Awards & Winners

1969 Edgar Award

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1969 Edgar Awards

Edgar Award for Best Novel

Michael Crichton

Honored for : A Case of Need

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Crichton A Case of Need
Peter Dickinson The Glass-Sided Ants' Nest
Dick Francis Blood Sport
Dorothy Salisbury Davis God Speed the Night
Jerome Ross God Speed the Night
Heron Carvic Picture Miss Seeton
Stanley Ellin The Valentine Estate
Edgar Grand Master Award
Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author

Dorothy Uhnak

Honored for : The Bait

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dorothy Uhnak The Bait
E. Johnson Silver Street
Lawrence Kamarck The Dinosaur
Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author

E. Johnson

Honored for : Silver Street

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dorothy Uhnak The Bait
E. Johnson Silver Street
Lawrence Kamarck The Dinosaur
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile

Virginia Hamilton

Honored for : The House of Dies Drear

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Nominee Nominated Work
Virginia Hamilton The House of Dies Drear
Phyllis Bentley Forgery!
Frank Bonham Mystery of the Fat Cat
Hal Evarts Smugglers' Road
Edgar Award for Best Short Story

Warner Law

Honored for : The Man Who Fooled the World

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Nominee Nominated Work
Warner Law The Man Who Fooled the World
Gerald Kersh Crooked Bone
P. D. James Moment of Power
Michael Collins Success of a Mission
Stanley Ellin The Last Bottle in the World
Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime

John Evangelist Walsh

Honored for : Poe the Detective

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Evangelist Walsh Poe the Detective
John Frasca The Mulberry Tree
Norman Zierold Three Sisters in Black
Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay

Ian McLellan Hunter

Honored for : The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(ABC Special)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert L. Joseph Companions in Nightmare
NBC World Premier Film
Ian McLellan Hunter The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
ABC Special
Special Edgars Award

Ellery Queen

(on the 40th anniversary of The Roman Hat Mystery)
Special Edgars Award

Philip Wittenberg

(for voluntary service to MWA as general counsel)
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay

Robert L. Fish, Harry Kleiner, Alan Trustman

Honored for : Bullitt

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert L. Fish Bullitt
Harry Kleiner Bullitt
Alan Trustman Bullitt
Roman Polanski Rosemary's Baby
Edward Anhalt The Boston Strangler
Jean-Louis Richard La Mariée était en noir
François Truffaut La Mariée était en noir
Edgar's Book Jacket Award

Charles Scribner's Sons

Honored for : God Speed the Night
(hardcover)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Charles Scribner's Sons God Speed the Night
hardcover
Ballantine Books Nothing Is the Number When You Die
softcover
Ballantine Books The Dresden Green
softcover
Berkley Books A Tangled Web
softcover
Doubleday Die Quickly, Dear Mother
hardcover
William Morrow and Company The Singapore Wink
hardcover
Edgar's Book Jacket Award

Ballantine Books

Honored for : Nothing Is the Number When You Die
(softcover)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Charles Scribner's Sons God Speed the Night
hardcover
Ballantine Books Nothing Is the Number When You Die
softcover
Ballantine Books The Dresden Green
softcover
Berkley Books A Tangled Web
softcover
Doubleday Die Quickly, Dear Mother
hardcover
William Morrow and Company The Singapore Wink
hardcover
Edgar's Book Jacket Award

Ballantine Books

Honored for : The Dresden Green
(softcover)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Charles Scribner's Sons God Speed the Night
hardcover
Ballantine Books Nothing Is the Number When You Die
softcover
Ballantine Books The Dresden Green
softcover
Berkley Books A Tangled Web
softcover
Doubleday Die Quickly, Dear Mother
hardcover
William Morrow and Company The Singapore Wink
hardcover