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History
Awarded annually by the Mystery Writers of America, the Edgars are America's highest award for crime writing.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 1974
winner y
Peter's Pence : A Novel
London
:
Collins
,
1974
Z276436
1974
single work
novel
crime
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Year: 1953
inaugural winner y
Beat Not the Bones
London
:
Collins
,
1952
Z870720
1952
single work
novel
crime
'Sudden, violent death enshrouded the island port of Marapai. The kind of death known only to voodoo cults and savages. On this island Europeans lost their civilization, their innocence–and their sanity. And famed anthropologist David Warwick lost his life. Rumors whispered suicide. But the rumors were lies. Everyone lied to haunted Emma Warwick, who suspected murder and set out to trap a killer–only to discover the very roots of terror!'
Source: Back cover blurb (Avon edition).
Works About this Award
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Angry Authors and Idol Poets 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 24 January 2009; (p. 29) A column canvassing current literary news including an update on the Productivity Commission's inquiry into parallel importation. Steger also notes Alex Miller's win in the Annual Foreign Novels 21st Centuray Awards and Graeme Base's nomination in the 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Awards. -
In Search of Charlotte 1994 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 19 February 1994; (p. 27) -
The Jay Tapes Rick McLean , Chris Forehan , 1993 single work interview biography
— Appears in: Mean Streets : A Quarterly Journal of Crime, Mystery and Detection , March no. 8 1993; (p. 40-43) -
Minor Mystery 1968 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 20 January vol. 89 no. 4585 1968; (p. 4,6)
