Awards & Winners

1972 Edgar Award

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1972 Edgar Awards

Edgar Award for Best Novel

Frederick Forsyth

Honored for : The Day of the Jackal

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tony Hillerman The Fly on the Wall
Arthur Wise Who killed Enoch Powell?
Frederick Forsyth The Day of the Jackal
P. D. James Shroud for a Nightingale
G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard
Edgar Grand Master Award
Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author

Albert H. Z. Carr

Honored for : Finding Maubee

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Z. Lewin Ask the Right Question
Martin Cruz Smith Gypsy in Amber
Bill Pronzini The Stalker
Hildegarde Dolson Lockridge To Spite Her Face
Albert H. Z. Carr Finding Maubee
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile

Joan Aiken

Honored for : Night fall

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Nominee Nominated Work
Joan Aiken Night fall
Natalie Babbitt Goody Hall
Mabel Esther Allan Mystery in Wales
Betty Cavanna The Ghost of Ballyhooly
Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original

Frank McAuliffe

Honored for : For Murder I Charge More

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Nominee Nominated Work
Frank McAuliffe For Murder I Charge More
Charles Williams And the Deep Blue Sea
Alicen White Nor Spell, Nor Charm
William F. Nolan Space for Hire
Philip Atlee The White Wolverine Contract
Edgar Award for Best Short Story

Robert L. Fish

Honored for : Moonlight Gardener
(Argosy, Volume: December '71)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert L. Fish Moonlight Gardener
Argosy","Volume: December '71
Pauline C. Smith My Daughter is Dead
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine","Volume: November '71
Evan Hunter Sardinian Incident
Playboy","Volume: October '71
Katherine Anne Porter The Spivvleton Mystery
Ladies' Home Journal","Volume: August '71
Edgar Awards for Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay

John D. F. Black

Honored for : Thief

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Nominee Nominated Work
John D. F. Black Thief
Art Wallace Dr. Cook's Garden
Mann Rubin See the Man Run
Dean Riesner Vanished
Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime

Sandor Frankel

Honored for : Beyond A Reasonable Doubt

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sandor Frankel Beyond A Reasonable Doubt
Robert Sullivan The Disappearence of Dr. Parkman
William A. Clark The Girl on the Volkswagen Floor
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay

Ernest Tidyman

Honored for : The French Connection

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ernest Tidyman The French Connection
Harry Julian Fink Dirty Harry
Dean Riesner Dirty Harry
R.M. Fink Dirty Harry
Andy Lewis Klute
David E. Lewis Klute
Brian Clemens See No Evil
Gilbert Ralston Willard
Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay

Mann Rubin

Honored for : Mannix
(Episode: A Step in Time)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mann Rubin Mannix
Episode: A Step in Time
Cliff Gould Cade's County
Episode: Company Town
Steven Bochco Columbo
Episode: Murder by the Book
Robert Presnell Jr. McCloud
Episode: Somebody's Out to Get Jennie
Special Edgars Award

Jacques Barzun, Wendell Hertig Taylor

Honored for : A Catalogue of Crime: A Reader's Guide to the Literature of Mystery, Detection, and Related Genres
Edgar's Book Jacket Award

Ace Books

Honored for : Black Man, White Man
(softcover)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ace Books Black Man, White Man
softcover
Ballantine Books The Lady of the Lake
softcover
Avon The shadows of the house
softcover
Random House The Stalker
hardcover
William Morrow and Company Whim to kill
hardcover
G. P. Putnam's Sons If You Want to See Your Wife Again
hardcover
Edgar's Book Jacket Award

G. P. Putnam's Sons

Honored for : If You Want to See Your Wife Again
(hardcover)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ace Books Black Man, White Man
softcover
Ballantine Books The Lady of the Lake
softcover
Avon The shadows of the house
softcover
Random House The Stalker
hardcover
William Morrow and Company Whim to kill
hardcover
G. P. Putnam's Sons If You Want to See Your Wife Again
hardcover