Awards & Winners

1961 Edgar Award

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1961 Edgar Awards

Edgar Award for Best Novel

Julian Symons

Honored for : The Progress of a Crime

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Nominee Nominated Work
Julian Symons The Progress of a Crime
Norah Lofts The Devil's Own
Herbert Brean The Traces of Brillhart
Geoffrey Household Watcher in the Shadows
Edgar Grand Master Award

Ellery Queen

(AKA: Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee)
Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author

Jack Vance

Honored for : The Man in the Cage

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jack Vance The Man in the Cage
Elizabeth Linington Case Pending
David McCarthy The Killing at Big Tree
William Johnston The Marriage Cage
Donald E. Westlake The Mercenaries
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile

Phyllis A. Whitney

Honored for : The Mystery of the Haunted Pool
Edgar Award for Best Short Story

John Durham

Honored for : Tiger

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Durham Tiger
Donald Honig A Real, Live Murderer
Mike Marmer A View From the Terrace
Shirley Jackson Louisa, Please
Nora Kaplan Summer Evil
Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime

Miriam Allen deFord

Honored for : The Overbury Affair

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Nominee Nominated Work
Miriam Allen deFord The Overbury Affair
Christianna Brand Heaven Knows Who
Sydney Smith Mostly Murder
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay

Robert Bloch, Joseph Stefano

Honored for : Psycho

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Bloch Psycho
Joseph Stefano Psycho
Edgar Award for Outstanding Mystery Criticism
Raven Award

Ilka Chase

(Reader of the Year)
Special Edgars Award
Special Edgars Award
Special Edgars Award
Edgar's Book Jacket Award

Charles Scribner's Sons

Honored for : A Mark of Displeasure
(hardcover)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dell Publishing The three coffins
softcover
Charles Scribner's Sons A Mark of Displeasure
hardcover
Edgar's Book Jacket Award

Dell Publishing

Honored for : The three coffins
(softcover)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dell Publishing The three coffins
softcover
Charles Scribner's Sons A Mark of Displeasure
hardcover
Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay

Kelley Roos

Honored for : The Case of the Burning Court

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bill S. Ballinger The Day of the Bullet
Kelley Roos The Case of the Burning Court