Awards & Winners

1991 Edgar Award

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1991 Edgar Awards

Edgar Award for Best Novel

Julie Smith

Honored for : New Orleans Mourning

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Nominee Nominated Work
Julie Smith New Orleans Mourning
Reginald Hill Bones and Silence
Robert D. Zimmerman Deadfall in Berlin
Jay Brandon Fade the Heat
Loren D. Estleman Whiskey River
Edgar Grand Master Award
Edgar Award for Best Young Adult

Chap Reaver

Honored for : Mote

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Nominee Nominated Work
Chap Reaver Mote
Stephen Schwandt Guilt Trip
Gloria Whelan The Secret Keeper
Ernest Pintoff Zachary
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile

Pam Conrad

Honored for : Stonewords: A Ghost Story

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Nominee Nominated Work
Pam Conrad Stonewords: A Ghost Story
Sid Fleischman The Midnight Horse
Lynn Hall The Tormentors
Willo Davis Roberts To Grandmother's House We Go
Barbara Steiner Bermuda Triangle / Cave Ghost
Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author

Patricia Cornwell

Honored for : Postmortem

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Nominee Nominated Work
Patricia Cornwell Postmortem
Gary Amo Come Nightfall
Walter Mosley Devil in a Blue Dress
Edna Buchanan Nobody Lives Forever
W. Edward Blain Passion Play
Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original

David Handler

Honored for : The Man Who Would Be F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Handler The Man Who Would Be F. Scott Fitzgerald
L.L Enger Comeback
Leif Enger Comeback
Lin Enger Comeback
Sheri S. Tepper Dead in the Scrub
Jane Haddam Not a Creature was Stirring
John Maddox Roberts SPQR I: The King's Gambit
Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime

Peter Maas

Honored for : In a Child's Name

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Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Maas In a Child's Name
Barry Siegel A Death in White Bear Lake
Ken Englade Beyond Reason
Ernest Volkman Goombata
John Cummings Goombata
Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical

John Conquest

Honored for : Trouble is their Business

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Conquest Trouble is their Business
Peter Lewis Eric Ambler
Hillary Waugh Hillary Waugh's Guide to Mysteries & Mystery Writing
S. T. Joshi John Dickson Carr: A Critical Study
Catherine McGehee Kenney The Remarkable Case of Dorothy L. Sayers
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award

Jerry F. Skarky

Honored for : Willie's Story
Edgar Award for Best Short Story

Lynne Barrett

Honored for : Elvis Lives
(Volume: September '90)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lynne Barrett Elvis Lives
Volume: September '90
Sue Grafton A Poison That Leaves No Trace
Anthology: Sisters in Crime 2
Lawrence Block Answers to Soldiers
Volume: June '90
Clark Howard Challenge the Widow-Maker
Volume: August '90
Edward Gorman Prisoners
Anthology: New Crimes
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay

Donald E. Westlake

Honored for : The Grifters

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Nominee Nominated Work
Donald E. Westlake The Grifters
Nicholas Pileggi Goodfellas
Martin Scorsese Goodfellas
Alan J. Pakula Presumed Innocent
Frank Pierson Presumed Innocent
Special Edgars Award

Jay Robert Nash

Honored for : The Encyclopedia of World Crime, Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Law Enforcement
Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay

Paul Brown

Honored for : Good Night, Dear Heart - November 9, 1957

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Nominee Nominated Work
Paul Brown Good Night, Dear Heart - November 9, 1957
Jacqueline Zambrano Gabriel's Fire
Coleman Luck Gabriel's Fire
Robert Stuart Nathan Happily Ever After
David Black Happily Ever After
Bryce Zabel Justice Swerved
David E. Kelley Justice Swerved
Raven Award

Carol Brener

(for her skill in selling books to the public)
Edgar Awards for Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay

Paul Brown

Honored for : Good Night, Dear Heart - November 9, 1957

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Nominee Nominated Work
Paul Brown Good Night, Dear Heart - November 9, 1957
Coleman Luck Gabriel's Fire
Jacqueline Zambrano Gabriel's Fire
Cynthia Cidre A Killing in a Small Town
Jim Thurman Mathnet
David D. Connell Mathnet
Susan Raymond Police Chiefs
Alan Raymond Police Chiefs
Clive Exton The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Michael Morrell The Incident
James Morrell The Incident
Raven Award

Sarah Booth Conroy

(Reader of the Year)
Edgar Award for Best Play

Rupert Holmes

Honored for : Accomplice
Edgar Awards for Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay

Cynthia Cidre

Honored for : A Killing in a Small Town

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Paul Brown Good Night, Dear Heart - November 9, 1957
Coleman Luck Gabriel's Fire
Jacqueline Zambrano Gabriel's Fire
Cynthia Cidre A Killing in a Small Town
Jim Thurman Mathnet
David D. Connell Mathnet
Susan Raymond Police Chiefs
Alan Raymond Police Chiefs
Clive Exton The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Michael Morrell The Incident
James Morrell The Incident