The Edgar Allan Poe Awards 1960
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 HOURS BEFORE DAWN, by Celia Fremlin.

Nominated:
THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER, by Philip MacDonald (Doubleday Crime Club)

Best First Novel:   THE GREY FLANNEL SHROUD, by Henry Slesar (Random House)

Nominated:
A DREAM OF FALLING, by Mary O. Rank (Houghton-Mifflin)

Best Fact Crime: FIRE AT SEA, by Thomas Gallager (Rinehart)

Nominated:
GREAT TRAIN ROBBERIES OF THE WEST, by Eugene B. Block (Coward McCann)

Best Short Story: "The Landlady", by Roald Dahl (in The New Yorker, November, 1959).

Nominated:
"The Day of the Bullet" by Stanley Ellin (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 10/59)

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