Awards & Winners

1962 Edgar Award

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1962 Edgar Awards

Edgar Award for Best Novel

John Creasey

Honored for : Gideon's Fire

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Creasey Gideon's Fire
Lionel Davidson The Night of Wenceslas
Elizabeth Linington Nightmare
Suzanne Blanc The Green Stone
Ross Macdonald Wycherly Woman
Edgar Grand Master Award
Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author

Suzanne Blanc

Honored for : The Green Stone

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Nominee Nominated Work
Suzanne Blanc The Green Stone
Olivia Dwight Close His Eyes
Malcolm Braly Felony Tank
Bréni James Night of the Kill
Winfred Van Atta Shock Treatment
Alex Gordons The Cipher
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile

Edward Fenton

Honored for : The Phantom of Walkaway Hill

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Nominee Nominated Work
Edward Fenton The Phantom of Walkaway Hill
Phyllis A. Whitney Secret of the Tiger's Eye
Edgar Award for Best Short Story

Avram Davidson

Honored for : Affair at Lahore Cantonment

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Nominee Nominated Work
Avram Davidson Affair at Lahore Cantonment
Ellery Queen Ellery Queen 1962 Anthology
Robert Wallston The Children of Alda Nuova
Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime

Barrett Prettyman Jr.

Honored for : Death and the Supreme Court

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Nominee Nominated Work
Barrett Prettyman Jr. Death and the Supreme Court
George Waller Kidnap: The Story of the Lindbergh Case
Edward D. Radin Lizzie Borden
Paul Holmes The Sheppard Murder Case
Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay

John Lemont, Leigh Vance

Honored for : Witness in the Dark
(Series: Kraft Mystery Theater)

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Lemont Witness in the Dark
Series: Kraft Mystery Theater
Leigh Vance Witness in the Dark
Series: Kraft Mystery Theater
John K. Butler The Legend of Jim Riva
Series: The Defenders
Boyd Correll The Legend of Jim Riva
Series: The Defenders
Special Edgars Award

Thomas M. McDade

Honored for : The Annals of Murder
Raven Award
(a TV show in its first year)
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay

Truman Capote, William Archibald

Honored for : The Innocents

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Nominee Nominated Work
Truman Capote The Innocents
William Archibald The Innocents
Edgar Award for Best Foreign Film

René Clément, Paul Gégauff

Honored for : Purple Noon

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Nominee Nominated Work
René Clément Purple Noon
Paul Gégauff Purple Noon
Edgar's Book Jacket Award

Walker & Company

(hardcover)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Doubleday
hardcover
Harper
hardcover
Walker & Company
hardcover
Edgar Award for Best Play

Frederick Knott

Honored for : Write Me a Murder

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Nominee Nominated Work
Frederick Knott Write Me a Murder
Harry Kurnitz A Shot in the Dark
Edgar's Book Jacket Award

Doubleday

(hardcover)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Doubleday
hardcover
Harper
hardcover
Walker & Company
hardcover
Edgar's Book Jacket Award

Harper

(hardcover)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Doubleday
hardcover
Harper
hardcover
Walker & Company
hardcover