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1982 Edgar Allan Poe Award (Awarded by Mystery Writers of America)

  1. Awards
  2. Edgar Allan Poe Award

Awards List

First Novel

Chiefs
Chiefs (Winner)
Stuart Woods
  • Jan-1981
  • / Suspense

The Black Glove
The Black Glove (Nominee)
Geoffrey Miller
  • May-1981
  • / Suspense

Giant Killer
Giant Killer (Nominee)
Vernon Tom Hyman
  • May-1981
  • / Suspense

Not a Through Street
Not a Through Street (Nominee)
Ernest Larsen
  • Sep-1981
  • / Suspense

Murder at the Red October
Murder at the Red October (Nominee)
Anthony Olcott
  • Apr-1990
  • / Suspense

Juvenile

Taking Terri Mueller
Taking Terri Mueller (Winner)
Norma Fox Mazer
  • Nov-1981
  • / Suspense

Hoops
Hoops (Nominee)
Walter Dean Myers
  • Jan-1981
  • / General Fiction

Village of the Vampire Cat
Village of the Vampire Cat (Nominee)
Lensey Namioka
  • Apr-1981
  • / Suspense

Detour to Danger
Detour to Danger (Nominee)
Eva-Lis Wuorio
  • May-1987
  • / General Fiction

Novel

Peregrine
Peregrine (Winner)
William Bayer
  • Sep-1981
  • / Law Enforcement

Death in a Cold Climate
Death in a Cold Climate (Nominee)
Robert Barnard
  • Feb-1981
  • / Mystery

The Amateur
The Amateur (Nominee)
Robert Littell
  • Apr-1981
  • / Suspense

Bogmail
Bogmail (Nominee)
Patrick McGinley
  • May-1981
  • / Suspense

The Other Side of Silence
The Other Side of Silence (Nominee)
Ted Allbeury
  • Jun-1981
  • / General Fiction

Dupe
Dupe (Nominee)
Liza Cody
  • Aug-1981
  • / Private Investigator

Paperback Original

The Old Dick
The Old Dick (Winner)
L.A. Morse
  • Aug-1981
  • / Suspense

Dead Heat
Dead Heat (Nominee)
Raymond Obstfeld
  • Jan-1981
  • / General Fiction

Deadline
Deadline (Nominee)
John Dunning
  • Apr-1981
  • / Suspense

The Unforgiven
The Unforgiven (Nominee)
Patricia MacDonald
  • Aug-1981
  • / Suspense

Pin
Pin (Nominee)
Andrew Neiderman
  • Aug-2011
  • / General Fiction

Short Story

The Absence of Emily
The Absence of Emily (Winner)
Jack Ritchie
in Master's Choice: Volume II
  • 1980
  • / Horror

Award Categories

Critical/Biographical

First Novel

Juvenile

Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award

Mary Higgins Clark Award

Motion Picture

Novel

Paperback Original

Short Story

Sue Grafton Memorial Award

The Robert L Fish Memorial Award

Young Adult

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