Awards & Winners

1978 Edgar Award

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1978 Edgar Awards

Edgar Award for Best Novel

William H. Hallahan

Honored for : Catch Me: Kill Me

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Nominee Nominated Work
William H. Hallahan Catch Me: Kill Me
William McIlvanney Laidlaw
Martin Cruz Smith Nightwing
Edgar Grand Master Award
Edgar Grand Master Award
Edgar Grand Master Award
Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author

Robert Ross

Honored for : A French Finish

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Ross A French Finish
Charles A. Goodrum Dewey Decimated
Bob Randall The Fan
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile

Eloise McGraw

Honored for : A Really Weird Summer

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Nominee Nominated Work
Eloise McGraw A Really Weird Summer
Harry Allard Miss Nelson is Missing!
James Marshall Miss Nelson is Missing!
Robert Newman Night Spell
Jane Louise Curry Poor Tom's Ghost
Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original

Michael Jahn

Honored for : Quark Maneuver

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Jahn Quark Maneuver
Donald Hamilton The Terrorizers
Mark Olden They've Killed Anna
Lawrence Block Time to Murder and Create
Edgar Award for Best Short Story

Thomas Walsh

Honored for : Chance After Chance

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Nominee Nominated Work
Thomas Walsh Chance After Chance
Brian Garfield Jode's Last Hunt
Paul Theroux The Johore Murders
Jean Backus The Last Rendezvous
Geoffrey Bush The Problem of Li T'ang
Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime

Barbara Amiel, George Jonas

Honored for : By Persons Unknown

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Nominee Nominated Work
Barbara Amiel By Persons Unknown
George Jonas By Persons Unknown
Lacey Fosburgh Closing Time: The True Story of the Goodbar Murder
Roberta Strauss Feuerlicht Justice Crucified
Clark Howard Six Against the Rock
Paul Avery The Voices of Guns: The Definitive and Dramatic Story of the Twenty-two-month Career of the Symbionese Liberation Army, One of the Most Bizarre Chapters in the History of the American Left
Vin McLellan The Voices of Guns: The Definitive and Dramatic Story of the Twenty-two-month Career of the Symbionese Liberation Army, One of the Most Bizarre Chapters in the History of the American Left
Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical

John J. McAleer

Honored for : Rex Stout

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Nominee Nominated Work
John J. McAleer Rex Stout
Agatha Christie Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
Jack Tracy The Encyclopaedia Sherlockiana; or, A Universal Dictionary of the State of Knowledge of Sherlock Holmes and His Biographer, John H. Watson, M.D.
Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay

Anthony Lawrence, Lou Shaw

Honored for : ... The Thigh Bone's Connected to the Knee Bone ... (90 min)
(Quincy)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Anthony Lawrence ... The Thigh Bone's Connected to the Knee Bone ... (90 min)
Quincy
Lou Shaw ... The Thigh Bone's Connected to the Knee Bone ... (90 min)
Quincy
Jerome Coopersmith In the Event of My Death
The Andros Targets
Juanita Bartlett A Deadly Maze
The Rockford Files
Special Edgars Award

Allen J. Hubin

(For a decade as editor of The Armchair Detective)
Edgar Awards for Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay

Gordon Cotler, Don Mankiewicz, Sam Rolfe

Honored for : Men Who Love Women

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gordon Cotler Men Who Love Women
Don Mankiewicz Men Who Love Women
Sam Rolfe Men Who Love Women
E. Arthur Kean A Killing Affair
Edward Anhalt Contract on Cherry Street
Jerrold L. Ludwig In the Glitter Palace
Special Edgars Award

Dilys Winn

Honored for : Murder Ink
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay

Robert Benton

Honored for : The Late Show

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Benton The Late Show
Ernest Lehman Black Sunday
Ivan Moffat Black Sunday
Kenneth Ross Black Sunday
Peter Hyams Telefon
Stirling Silliphant Telefon
Raven Award

Edward Gorey

Honored for : Dracula
(for the sets he designed for Dracula on Broadway)
Special Edgars Award

Lawrence Treat

Honored for : Mystery Writer's Handbook
(Editor)
Raven Award

Richard N. Hughes

Honored for : The Lifers' Group, I Am My Brother's Keeper
(for being the best showcase for mystery stories)
Raven Award

Danny Arnold

Honored for : Barney Miller
(executive producer of the TV series)