The Edgar Allan Poe Awards 1952
The Edgar Allan Poe awards (the "Edgars") are awarded by the Mystery Writers of America to authors of distinguished work in various categories of the mystery genre.  The following list is of print literature only.  The awards for television, motion pictures, and plays have been omitted.

Best First Novel:  STRANGLE HOLD, by Mary McMullen and Harper Bros., publisher

   Nominated:
   CARRY MY COFFIN SLOWLY, by Lee Herrington (Simon & Schuster)
   THE CHRISTMAS CARD MURDERS, by David William Meredith (Knopf)
   CURE IT WITH HONEY, by Thurston Scott (Harper)
   THE ELEVENTH HOUR, by Robert B. Sinclair (Mill)

Best Fact Crime:  TRUE TALES FROM THE ANNALS OF CRIME AND RASCALITY, by St. Clair McKelway (Random House)

    Nominated:
    LADY KILLERS, by W.T. Brannon (Quinn)

Short Story Award: (Collection) FANCIES AND GOODNIGHTS, by John Collier.

Nominated:
TWENTY GREAT TALES OF MURDER by Helen McCloy and Brett Halliday (Random House)
THE MEMOIRS OF SOLAR PONS by August Derleth (Mycroft and Moran)
HANDBOOK FOR POISONERS by Raymond T. Bond (Rinehart & Co.)
FULL CARGO by Wilbur Daniel Steele (Doubleday)

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