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1984 Edgar Allan Poe Award (Awarded by Mystery Writers of America)

  1. Awards
  2. Edgar Allan Poe Award

Awards List

First Novel

The Bay Psalm Book Murder
The Bay Psalm Book Murder (Winner)
Will Harriss
  • Jun-1983
  • / Suspense
  • Buy Buy

Caroline Minuscule
Caroline Minuscule (Nominee)
Andrew Taylor
  • 1982
  • / Mystery
  • Buy Buy

Red Diamond: Private Eye
Red Diamond: Private Eye (Nominee)
Mark Schorr
  • Apr-1983
  • / Suspense
  • Buy Buy

Dead Man's Thoughts
Dead Man's Thoughts (Nominee)
Carolyn Wheat
  • Jul-1983
  • / Law Enforcement
  • Buy Buy

The Gold Solution
The Gold Solution (Nominee)
Herbert Resnicow
  • Oct-1984
  • / Suspense
  • Buy Buy

Juvenile

The Callender Papers
The Callender Papers (Winner)
Cynthia Voigt
  • Jan-1983
  • / Suspense
  • Buy Buy

The Maze Stone
The Maze Stone (Nominee)
Eileen Dunlop
  • Jun-1983
  • / Suspense
  • Buy Buy

The Dollhouse Murders
The Dollhouse Murders (Nominee)
Betty Ren Wright
  • Sep-1983
  • / Suspense
  • Buy Buy

The Griffin Legacy
The Griffin Legacy (Nominee)
Jan O'Donnell Klaveness
  • Sep-1983
  • / Suspense
  • Buy Buy

Novel

LaBrava
LaBrava (Winner)
Elmore Leonard
  • 1983
  • / Suspense
  • Buy Buy

The Papers of Tony Veitch
The Papers of Tony Veitch (Nominee)
William McIlvanney
  • 1983
  • / Police Procedural
  • Buy Buy

The Little Drummer Girl
The Little Drummer Girl (Nominee)
John Le Carre
  • Feb-1983
  • / Suspense
  • Buy Buy

Texas Station
Texas Station (Nominee)
Christopher Leach
  • May-1983
  • / Suspense
  • Buy Buy

The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose (Nominee)
Umberto Eco
  • Jun-1983
  • / Historical
  • Buy Buy

Paperback Original

Mrs. White
Mrs. White (Winner)
Margaret Tracy
  • Oct-1983
  • / Suspense
  • Buy Buy

The Kill Factor
The Kill Factor (Nominee)
Richard Harper
  • Dec-1982
  • / Suspense
  • Buy Buy

Hunter
Hunter (Nominee)
Eric Sauter
  • Oct-1983
  • / Suspense
  • Buy Buy

Trace
Trace (Nominee)
Warren Murphy
  • Oct-1983
  • / Suspense
  • Buy Buy

False Prophets
False Prophets (Nominee)
Sean Flannery
  • Jul-1996
  • / Suspense
  • Buy Buy

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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