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EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARDS


The following are awarded by the Mystery Writers of America.

 

Best Novel

Best First Novel by an American Author

Grand Master Award

2002

SILENT JOE, by T. Jefferson Parker

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

P.D. James

1999

BONES, by Jan Burke THE SKULL MANTRA, by Eliot Pattison Mary Higgins Clark

1998

CIMARRON ROSE, by James Lee Burke

LOS ALAMOS, by Joseph Kanon

Barbara Mertz (aka Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels)

1997

THE CHATHAM SCHOOL AFFAIR, by Thomas H. Cook

SIMPLE JUSTICE, by John Morgan Wilson

Ruth Rendell

1996

COME TO GRIEF, by Dick Francis

PENANCE, by David Housewright

Dick Francis

1995

THE RED SCREAM, by Mary Willis Walker

THE CAVEMAN'S VALENTINE, George Dawes Green

Mickey Spillane

1994

THE SCULPTRESS, by Minette Walters

A GRAVE TALENT, by Laurie King

Lawrence Block

1993

BOOTLEGGER'S DAUGHTER, by Margaret Maron

THE BLACK ECHO, by Michael Connelly

Donald E. Westlake

1992

A DANCE AT THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE, by Lawrence Block

SLOW MOTION RIOT, by Peter Blauner

Elmore Leonard

1991

NEW ORLEANS MOURNING, by Julie Smith

POST MORTEM, by Patricia Daniels Cornwell

Tony Hillerman

1990

BLACK CHERRY BLUES, by James Lee Burke

THE LAST BILLABLE HOUR, by Susan Wolfe

Helen McCloy

1989

A COLD RED SUNRISE, by Stuart M. Kaminsky

CAROLINA SKELETONS, by David Stout

Hillary Waugh

1988

OLD BONES, by Aaron Elkins

DEATH AMONG STRANGERS, by Deidre S. Laiken

Phyllis A. Whitney

1987

A DARK-ADAPTED EYE, by Barbara Vine

NO ONE RIDES FOR FREE, by Larry Beinhart

Michael Gilbert

1986

THE SUSPECT, by L. R. Wright

WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS, by Jonathan Kellerman

Ed McBain

1985

BRIARPATCH, by Ross Thomas

STRIKE THREE, YOU'RE DEAD, by R. D. Rosen

Dorothy Salisbury Davis

1984

LA BRAVA, by Elmore Leonard

THE BAY PSALM BOOK MURDER, by Will Harriss

John le Carré

1983

BILLINGSGATE SHOAL, by Rick Boyer

THE BUTCHER'S BOY, by Thomas Perry

Margaret Millar

1982

PEREGRINE, by William Bayer

CHIEFS, by Stuart Woods

Julian Symons

1981

WHIP HAND, by Dick Francis

THE WATCHER, by K. Nolte Smith

Stanley Ellin

1980

THE RHEINGOLD ROUTE, by Arthur Maling

THE LASKO TANGENT, by Richard North Patterson

W.R.Burnett

1979

THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE, by Ken Follett

KILLED IN THE RATINGS, by William L. DeAndrea

Aaron Marc Stein

1978

CATCH ME: KILL ME, by William H. Hallahan

A FRENCH FINISH, by Robert Ross

Daphne du Maurier, Dorothy B. Hughes, Ngaio Marsh

1977

PROMISED LAND, by Robert B. Parker

THE THOMAS BERRYMAN NUMBER, by James Patterson

Graham Greene

1976

HOPSCOTCH, by Brian Garfield

THE ALVAREZ JOURNAL, by Rex Burns

 

1975

PETER'S PENCE, by Jon Cleary

FLETCH, by Gregory Mcdonald

Eric Ambler

1974

DANCE HALL OF THE DEAD, by Tony Hillerman

THE BILLION DOLLAR SURE THING, by Paul E. Erdman

Ross Macdonald

1973

THE LINGALA CODE, by Warren Kiefer

SQUAW POINT, by R.H. Shimer

Judson Philips, Alfred Hitchcock

1972

THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, by Frederick Forsyth

FINDING MAUBEE, by A.H.Z. Carr

John D. MacDonald

1971

THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN, by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo

THE ANDERSON TAPES, by Lawrence Sanders

Mignon G. Eberhart

1970

FORFEIT, by Dick Francis

A TIME FOR homeDATORS, by Joe Gores

James M. Cain

1969

A CASE OF NEED, by Jeffery Hudson

TIE: SILVER STREET, by E. Richard Johnson

John Creasey

1968

GOD SAVE THE MARK, by Donald E. Westlake

ACT OF FEAR, by Michael Collins

 

1967

THE KING OF THE RAINY COUNTRY, by Nicolas Freeling

THE COLD WAR SWAP, by Ross Thomas

Baynard Kendrick

1966

THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM, by Adam Hall

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, by John Ball

Georges Simenon

1965

THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, by John le Carré

FRIDAY THE RABBI SLEPT LATE, by Harry Kemelman

 

1964

THE LIGHT OF DAY, by Eric Ambler

FLORENTINE FINISH, by Cornelius Hirschberg

George Harmon Coxe

1963

DEATH AND THE JOYFUL WOMAN, by Ellis Peters

THE FUGITIVE, by Robert L. Fish

John Dickson Carr

1962

GIDEON'S FIRE, by J.J. Marric

THE GREEN STONE, by Suzanne Blanc

Earl Stanley Gardner

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)

1960

THE HOURS BEFORE DAWN, by Celia Fremlin

THE GREY FLANNEL SHROUD, by Henry Slesar

 

1959

THE EIGHTH CIRCLE, by Stanley Ellin

THE BRIGHT ROAD TO FEAR, by Richard Martin Stern

Rex Stout

1958

ROOM TO SWING, by Ed Lacy

KNOCK AND WAIT A WHILE, by William Rawle Weeks

Vincent Starrett

1957

A DRAM OF POISON, by Charlotte Armstrong

REBECCA'S PRIDE, by Donald McNutt Douglass

 

1956

BEAST IN VIEW, by Margaret Millar

THE PERFECTIONIST, by Lane Kauffman

 

1955

THE LONG GOODBYE, by Raymond Chandler

GO, LOVELY ROSE, by Jean Potts

Agatha Christie

1954

BEAT NOT THE BONES, by Charlotte Jay

A KISS BEFORE DYING, by Ira Levin

 

1953

 

DON'T CRY FOR ME, by William Campbell Gault and E. P. Dutton, publisher

 

1952

 

STRANGLE HOLD, by Mary McMullen and Harper Bros., publisher

 

1951

 

NIGHTMARE IN MANHATTAN, by Thomas Walsh

 

1950

 

WHAT A BODY, by Alan Green

 

1949

 

THE ROOM UPSTAIRS, by Mildred Davis and Simon & Schuster, publisher

 

1948

 

THE FABULOUS CLIPJOINT, by Fredric Brown and E. P. Dutton & Co., publisher

 

1947

 

THE HORIZONTAL MAN, by Helen Eustis

 

1946

 

WATCHFUL AT NIGHT, by Julius Fast