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Edgar Award for Best First Mystery

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Julius Fast

<< 1946 >>

The Edgars are presented by the Mystery Writers of America Organization. The awards are named after Edgar Allan Poe, who is often credited with inventing the detective story. Initially presented for distinguished first novels of mystery, the award is now divided into several categories.

Prize Winners

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1946:

Julius Fast, Watchful at Night

1947:

Helen Eustis, The Horizontal Man

1948:

Fredric Brown, The Fabulous Clipjoint

1949:

Mildred Davis, The Room Upstairs

1950:

Alan Green, What a Body!

1951:

Thomas Walsh, Nightmare in Manhattan

1952:

Mary McMullen, Strangle Hold

1953:

William Campbell Gault, Don't Cry For Me

1954:

Ira Levin, A Kiss Before Dying

1955:

Jean Potts, Go, Lovely Rose

1956:

Lane Kauffman, The Perfectionist

1957:

Donald McNutt Douglas, Rebecca's Pride

1957:

Donald McNutt Douglass, Rebecca's Pride

1958:

William Rawle Weeks, Knock and Wait a While

1959:

Richard Martin Stern, The Bright Road to Fear

1960:

Henry Slesar, The Grey Flannel Shroud

1961:

John Holbrook Vance, The Man in the Cage

1962:

Suzanne Blanc, The Green Stone

1963:

Robert L. Fish, The Fugitive

1964:

Cornelius Hirschberg, The Florentine Finish

1965:

Harry Kemelman, Friday the Rabbi Slept Late

1966:

John Ball, In the Heat of the Night

1967:

Ross Thomas, The Cold War Swap

1968:

Michael Collins, Act of Fear

1969:

E. Richard Johnson, Silver Street

1969:

Dorothy Uhnak, The Bait

1970:

Joe Gores, A Time of Predators

1971:

A.H.Z. Carr, Finding Maubee

1971:

Lawrence Sanders, The Anderson Tapes

1973:

R.H. Shimer, Squaw Point

1974:

Paul E. Erdman, The Billion Dollar Sure Thing

1975:

Gregory McDonald, Fletch

1976:

Rex Burns, The Alvarez Journal

1977:

James Patterson, The Thomas Berryman Number

1978:

Robert Ross, A French Finish

1979:

William L. DeAndrea, Killed in the Ratings

1980:

Richard North Patterson, The Lasko Tangent

1981:

Kay Nolte Smith, The Watcher

1982:

Stuart Woods, Chiefs

1983:

Thomas Perry, The Butcher's Boy

1984:

Will Harriss, The Bay Psalm Book Murder

1985:

R.D. Rosen, Strike Three, You're Dead

1986:

Jonathan Kellerman, When the Bough Breaks

1987:

Larry Beinhart, No One Rides for Free

1988:

Deirdre Laiken, Death Among Strangers

1989:

David Stout, Carolina Skeletons

1990:

Susan Wolfe, The Last Billable Hour

1991:

Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Postmortem

1992:

Peter Blauner, Slow Motion Riot

1993:

Michael Connelly, The Black Echo

1994:

Laurie King, A Grave Talent

1995:

George Dawes Green, The Caveman's Valentine

1996:

David Housewright, Penance

1997:

John Morgan Wilson, Simple Justice

1998:

Joseph Kanon, Los Alamos

1999:

Steve Hamilton, A Cold Day in Paradise

2000:

Eliot Pattison, The Skull Mantra

2001:

David Liss, Conspiracy of Paper

2002:

David Ellis, Line of Vision

2003:

Jonathon King, The Blue Edge of Midnight

2004:

Rebecca Pawel, Death of a Nationalist

2005:

Don Lee, Country of Origin

2006:

Theresa Schwegel, Officer Down

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