Awards & Winners

1971 Edgar Award

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1971 Edgar Awards

Edgar Award for Best Novel

Per Wahlöö, Maj Sjöwall

Honored for : The Laughing Policeman

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Nominee Nominated Work
Pat Stadley Autumn of a Hunter
Margaret Millar Beyond This Point Are Monsters
Patricia Moyes Many Deadly Returns
Donald E. Westlake The Hot Rock
Shaun Herron The Hound and the Fox and the Harper
Maj Sjöwall The Laughing Policeman
Per Wahlöö The Laughing Policeman
Edgar Grand Master Award
Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author

Lawrence Sanders

Honored for : The Anderson Tapes

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lawrence Sanders The Anderson Tapes
J.E. Brown Incident at 125th Street
Stanley Cohen Taking Gary Feldman
Tony Hillerman The Blessing Way
Sidney Sheldon The Naked Face
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile

John Rowe Townsend

Honored for : The Intruder

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Rowe Townsend The Intruder
Scott Corbett The Mystery Man
Phyllis A. Whitney Secret of the Missing Footprint
Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original

Dan J. Marlowe

Honored for : Flashpoint

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dan J. Marlowe Flashpoint
Ron Goulart After Things Fell Apart
Michael Crichton Grave Descend
Peter McCurtin Mafioso
Matt Gattzden O.D. at Sweet Claude's
Jack Ehrlich The Drowning
Edgar Award for Best Short Story

Margaret Finn Brown

Honored for : In the Forests of Riga the Beasts are Very Wild Indeed

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Nominee Nominated Work
Margaret Finn Brown In the Forests of Riga the Beasts are Very Wild Indeed
Anthony Gilbert Door to a Different World
John Peirce Miss Paisley on a Diet
Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime

Mildred Savage

Honored for : A Great Fall

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mildred Savage A Great Fall
Ramsey Clark Crime in America: Observations on its Nature, Causes, Prevention, and Control
Girard Chester The Ninth Juror
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay

Ugo Pirro, Elio Petri

Honored for : Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ugo Pirro Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Elio Petri Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Jean-Claude Carrière Borsalino
Jean Cau Borsalino
Jacques Deray Borsalino
Claude Sautet Borsalino
Sébastien Japrisot Rider on the Rain
Dario Argento The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
I. A. L. Diamond The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay

E. Jack Neuman, Richard Alan Simmons

Honored for : Berlin Affair
(Series: Movie of the Week)

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Nominee Nominated Work
E. Jack Neuman Berlin Affair
Series: Movie of the Week
Richard Alan Simmons Berlin Affair
Series: Movie of the Week
Chester Krumholz The Mouse That Died
Series: Mannix
Luther Davis The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Series: Movie of the Week
Eric Bercovici The Other Man
Series: Movie of the Week
Michael Blankfort The Other Man
Series: Movie of the Week
Joel Oliansky To Taste of Death But Once
Series: The Senator
Raven Award

Judith Crist

(Reader of the Year)
Edgar Award for Best Play

Anthony Shaffer

Honored for : Sleuth
Edgar's Book Jacket Award

Dodd, Mead and Company

Honored for : Act of Violence
(hardcover)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dodd, Mead and Company Act of Violence
hardcover
Doubleday If Laurel shot Hardy the world would end
hardcover
Simon & Schuster If the shroud fits
hardcover
Avon A private view
softcover
Popular Library Picture Miss Seeton
softcover
Avon Trent's Last Case
softcover Series: Classic Crime Collection
Edgar's Book Jacket Award

Avon

Honored for : Trent's Last Case
(softcover Series: Classic Crime Collection)

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Dodd, Mead and Company Act of Violence
hardcover
Doubleday If Laurel shot Hardy the world would end
hardcover
Simon & Schuster If the shroud fits
hardcover
Avon A private view
softcover
Popular Library Picture Miss Seeton
softcover
Avon Trent's Last Case
softcover Series: Classic Crime Collection