Leonard |
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1991 |
NEW ORLEANS MOURNING, by Julie Smith |
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1990 |
BLACK CHERRY BLUES, by James Lee Burke |
THE LAST BILLABLE HOUR, by Susan Wolfe |
Helen McCloy |
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1989 |
A COLD RED SUNRISE, by Stuart M. Kaminsky |
CAROLINA SKELETONS, by David Stout |
Hillary Waugh |
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1988 |
OLD BONES, by Aaron Elkins |
DEATH AMONG STRANGERS, by Deidre S. Laiken |
Phyllis A. Whitney |
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1987 |
NO ONE RIDES FOR FREE, by Larry Beinhart |
Michael Gilbert |
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1986 |
THE SUSPECT, by L. R. Wright |
WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS, by Jonathan Kellerman |
Ed McBain |
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1985 |
BRIARPATCH, by Ross Thomas |
STRIKE THREE, YOU'RE DEAD, by R. D. Rosen |
Dorothy Salisbury Davis |
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1984 |
LA BRAVA, by Elmore Leonard |
THE BAY PSALM BOOK MURDER, by Will Harriss |
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1983 |
BILLINGSGATE SHOAL, by Rick Boyer |
THE BUTCHER'S BOY, by Thomas Perry |
Margaret Millar |
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1982 |
PEREGRINE, by William Bayer |
CHIEFS, by Stuart Woods |
Julian Symons |
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1981 |
WHIP HAND, by Dick Francis |
THE WATCHER, by K. Nolte Smith |
Stanley Ellin |
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1980 |
THE RHEINGOLD ROUTE, by Arthur Maling |
THE LASKO TANGENT, by Richard North Patterson |
W.R.Burnett |
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1979 |
THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE, by Ken Follett |
KILLED IN THE RATINGS, by William L. DeAndrea |
Aaron Marc Stein |
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1978 |
CATCH ME: KILL ME, by William H. Hallahan |
A FRENCH FINISH, by Robert Ross |
Daphne du Maurier, Dorothy B. Hughes, Ngaio Marsh |
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1977 |
PROMISED LAND, by Robert B. Parker |
Graham Greene |
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1976 |
HOPSCOTCH, by Brian Garfield |
THE ALVAREZ JOURNAL, by Rex Burns |
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1975 |
PETER'S PENCE, by Jon Cleary |
FLETCH, by Gregory Mcdonald |
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1974 |
THE BILLION DOLLAR SURE THING, by Paul E. Erdman |
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1973 |
THE LINGALA CODE, by Warren Kiefer |
SQUAW POINT, by R.H. Shimer |
Judson Philips, Alfred Hitchcock |
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1972 |
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, by Frederick Forsyth |
FINDING MAUBEE, by A.H.Z. Carr |
John D. MacDonald |
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1971 |
THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN, by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo |
THE ANDERSON TAPES, by Lawrence Sanders |
Mignon G. Eberhart |
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1970 |
FORFEIT, by Dick Francis |
A TIME FOR homeDATORS, by Joe Gores |
James M. Cain |
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1969 |
A CASE OF NEED, by Jeffery Hudson |
TIE: SILVER STREET, by E. Richard Johnson |
John Creasey |
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1968 |
GOD SAVE THE MARK, by Donald E. Westlake |
ACT OF FEAR, by Michael Collins |
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1967 |
THE KING OF THE RAINY COUNTRY, by Nicolas Freeling |
THE COLD WAR SWAP, by Ross Thomas |
Baynard Kendrick |
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1966 |
THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM, by Adam Hall |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, by John Ball |
Georges Simenon |
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1965 |
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1964 |
FLORENTINE FINISH, by Cornelius Hirschberg |
George Harmon Coxe |
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1963 |
DEATH AND THE JOYFUL WOMAN, by Ellis Peters |
THE FUGITIVE, by Robert L. Fish |
John Dickson Carr |
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1962 |
GIDEON'S FIRE, by J.J. Marric |
THE GREEN STONE, by Suzanne Blanc |
Earl Stanley Gardner |
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1961 |
THE PROGRESS OF A CRIME, by Julian Symons |
THE MAN IN THE CAGE, by John Holbrooke Vance |
Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee) |
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1960 |
THE HOURS BEFORE DAWN, by Celia Fremlin |
THE GREY FLANNEL SHROUD, by Henry Slesar |
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1959 |
THE EIGHTH CIRCLE, by Stanley Ellin |
THE BRIGHT ROAD TO FEAR, by Richard Martin Stern |
Rex Stout |
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1958 |
ROOM TO SWING, by Ed Lacy |
KNOCK AND WAIT A WHILE, by William Rawle Weeks |
Vincent Starrett |
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1957 |
A DRAM OF POISON, by Charlotte Armstrong |
REBECCA'S PRIDE, by Donald McNutt Douglass |
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1956 |
BEAST IN VIEW, by Margaret Millar |
THE PERFECTIONIST, by Lane Kauffman |
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1955 |
GO, LOVELY ROSE, by Jean Potts |
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1954 |
BEAT NOT THE BONES, by Charlotte Jay |
A KISS BEFORE DYING, by Ira Levin |
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1953 |
DON'T CRY FOR ME, by William Campbell Gault and E. P. Dutton, publisher |
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1952 |
STRANGLE HOLD, by Mary McMullen and Harper Bros., publisher |
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1951 |
NIGHTMARE IN MANHATTAN, by Thomas Walsh |
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1950 |
WHAT A BODY, by Alan Green |
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1949 |
THE ROOM UPSTAIRS, by Mildred Davis and Simon & Schuster, publisher |
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1948 |
THE FABULOUS CLIPJOINT, by Fredric Brown and E. P. Dutton & Co., publisher |
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1947 |
THE HORIZONTAL MAN, by Helen Eustis |
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1946 |
WATCHFUL AT NIGHT, by Julius Fast |