Awards & Winners

1998 Edgar Award

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1998 Edgar Awards

Edgar Award for Best Novel

James Lee Burke

Honored for : Cimarron Rose

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Nominee Nominated Work
James Lee Burke Cimarron Rose
Bill Pronzini A Wasteland of Strangers
Ian Rankin Black & Blue
Deborah Crombie Dreaming of the Bones
Mark T. Sullivan The Purification Ceremony
Edgar Grand Master Award
Edgar Award for Best Young Adult

Will Hobbs

Honored for : Ghost Canoe

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Nominee Nominated Work
Will Hobbs Ghost Canoe
Marilyn Singer Deal with a Ghost
Edward Bloor Tangerine
Marsha Qualey Thin Ice
Sonia Levitin Yesterday's Child
The Ellery Queen Award

Hiroshi Hayakawa

(editor of Hayakawa's Mystery Magazine (the major Japanese mystery magazine))
Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original

Laura Lippman

Honored for : Charm City

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Nominee Nominated Work
Laura Lippman Charm City
Susan Rogers Cooper Home Again, Home Again
Gloria White Sunset and Santiago
Stuart M. Kaminsky Tarnished Icons
Margaret Frazer Prioress' Tale
Edgar Award for Best Short Story

Lawrence Block

Honored for : Keller on the Spot

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lawrence Block Keller on the Spot
Stuart M. Kaminsky Find Miriam
Jeffery Deaver The Kneeling Soldier
Stuart M. Kaminsky The Man Who Beat the System
Simon Brett Ways to Kill a Cat
Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime

Richard Firstman, Jamie Talan

Honored for : The Death of Innocents

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Nominee Nominated Work
Richard Firstman The Death of Innocents
Jamie Talan The Death of Innocents
Ann Rule Bitter Harvest
John Tucker May God have Mercy
Bernard Lefkowitz Our Guys
Ben Macintyre The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief
Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical

Natalie Kaufman, Carol McGinnis Kay

Honored for : G Is for Grafton: The World of Kinsey Millhone

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Nominee Nominated Work
Natalie Kaufman \"G\" Is for Grafton: The World of Kinsey Millhone
Carol McGinnis Kay \"G\" Is for Grafton: The World of Kinsey Millhone
Susan Malling AZ Murder Goes...Classic
Barbara G. Peters AZ Murder Goes...Classic
Steve Glassman Crime Fiction and Film in the Sunshine State: Florida Noir
Maurice O'Sullivan Crime Fiction and Film in the Sunshine State: Florida Noir
Jan Grape Deadly Women: The Woman Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion
Dean James Deadly Women: The Woman Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion
Ellen Nehr Deadly Women: The Woman Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion
George N. Dove The Reader and the Detective Story
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award

Rosaland Roland

Honored for : If Thine Eye Offend Thee
Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay

Richard Sweren, Shimon Wincelberg, Ed Zuckerman

Honored for : Double Down
(story by, Series: Law & Order)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Richard Sweren Double Down
story by, Series: Law & Order
Shimon Wincelberg Double Down
story by, Series: Law & Order
Ed Zuckerman Double Down
story by, Series: Law & Order
René Balcer Blood
story by, Series: Law & Order
Craig Tepper Blood
story by, Series: Law & Order
Siobhan Byrne O'Connor Burned
Series: Law & Order
Stephen Gaghan First Degree (1)
Series: The Practice
David E. Kelley First Degree (1)
Series: The Practice
Michael R. Perry First Degree (1)
Series: The Practice
René Balcer Thrill
Series: Law & Order
Edgar Awards for Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay

John Milne

Honored for : Blood, Sweat And Tears (1), Blood, Sweat And Tears (2)
(Series: Silent Witness)

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Milne Blood, Sweat And Tears (1)","Blood, Sweat And Tears (2)
Series: Silent Witness
Alan Plater Deadheads
Series: Dalziel & Pascoe
Simon Burke Into the Blue
Series: Mystery!
Tim Anderson The Sculptress
Series: Mystery!
Paul Abbott Lucky White Ghost
Series: Cracker
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay

Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson

Honored for : L.A. Confidential

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Nominee Nominated Work
Brian Helgeland Conspiracy Theory
Curtis Hanson L.A. Confidential
Brian Helgeland L.A. Confidential
Paul Attanasio Donnie Brasco
Edgar Award for Best Play

David Barr

Honored for : A Red Death
Raven Award

Sylvia K. Burack

(Editor)
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile

Barbara Brooks Wallace

Honored for : Sparrows in the Scullery

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Nominee Nominated Work
Alane Ferguson Wolf Stalker (National Parks Mysteries)
Gloria Skurzynski Wolf Stalker (National Parks Mysteries)
Barbara Brooks Wallace Sparrows in the Scullery
Barbara Mariconda Turn the Cup Around
Katherine Page Down East
Willo Davis Roberts Secrets at Hidden Valley
Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author

Joseph Kanon

Honored for : Los Alamos

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Nominee Nominated Work
K. J. A. Wishnia 23 Shades of Black
Joseph Kanon Los Alamos
Suzanne Berne A Crime in the Neighborhood
Philip Reed Bird Dog
Lisa See Flower Net