The Edgar Allan Poe Awards 1963
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:  DEATH AND THE JOYFUL WOMAN, by Ellis Peters.

Nominated:
THE ZEBRA-STRIPED HEARSE, by Ross Macdonald (Knopf)
SEANCE, by Mark McShane (Doubleday Crime Club)
THE EVIL WISH, by Jean Potts (Scribner's)
KNAVE OF HEARTS, by Dell Shannon (Wm. Morrow)
THE BALLAD OF THE RUNNING MAN, by Shelley Smith

Best First Novel: THE FUGITIVE, by Robert L. Fish (Simon & Schuster)

   Nominated:
   COUNTERWEIGHT, by Daniel Broun (Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
   THE CHASE, by Richard Unekis (Walker)

Best Fact Crime: TRAGEDY IN DEDHAM, by Francis Russell (McGraw-Hill)

Best Short Story: "The Sailing Club", by David Ely (in Cosmoplitan, October, 1962).

Nominated:
"The Terrapin" by Patricia Highsmith (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 10/62)
"An Order" by Carl Erik Soya (Story Magazine #8 1962)

Best Juvenile:  CUTLASS ISLAND by Scott Corbett (Little, Brown)

    Nominated:
    THE HOUSE ON CHARLTON STREET by Dola de John (Scribner's)
    THE DIAMOND IN THE WINDOW by Jane Langton (Harper & Row)
    THE MYSTERY OF GHOST VALLEY by Harriett Carr (Macmillan)


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