The Edgar Allan Poe Award, given each year by the Mystery Writers of America, is the most prestigious award given to mystery books.
2004 Resurrection Men by Ian Rankin (Little, Brown)
Nominated: The Guards by Ken Bruen (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Lost Light by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (Soho Press)
2003 Winter and Night by S.J. Rozan (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Nominated: Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews (HarperCollins)
Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster)
City of Bones by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
No Good Deed by Manda Scott (Bantam)
2002 Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker (Hyperion)
Nominated: Tell No One by Harlan Coben (Delacorte Press)
Money, Money, Money by Ed McBain (Simon & Schuster)
Reflecting the Sky by S.J. Rozan (St. Martin's Minotaur)
The Judgment by D.W. Buffa (Warner Books)
2001 The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale (Mysterious Press)
Nominated: A Place of Execution by Val McDermid (St. Martin's Minotaur)
A Dangerous Road by Kris Nelscott (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Red Light by T. Jefferson Parker (Hyperion)
The Whole Truth by Nancy Pickard (Pocket Books)
2000 BONES by Jan Burke (Simon & Schuster)
Nominated: RIVER OF DARKNESS by Rennie Airth (Viking Press)
L.A. REQUIEM by Robert Crais (Doubleday)
STRAWBERRY SUNDAY by Stephen Greenleaf (Scribner & Sons)
IN A DRY SEASON by Peter Robinson (Avon)
1999 MR. WHITE'S CONFESSION, by Robert Clark (Picador)
Nominated: BLOOD WORK, by Michael Connelly (Little Brown)
BEYOND RECALL, by Robert Goddard (Henry Holt)
THE LAST DAYS OF IL DUCE, by Domenic Stansberry (Permanent Press)
A LIKENESS IN STONE, by J. Wallis Martin (St. Martin's Press)
1998 CIMARRON ROSE, by James Lee Burke (Hyperion)
Nominated: DREAMING OF THE BONES, by Deborah Crombie (Scribner)
A WASTELAND OF STRANGERS, by Bill Pronzini (Walker)
BLACK AND BLUE, by Ian Rankin (St. Martin's Press)
THE PURIFICATION CEREMONY, by Mark T. Sullivan (Avon)
1997 THE CHATHAM SCHOOL AFFAIR, by Thomas H. Cook
Nominated: HEARTS AND BONES, by Margaret Lawrence
MEAN STREAK, by Carolyn Wheat
PENTECOST ALLEY, by Anne Perry
WITH CHILD, by Laurie King
1996 COME TO GRIEF, by Dick Francis (Putnam)
Nominated: THE BOOKMAN'S WAKE, by John Dunning (Scribner)
THE SHADOW MAN, by John Katzenbach (Ballantine)
THE SUMMONS, by Peter Lovesey (Mysterious/Warner)
THE ROARING BOY, by Edward Marston (St. Martin's)
1995 THE RED SCREAM, by Mary Willis Walker
Nominated: LIGHTS OUT by Peter Abrahams (Mysterious)
A LONG LINE OF DEAD MEN by Lawrence Block (Wm. Morrow)
MIAMI, IT'S MURDER by Edna Buchanan (Hyperion)
WEDNESDAY'S CHILD by Peter Robinson (Scribner's)
1994 THE SCULPTRESS, by Minette Walters (St. Martin's)
Nominated: FREE FALL, by Robert Crais (Bantam)
SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW, by Peter Hoeg (Farrar, Straus, Giroux)
WOLF IN THE SHADOWS, by Marcia Muller (Mysterious Press)
THE JOURNEYMAN TAILOR, by Gerald Seymour (HarperCollins)
1993 BOOTLEGGER'S DAUGHTER, by Margaret Maron (Mysterious Press)
Nominated: BACKHAND, by Liza Cody (Doubleday Perfect Crime)
32 CADILLACS, by Joe Gores (Mysterious Press)
WHITE BUTTERFLY, by Walter Mosley (Norton)
POMONA QUEEN, by Kem Nunn (Pocket Books)
1992 A DANCE AT THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE, by Lawrence Block (Wm. Morrow)
