1987 Edgar Awards
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Edgar Award for Best Novel
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Ruth Rendell |
A Dark-Adapted Eye
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P. D. James |
A Taste for Death
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Joe Gores |
Come Morning
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Brian Freemantle |
The Blind Run
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Roger L. Simon |
The Straight Man
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Edgar Award for Best Juvenile
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Joan Lowery Nixon |
The Other Side of Dark
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Chelsea Quinn Yarbro |
Floating illusions
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
The Bodies in the Bessledorf Hotel
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Dorothy Haas |
The Secret Life of Dilly McBean
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Jay Bennett |
The Skeleton Man
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Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Larry Beinhart |
No One Rides for Free
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Mike Lupica |
Dead Air
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Joseph Koenig |
Floater
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Gary Devon |
Lost
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Richard Hyer |
Riceburner
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Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Robert Wright Campbell |
The Junkyard Dog
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R.D. Brown |
Hazzard
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Nick Christian |
Ronin
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Kate Green |
Shattered Moon
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Lilian Jackson Braun |
The Cat Who Saw Red
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Edgar Award for Best Short Story
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Robert Sampson |
Rain in Pinton County New Black Mask Volume: May '86 |
Wayne D Dundee |
Body Count Anthology: Mean Streets |
Thomas Adcock |
Christmas Cop EQMM Volume: November '86 |
Brendan DuBois |
Driven EQMM Volume: November '86 |
Doug Allyn |
The Puddle Diver AHMM Volume: October '86 |
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Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Carlton Stowers |
Careless Whispers
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Johnny France |
Incident at Big Sky
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Malcolm McConnell |
Incident at Big Sky
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Alan Prendergast |
The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Violence and Revenge
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Daniel Keyes |
Unveiling Claudia
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Nicholas Pileggi |
Wiseguy
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Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Eric Ambler |
Here Lies
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Marcia Muller |
1001 Midnights: The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction
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Bill Pronzini |
1001 Midnights: The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction
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Elaine Budd |
13 Mistresses of Murder
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Art Bourgeau |
Mystery Lover's Companion
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Carol Billman |
The Secret of the Stratemeyer Syndicate
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Robert L. Fish Memorial Award
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Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
David Jackson |
The Cup Series: The Equalizer |
Andrew Sipes |
The Cup Series: The Equalizer |
Herman Miller |
Deirdre Series: The New Mike Hammer |
Dean Hargrove |
Diary of a Perfect Murder (1)","Diary of a Perfect Murder (2) Series: Matlock |
Lee Sheldon |
Wax Poetic Series: Blacke's Magic |
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Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
E. Max Frye |
Something Wild
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Martin Stellman |
Defence of the Realm
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Gregory Fleeman |
F/X
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Robert T. Megginson |
F/X
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Michael Mann |
Manhunter
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Ron Clements |
The Great Mouse Detective
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Vance Gerry |
The Great Mouse Detective
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Steve Hulett |
The Great Mouse Detective
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Burny Mattinson |
The Great Mouse Detective
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David Michener |
The Great Mouse Detective
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Bruce Morris |
The Great Mouse Detective
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John Musker |
The Great Mouse Detective
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Matthew O'Callaghan |
The Great Mouse Detective
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Melvin Shaw |
The Great Mouse Detective
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Peter Young |
The Great Mouse Detective
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Andrew Birkin |
The Name of the Rose
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GĂ©rard Brach |
The Name of the Rose
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Howard Franklin |
The Name of the Rose
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Alain Godard |
The Name of the Rose
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Edgar Awards for Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Phil Penningroth |
When the Bough Breaks
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Paul King |
One Police Plaza
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Anne Collins |
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
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Hesper Anderson |
The Deliberate Stranger
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Chris Bryant |
Sword of Gideon
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