| Date of Birth | 24-December-1912 | |
| Place of Birth |
New York City (New York, United States of America, Area code 917) |
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| Nationality | United States of America | |
| Profession | Author | |
| Jay Bennett was an American author and two-time winner of the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Bennett won the Edgar for Best Juvenile novel in 1974 and 1975, for The Long Black Coat and The Dangling Witness, respectively. He was the first author to win an Edgar in consecutive years. A third book, The Skeleton Man, was nominated in 1987. Bennett is best known among English teachers and young adults for these and other juvenile mysteries, like Deathman, Do Not Follow Me. | ||
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