Awards & Winners

1974 Edgar Award

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1974 Edgar Awards

Edgar Award for Best Novel

Tony Hillerman

Honored for : Dance Hall of the Dead

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Nominee Nominated Work
Francis Clifford Amigo, Amigo
P. D. James An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Jean Stubbs Dear Laura
Victor Canning The Rainbird Pattern
Tony Hillerman Dance Hall of the Dead
Edgar Grand Master Award

Ross Macdonald

(Ross Macdonald was the pseudonym used by Kenneth Millar)
Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author

Paul Erdman

Honored for : The Billion Dollar Sure Thing

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Nominee Nominated Work
Richard Bulliet Kicked to Death by a Camel
Michael Wolfe Man on a String
Justin Scott Many Happy Returns
Charles Larson Someone's Death
Paul Erdman The Billion Dollar Sure Thing
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile

Jay Bennett

Honored for : The Long Black Coat

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jay Bennett The Long Black Coat
Richard Peck Dreamland Lake
Phyllis A. Whitney Mystery of the Scowling Boy
Wylly Folk St. John The Secret of the Seven Crows
Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original

William J. Weatherby

Honored for : Death of an Informer

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Nominee Nominated Work
William J. Weatherby Death of an Informer
Leo P. Kelley Deadlocked!
Dinah Palmtag Starling Street
Roger L. Simon The Big Fix
Clive Cussler The Mediterranean Caper
Edgar Award for Best Short Story

Harlan Ellison

Honored for : The Whimper of Whipped Dogs

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Nominee Nominated Work
Harlan Ellison The Whimper of Whipped Dogs
Joyce Carol Oates Do with Me What You Will
Anthony Gilbert Fifty Years After
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro The Ghosts at Iron River
Joe Gores The O'Bannon Blarney File
Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime

Barbara Levy

Honored for : Legacy of Death

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Nominee Nominated Work
Barbara Levy Legacy of Death
Ed Cray Burden of Proof: The Case of Juan Corona
Louis Nizer The Implosion Conspiracy
Paulette Cooper The Medical Detectives
John Pearson Profession of Violence
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay

Anthony Perkins, Stephen Sondheim

Honored for : The Last of Sheila

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Nominee Nominated Work
Anthony Perkins The Last of Sheila
Stephen Sondheim The Last of Sheila
Chris Bryant Don't Look Now
Allan Scott Don't Look Now
Waldo Salt Serpico
Norman Wexler Serpico
David S. Ward The Sting
Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay

Sy Salkowitz

Honored for : Requiem for an Informer
(Series: Police Story)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sy Salkowitz Requiem for an Informer
Series: Police Story
Jerome Coopersmith Here Today, Gone Tonight
Series: Hawaii Five-O
Jerrold Freedman One for the Morgue
Series: Kojak
Jackson Gillis Requiem For A Falling Star
Series: Columbo
Stephen J. Cannell The Cain Connection
Series: Toma
Special Edgars Award

Joseph Wambaugh

Honored for : The Onion Field
Edgar Awards for Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay

Lane Slate

Honored for : Isn't It Shocking?
(ABC)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lane Slate Isn't It Shocking?
ABC
Christopher Knopf A Cold Night's Death
ABC
E. Jack Neuman The Blue Knight
NBC-TV
Albert Ruben The Connection
ABC
Abby Mann The Marcus-Nelson Murders
CBS-TV
Edgar's Book Jacket Award

Dodd, Mead and Company

Honored for : Reprisal

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Lowell Daughter of Darkness
Dodd, Mead and Company Reprisal
Curtis Books The Abductor
Random House Hail to the Chief
Curtis Books Maigret and the Mad Woman
Edgar's Book Jacket Award

Curtis Books

Honored for : The Abductor

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Lowell Daughter of Darkness
Dodd, Mead and Company Reprisal
Curtis Books The Abductor
Random House Hail to the Chief
Curtis Books Maigret and the Mad Woman