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