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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

• Best novel (since 1954)
• Best first novel by an American author (since 1946)
• Best paperback original (since 1970)
• Best short story (since 1951)
• Best fact crime (since 1948)
• Best critical/biographical work (since 1977)
• Best young adult (since 1989)
• Best juvenile (since 1961)
• Best episode in a TV series (since 1952)
• Best TV feature or miniseries (since 1972)
• Best motion picture screenplay (since 1946)
• Best play (since 1950, irregular)
• Special Edgars (since 1949, irregular)

• 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

• The Gordons, The Case of the Talking Bug
• Patricia Highsmith, The Talented Mr. Ripley

1957 - Charlotte Armstrong, A Dram of Poison

• Margot Bennett, The Man Who Didn't Fly

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

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

• Philip MacDonald, The List of Adrian Messenger

1961 - Julian Symons, The Progress of a Crime

• Peter Curtis, The Devil's Own
• Herbert Brean, The Traces of Brillhart
• Geoffrey Household, Watcher in the Shadows

1962 - J. J. Marric, Gideon's Fire

• Lionel Davidson, The Night of Wenceslas
• Anne Blaisdell, Nightmare
• Suzanne Blanc, The Green Stone
• Ross Macdonald, The Wycherly Woman

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

• Margaret Millar, The Fiend
• Hans Hellmut Kirst, The Night of the Generals
• Mary Stewart, This Rough Magic

1966 - Adam Hall, The Quiller Memorandum

• Mary Stewart, Airs Above the Ground
• Len Deighton, Funeral in Berlin
• Ross Macdonald, The Far Side of the Dollar
• Dorothy Salisbury Davis, The Pale Betrayer
• H. R. F. Keating, The Perfect Murder

1967 - Nicolas Freeling, King of the Rainy Country

• Ngaio Marsh, Killer Dolphin
• Dick Francis, Odds Against
• Donald E. Westlake, The Busy Body

1968 - Donald E. Westlake, God Save the Mark

• George Baxt, A Parade of Cockeyed Creatures
• Dick Francis, Flying Finish
• Charlotte Armstrong, Lemon in the Basket
• Ira Levin, Rosemary's Baby
• Charlotte Armstrong, The Gift Shop

1969 - Jeffery Hudson, A Case of Need

• Peter Dickinson, A Glass-Sided Ants' Nest
• Dick Francis, Blood Sport
• Dorothy Salisbury Davis and Jerome Ross, God Speed the Night
• Heron Carvic, Picture Miss Seeton
• Stanley Ellin, The Valentine Estate

1970s

1970 - Dick Francis, Forfeit

• Chester Himes, Blind Man with a Pistol
• Shaun Herron, Miro
• Peter Dickinson, The Old English Peep Show
• Emma Lathen, When in Greece
• Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Where the Dark Streets Go

1971 - Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö, The Laughing Policeman

• Pat Stadley, Autumn of a Hunter
• Margaret Millar, Beyond this Point Are Monsters
• Patricia Moyes, Many Deadly Returns
• Donald E. Westlake, The Hot Rock
• Shaun Herron, The Hound and the Fox and the Harper

1972 - Frederick Forsyth, The Day of the Jackal

• P. D. James, Shroud for a Nightingale
• G. F. Newman, Sir, You Bastard
• Tony Hillerman, The Fly on the Wall
• Arthur Wise, Who Killed Enoch Powell?

1973 - Warren Kiefer, The Lingala Code

• Martin Cruz Smith, Canto for a Gypsy
• John Ball, Five Pieces of Jade
• Hugh C. Rae, The Shooting Gallery
• Ngaio Marsh, Tied Up in Tinsel

1974 - Tony Hillerman, Dance Hall of the Dead

• Francis Clifford, Amigo, Amigo
• P. D. James, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
• Jean Stubbs, Dear Laura
• Victor Canning, The Rainbird Pattern

1975 - Jon Cleary, Peter's Pence

• Francis Clifford, Goodbye and Amen
• Andrew Garve, The Lester Affair
• Malcolm Bosse, The Man Who Loved Zoos
• Paul Erdman, The Silver Bears

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

• Richard Neely, A Madness of the Heart
• Thomas Gifford, The Cavanaugh Quest
• Gerald Seymour, The Glory Boys
• Trevanian, The Main

1978 - William Hallahan, Catch Me: Kill Me

• William McIlvanney, Laidlaw
• Martin Cruz Smith, Nightwing

1979 - Ken Follett, Eye of the Needle

• Ruth Rendell, A Sleeping Life
• Tony Hillerman, Listening Woman
• Jack S. Scott, The Shallow Grave
• John Godey, The Snake

1980s

1980 - Arthur Maling, The Rheingold Route

• C.P. Snow, A Coat of Varnish
• Robert Barnard, Death of a Mystery Writer
• Frank Parrish, Fire in the Barley
• Ruth Rendell, Make Death Love Me

1981 - Dick Francis, Whip Hand

• B. M. Gill, Death Drop
• Robert Barnard, Death of a Literary Widow
• A. J. Quinnell, Man on Fire
• Reginald Hill, The Spy's Wife

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]

References

External links

• Mystery Writers of America
• List of the most honored Edgar Award nominees
• The official website of Edgar Awards (includes nominees)