Edgar Award for Best Short StoryCheck all the winners of Edgar Award for Best Short Story. |
| Year | Winner | Winner Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 |
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John Connolly | The Caxton Private Lending Library and Book Depository (Volume: Bibliomysteries, Mysterious Bookshop) |
| 2013 |
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Karin Slaughter | The Unremarkable Heart |
| 2012 |
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Peter Turnbull | The Man Who Took His Hat Off to the Driver of the Train (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine) |
| 2011 |
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Doug Allyn | The Scent of Lilacs |
| 2010 |
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Luis Alberto Urrea | Amapola |
| 2009 |
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T. Jefferson Parker | Skinhead Central |
| 2008 |
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Susan Straight | The Golden Gopher (Anthology: Los Angeles Noir) |
| 2007 |
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Charles Ardai | The Home Front |
| 2006 |
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James W. Hall | The Catch |
| 2005 |
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Laurie Lynn Drummond | Something About a Scar (Anthology: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You) |
| 2004 |
|
G. Miki Hayden | The Maids |
| 2003 |
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Raymond Steiber | Mexican Gatsby |
| 2002 |
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S. J. Rozan | Double-Crossing Delancy |
| 2001 |
|
Peter Robinson | Missing in Action |
| 2000 |
|
Anne Perry | Heroes |
| 1999 |
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Tom Franklin | Poachers |
| 1998 |
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Lawrence Block | Keller on the Spot |
| 1997 |
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Michael Malone | Red Clay |
| 1996 |
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Jean B. Cooper | The Judge's Boy |
| 1995 |
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Doug Allyn | The Dancing Bear |
| 1994 |
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Lawrence Block | Keller's Therapy |
| 1993 |
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Benjamin Schutz | Mary, Mary, Shut the Door |
| 1992 |
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Wendy Hornsby | Nine Sons |
| 1991 |
|
Lynne Barrett | Elvis Lives (Volume: September '90) |
| 1990 |
|
Donald E. Westlake | Too Many Crooks |
| 1989 |
|
Bill Crenshaw | Flicks (Volume: August '88) |
| 1988 |
|
Harlan Ellison | Soft Monkey (Anthology: Mystery Scene Reader) |
| 1987 |
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Robert Sampson | Rain in Pinton County (New Black Mask Volume: May '86) |
| 1986 |
|
John Lutz | Ride the Lightening (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Volume: January '85) |
| 1985 |
|
Lawrence Block | By Dawn's Early Light |
| 1984 |
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Ruth Rendell | The New Girlfriend |
| 1983 |
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Frederick Forsyth | There are No Snakes in Ireland (Anthology: No Comebacks) |
| 1982 |
|
Jack Ritchie | The Absence of Emily |
| 1981 |
|
Clark Howard | Horn Man |
| 1980 |
|
Geoffrey Norman | Armed and Dangerous (Esquire, Volume: March '79) |
| 1979 |
|
Barbara Owens | The Cloud Beneath the Eaves |
| 1978 |
|
Thomas Walsh | Chance After Chance |
| 1977 |
|
Etta Revesz | Like a Terrible Scream |
| 1976 |
|
Jesse Hill Ford | The Jail (Playboy Volume: March 1975) |
| 1975 |
|
Ruth Rendell | The Fallen Curtain |
| 1974 |
|
Harlan Ellison | The Whimper of Whipped Dogs |
| 1973 |
|
Joyce Harrington | The Purple Shroud (Volume: September '72) |
| 1972 |
|
Robert L. Fish | Moonlight Gardener (Argosy, Volume: December '71) |
| 1971 |
|
Margaret Finn Brown | In the Forests of Riga the Beasts are Very Wild Indeed |
| 1970 |
|
Joe Gores | Goodbye, Pops |
| 1969 |
|
Warner Law | The Man Who Fooled the World |
| 1968 |
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Edward D. Hoch | The Oblong Room |
| 1967 |
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Rhys Davies | The Chosen One |
| 1966 |
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Shirley Jackson | The Possibility of Evil |
| 1965 |
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Lawrence Treat | H as in Homicide |
| 1964 |
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Leslie Ann Brownrigg | Man Gehorcht (Story Magazine, January-February '63) |
| 1963 |
|
David Ely | The Sailing Club |
| 1962 |
|
Avram Davidson | Affair at Lahore Cantonment |
| 1961 |
|
John Durham | Tiger |
| 1960 |
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Roald Dahl | The Landlady (Volume: November '59) |
| 1959 |
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William O'Farrell | Over There, Darkness |
| 1958 |
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Gerald Kersh | The Secret of the Bottle |
| 1957 |
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Stanley Ellin | The Blessington Method (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Volume: June '56) |
| 1956 |
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Philip MacDonald | Dream No More |
| 1955 |
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Stanley Ellin | The House Party |
| 1954 |
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Roald Dahl | Someone Like You |
| 1953 |
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Philip MacDonald | Something to Hide |
| 1952 |
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John Collier | Fancies and Goodnights |
| 1951 |
|
Lawrence Blochman | Diagnosis: Homicide |
