The Edgar Allan Poe Awards 1982
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: PEREGRIN, by William Bayer.

Nominated:
THE AMATEUR, by Robert Littell (Simon & Schuster)
BOGMAIL, by Patrick McGinley (Ticknor & Fields)
DEATH IN A COLD CLIMATE, by Robert Barnard (Scribner's)
DUPE, by Liza Cody (Scribner's)
THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE, by Ted Allbeury (Scribner's)

Best First Novel:  CHIEFS, by Stuart Woods (Norton)

   Nominated:
   THE BLACK GLOVE, by Geoffrey Miller (Viking)
   GIANT KILLER, by Vernon Tom Hyman (Marek)
   MURDER AT THE RED OCTOBER, by Anthony Olcott (Academy Chicago)
   NOT A THROUGH STREET, by Ernest Larsen (Random House)

Best Paperback Original:  THE OLD DICK by L.A. Morse (Avon)

   Nominated:
   DEAD HEAT by Ray Obstfeld (Charter)
   DEADLINE by John Dunning (Fawcett)
   PIN by Andrew Neiderman (Pocket)
   THE UNFORGIVEN by Patricia J. MacDonald (Dell)

Best Fact Crime:  THE STING MAN, by Robert W. Greene (Dutton)

    Nominated:
    BY REASON OF DOUBT, by Ellen Godfrey (Clarke, Irwin & Co.)
    THE DAY THEY STOLE THE MONA LISA, by Seymour V. Reit (Summit)
    THE MINDS OF BILLY MILLIGAN, by Daniel Keyes (Random House)
    PAPA'S GAME, by Gregory Wallance (Rawson Wade)

Best Critical or Biographical Work:  WHAT ABOUT MURDER?, by Jon L. Breen (Scarecrow Press)

    Nominated:
    THE ANNOTATED TALES OF EDGAR ALLAN POE Stephen Peithman, editor (Doubleday)
    SELECTED LETTERS OF RAYMOND CHANDLER Frank MacShane, editor (Columbia U. Press)
    TV DETECTIVES, by Richard Meyers (A.S. Barnes & Co.)
    THE WHODUNIT, by Stefano Benvenuti and Gianni Rizzoni (Macmillan)

Best Short Story: "The Absence of Emily", by Jack Ritchie (in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, January, 1981).

Nominees:
"Seeds of Murder" by Nan Hamilton (in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, December, 1981)
"A Token of Appreciation" by Donald Olson (in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, June, 1981)
"The Miracle Day" by Ernest Savage (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2/81)
"Mousie" by Robert Twohy (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 11/82)

Best Juvenile:  TAKING TERRI MUELLER by Norma Fox Mazer (Avon)

    Nominated:
    DETECTIVE MOLE AND THE HALLOWEEN MYSTERY by Robert Quackenbush (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard)
    DETOUR TO DANGER by Eva-Lis Wuorio (Delacorte)
    HOOPS by Walter Dean Myers (Delacorte)
    VILLAGE OF THE VAMPIRE CAT by Lensey Namioka (Delacorte)

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