Awards & Winners

1988 Edgar Award

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1988 Edgar Awards

Edgar Award for Best Novel

Aaron Elkins

Honored for : Old Bones

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Nominee Nominated Work
Aaron Elkins Old Bones
Linda Barnes A Trouble of Fools
Barbara Margaret Trimble Nursery Crimes
Peter Lovesey Rough Cider
Charlotte MacLeod The Corpse in Oozak's Pond
Edgar Grand Master Award
Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author

Deidre S. Laiken

Honored for : Death Among Strangers

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Nominee Nominated Work
Deidre S. Laiken Death Among Strangers
Parnell Hall Detective
John Lantigua Heat Lightning
Dallas Murphy Lover Man
Domenic Stansberry The Spoiler
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile

Susan Richards Shreve

Honored for : Lucy Forever and Miss Rosetree, Shrinks

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Nominee Nominated Work
Susan Richards Shreve Lucy Forever and Miss Rosetree, Shrinks
Peter Carter Bury the Dead
Eileen Dunlop The House on the Hill
Lois Duncan The Twisted Window
Rosemary Wells Through the Hidden Door
The Ellery Queen Award
Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original

Sharyn McCrumb

Honored for : Bimbos of the Death Sun

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sharyn McCrumb Bimbos of the Death Sun
Gabrielle Kraft Bullshot
Walter Dillon Deadly Intrusion
James N. Frey The Long Way to Die
Robert Crais The Monkey's Raincoat
Edgar Award for Best Short Story

Harlan Ellison

Honored for : Soft Monkey
(Anthology: Mystery Scene Reader)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Harlan Ellison Soft Monkey
Anthology: Mystery Scene Reader
Robert Barnard Breakfast Television
Volume: January '87
Paula Gosling Mr. Felix
Volume: July '87
George Baxt Stroke of Genius
Volume: June '87
Joyce Harrington The Au Pair Girl
Anthology: Matter of Crime #1
Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime

Richard Hammer

Honored for : The CBS Murders

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Nominee Nominated Work
Richard Hammer The CBS Murders
Robert Mayer The Dreams of Ada
Loretta Schwartz-Nobel Engaged to Murder
Stephen Singular Talked To Death
Ira Berkow The Man Who Robbed the Pierre
Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical

LeRoy Panek

Honored for : An Introduction to the Detective Story

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Nominee Nominated Work
LeRoy Panek An Introduction to the Detective Story
B.A. Pike Campion's Career: A Study of the Novels of Margery Allingham
Peter Wolfe Corridors of Deceit
H. R. F. Keating Crime and Mystery
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award

Eric M Heideman

Honored for : Roger, Mr. Whilkie!
Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay

Jeremy Paul

Honored for : The Return of Sherlock Holmes I (3) The Musgrave Ritual

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jeremy Paul The Return of Sherlock Holmes I (3) The Musgrave Ritual
Ron Hansen Blue Movie
John Leekley Nicky the Rose
Alfonse Ruggiero Nicky the Rose
Eric Blakeney The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
David Abramowitz Right to Remain Silent
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay

Jim Kouf

Honored for : Stakeout

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jim Kouf Stakeout
Larry Cohen Best Seller
Michael Miner RoboCop
Edward Neumeier RoboCop
Daniel Petrie The Big Easy
Donald E. Westlake The Stepfather
Raven Award
Edgar Awards for Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay

William Hanley

Honored for : Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder

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Nominee Nominated Work
William Hanley Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
Gordon Cotler Deadly Deception
Michele Gallery Old Dogs
Arthur Kopit The Hands of the Stranger
Bob Shayne The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Raven Award