The Edgar Allan Poe Awards 1964
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 LIGHT OF DAY, by Eric Ambler.

Nominated:
THE MAKE-BELIEVE MAN, by Elizabeth Fenwick (Harper & Row)
GRIEVE FOR THE PAST, by Stanton Forbes (Doubleday Crime Club)
THE EXPENDABLE MAN, by Dorothy B. Hughes (Random House)
THE PLAYER ON THE OTHER SIDE, by Ellery Queen (Random House)

Best First Novel:   FLORENTINE FINISH, by Cornelius Hirschberg (Harper & Row)

   Nominated:
   THE PROWLER, by Frances Rickett (Simon & Schuster)
   THE NEON HAYSTACK, by James M. Ullman (Simon & Schuster)
   THE FIFTH WOMAN, by H. Fagyas (Doubleday Crime Club)

Best Fact Crime: THE DEED, by Gerold Frank (Simon & Schuster)

   Nominated:
   FLIGHT 967, by Brad Williams (Wm. Morrow)
   THE HIRED KILLERS, by Peter Wyden (Wm. Morrow)

Best Short Story: "Man Gehorcht", by Leslie Ann Browning (in Story Magazine, January-February, 1963).

Nominated:
"The Crime of Ezechiele Coen" by Stanley Ellin (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 11/63)
"The Ballad of Jesse Neighbors" by William Humphrey (Esquire 9/63)

Best Juvenile:  MYSTERY OF THE HIDDEN HAND by Phyllis A. Whitney (Westminster Press)

    Nominated:
    HONOR BOUND by Frank Bonham (Crowell)
    MYSTERY OF THE VELVET BOX by Margaret Scherf (Watts)


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