Awards & Winners

1970 Edgar Award

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1970 Edgar Awards

Edgar Grand Master Award
Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author

Joe Gores

Honored for : A Time of Predators

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Nominee Nominated Work
Myrick Land Quicksand
Naomi A. Hintze You'll Like My Mother
Joe Gores A Time of Predators
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile

Winifred Finlay

Honored for : Danger at Black Dyke

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Nominee Nominated Work
Winifred Finlay Danger at Black Dyke
Kin Platt Mystery of the Witch, Who Wouldn't
Betty Cavanna Spice Island Mystery
Lois Duncan They Never Came Home
Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original

Scott C. S. Stone

Honored for : The Dragon's Eye

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Nominee Nominated Work
Scott C. S. Stone The Dragon's Eye
Michael Kurland A Plague of Spies
Alan Caillou Assault on Ming
Elsie Cromwell The Governess
Donald E. Westlake The Sour Lemon Score
Edgar Award for Best Short Story

Joe Gores

Honored for : Goodbye, Pops

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Nominee Nominated Work
Joe Gores Goodbye, Pops
Robert McNear Death's Door
Robert L. Fish Double Entry
Christianna Brand Poison in the Cup
Duveen Polk Promise of Oranges
Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime

Herbert B. Ehrmann

Honored for : The Case that will not Die

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Nominee Nominated Work
Herbert B. Ehrmann The Case that will not Die
Dan T. Carter Scottsboro
Kenneth G. Gross The Victims
Bernard Lefkowitz The Victims
Fred C. Shapiro Whitmore
Edgar Award for Best Novel

Dick Francis

Honored for : Forfeit

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dorothy Salisbury Davis Where the Dark Streets Go
Dick Francis Forfeit
Chester Himes Blind Man with a Pistol
Shaun Herron Miro
Peter Dickinson The Old English Peep Show
Emma Lathen When in Greece
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay

Costa-Gavras, Jorge Semprún

Honored for : Z

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Nominee Nominated Work
Costa-Gavras Z
Jorge Semprún Z
S. Lee Pogostin Hard Contract
Stanley Niss Pendulum
A.J. Russell Stiletto
Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay

Luther Davis

Honored for : Daughter of the Mind
(Series: Movie of the Week)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Luther Davis Daughter of the Mind
Series: Movie of the Week
Rita Lakin In This Corner -- Sol Albert
Series: Mod Squad
Harve Bennett In This Corner -- Sol Albert
Series: Mod Squad
Rod Serling Night Gallery (Pilot Movie)
Series: Night Gallery
Barry Trivers The Sound of Darkness
Series: Mannix
Special Edgars Award

John Dickson Carr

(In honor of his 40 years as a mystery writer.)
Edgar's Book Jacket Award

E. P. Dutton

Honored for : The Spanish prisoner
(hardcover)

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Nominee Nominated Work
E. P. Dutton The Spanish prisoner
hardcover
Doubleday Tales of Unease
hardcover
William Morrow and Company The black general
hardcover
Avon Classic Crime Collection
softcover
Edgar's Book Jacket Award

Avon

Honored for : Classic Crime Collection
(softcover)

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Nominee Nominated Work
E. P. Dutton The Spanish prisoner
hardcover
Doubleday Tales of Unease
hardcover
William Morrow and Company The black general
hardcover
Avon Classic Crime Collection
softcover