Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Play

Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Play:

Winners

1950-1999

Year Writer(s) Title
1950 Sidney Kingsley Detective Story
1953 Frederick Knott Dial M for Murder
1955 Agatha Christie Witness for the Prosecution
1962 Frederick Knott Write Me a Murder
1971 Anthony Shaffer Sleuth
1980 Ira Levin Deathtrap
1981 Paul Nathan Ricochet
1982 Jerome Chodorov and Norman Panama A Talent for Murder
1986 Rupert Holmes The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1990 Larry Gelbart City of Angels
1991 Rupert Holmes Accomplice
1998 David Barr III The Red Death
1999 John Pielmeier Voices in the Dark

2000-2012

Year Writer(s) Title Result Ref.
2000 Joe DiPietro The Art of Murder Winner
2003 Philip DePoy Easy Winner
2005 Neal Bell Spatter Pattern (Or, How I Got Away With It) Winner
2006 Gary Earl Ross Matter of Intent Winner [1]
2007 Steven Dietz Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure Winner [2]
2008 Joseph Goodrich Panic Winner [3]
2009 Ifa Bayeza The Ballad of Emmett Till Winner [4][5]
2011 Sam Bobrick The Psychic Winner
2012 Ken Ludwig The Game's Afoot Winner [6]
Jeffrey Hatcher Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club Shortlist [6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Prizes: The Edgar Winners". Shelf Awareness. 2006-05-01. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  2. ^ "Awards: The Edgars; L.A. Times; Yale Drama Series". Shelf Awareness . 2007-04-30. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  3. ^ "Awards: The Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke Prize". Shelf Awareness. 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  4. ^ "Awards: Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke". Shelf Awareness. 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  5. ^ "Mystery Writers of America Announces the 2009 Edgar Award Winners" (PDF). 2009-04-30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  6. ^ a b Cogdill, Oline. "2012 Edgar Award Winners". Mystery Scene Magazine. Retrieved 2022-12-15.