The Edgar Winners: 33rd Annual Anthology of the Mystery Writers of America

by Bill Pronzini (Editor)

Mystery Writers of America Anthology (1980)

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Each of these twenty-four stories won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Mystery Short Story of its year.

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Bill Pronzini was born in Petaluma, California on April 13, 1943. His first novel, The Stalker, was published in 1971. He is best known for his creation of the Nameless Detective Mystery series, as well as several westerns and novels of dark suspense. He has been a full time writer since 1969. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more show more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. He has won numerous awards including three Shamus Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Mystery Writers of America. His book Snowbound received the Grand Prix de la Litterature Policiere, as the best crime novel published in France in 1988. Pronzini has established himself as a master of the Western novel as well as earning a name for himself in the dark fiction genre. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Blochman, Lawrence G. (Contributor)
Brown, Margery Finn (Contributor)
Dahl, Roald (Contributor)
Davies, Rhys (Contributor)
Ellin, Stanley (Contributor)
Ellison, Harlan (Contributor)
Ely, David (Contributor)
Fish, Robert L. (Contributor)
Ford, Jesse Hill (Contributor)
Gores, Joe (Contributor)
Harrington, Joyce (Contributor)
Hoch, Edward D. (Contributor)
Irish, William (Contributor)
Law, Warner (Contributor)
MacDonald, Philip (Contributor)
O'Farrell, William (Contributor)
Owens, Barbara (Contributor)
Queen, Ellery (Contributor)
Quentin, Patrick (Contributor)
Revesz, Etta (Contributor)
Treat, Lawrence (Contributor)
Walsh, Thomas (Contributor)

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Canonical title
The Edgar Winners: 33rd Annual Anthology of the Mystery Writers of America
Original title
The Edgar Winners: 33rd Annual Anthology of the Mystery Writers of America
Alternate titles
The Adventure of the Mad Tea-Party (by Ellery Queen) (by Ellery Queen); After-Dinner Story (by William Irish ) (by William Irish ); Catfish Story (by Lawrence G. Blochman) (by Lawrence G. Blochman); Love Lies Bleeding (by Philip MacDonald ) (by Philip MacDonald ); Lamb to the Slaughter (by Roald Dahl) (by Roald Dahl); The House Party (by Stanley Ellin) (by Stanley Ellin) (show all 24); The Blessington Method (by Stanley Ellin) (by Stanley Ellin); Over There, Darkness (by William O'Farrell) (by William O'Farrell); The Landlady (by Roald Dahl) (by Roald Dahl); The Sailing Club (by David Ely) (by David Ely); This Will Kill You (by Patrick Quentin) (by Patrick Quentin); H as in Homicide (by Lawrence Treat ) (by Lawrence Treat ); The Chosen One (by Rhys Davies) (by Rhys Davies); The Oblong Room (by Edward D. Hoch) (by Edward D. Hoch); The Man Who Fooled the World (by Warner Law) (by Warner Law); Goodbye, Pops (by Joe Gores) (by Joe Gores); In the Forests of Riga the Beasts Are Very Wild Indeed (by Margery Finn Brown) (by Margery Finn Brown); Moonlight Gardener (by Robert L. Fish) (by Robert L. Fish); The Purple Shroud (by Joyce Harrington) (by Joyce Harrington); The Whimper of Whipped Dogs (by Harlan Ellison) (by Harlan Ellison); The Jail (by Jesse Hill Ford) (by Jesse Hill Ford); Like a Terrible Scream (by Etta Revesz) (by Etta Revesz); Chance After Chance (by Thomas Walsh) (by Thomas Walsh); The Cloud Beneath the Eaves (by Barbara Owens) (by Barbara Owens)
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1980

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Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS
813.0872Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in EnglishBy typeGenre fictionAdventure fictionMystery fiction
LCC
PS648 .D4 .E255Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureCollections of American literatureProse (General)

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