The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. Edgar Allan Poe (January 19 1809 – October 7 1849 was an American poet, short-story Writer, editor and Literary critic, Mystery Writers of America is an organization for mystery writers based in New York. [1] They honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film and theatre published or produced in the past year. Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as Fact. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one
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Categories
Categories include:
- Best novel
- Best first novel by an American author
- Best paperback original
- Best critical / biographical
- Best fact crime
- Best short story
- Best young adult
- Best juvenile
- Best television episode teleplay
- Best motion picture screenplay
- Best play
Best Novel award winners
The award for Best Novel has been presented annually since 1954. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. In the sociological field, crime is the breach of a rule or Law for which some governing authority or force may ultimately prescribe a Punishment The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay: Winners 1970 Z - Costa Gavras; Jorge Semprun
| Year | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Beat Not the Bones | Charlotte Jay |
| 1955 | The Long Goodbye | Raymond Chandler |
| 1956 | Beast in View | Margaret Millar |
| 1957 | A Dram of Poison | Charlotte Armstrong |
| 1958 | Room to Swing | Ed Lacy |
| 1959 | The Eighth Circle | Stanley Ellin |
| 1960 | The Hours Before Dawn | Celia Fremlin |
| 1961 | The Progress of a Crime | Julian Symons |
| 1962 | Gideon's Fire | J. J. Marric |
| 1963 | Death and the Joyful Woman | Ellis Peters |
| 1964 | The Light of Day | Eric Ambler |
| 1965 | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | John le Carré |
| 1966 | The Quiller Memorandum | Adam Hall |
| 1967 | The King of the Rainy Country | Nicolas Freeling |
| 1968 | God Save the Mark | Donald E. Westlake |
| 1969 | A Case of Need | Jeffery Hudson |
| 1970 | Forfeit | Dick Francis |
| 1971 | The Laughing Policeman | Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö |
| 1972 | The Day of the Jackal | Frederick Forsyth |
| 1973 | The Lingala Code | Warren Kiefer |
| 1974 | Dance Hall of the Dead | Tony Hillerman |
| 1975 | Peter's Pence | Jon Cleary |
| 1976 | Hopscotch | Brian Garfield |
| 1977 | Promised Land | Robert B. Parker |
| 1978 | Catch Me: Kill Me | William H. Charlotte Jay was the Pseudonym adopted by Australian mystery writer and novelist Geraldine Halls ( December 17 1919 - October 27, The Long Goodbye (ISBN 0-394-75768-8 is a 1953 novel by Raymond Chandler, centered on his famous detective Philip Marlowe. Raymond Thornton Chandler ( July 23, 1888 &ndash March 26, 1959) was an American Author of crime stories and novels Margaret Ellis Millar (née Sturm) ( February 5 1915 - March 26 1994) was an American-Canadian mystery and suspense Charlotte Armstrong Lewi ( 1905-05-02 Vulcan Michigan – 1969-07-18 Glendale California) was an American Author. Ed Lacy ( August 25, 1911 - January 7, 1968) born Leonard "Len" S Stanley Bernard Ellin ( October 6, 1916 – July 31, 1986) was an American mystery writer Celia Margaret Fremlin ( June 20 1914 -) was born in Kingsbury, now part of London, England, the sister of nuclear physicist Julian Gustave Symons (1912 - 1994 was a British Crime writer and Poet. John Creasey ( September 17, 1908 &ndash June 9, 1973) was born in Southfields, Surrey, England and died in Edith Mary Pargeter, BEM ( September 28, 1913 in Horsehay, Shropshire, England &ndash October 14, 1995 Eric Clifford Ambler OBE ( 28 June 1909 - 22 October 1998) was an influential English writer of Spy novels who introduced The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963 by John le Carré is a Cold War spy novel famous for its intricate plot and its portrait of the West's espionage methods John le Carré is the Pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (born October 19, 1931 in Poole, Dorset, England The Quiller Memorandum ( 1966) is a film adaptation of the 1965 spy novel The Berlin Memorandum, by Trevor Dudley-Smith, screenplay by Elleston Trevor was