Edgar Award
The
Edgar Awards, named after
Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. They honor the best in
mystery fiction,
non-fiction,
television,
film and
theatre published or produced in the past year. Categories in
2003 included:
- Best novel
- Best first novel by an American author
- Best paperback original
- Best critical / biographical
- Best fact crime
- Best short story
- Best young adult
- Best juvenile
- Best television episode teleplay
- Best motion picture screenplay
- Best play