1984 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners

Awards List

First Novel

The Bay Psalm Book Murder (Winner)
Will Harriss

Jun-1983
/ Suspense

Caroline Minuscule (Nominee)
Andrew Taylor

1982
/ Mystery

Red Diamond: Private Eye (Nominee)
Mark Schorr

Apr-1983
/ Suspense

Dead Man's Thoughts (Nominee)
Carolyn Wheat

Jul-1983
/ Law Enforcement

The Gold Solution (Nominee)
Herbert Resnicow

Oct-1984
/ Suspense

Juvenile

The Callender Papers (Winner)
Cynthia Voigt

Jan-1983
/ Suspense

The Maze Stone (Nominee)
Eileen Dunlop

Jun-1983
/ Suspense

The Dollhouse Murders (Nominee)
Betty Ren Wright

Sep-1983
/ Suspense

The Griffin Legacy (Nominee)
Jan O'Donnell Klaveness

Sep-1983
/ Suspense

Novel

LaBrava (Winner)
Elmore Leonard

1983
/ Suspense

The Papers of Tony Veitch (Nominee)
William McIlvanney

1983
/ Police Procedural

The Little Drummer Girl (Nominee)
John Le Carre

Feb-1983
/ Suspense

Texas Station (Nominee)
Christopher Leach

May-1983
/ Suspense

The Name of the Rose (Nominee)
Umberto Eco

Jun-1983
/ Historical

Paperback Original

Mrs. White (Winner)
Margaret Tracy

Oct-1983
/ Suspense

The Kill Factor (Nominee)
Richard Harper

Dec-1982
/ Suspense

Hunter (Nominee)
Eric Sauter

Oct-1983
/ Suspense

Trace (Nominee)
Warren Murphy

Oct-1983
/ Suspense

False Prophets (Nominee)
Sean Flannery

Jul-1996
/ Suspense

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

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

Awards List

First Novel

Juvenile

Novel

Paperback Original

Award Categories

Award Years