The Edgar Allan Poe Awards 1962
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: GIDEON'S FIRE, by J. J. Marric.

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)

Best First Novel:  THE GREEN STONE, by Suzanne Blanc (Harper)

   Nominated:
   FELONY TANK, by Malcolm Braley (Gold Medal)
   CLOSE HIS EYES, by Olivia Dwight (Harper)
   THE CIPHER, by Alex Gordon (Simon & Schuster)
   NIGHT OF THE KILL, by Breni James (Simon & Schuster)
   SHOCK TREATMENT, by Winfred Van Atta (Doubleday Crime Club)

Best Fact Crime: DEATH AND THE SUPREME COURT, by Barrett Prettyman, Jr. (Harcourt, Brace & World)

   Nominated:
   THE SHEPPARD MURDER CASE, by Paul Holmes (McKay)
   LIZZIE BORDEN: THE UNTOLD STORY, by Edward D. Radin (Simon & Schuster)
   KIDNAP, by George Waller (Dial)

Best Short Story: "Affair at Lahore Cantonment", by Avram Davidson (in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, June, 1961).

Nominated:
"The Children of Alda Nuova" by Robert Wallston (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 8/61)

Best Juvenile:  THE PHANTOM OF WALKAWAY HILL by Edward Fenton (Doubleday)

    Nominated:
    THE SECRET OF THE TIGERS EYE by Phyllis A. Whitney (Westminster)


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