The Edgar Allan Poe Awards 1959
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 Novel: THE EIGHTH CIRCLE, by Stanley Ellin.

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)

Best First Novel:  THE BRIGHT ROAD TO FEAR, by Richard Martin Stern (Ballantine)

   Nominated:
   THE MAN WHO DISAPPEARED, by Edgar J. Bohle (Random House)
   NOW WILL YOU TRY FOR MURDER?, by Harry Olesker (Simon & Schuster)
   DEATH OF A SPINSTER, by Frances Duncombe (Scribner's)

Best Fact Crime: THEY DIED IN THE CHAIR, by Wenzell Brown (Popular Library)

   Nominated:
   THE DEADLY REASONS, by Edward D. Radin (Popular Library)
   THE ROYAL VULTURES, by Sam Kollman as told to Hillel Black (Pocket Books)
   THE MURDER AND THE TRIAL, by Edgar Lustgarten (Scribner's)
   THE INCURABLE WOUND, by Berton Roueche (Little, Brown)

Best Short Story: "Over There, Darkness", by William O'Farrell.  (Sleuth 10/58)

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