Awards & Winners

1966 Edgar Award

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1966 Edgar Awards

Edgar Award for Best Novel

Elleston Trevor

Honored for : The Quiller Memorandum

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Nominee Nominated Work
Elleston Trevor The Quiller Memorandum
Mary Stewart Airs Above the Ground
Len Deighton Funeral in Berlin
Ross Macdonald The Far Side of the Dollar
Dorothy Salisbury Davis The Pale Betrayer
H. R. F. Keating The Perfect Murder
Edgar Grand Master Award
Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author

John Ball

Honored for : In the Heat of the Night

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Ball In the Heat of the Night
Alexandra Roudybush Before the Ball was Over
Jack D. Hunter The Expendable Spy
Vincent McConnor The French Doll
Edgar Award for Best Short Story

Shirley Jackson

Honored for : The Possibility of Evil

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Nominee Nominated Work
Shirley Jackson The Possibility of Evil
Brian Cleeve Foxer
Charlotte Armstrong The Case for Miss Peacock
Holly Roth Who Walks Behind
Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime

Truman Capote

Honored for : In Cold Blood

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Nominee Nominated Work
Truman Capote In Cold Blood
Harry Golden A Little Girl is Dead
Miriam Allen deFord Murderers Sane and Mad
Jürgen Thorwald The Century of the Detective
Lawrence Blochman The Power of Life and Death
Michael DiSalle The Power of Life and Death
Edgar Award for Best Foreign Film

James Doran, W.H. Canaway

Honored for : The Ipcress File

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Nominee Nominated Work
James Doran The Ipcress File
W.H. Canaway The Ipcress File
Jacques Deray Symphony for a Massacre
José Giovanni Symphony for a Massacre
Claude Sautet Symphony for a Massacre
Richard Maibaum Thunderball
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay

Paul Dehn, Guy Trosper

Honored for : The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

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Nominee Nominated Work
Paul Dehn The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Guy Trosper The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
John Mortimer Bunny Lake Is Missing
Penelope Mortimer Bunny Lake Is Missing
The Gordons That Darn Cat!
Bill Walsh That Darn Cat!
Special Edgars Award

O.C. Edwards

Honored for : The Gospel According to 007
Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay

James Bridges

Honored for : An Unlocked Window

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Nominee Nominated Work
James Bridges An Unlocked Window
David Karp Carry Me Back to Old Tsing-Tao
Robert L. Joseph Memorandum For A Spy [1]","Memorandum For A Spy [2]
Richard Levinson The Gray Lady
William Link The Gray Lady
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile

Leon Ware

Honored for : The Mystery of 22 East

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Nominee Nominated Work
Nancy Faulkner The Secret of the Simple Code
Eileen Thompson The Apache Gold Mystery
Lawrence J. Hunt Secret of the Haunted Crags
Leon Ware The Mystery of 22 East
Edgar's Book Jacket Award

Doubleday

Honored for : Girl on the Run
(hardcover)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Simon & Schuster
hardcover
Viking Press
hardcover
Dell Publishing
softcover
Popular Library
softcover
Bantam Books Knock and Wait a While
softcover
Random House
hardcover
Doubleday Girl on the Run
hardcover
Edgar's Book Jacket Award

Random House

(hardcover)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Simon & Schuster
hardcover
Viking Press
hardcover
Dell Publishing
softcover
Popular Library
softcover
Bantam Books Knock and Wait a While
softcover
Random House
hardcover
Doubleday Girl on the Run
hardcover
Edgar's Book Jacket Award

Bantam Books

Honored for : Knock and Wait a While
(softcover)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Simon & Schuster
hardcover
Viking Press
hardcover
Dell Publishing
softcover
Popular Library
softcover
Bantam Books Knock and Wait a While
softcover
Random House
hardcover
Doubleday Girl on the Run
hardcover