Nominated: DON'T SAY A WORD, by Andrew Klavan (Pocket Books)
PRIOR CONVICTIONS, by Lia Matera (Simon & Schuster)
I.O.U., by Nancy Pickard (Pocket Books)
PALINDROME, by Stuart Woods (HarperCollins)
1991 NEW ORLEANS MOURNING, by Julie Smith (St. Martin's)
Nominated: FADE THE HEAT, by Jay Brandon (Pocket Books)
WHISKEY RIVER, by Loren Estleman (Bantam)
BONES AND SILENCE, by Reginald Hill (Delacorte)
DEADFALL IN BERLIN, by R. D. Zimmerman (Donald I. Fine)
1990 BLACK CHERRY BLUES, by James Lee Burke (Little, Brown)
Nominated: A QUESTION OF GUILT, by Frances Fyfield (Pocket Books)
DEATH OF A JOYCE SCHOLAR, by Batholomew Gill (Wm. Morrow)
GOLDILOCKS, by Andrew Coburn (Scribner's)
THE BOOSTER, by Eugene Izzi (St. Martin's)
1989 A COLD RED SUNRISE, by Stuart M. Kaminsky (Scribner's)
Nominated: A THIEF OF TIME, by Tony Hillerman (Harper & Row)
IN THE LAKE OF THE MOON, by David L. Lindsey (Atheneum)
JOEY'S CASE, by K. C. Contantine (Mysterious Press)
SACRIFICAL GROUND, by Thomas H. Cook (Putnam)
1988 OLD BONES, by Aaron Elkins (Mysterious Press)
Nominated: A TROUBLE OF FOOLS, by Linda Barnes (St. Martin's)
NURSERY CRIMES, by B. M. Gill (Scribner's)
ROUGH CIDER, by Peter Lovesey (Mysterious Press)
THE CORPSE IN OOZAK'S POND, by Charlotte MacLeod (Mysterious Press)
1987 A DARK-ADAPTED EYE, by Barbara Vine (Bantam)
Nominated: THE BLIND RUN, by Brian Freemantle (Bantam)
COME MORNING, by Joe Gores (Mysterious Press)
THE STRAIGHT MAN, by Roger L. Simon (Villard)
A TASTE FOR DEATH, by P. D. James (Knopf)
1986 THE SUSPECT, by L. R. Wright (Viking Penguin)
Nominated: CITY OF GLASS: THE NEW YORK TRILOGY, PART I, by Paul Auster (Sun & Moon Press)
A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM, by Simon Brett (Scribner's)
THE TREE OF HANDS, by Ruth Rendell (Pantheon)
AN UNKINDNESS OF RAVENS, by Ruth Rendell (Pantheon)
1985 BRIARPATCH, by Ross Thomas (Simon & Schuster)
Nominated: THE BLACK SERAPHIM, by Michael Gilbert (Harper & Row)
CHESSPLAYER, by William Pearson (Viking Penguin)
EMILY DICKINSON IS DEAD, by Jane Langton (St. Martin's)
THE TWELFTH JUROR, by B. M. Gill (Scribner's)
1984 LA BRAVA, by Elmore Leonard (Arbor House)
Nominated: THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL, by John le Carre (Knopf)
THE NAME OF THE ROSE, by Umberto Eco (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
THE PAPERS OF TONY VEITCH, by William McIlvanney (Pantheon)
TEXAS STATION, by Christopher Leach (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
1983 BILLINGSGATE SHOAL, by Rick Boyer (Houghton Mifflin)
Nominated: THE CAPTAIN, by Seymour Shubin (Stein & Day)
EIGHT MILLION WAYS TO DIE, by Lawrence Block (Arbor House)
KAHAWA, by Donald E. Westlake (Viking)
SPLIT IMAGES, by Elmore Leonard (Arbor House)
1982 PEREGRINE, by William Bayer (Congdon & Lattes)
Nominated: THE AMATEUR, by Robert Littell (Simon & Schuster)
BOGMAIL, by Patrick McGinley (Ticknor & Fields)
DEATH IN A COLD CLIMATE, by Robert Barnard (Scribner's)
DUPE, by Liza Cody (Scribner's)
THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE, by Ted Allbeury (Scribner's)
1981 WHIP HAND, by Dick Francis (Harper & Row)
Nominated: DEATH OF A LITERARY WIDOW, by Robert Barnard (Scribner's)
DEATH DROP, by B.M. Gill (Scribner's)
THE SPY'S WIFE, by Reginald Hill (Pantheon)
MAN ON FIRE, by A.J. Quinell (Wm. Morrow)
1980 THE RHEINGOLD ROUTE, by Arthur Maling (Harper & Row)
Nominated: DEATH OF A MYSTERY WRITER, by Robert Barnard (Scribner's)
