1998 Edgar Allan Poe Award (Awarded by Mystery Writers of America)

Awards List

First Novel

Los Alamos
(Winner)
Joseph Kanon

Juvenile

Sparrows in the Scullery
(Winner)
Barbara Brooks Wallace

Novel

Cimarron Rose
(Winner)
James Lee Burke

Paperback Original

Charm City
(Winner)
Laura Lippman

Young Adult

Ghost Canoe
(Winner)
Will Hobbs

Critical/Biographical

Reader & the Detective Story
(Nominee)
George N. Dove

First Novel

A Crime in the Neighborhood
(Nominee)
Suzanne Berne

Bird Dog
(Nominee)
Philip Reed

23 Shades of Black
(Nominee)
K.J.A. Wishnia / Ken Wishnia

Flower Net
(Nominee)
Lisa See

Juvenile

Wolf Stalker
(Nominee)
Gloria Skurzynski; Alane Ferguson
  • / Amateur Sleuth
  • Buy

Secrets at Hidden Valley
(Nominee)
Willo Davis Roberts

Down East
(Nominee)
Katherine Hall Page

Turn the Cup Around
(Nominee)
Barbara Mariconda

Novel

The Purification Ceremony
(Nominee)
Mark T. Sullivan

A Wasteland of Strangers
(Nominee)
Bill Pronzini

Black and Blue
(Nominee)
Ian Rankin

Dreaming of the Bones
(Nominee)
Deborah Crombie

Paperback Original

Sunset and Santiago
(Nominee)
Gloria White

Home Again, Home Again
(Nominee)
Susan Rogers Cooper

Tarnished Icons
(Nominee)
Stuart M. Kaminsky

The Prioress' Tale
(Nominee)
Margaret Frazer

Short Story

Ways to Kill a Cat
(Nominee)
Simon Brett
in Malice Domestic 6

Young Adult

Tangerine
(Nominee)
Edward Bloor
  • / General Fiction
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Deal With a Ghost
(Nominee)
Marilyn Singer

Yesterday's Child
(Nominee)
Sonia Levitin

Thin Ice
(Nominee)
Marsha Qualey

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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