Awards & Winners

1996 Edgar Award

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1996 Edgar Awards

Edgar Award for Best Novel

Dick Francis

Honored for : Come to Grief

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dick Francis Come to Grief
John Dunning The Bookman's Wake
Keith Miles The Roaring Boy
John Katzenbach The Shadow Man
Peter Lovesey The Summons
Edgar Grand Master Award
Edgar Award for Best Young Adult

Rob MacGregor

Honored for : Prophecy Rock

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Nominee Nominated Work
Rob MacGregor Prophecy Rock
Gary Crew Angel's Gate
Robert Cormier In the Middle of the Night
Joan Lowery Nixon Spirit Seeker
Eve Bunting Spying on Miss Muller
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile

Nancy Springer

Honored for : Looking for Jamie Bridger

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Nominee Nominated Work
Nancy Springer Looking for Jamie Bridger
Bonnie Pryor Marvelous Marvin and the Pioneer Ghost
Margaret Peterson Haddix Running Out of Time
Sid Fleischman The 13th Floor
James Stevenson The Bones in the Cliff
Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author

David Housewright

Honored for : Penance

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Housewright Penance
David J. Walker Fixed in His Folly
Martha C. Lawrence Murder in Scorpio
Allan Pedrazas The Harry Chronicles
Kevin Allman Tight Shot
The Ellery Queen Award
Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original

William Heffernan

Honored for : Tarnished Blue

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Nominee Nominated Work
William Heffernan Tarnished Blue
Gloria White Charged With Guilt
Harlan Coben Deal Breaker
R. D. Wingfield Hard Frost
Kirk Mitchell High Desert Malice
Edgar Award for Best Short Story

Jean B. Cooper

Honored for : The Judge's Boy

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jean B. Cooper The Judge's Boy
Bill Pomidor Plain and Honest Death
Larry Beinhart Death in a Small Town
K. K. Beck Rule of Law
Kathleen Dougherty When Your Breath Freezes
Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime

Pete Earley

Honored for : Circumstantial Evidence

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Nominee Nominated Work
Pete Earley Circumstantial Evidence
T. J. English Born to Kill
Jim Schutze By Two and Two
Mark Olshaker Mindhunter
John E. Douglas Mindhunter
James Neff Unfinished Murder
Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical

Robert Polito

Honored for : Savage Art

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Polito Savage Art
Douglas Greene John Dickson Carr: The Man Who Explained Miracles
Robin Whiteman The Cadfael Companion
Norman Sherry The Life of Graham Greene, Volume II: 1939-1955
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award

James Sarafin

Honored for : The Word for Breaking August Sky
Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay

Theresa Rebeck

Honored for : Torah! Torah! Torah!

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Nominee Nominated Work
Theresa Rebeck Torah! Torah! Torah!
NYPD Blue
Darin Morgan Humbug
THE X-FILES
John Mortimer Rumpole and the Family Pride
RUMPOLE
Trevor Bowen The Eligible Bachelor (1)","The Eligible Bachelor (2)
SHERLOCK HOLMES
Paul Billing Prime Suspect 4: The Lost Child
PRIME SUSPECT
Edgar Awards for Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay

Chris Gerolmo

Honored for : Citizen X

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Nominee Nominated Work
Chris Gerolmo Citizen X
Martyn Burke SugarTime
Brian Dennehy Shadow of a Doubt
Bill Phillips Shadow of a Doubt
Abby Mann Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Myra Mann Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Sandy Welch A Dark Adapted Eye
Mystery!
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay

Christopher McQuarrie

Honored for : The Usual Suspects

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Nominee Nominated Work
Christopher McQuarrie The Usual Suspects
Carl Franklin Devil in a Blue Dress
Tony Gilroy Dolores Claiborne
Scott Frank Get Shorty
Buck Henry To Die For
Raven Award