Dorothy Salisbury Davis - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	26-April-1916
Place of Birth	Chicago (Illinois, United States of America, Chicago metropolitan area, Area code 872)
Nationality	United States of America
Profession	Writer, Novelist
Dorothy Salisbury Davis is an American crime fiction writer. She was an adopted child, raised in Illinois. She worked in Chicago in advertising as a research librarian and as an editor of The Merchandiser, prior to taking up fiction writing. She was married to Harry Davis, the character actor, from 1946 until his death in 1993. She published many novels and short stories. Among them are two sets of series novels, but she mainly wrote stand alone novels. Her novels explore psychological suspense, as was popular for many decades, and has â€˜an especially strong way of sharing with readers the minds of female characters confronting hazards and crisisâ€™. She was nominated for an Edgar Award eight times, served as President of the Mystery Writers of America in 1956 and was declared a Grand Master by that organization in 1985. She was on the initial steering committee of Sisters in Crime when it was formed in 1986 and her support was influential in dampening attacks on the new organization.

Awards by Dorothy Salisbury Davis

Check all the awards nominated and won by Dorothy Salisbury Davis.

1985

Edgar Grand Master Award

1976

Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Short Story	Old Friends Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Volume: September, '75

1970

Nominations 1970 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Novel	Where the Dark Streets Go

1969

Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Novel	God Speed the Night

1966

Nominations 1966 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Novel	The Pale Betrayer

1965

Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Short Story	The Purple is Everything

1959

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Novel	A Gentleman Called

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