1985 Edgar Awards
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Edgar Award for Best Novel
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Ross Thomas |
Briar Patch
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| William Pearson |
Chessplayer
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| Jane Langton |
Emily Dickinson is Dead
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| Michael Gilbert |
The Black Seraphim
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| Barbara Margaret Trimble |
Twelfth Juror
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Edgar Award for Best Juvenile
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
Night Cry
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| Diane Redfield Massie |
Chameleon the Spy and the Case of the Vanishing Jewels
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| Joan Lowery Nixon |
The Ghosts of Now
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| Uri Orlev |
The Island on Bird Street
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| Lois Duncan |
The Third Eye
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Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Richard Rosen |
Strike Three You're Dead
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| Sandra Scoppettone |
A Creative Kind of Killer
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| Doug Hornig |
Foul Shot
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| Alison Smith |
Someone Else's Grave
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| Jane Haddam |
Sweet, Savage Death
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Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Molly Cochran |
Grandmaster
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| Warren Murphy |
Grandmaster
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| Stuart M. Kaminsky |
Black knight in Red Square
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| Eric Blau |
The Keys to Billy Tillio
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| Ron Cutler |
The Seventh Sacrament
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| Kenn Davis |
Words Can Kill
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Edgar Award for Best Short Story
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Lawrence Block |
By Dawn's Early Light
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| Donald E. Westlake |
After I'm Gone
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| Robert Twohy |
Breakfast at Ojai
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| Chet Williamson |
Season Pass
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| Michael Z. Lewin |
The Reluctant Detective
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Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Mike Weiss |
Double Play
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| John Cornwell |
Earth to Earth
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| Jim Atkinson |
Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs
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| Joe Bob Briggs |
Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs
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| David Black |
Murder at the Met
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| Jane Pejsa |
Molineux Affair
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Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jon L. Breen |
Novel Verdicts
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| Ralph B. Sipper |
Inward Journey: Ross MacDonald
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| Max Allan Collins |
One Lonely Knight
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| James L. Traylor |
One Lonely Knight
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| Matthew Bruccoli |
Ross Macdonald
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| Raymond Benson |
The James Bond Bedside Companion
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Robert L. Fish Memorial Award
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Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Peter S. Fischer |
Deadly Lady
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| Anthony Yerkovich |
Miami Vice
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| Joe Gores |
Seven Dead Eyes
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Edgar Awards for Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Stanley Kallis |
The Glitter Dome
HBO |
| William Hanley |
Celebrity
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| John Gay |
Fatal Vision
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Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Charles Fuller |
A Soldier's Story
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| Daniel Petrie |
Beverly Hills Cop
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| Loring Mandel |
The Little Drummer Girl
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