the pseudonym and eventually legal name of the British Novelist Trevor Dudley-Smith ( February 17, 1920 - Nicolas Freeling born Nicolas Davidson ( March 3, 1927 - July 20, 2003) was a British crime novelist, best known as the author of Donald Edwin Westlake (born July 12, 1933, in Brooklyn New York) is a prolific American Novelist, with over a hundred books A Case of Need is a mystery novel written by Michael Crichton under the pseudonym Jeffery Hudson. John Michael Crichton, ˈkraɪtən, (born October 23 1942 is an American author Film producer, Film director, Medical doctor, and Television producer Dick Francis CBE (born Richard Stanley Francis on October 31, 1920) is a British Author and retired Jockey. The Laughing Policeman (1968 by Sjöwall and Wahlöö, is the fourth police detective novel in the ten-part ' Martin Beck ' series Maj Sjöwall (born September 25, 1935 in Stockholm) is a Swedish author and translator Per Fredrik Wahlöö (born August 5, 1926 in Tölö parish Halland, died June 22, 1975 in Malmö) was a Swedish The Day of the Jackal (1971 is a thriller Novel by Frederick Forsyth, about a professional Assassin who is contracted by the Frederick Forsyth, CBE (born August 25, 1938) is an English author and occasional political commentator Dance Hall Of The Dead, released in 1973 is the second novel by Tony Hillerman featuring the character Joe Leaphorn. Tony Hillerman (born 27 May 1925 is an award-winning American author of Detective novels and non-fiction works Jon Stephen Cleary (born 22 November 1917) is an Australian author Hopscotch is a 1975 novel by Brian Garfield, in which a CIA field officer walks away from the Agency in order to keep from being retired in place behind Brian Francis Wynne Garfield (born 1939 is an American novelist and screenwriter Promised Land is the fourth Spenser novel by Robert B Parker, first published in 1976. Robert B Parker (born September 17 1932 Biography Parker was born in Springfield Massachusetts. Hallahan |
| 1979 | Eye of the Needle | Ken Follett |
| 1980 | The Rheingold Route | Arthur Maling |
| 1981 | Whip Hand | Dick Francis |
| 1982 | Peregrine | William Bayer |
| 1983 | Billingsgate Shoal | Rick Boyer |
| 1984 | La Brava | Elmore Leonard |
| 1985 | Briar Patch | Ross Thomas |
| 1986 | The Suspect | L. R. Wright |
| 1987 | A Dark-Adapted Eye | Barbara Vine |
| 1988 | Old Bones | Aaron Elkins |
| 1989 | A Cold Red Sunrise | Stuart M. Kaminsky |
| 1990 | Black Cherry Blues | James Lee Burke |
| 1991 | New Orleans Mourning | Julie Smith |
| 1992 | A Dance at the Slaughterhouse | Lawrence Block |
| 1993 | Bootlegger's Daughter | Margaret Maron |
| 1994 | The Sculptress | Minette Walters |
| 1995 | The Red Scream | Mary Willis Walker |
| 1996 | Come to Grief | Dick Francis |
| 1997 | The Chatham School Affair | Thomas H. Cook |
| 1998 | Cimarron Rose | James Lee Burke |
| 1999 | Mr. Ken Follett (born June 5, 1949) is a British Author of thrillers and historical novels Dick Francis CBE (born Richard Stanley Francis on October 31, 1920) is a British Author and retired Jockey. Elmore John Leonard Jr (born October 11, 1925) is a popular and acclaimed American Novelist and Screenwriter. Ross Thomas may refer to Ross Thomas (author Ross Thomas (actor, actor known for his role as Bailey in Beyond the Break The Suspect is a 1944 Film noir set in Victorian times It is based on the novel This Way Out, by James Ronald. Laurali Rose Wright (née Appleby) ( 5 June 1939 — 25 February 2001) was a Canadian writer of mystery novels A Dark-Adapted Eye ( 1986) is a Psychological thriller Novel by Ruth Rendell, written under the Nom-de-plume Barbara Ruth Barbara Rendell Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE, (born 17 February 1930) who also writes under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, is an Aaron Elkins (born July 24, 1935) is an American mystery writer Stuart M Kaminsky (born 1934 is an award-winning American mystery writer James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American Author of mysteries, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series Julie Smith (born)is an American mystery writer, the author of nineteen Novels and several short stories Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is