Edgar Award

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literary award mystery fiction award

The Edgar Award is a prestigious American literary prize presented by the Mystery Writers of America to honor outstanding works in mystery and crime fiction and nonfiction.

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Label Occurrences
Edgar Award canonical 32
Edgar Awards 6
Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime 5

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary award ⓘ
mystery fiction award ⓘ
administeredBy Mystery Writers of America ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Edgar Award ⓘ
surface form: Edgar Allan Poe Awards
awardedFor excellence in mystery and crime fiction and nonfiction ⓘ
outstanding crime writing ⓘ
outstanding mystery writing ⓘ
awardTrophyForm statuette of Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
discipline literature ⓘ
eligibility works published in the United States ⓘ
field crime fiction ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ
mystery nonfiction ⓘ
true crime ⓘ
firstAwarded 1946 ⓘ
focus mystery and crime genres ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ
hasCategory Best Critical/Biographical ⓘ
Best Fact Crime ⓘ
Best First Novel by an American Author ⓘ
Best Juvenile ⓘ
Best Motion Picture Screenplay ⓘ
Best Novel ⓘ
Best Paperback Original ⓘ
Best Short Story ⓘ
Best Television Episode Teleplay ⓘ
Best Young Adult ⓘ
Edgar Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ellery Queen Award

Grand Master Award ⓘ
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award ⓘ
hasMediaType nonfiction books ⓘ
novels ⓘ
screenplays ⓘ
short stories ⓘ
teleplays ⓘ
inception 1946 ⓘ
languageOfEligibleWorks English ⓘ
location New York City ⓘ
namedAfter Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
notableFor being one of the most prestigious awards in mystery fiction ⓘ
officialWebsite https://mysterywriters.org ⓘ
organizer Mystery Writers of America ⓘ
presentedBy Mystery Writers of America ⓘ
selectionMethod judging panels appointed by Mystery Writers of America ⓘ
sponsor Mystery Writers of America ⓘ
typicalAnnouncementTime spring ⓘ
typicalEvent annual awards banquet ⓘ

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Truman Capote → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
Rupert Holmes → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
James Patterson → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
Shirley Jackson → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Allan Poe Award (posthumous special award)
Edgar Award → hasCategory → Edgar Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ellery Queen Award
Edgar Award → alsoKnownAs → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Allan Poe Awards
The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames → awarded → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime
Dennis Lehane → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
David Grann → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
Elmore Leonard → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
Michael Connelly → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
Ken Follett → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
Christianna Brand → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Award nomination
Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award → partOf → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Awards
Roald Dahl → notableAward → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Allan Poe Award
Truman → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
subject surface form: Truman Capote
Ted Tally → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
Harlan Ellison → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
James Ellroy → notableAward → Edgar Award ⓘ
Theresa Rebeck → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
Alafair Burke → notableAward → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Award nomination
Mary → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
subject surface form: Mary Higgins Clark
this entity surface form: Edgar Allan Poe Award
Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins → notableAward → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Allan Poe Award
William Goldman → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
Margaret Millar → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Award for Best Novel
Donald P. Bellisario → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
David Simon → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime
Mystery Writers of America → notableAward → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Awards
Mystery Writers of America → knownFor → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Best Paperback Original → partOf → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Awards
Best Paperback Original → associatedWith → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mystery Writers of America Edgar Awards ceremony
Best Paperback Original → alsoKnownAs → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original
Best Paperback Original → categoryOf → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Awards for works
Best Fact Crime → partOf → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Awards
Best Fact Crime → categoryOf → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award → partOf → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Awards
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award → awardCategoryOf → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Awards
Neil Cross → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
Michael Crichton → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
Robert B. Parker → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
Steven Bochco → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
Stirling Silliphant → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
Ian Rankin → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
Vincent Bugliosi → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime
John Ball → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Award for Best First Novel
John Ball → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
Ira Levin → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
Ira Levin → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best First Novel
In the Heat of the Night (novel) → award → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Award for Best First Novel
John Green → awardReceived → Edgar Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgar Award for Best Young Adult