Edgar Award for Best Critical/BiographicalCheck all the winners of Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical. |
| Year | Winner | Winner Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 |
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Erik Dussere | America Is Elsewhere: The Noir Tradition in the Age of Consumer Culture |
| 2013 |
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James O'Brien | The Scientific Sherlock Holmes: Cracking the Case with Science and Forensics (Oxford University Press) |
| 2012 |
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Michael Dirda | On Conan Doyle: Or, the Whole Art of Storytelling |
| 2011 |
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Yunte Huang | Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and this Rendezvous with American History |
| 2010 |
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Otto Penzler | The Line Up: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives |
| 2009 |
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Harry Lee Poe | Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories |
| 2008 |
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Daniel Stashower | Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters |
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Jon Lellenberg | Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters | |
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Charles Foley | Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters | |
| 2007 |
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E.J. Wagner | The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear |
| 2006 |
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Melanie Rehak | Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her (Harcourt, Inc.) |
| 2005 |
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Leslie S. Klinger | The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories |
| 2004 |
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Andrew Wilson | Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith |
| 2003 |
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Mike Ashley | The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction: The Authors, Their Works and Their Most Famous Creations |
| 2002 |
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Dawn B. Sova | Edgar Allan Poe, A to Z |
| 2001 |
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Ethan Lewis | Conundrums for the Long Week-End |
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Robert Kuhn McGregor | Conundrums for the Long Week-End | |
| 2000 |
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Daniel Stashower | Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 1999 |
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Robin Winks | Mystery and Suspense Writers |
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Maureen Corrigan | Mystery and Suspense Writers | |
| 1998 |
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Natalie Kaufman | G Is for Grafton: The World of Kinsey Millhone |
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Carol McGinnis Kay | G Is for Grafton: The World of Kinsey Millhone | |
| 1997 |
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Michael Atkinson | The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes |
| 1996 |
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Robert Polito | Savage Art |
| 1995 |
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William L. DeAndrea | Encyclopedia Mysteriosa |
| 1994 |
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Burl Barer | The Saint: A Complete History |
| 1993 |
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John Loughery | Alias S. S. Van Dine |
| 1992 |
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Kenneth Silverman | Edgar A Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance |
| 1991 |
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John Conquest | Trouble is their Business |
| 1990 |
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Norman Sherry | The Life of Graham Greene: Volume One 1904-1939 |
| 1989 |
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Francis M. Nevins, Jr. | Cornell Woolrich: First You Dream, Then You Die |
| 1988 |
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LeRoy Panek | An Introduction to the Detective Story |
| 1987 |
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Eric Ambler | Here Lies |
| 1986 |
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Peter Lewis | John Le Carre |
| 1985 |
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Jon L. Breen | Novel Verdicts |
| 1984 |
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Donald Spoto | The Dark Side of Genius |
| 1983 |
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Roy Hoopes | Cain |
| 1982 |
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Jon L. Breen | What About Murder? A Guide to Books About Mystery and Detective Fiction |
| 1981 |
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John M. Reilly | Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers |
| 1980 |
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Ralph E. Hone | Dorothy L. Sayers, A Literary Biography |
| 1979 |
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Gwen Robyns | The Mystery of Agatha Christie |
| 1978 |
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John J. McAleer | Rex Stout |
| 1977 |
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Marvin Lachman | Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection |
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Otto Penzler | Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection | |
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Chris Steinbrunner | Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection | |
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Charles Shibuk | Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection |
