1977 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners

Awards List

First Novel

The Thomas Berryman Number

The Thomas Berryman Number (Winner)
James Patterson

1976
/ Suspense

Juvenile

Are You in the House Alone?

Are You in the House Alone? (Winner)
Richard Peck

Nov-1976
/ Suspense

Novel

Promised Land

Promised Land (Winner)
Robert B. Parker

Sep-1976
/ Private Investigator

Paperback Original

Confess, Fletch

Confess, Fletch (Winner)
Gregory McDonald

1976
/ Private Investigator

First Novel

The Big Payoff

The Big Payoff (Nominee)
Janice Law

1976
/ Law Enforcement

Final Proof

Final Proof (Nominee)
Marie R. Reno

1977
/ Historical Romance

Your Day in the Barrel

Your Day in the Barrel (Nominee)
Alan Furst

Jul-1981
/ Suspense

Juvenile

The Master Puppeteer

The Master Puppeteer (Nominee)
Katherine Paterson

1977
/ General Fiction

The Chalk Cross

The Chalk Cross (Nominee)
Berthe Amoss

Aug-2007
/ General Fiction

Wiley and the Hairy Man

Wiley and the Hairy Man (Nominee)
Molly Bang

May-2009
/ General Fiction

Novel

The Glory Boys

The Glory Boys (Nominee)
Gerald Seymour

Oct-1977
/ General Fiction

The Cavanaugh Quest

The Cavanaugh Quest (Nominee)
Thomas Gifford

Jun-1980
/ General Fiction

The Main

The Main (Nominee)
Trevanian

Jul-2005
/ Suspense

Paperback Original

Freeze Frame

Freeze Frame (Nominee)
Robert Irvine

1975
/ Amateur Sleuth

The Dark Side

The Dark Side (Nominee)
Kenn Davis

1976
/ Private Investigator

The Retaliators

The Retaliators (Nominee)
Donald Hamilton

1976
/ Suspense

Award Categories

Critical/Biographical

Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award

Mary Higgins Clark Award

Paperback Original

Sue Grafton Memorial Award

The Robert L Fish Memorial Award

Award Years