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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 past year.

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Categories in 2003 included:

The award for Best Novel has been presented annually since 1954.

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. 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. 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. J. Rozan
2004 Resurrection Men Ian Rankin
2005 California Girl T. Jefferson Parker
2006 Citizen Vince Jess Walter
2007 The Janissary Tree Jason Goodwin

  1. ^ Neimeyer, Mark. "Poe and Popular Culture," collected in The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe. Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0521797276 p. 206

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