1974 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners

Awards List

First Novel

The Billion Dollar Sure Thing (Winner)
Paul E. Erdman

1974
/ Suspense

Juvenile

The Secret of the Seven Crows (Nominee)
Wylly Folk St. John

1973
/ Mystery

Dreamland Lake (Nominee)
Richard Peck

Sep-1973
/ Suspense

The Mystery of the Scowling Boy (Nominee)
Phyllis A. Whitney

Feb-1975
/ General Fiction

Novel

Dance Hall of the Dead (Winner)
Tony Hillerman

1973
/ Police Procedural

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Nominee)
P.D. James

1972
/ Private Investigator

Dear Laura (Nominee)
Jean Stubbs

1973
/ Historical Mystery

The Rainbird Pattern (Nominee)
Victor Canning

Oct-1980
/ General Fiction

Paperback Original

Death of an Informer (Winner)
Will Perry

1974
/ Suspense

The Big Fix (Nominee)
Roger L. Simon

1973
/ Private Investigator

The Mediterranean Caper (Nominee)
Clive Cussler

Nov-1973
/ Action Adventure

Short Story

Do With Me What You Will (Nominee)
Joyce Carol Oates

May-1983
/ Historical Romance

Award Categories

Critical/Biographical

First Novel

Juvenile

Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award

Mary Higgins Clark Award

Sue Grafton Memorial Award

The Robert L Fish Memorial Award

Young Adult

Award Years

Romance

Mystery/Thriller

Speculative

Younger Readers

1974 Edgar Allan Poe Award (Awarded by Mystery Writers of America)

Awards List

First Novel

Juvenile

Novel

Paperback Original

Short Story

Award Categories

Award Years