List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel winners

Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel by An American Author:

Winners

2000s

* 2008 - Tana French, "In the Woods"
* 2007 - Alex Berenson, "The Faithful Spy"
* 2006 - Theresa Schwegel, Officer Down
* 2005 - Don Lee, Country of Origin
* 2004 - Rebecca Pawel, Death of a Nationalist
* 2003 - Jonathon King, The Blue Edge of Midnight
* 2002 - David Ellis, Line of Vision
* 2001 - David Liss, "A Conspiracy of Paper"
* 2000 - Eliot Pattison, The Skull Mantra

1990s

* 1999 - Steve Hamilton, A Cold Day in Paradise
* 1998 - Joseph Kanon, Los Alamos
* 1997 - John Morgan Wilson, Simple Justice
* 1996 - David Housewright, Penance
* 1995 - George Dawes Green, The Caveman's Valentine
* 1994 - Laurie R. King, "A Grave Talent"
* 1993 - Michael Connelly, "The Black Echo"
* 1992 - Peter Blauner, Slow Motion Riot
* 1991 - Patricia Cornwell, "Postmortem"
* 1990 - Susan Wolfe, The Last Billable Hour

1980s

* 1989 - David Stout, Carolina Skeletons
* 1988 - Deidre S. Laiken, Death Among Strangers
* 1987 - Larry Beinhart, No One Rides for Free
* 1986 - Jonathan Kellerman, "When the Bough Breaks"
* 1985 - R. D. Rosen, Strike Three, You're Dead
* 1984 - Will Harriss, The Bay Psalm Book Murder
* 1983 - Thomas Perry, The Butcher's Boy
* 1982 - Stuart Woods, "Chiefs"
* 1981 - K. Nolte Smith, The Watcher
* 1980 - Richard North Patterson, The Lasko Tangent

1970s

* 1979 - William L. DeAndrea, Killed in the Ratings
* 1978 - Robert Ross, A French Finish
* 1977 - James Patterson, The Thomas Berryman Number
* 1976 - Rex Burns, The Alvarez Journal
* 1975 - Gregory Mcdonald, "Fletch"
* 1974 - Paul Erdman, The Billion Dollar Sure Thing
* 1973 - R. H. Shimer, Squaw Point
* 1972 - A. H. Z. Carr, Finding Maubee
* 1971 - Lawrence Sanders, The Anderson Tapes
* 1970 - Joe Gores, A Time for Predators

1960s

* 1969 - Dorothy Uhnak, "The Bait"
* 1969 - E. Richard Johnson, "Tie: Silver Street"
* 1968 - Michael Collins, "Act of Fear"
* 1967 - Ross Thomas, "The Cold War Swap"
* 1966 - John Ball, "In the Heat of the Night"
* 1965 - Harry Kemelman, "Friday the Rabbi Slept Late"
* 1964 - Cornelius Hirschberg, "Florentine Finish"
* 1963 - Robert L. Fish, "The Fugitive"
* 1962 - Suzanne Blanc, "The Green Stone"
* 1961 - John Holbrooke Vance, "The Man in the Cage"
* 1960 - Henry Slesar, "The Grey Flannel Shroud"

1950s

* 1959 - Richard Martin Stern, "The Bright Road to Fear"
* 1958 - William Rawle Weeks, "Knock and Wait a While"
* 1957 - Donald McNutt Douglass, "Rebecca's Pride"
* 1956 - Lane Kauffman, "The Perfectionist"
* 1955 - Jean Potts, "Go, Lovely Rose"
* 1954 - Ira Levin, "A Kiss Before Dying"
* 1953 - William Campbell Gault, "Don't Cry for Me"
* 1952 - Mary McMullen, "Strangle Hold"
* 1951 - Thomas Walsh, "Nightmare in Manhattan"
* 1950 - lan Green, "What A Body"

1940s

* 1949 - Mildred B. Davis, "The Room Upstairs"
* 1948 - Fredric Brown, "The Fabulous Clipjoint"
* 1947 - Helen Eustis, "The Horizontal Man"
* 1946 - Julius Fast, "Watchful at Night"

See also

* Edgar Award
* Mystery Writers of America
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External links

* [http://theedgars.com/ The official website of Edgar Awards]