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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