an acclaimed contemporary American crime writer best known for two long-running New York -set series about Margaret Maron is an American Writer, the author of award-winning mystery Novels Biography Maron was born and grew up in central The Sculptress (1993 is a mystery novel by Minette Walters. It follows the life of Rosalind Leigh a journalist who is writing a book about Olive Martin a convicted murderess Minette Walters (born 26 September 1949) is a best-selling English Crime writer, who has received many awards for her writing and is published Mary Willis Walker (born May 24, 1942 in Wisconsin) is American crime fiction author Dick Francis CBE (born Richard Stanley Francis on October 31, 1920) is a British Author and retired Jockey. Thomas H Cook (born September 19, 1947) is an American author whose 1996 novel The Chatham School Affair received an Edgar award from the Mystery James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American Author of mysteries, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series White's Confession | Robert Clark |
| 2000 | Bones | Jan Burke |
| 2001 | The Bottoms | Joe R. Lansdale |
| 2002 | Silent Joe | T. Jefferson Parker |
| 2003 | Winter and Night | S. Jan Burke is an award winning Author of novels and short stories Joe R Lansdale (born October 28, 1951, Gladewater, Texas) is an American author and martial-arts T Jefferson Parker (born 1953) is an American Novelist Parker's books are Police procedurals set in Southern California. J. Rozan |
| 2004 | Resurrection Men | Ian Rankin |
| 2005 | California Girl | T. Jefferson Parker |
| 2006 | Citizen Vince | Jess Walter |
| 2007 | The Janissary Tree | Jason Goodwin |
| 2008 | Down River | John Hart |
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. Resurrection Men is a 2002 Novel by Ian Rankin. It is the thirteenth of the Inspector Rebus novels Ian Rankin OBE, DL, (born 28 April 1960 in Cardenden, Fife) is a Scottish Crime writer. T Jefferson Parker (born 1953) is an American Novelist Parker's books are Police procedurals set in Southern California. Jess Walter (b1965 is an American author of four novels His work been published in fifteen countries and translated into thirteen languages The Janissary Tree (ISBN 9781602523425 is a detective novel written by Jason Goodwin. Jason Goodwin (born 1964 is a British writer and historian He studied Byzantine history at Cambridge University. For the defunct avant-garde metal band from Kristiansand Norway see In the Woods Reclaiming History The Assassination of President John F Kennedy is a book by attorney Vincent Bugliosi (Norton 2007 1632 p Vincent Bugliosi (ˌbuːliˈoʊsi with a silent g (born August 18, 1934, in Hibbing Minnesota) is an American Attorney and Susan Straight Katherine Marsh (born November 11, 1974) is a writer of children's fantasy literature and an editor of nonfiction articles Tedd Arnold is a children's book writer and illustrator He has written over 50 books and he has won the "Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor" for his book "Hi! Fly Guy!" Pilot is the first episode of Burn Notice, an American Television Drama series created for the USA Network. Burn Notice is an American Television Drama series created by Matt Nix and starring Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Matthew E Nix is an American television writer producer and director likely best known for executive producing and showrunning the 2007 USA Network television series Michael Clayton is a 2007 American dramatic Legal thriller Film written and directed by Tony Gilroy and produced Anthony Joseph Gilroy (born 11 September 1956) is an American Screenwriter and filmmaker. The Robert L. Fish Memorial Award was presented to "The Catch" - Still Waters by Mark Ammons (Level Best Books). [2]
References
- ^ Neimeyer, Mark. "Poe and Popular Culture," collected in The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe. Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0521797276 p. 206
- ^ Mystery Writers of America Announces the 2008 Edgar Award Winners (2008-05-01). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Retrieved on 2009-05-02. This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.