The Edgar Allan Poe Awards 1966
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 QUILLER MEMORANDUM, by Adam Hall.

Nominated:
THE PALE BETRAYER, by Dorothy Salisbury Davis (Scribner's)
FUNERAL IN BERLIN, by Len Deighton (Putnam)
THE PERFECT MURDER, by H.R.F. Keating (Dutton)
THE FAR SIDE OF THE DOLLAR, by Ross Macdonald (Knopf)
AIRS ABOVE THE GROUND, by Mary Stewart (Wm. Morrow)

Best First Novel:  IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, by John Ball (Harper & Row)

   Nominated:
   BEFORE THE BALL WAS OVER, by Alexandra Roudybush
   THE EXPENDABLE SPY, by Jack D. Hunter (Dutton)
   THE FRENCH DOLL, by Vincent McConner (Hill & Wang)

Best Fact Crime:  IN COLD BLOOD, by Truman Capote (Random House)

   Nominated:
   A LITTLE GIRL IS DEAD, by Harry Golden (World)
   THE POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH, by Michael V. DiSalle with Lawrence G. Blochman (Random House)
   MURDERERS SANE AND MAD, by Miriam Allen deFord (Abelard-Schuman)
   THE CENTURY OF THE DETECTIVE, by Jurgen Thorwald (Harcourt, Brace & World)

Best Short Story: "The Possibility of Evil", by Shirley Jackson. (in The Saturday Evening Post, December 18, 1965).

Nominated:
"Foxer" by Brian Cleeve (The Saturday Evening Post 12/18)
"The Case for Miss Peacock" by Charlotte Armstrong (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2/65)
"Who Walks Behind" by Holly Roth (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 9/65)

Best Juvenile:  THE MYSTERY OF 22 EAST by Leon Ware (Westminster Press)

    Nominated:
    THE APACHE GOLD MYSTERY by Eileen Thompson (Abelard-Schuman)
    THE SECRET OF THE SIMPLE CODE by Nancy Faulkner (Doubleday)
    SECRET OF THE HAUNTED CRAGS by Lawrence J. Hunt (Funk & Wagnalls)


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