1997 Edgar Awards
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Edgar Award for Best Novel
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Thomas H. Cook |
The Chatham School Affair
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| Margaret Lawrence |
Hearts and Bones
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| Carolyn Wheat |
Mean Streak
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| Anne Perry |
Pentecost Alley
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| Laurie R. King |
With Child
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Edgar Award for Best Young Adult
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Willo Davis Roberts |
Twisted Summer
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| Daniel Hayes |
Flyers
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| Rob MacGregor |
Hawk Moon
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| Pete Hautman |
Mr. Was
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| Mel Glenn |
Who Killed Mr. Chippendale?
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Edgar Award for Best Juvenile
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Dorothy Miller |
The Clearing
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| Barbara Brooks Wallace |
Cousins in the Castle
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| John Neufield |
Gaps in Stone Walls
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| Edmund Wallace Hildick |
The Case of the Wiggling Wig
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| Helen Cavanagh |
The Last Piper
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Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| John Morgan Wilson |
Simple Justice: A Benjamin Justice Mystery
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| Michael C. White |
A Brother's Blood
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| Charles Todd |
A Test of Wills
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| Caroline Todd |
A Test of Wills
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| Margaret Moseley |
Bonita Faye
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| Sharon Penman |
The Queen's Man
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Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Harlan Coben |
Fade Away
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| Joan M. Drury |
Silent Words
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| Teri Holbrook |
The Grass Widow
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| Robert D. Zimmerman |
Tribe: A Todd Mills Mystery
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| Susan Wade |
Walking Rain
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Edgar Award for Best Short Story
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Michael Malone |
Red Clay
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| S. J. Rozan |
Hoops
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| James Grady |
Kiss the Sky
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| David Corn |
My Murder
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| Brendan DuBois |
The Dark Snow
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Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Darcy O'Brien |
Power to Hurt: Inside a Judge's Chambers
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| Jim Fisher |
Fall Guys
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| Edward Humes |
No Matter How Loud I Shout
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| Vincent Bugliosi |
Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O. J. Simpson Got Away with Murder
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| Clinton Howard Swindle |
Trespasses
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Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Michael Atkinson |
The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes
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| Dawn B. Sova |
Agatha Christie A to Z
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| Willetta L. Heising |
Detecting Women 2: A Reader's Guide and Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women
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| Malcolm J. Turnbull |
Elusion Aforethought: The Life and Writing of Anthony Berkeley Cox
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| Stephen F. Soitos |
The Blues Detective
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Robert L. Fish Memorial Award
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Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Billy Bob Thornton |
Sling Blade
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| Joel Coen |
Fargo
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| Ethan Coen |
Fargo
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| Claude Chabrol |
La Cérémonie
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| John Sayles |
Lone Star
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| John Hodge |
Trainspotting
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Edgar Awards for Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jimmy McGovern |
Cracker
Brotherly Love |
| Malcolm Bradbury |
Dalziel and Pascoe
An Autumn Shroud |
| Paul Abbott |
Cracker
Best Boys |
| Ashley Pharoah |
Silent Witness
Darkness Visible |
| Paul Abbott |
Cracker
True Romance |
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Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| I. C. Rapoport |
Deadbeat
Series: Law & Order |
| Ed Zuckerman |
Deadbeat
Series: Law & Order |
| René Balcer |
Causa Mortis
Series: Law & Order |
| Paul Haggis |
Every Picture Tells a Story
EZ Streets |
| René Balcer |
Slave
Law & Order |
| Elaine Loeser |
Slave
Law & Order |
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