FIRE IN THE BARLEY, by Frank Parrish (Dodd, Mead)
MAKE DEATH LOVE ME, by Ruth Rendell (Doubleday)
A COAT OF VARNISH, by C.P. Snow (Scribner's)
1979 THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE, by Ken Follett (Arbor House)
Nominated: THE SNAKE, by John Godey (Putnam)
LISTENING WOMAN, by Tony Hillerman (Harper & Row)
A SLEEPING LIFE, by Ruth Rendell (Doubleday)
THE SHALLOW GRAVE, by Jack S. Scott (Harper & Row)
1978 CATCH ME: KILL ME, by William H. Hallahan (Bobbs-Merrill)
Nominated: LAIDLAW, by William McIlvanney (Pantheon)
NIGHTWING, by Martin Cruz Smith (Norton)
1977 PROMISED LAND, by Robert B. Parker (Houghton-Mifflin)
Nominated: A MADNESS OF THE HEART, by Richard Neely (Crowell)
THE MAIN, by Trevanian (Harcourt-Brace)
THE CAVANAUGH QUEST, by Thomas Gifford (Putnam)
THE GLORY BOYS, by Gerald Seymour (Random House)
1976 HOPSCOTCH, by Brian Garfield (M. Evans)
Nominated: THE GARGOYLE CONSPIRACY, by Martin Albert (Doubleday)
THE MONEY HARVEST, by Ross Thomas (Wm. Morrow)
HARRY'S GAME, by Gerald Seymour (Random House)
OPERATION ALCESTIC, by Maggie Rennert (Prentice-Hall)
1975 PETER'S PENCE, by Jon Cleary (Wm. Morrow)
Nominated: THE MAN WHO LOVED ZOOS, by Malcolm Bosse (Putnam)
GOODBYE AND AMEN, by Francis Clifford (Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich)
THE SILVER BEARS, by Paul E. Erdman (Scribner's)
THE LESTER AFFAIR, by Andrew Garve (Harper & Row)
1974 DANCE HALL OF THE DEAD, by Tony Hillerman (Harper & Row)
Nominated: THE RAINBIRD PATTERN, by Victor Canning (William Morrow)
AMIGO, AMIGO, by Francis Clifford (Coward, McCann, Geoghegan)
AN UNSUITABLE JOB FOR A WOMAN, by P.D. James (Scribner's)
DEAR LAURA, by Jean Stubbs (Stein & Day)
1973 THE LINGALA CODE, by Warren Kiefer (Random House)
Nominated: FIVE PIECES OF JADE, by John Ball (Little, Brown)
TIED UP IN TINSEL, by Ngaio Marsh (Little, Brown)
THE SHOOTING GALLERY, by Hugh C. Rae (Coward, McCann, Geoghegan)
CANTO FOR A GYPSY, by Martin Cruz Smith (Putnam)
1972 THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, by Frederick Forsyth (Viking)
Nominated: THE FLY ON THE WALL, by Tony Hillerman (Harper & Row)
SHROUD FOR A NIGHTINGALE, by P.D. James (Scribner's)
SIR, YOU BASTARD, by G.F. Newman (Simon & Schuster)
WHO KILLED ENOCH POWELL?, by Arthur Wise (Harper & Row)
1971 THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN, by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo (Pantheon)
Nominated: THE HOUND AND THE FOX AND THE HARPER, by Shaun Herron (Random House)
BEYOND THIS POINT ARE MONSTERS, by Margaret Millar (Random House)
MANY DEADLY RETURNS, by Patricia Moyes (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
AUTUMN OF A HUNTER, by Pat Stadley (Random House)
THE HOT ROCK, by Donald E. Westlake (Simon & Schuster)
1970 FORFEIT, by Dick Francis (Harper & Row)
Nominated: WHERE THE DARK STREETS GO, by Dorothy Salisbury Davis (Scribner's)
THE OLD ENGLISH PEEP SHOW, by Peter Dickinson (Harper & Row)
MIRO, by Shaun Herron (Random House)
BLIND MAN WITH A PISTOL, by Chester Himes (Wm. Morrow)
WHEN IN GREECE, by Emma Lathen (Simon & Schuster)
1969 A CASE OF NEED, by Jeffery Hudson (aka Michael Crichton) (World)
Nominated: PICTURE MISS SEETON, by Heron Carvic (Harper & Row)
GOD SPEED THE NIGHT, by Dorothy Salisbury Davis and Jerome Ross (Scribner's)
THE GLASS-SIDED ANTS' NEST, by Peter Dickinson (Harper & Row)
THE VALENTINE ESTATE, by Stanley Ellin (Random House)
BLOOD SPORT, by Dick Francis (Harper & Row)
