1978 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners

Awards List

First Novel

A French Finish (Winner)
Robert Ross

1978
/ Suspense

The Fan (Nominee)
Bob Randall

1977
/ General Fiction

Dewey Decimated (Nominee)
Charles A. Goodrum

1979
/ Suspense

Juvenile

A Really Weird Summer (Winner)
Eloise Jarvis McGraw

May-1977
/ General Fiction

Poor Tom's Ghost (Nominee)
Jane Louise Curry

Mar-1977
/ Horror

Miss Nelson Is Missing! (Nominee)
Harry Allard

Nov-1985
/ General Fiction

Night Spell (Nominee)
Robert Newman

Dec-2014
/ General Fiction

Novel

Catch Me: Kill Me (Winner)
William H. Hallahan

1978
/ Suspense

Laidlaw (Nominee)
William McIlvanney

1977
/ Police Procedural

Nightwing (Nominee)
Martin Cruz Smith

Sep-1977
/ Science Fiction / Fantasy

Paperback Original

The Quark Maneuver (Winner)
Michael Jahn

Feb-1977
/ Suspense

The Terrorizers (Nominee)
Donald Hamilton

1977
/ Suspense

Time to Murder and Create (Nominee)
Lawrence Block

1977
/ Private Investigator

They've Killed Anna (Nominee)
Marc Olden

Feb-1977
/ Action Adventure

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

1978 Edgar Allan Poe Award (Awarded by Mystery Writers of America)

Awards List

First Novel

Juvenile

Novel

Paperback Original

Award Categories

Award Years