1961 Edgar Awards
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Edgar Award for Best Novel
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Julian Symons |
The Progress of a Crime
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Norah Lofts |
The Devil's Own
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Herbert Brean |
The Traces of Brillhart
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Geoffrey Household |
Watcher in the Shadows
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Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Jack Vance |
The Man in the Cage
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Elizabeth Linington |
Case Pending
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David McCarthy |
The Killing at Big Tree
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William Johnston |
The Marriage Cage
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Donald E. Westlake |
The Mercenaries
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Edgar Award for Best Juvenile
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Edgar Award for Best Short Story
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
John Durham |
Tiger
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Donald Honig |
A Real, Live Murderer
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Mike Marmer |
A View From the Terrace
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Shirley Jackson |
Louisa, Please
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Nora Kaplan |
Summer Evil
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Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Miriam Allen deFord |
The Overbury Affair
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Christianna Brand |
Heaven Knows Who
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Sydney Smith |
Mostly Murder
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Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Robert Bloch |
Psycho
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Joseph Stefano |
Psycho
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Edgar Award for Outstanding Mystery Criticism
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Edgar's Book Jacket Award
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Dell Publishing |
The three coffins softcover |
Charles Scribner's Sons |
A Mark of Displeasure hardcover |
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Edgar's Book Jacket Award
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Dell Publishing |
The three coffins softcover |
Charles Scribner's Sons |
A Mark of Displeasure hardcover |
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Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Bill S. Ballinger |
The Day of the Bullet
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Kelley Roos |
The Case of the Burning Court
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