1979 Edgar Awards
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Edgar Award for Best Novel
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Ken Follett |
Eye of the Needle
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| Ruth Rendell |
A Sleeping Life
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| Tony Hillerman |
Listening Woman
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| Jack S. Scott |
The Shallow Grave
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| Morton Freedgood |
The Snake
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Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| William L. DeAndrea |
Killed in the Ratings
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| Craig Jones |
Blood Secrets
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| William Hjortsberg |
Falling Angel
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| Donald A. Stanwood |
The Memory of Eva Ryker
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| Thomas L. Dunne |
The Scourge
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Edgar Award for Best Juvenile
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Dana Brookins |
Alone in Wolf Hollow
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| Edward Irving Wortis |
Emily Upham's Revenge
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| Jane Louise Curry |
The Bassumtyte Treasure
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| Edmund Wallace Hildick |
The Case of the Secret Scribbler
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| Judith St. George |
The Halloween Pumpkin Smasher
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Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Franklin Bandy |
Deceit and Deadly Lies
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| Graham Masterton |
Charnel House and Other Stories
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| Phillip Margolin |
Heartstone
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| David Anthony |
Stud Game
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| Elmore Leonard |
The Switch
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Edgar Award for Best Short Story
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Barbara Owens |
The Cloud Beneath the Eaves
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| David Ely |
Going Backward
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| Bill Pronzini |
Strangers in the Fog
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| Thomas Walsh |
The Closed Door
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| Donald E. Westlake |
This Is Death
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Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Vincent Bugliosi |
Till Death Us Do Part
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| Ken Hurwitz |
Till Death Us Do Part
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| Charles E. Silberman |
Criminal Violence, Criminal Justice
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| Allen Weinstein |
Perjury: The Hiss\u2013Chambers Case
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| Jack W. Baugh |
Why Have they Taken our Children?
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| Jefferson Morgan |
Why Have they Taken our Children?
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Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Gwen Robyns |
The Mystery of Agatha Christie
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| Dorothy B. Hughes |
Erle Stanley Gardner: The Case of the Real Perry Mason
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| Jon Tuska |
The Detective in Hollywood
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| Julian Symons |
The Tell-Tale Heart: The Life and Work of Edgar Allan Poe
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Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Michael Mann |
High Roller (Pilot)
Vega$ |
| Lee Sheldon |
Murder on the Flip Side
Eddie Capra Mysteries |
| Robert Van Scoyk |
Murder Under Glass
Columbo |
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Edgar Awards for Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Robert Lenski |
The Dain Curse
CBS-TV |
| John Carpenter |
Someone's Watching Me!
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| Nora Ephron |
Perfect Gentlemen
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| Lee Hutson |
When Every Day Was the Fourth of July
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Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| William Goldman |
Magic
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| Anthony Shaffer |
Death on the Nile
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| Colin Higgins |
Foul Play
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| Reginald Rose |
Somebody Killed Her Husband
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| Roger L. Simon |
The Big Fix
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