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Edgar Allan Poe Award

HONOR

The Mystery Writers of America annually award Edgars to recognize outstanding authors in the mystery genre, including true crime and detective fiction.

Official Website:
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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Barbara Amiel
Journalist
4-Dec-1940   Director of The Spectator
Jacques Barzun
Historian
30-Nov-1907   From Dawn to Decadence
Steven Bochco
Film/TV Producer
16-Dec-1943   Cop Rock
Jorge Luis Borges
Author
24-Aug-1899 14-Jun-1986 The Garden of Forking Paths
James M. Cain
Novelist
1-Jul-1892 27-Oct-1977 The Postman Always Rings Twice
Truman Capote
Novelist
30-Sep-1924 25-Aug-1984 In Cold Blood
John Le Carré
Novelist
19-Oct-1931   The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
Raymond Chandler
Author
23-Jul-1888 26-Mar-1959 Invented hard-boiled detective novel
Agatha Christie
Novelist
15-Sep-1890 12-Jan-1976 Mystery novelist
Bill Clinton
Head of State
19-Aug-1946   42nd US President, 1993-2001
Patricia Cornwell
Novelist
9-Jun-1956   Crime novelist, Postmortem
Michael Crichton
Novelist
23-Oct-1942 4-Nov-2008 Jurassic Park
Roald Dahl
Author
13-Sep-1916 23-Nov-1990 James and the Giant Peach
Blake Edwards
Film Director
26-Jul-1922 15-Dec-2010 The Pink Panther
Harlan Ellison
Author
27-May-1934   I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
Larry Gelbart
Film/TV Producer
25-Feb-1928 11-Sep-2009 M*A*S*H
Edward Gorey
Author
22-Feb-1925 15-Apr-2000 Amphigorey
Chester Gould
Cartoonist
20-Nov-1900 11-May-1985 Creator of Dick Tracy
Tony Hillerman
Novelist
27-May-1925 26-Oct-2008 Mystery novels set at Navajo reservation
Alfred Hitchcock
Film Director
13-Aug-1899 29-Apr-1980 Master of Suspense
Michael Isikoff
Journalist
c. 1952   NBC reporter
Shirley Jackson
Novelist
14-Dec-1916 8-Aug-1965 The Lottery
P. D. James
Novelist
3-Aug-1920   Adam Dalgliesh series, etc.
David E. Kelley
Film/TV Producer
4-Apr-1956   L. A. Law
Andrew Klavan
Author
1954   True Crime
Lynda La Plante
Author
15-Mar-1943   Prime Suspect
Angela Lansbury
Actor
16-Oct-1925   Murder She Wrote
Tom Lehrer
Comic
9-Apr-1928   Comedic songwriter
Elmore Leonard
Novelist
11-Oct-1925   Crime novelist, including Swag
Ira Levin
Novelist
27-Aug-1929 12-Nov-2007 Rosemary's Baby
Errol Morris
Film Director
5-Feb-1948   Documentary filmmaker
Anthony Perkins
Actor
4-Apr-1932 12-Sep-1992 Psycho
Vincent Price
Actor
27-May-1911 25-Oct-1993 Master of the macabre
Guy Ritchie
Film Director
10-Sep-1968   Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Head of State
30-Jan-1882 12-Apr-1945 US President during WWII
John Sayles
Film Director
28-Sep-1950   The Secret of Roan Inish
Jorge Semprún
Novelist
10-Dec-1923 7-Jun-2011 Screenplay for Z
David Simon
Author
1960   The Wire
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Author
14-Jul-1904 24-Jul-1991 Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy
Stephen Sondheim
Composer
22-Mar-1930   West Side Story
Mickey Spillane
Author
9-Mar-1918 17-Jul-2006 Mike Hammer novels
Quentin Tarantino
Film Director
27-Mar-1963   Pulp Fiction
Billy Bob Thornton
Actor
4-Aug-1955   Sling Blade
Jack Vance
Novelist
28-Aug-1916   The Dying Earth
Gore Vidal
Author
3-Oct-1925 31-Jul-2012 Visit to a Small Planet
Joseph Wambaugh
Novelist
22-Jan-1937   The Onion Field
Jack Webb
Actor
2-Apr-1920 23-Dec-1982 Joe Friday in Dragnet
Eudora Welty
Author
13-Apr-1909 23-Jul-2001 The Optimist's Daughter


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