Awards & Winners

Jay Bennett

Date of Birth 24-December-1912
Place of Birth New York City
(New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
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.

Awards by Jay Bennett

Check all the awards nominated and won by Jay Bennett.

1987


Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile The Skeleton Man

1975


Edgar Award for Best Juvenile
Honored for : The Dangling Witness

Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile The Dangling Witness

1974


Edgar Award for Best Juvenile
Honored for : The Long Black Coat

Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile The Long Black Coat