The Edgar Allan Poe Awards 1961
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 PROGRESS OF A CRIME, by Julian Symons.

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)

Best First Novel:  THE MAN IN THE CAGE, by John Holbrooke Vance

   Nominated:
   THE MERCENARIES, by Donald E. Westlake (Random House)
   CASE PENDING, by Dell Shannon (Harper)
   THE KILLING AT BIG TREE, by David McCarthy (Doubleday)
   THE MARRIAGE CAGE, by William Johnston (Lyle Stuart)

Best Fact Crime: THE OVERBURY AFFAIR, by Miriam Allen deFord (Chilton)

   Nominated:
   MOSTLY MURDER, by Sir Sydney Smith (McKay)
   HEAVEN KNOWS WHO, by Christianna Brand (Scribner's)

Best Short Story: "Tiger", by John Durham (in Cosmopolitan, February, 1960).

Nominated:
"A Real Live Murderer" by Donald Honig (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine 10/60)
"Summer Evil" by Nora Kaplan (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine 10/60)
"A View From the Terrace" by Mike Marmer (Cosmopolitan 12/60)
"Louisa, Please" by Shirley Jackson (Ladies' Home Journal 2/60)

Best Juvenile:  THE MYSTERY OF THE HAUNTED POOL by Phyllis A. Whitney (Westminster)


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