1968 GOD SAVE THE MARK, by Donald E. Westlake (Random House)
Nominated: LEMON IN THE BASKET, by Charlotte Armstrong (Coward-McCann)
THE GIFT SHOP, by Charlotte Armstrong (Coward-McCann)
A PARADE OF COCKEYED CREATURES, by George Baxt (Random House)
FLYING FINISH, by Dick Francis (Harper & Row)
ROSEMARY'S BABY, by Ira Levin (Random House)
1967 THE KING OF THE RAINY COUNTRY, by Nicolas Freeling (Harper & Row)
Nominated: ODDS AGAINST, by Dick Francis (Harper & Row)
KILLER DOLPHIN, by Ngaio Marsh (Little, Brown)
THE BUSY BODY, by Donald E. Westlake (Random House)
1966 THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM, by Adam Hall (Simon & Schuster)
Nominated: THE PALE BETRAYER, by Dorothy Salisbury Davis (Scribner's)
FUNERAL IN BERLIN, by Len Deighton (Putnam)
THE PERFECT MURDER, by H.R.F. Keating (Dutton)
THE FAR SIDE OF THE DOLLAR, by Ross Macdonald (Knopf)
AIRS ABOVE THE GROUND, by Mary Stewart (Wm. Morrow)
1965 THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, by John le Carre (Coward-McCann)
Nominated: THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS, by Hans Hellmut Kirst (Harper & Row)
THE FIEND, by Margaret Millar (Random House)
THIS ROUGH MAGIC, by Mary Stewart (Wm. Morrow)
1964 THE LIGHT OF DAY, by Eric Ambler (Knopf)
Nominated: THE MAKE-BELIEVE MAN, by Elizabeth Fenwick (Harper & Row)
GRIEVE FOR THE PAST, by Stanton Forbes (Doubleday Crime Club)
THE EXPENDABLE MAN, by Dorothy B. Hughes (Random House)
THE PLAYER ON THE OTHER SIDE, by Ellery Queen (Random House)
1963 DEATH AND THE JOYFUL WOMAN, by Ellis Peters (Doubleday Crime Club)
Nominated: THE ZEBRA-STRIPED HEARSE, by Ross Macdonald (Knopf)
SEANCE, by Mark McShane (Doubleday Crime Club)
THE EVIL WISH, by Jean Potts (Scribner's)
KNAVE OF HEARTS, by Dell Shannon (Wm. Morrow)
THE BALLAD OF THE RUNNING MAN, by Shelley Smith (Harper & Row)
1962 GIDEON'S FIRE, by J.J. Marric (Harper)
Nominated: NIGHTMARE, by Anne Blaisdell (Harper)
NIGHT OF WENCESLAS, by Lionel Davidson (Harper)
THE WYCHERLY WOMAN, by Ross Macdonald (Knopf)
THE GREEN STONE, by Suzanne Blanc (Harper)
1961 THE PROGRESS OF A CRIME, by Julian Symons (Harper)
Nominated: THE TRACES OF BRILLHART, by Herbert Brean (Harper)
THE DEVIL'S OWN, by Peter Curtis (Doubleday Crime Club)
WATCHER IN THE SHADOWS, by Geoffrey Household (Little, Brown)
1960 THE HOURS BEFORE DAWN, by Celia Fremlin (Lippincott)
Nominated: THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER, by Philip MacDonald (Doubleday Crime Club)
1959 THE EIGHTH CIRCLE, by Stanley Ellin (Random House)
Nominated: A GENTLEMAN CALLED, by Dorothy Salisbury Davis (Scribner's)
THE MADHOUSE IN WASHINGTON SQUARE, by David Alexander (Lippincott)
THE WOMAN IN THE WOODS, by Lee Blackstock (Doubleday Crime Club)
1958 ROOM TO SWING, by Ed Lacy (Harper)
Nominated: THE LONGEST SECOND, by Bill Ballinger (Harper)
THE NIGHT OF THE GOOD CHILDREN, by Marjorie Carleton (Wm. Morrow)
THE BUSHMAN WHO CAME BACK, by Arthur Upfield (Doubleday Crime Club)
1957 A DRAM OF POISON, by Charlotte Armstrong (Coward, McCann)
Nominated: THE MAN WHO DIDN'T FLY, by Margot Bennett (Harper)
1956 BEAST IN VIEW, by Margaret Millar (Random House)
Nominated: THE CASE OF THE TALKING BUG, by The Gordons (Doubleday Crime Club)
THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, by Patricia Highsmith (Coward, McCann)
1955 THE LONG GOODBYE, by Raymond Chandler (Houghton-Mifflin)
1954 BEAT NOT THE BONES, by Charlotte Jay (Harper)
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