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 previous 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, The 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 (Michael Crichton's nom-de-plume), 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 [2]
- 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
2010s
- 2010 John Hart, The Last Child
- 2011 Steve Hamilton , The Lock Artist
2010 winners
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2010, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, and film published or produced in 2009, are:
- The Last Child by John Hart for Best Novel
- In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff for Best First Novel by an American Author
- Body Blows by Marc Strange for Best Paperback Original
- Columbine by Dave Cullen for Best Fact Crime
- The Lineup: The World’s Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives edited by Otto Penzler for Best Critical/Biographical
- "Amapola" – Phoenix Noir by Luis Alberto Urrea for Best Short Story
- Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn for Best Juvenile
- Reality Check by Peter Abrahams for Best Young Adult
- "Place of Execution," Teleplay by Patrick Harbinson for Best Television Episode Teleplay
The Robert L. Fish Memorial Award was presented to "A Dreadful Day" – Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine by Dan Warthman (Dell Magazines).[3]
See also
References
- ^ Neimeyer, Mark. "Poe and Popular Culture", collected in The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe. Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0521797276. p. 206.
- ^ http://www.theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php
- ^ 2010 Edgar Winners Press Release
External links