Award

Edgar Awards

Mystery Writers of America · United States · Established 1946

Results by year

Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers
John Reilly
Winner · Best Critical/Biographical Work
Death Drop
B.M. Gill
Finalist · Best Novel
Man on Fire
A.J. Quinnell
Finalist · Best Novel
The Spy's Wife
Reginald Hill
Finalist · Best Novel
Double Negative
David Carkeet
Finalist · Best First Novel by an American Author
The Other Ann Fletcher
Susanne Jaffe
Finalist · Best First Novel by an American Author
The Rembrandt Panel
Oliver Banks
Finalist · Best First Novel by an American Author
See all 19 honored in 1981(17 books, 2 graphic novels)

Dorothy L. Sayers, A Literary Biography
Ralph E. Hone
Winner · Best Critical/Biographical Work
A Coat of Varnish
C.P. Snow
Finalist · Best Novel
Make Death Love Me
Ruth Rendell
Finalist · Best Novel
Follow the Leader
John Logue
Finalist · Best First Novel by an American Author
Night Trains
Peter Heath Fine
Finalist · Best First Novel by an American Author
The Infernal Device
Michael Kurland
Finalist · Best Paperback Original
The Kremlin Conspiracy
Sean Flannery
Finalist · Best Paperback Original
See all 21 honored in 1980(18 books, 3 graphic novels)

The Mystery of Agatha Christie
Gwen Robins
Winner · Best Critical/Biographical Work
A Sleeping Life
Ruth Rendell
Finalist · Best Novel
Listening Woman
Tony Hillerman
Finalist · Best Novel
The Snake
John Godey
Finalist · Best Novel
Blood Secrets
Craig Jones
Finalist · Best First Novel by an American Author
Falling Angel
William Hjortsberg
Finalist · Best First Novel by an American Author
The Memory of Eva Ryker
Donald A. Stanwood
Finalist · Best First Novel by an American Author
See all 16 honored in 1979(14 books, 2 graphic novels)

Rex Stout
John McAleer
Winner · Best Critical/Biographical Work
Laidlaw
William McIlvanney
Finalist · Best Novel
Nightwing
Martin Cruz Smith
Finalist · Best Novel
Dewey Decimated
Charles A. Goodrum
Finalist · Best First Novel by an American Author
The Fan
Bob Randall
Finalist · Best First Novel by an American Author
The Terrorizers
Donald Hamilton
Finalist · Best Paperback Original
They've Killed Anna
Marc Olden
Finalist · Best Paperback Original
See all 13 honored in 1978(11 books, 2 graphic novels)

Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection
Marvin Lachman, Otto Penzler, Charles Shibuk and Chris Steinbrunner
Winner · Best Critical/Biographical Work
The Retaliators
Donald Hamilton
Finalist · Best Paperback Original
Murder in Coweta County
Margaret Anne Barnes
Finalist · Best Fact Crime
The Chalk Cross
Berthe Amoss
Finalist · Best Juvenile
Wiley and the Hairy Man
Molly Garrett Bang
Finalist · Best Juvenile
The Agatha Christie Mystery
Derrick Murdoch
Finalist · Best Critical/Biographical Work
Freeze Frame
R.R. Irvine
Finalist · Best Paperback Original
See all 9 honored in 1977(7 books, 2 graphic novels)

Harry's Game
Gerald Seymour
Finalist · Best Novel
The Gargoyle Conspiracy
Marvin Albert
Finalist · Best Novel
Harmattan
Thomas Klop
Finalist · Best First Novel by an American Author
Paperback Thriller
Lynn Meyer
Finalist · Best First Novel by an American Author
The Devalino Caper
A.J. Russell
Finalist · Best First Novel by an American Author
The Set-Up
Milt Machlin and Robin Moore
Finalist · Best Paperback Original
See all 10 honored in 1976(10 books)

The Lester Affair
Andrew Garve
Finalist · Best Novel
The Man Who Loved Zoos
Malcolm Bosse
Finalist · Best Novel
Target Practice
Nicholas Meyer
Finalist · Best First Novel by an American Author
Dummy
Ernest Tidyman
Finalist · Best Fact Crime
The Kreutzman Formula
Dominic Koski and Virgil Scott
Finalist · Best First Novel by an American Author
Flats Fixed-Among Other Things
Don Tracy
Finalist · Best Paperback Original
See all 7 honored in 1975(7 books)