Mystery Writers of America's "Edgars Award: Best First Novel by an American Author"

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Only American-born, first-time novelists are eligible for this award.

Note: There was a tie in 1969.

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  1. 1946
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    Watchful at night
    by Julius Fast

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  2. 1947
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    The Horizontal Man
    by Helen Eustis

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  3. 1948
    The Fabulous Clipjoint
    by Fredric Brown

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  4. 1949
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    The Room Upstairs
    by Mildred Davis

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  5. 1950
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    What a Body
    by Alan Green

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  6. 1951
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    Nightmare in Manhattan
    by Thomas Walsh

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  7. 1952
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    Strangle Hold
    by Mary McMullen

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  8. 1953
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    Don't Cry for Me : A Mystery
    by William Campbell Gault

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  9. 1954
    A Kiss Before Dying
    by Ira, Levin

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  10. 1955
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    Go, Lovely Rose
    by Jean Potts

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  11. 1956
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    The Perfectionist
    by Lane Kauffman

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  12. 1957
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    Rebecca's Pride
    by Donald McNutt Douglass

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  13. 1958
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    Knock and Wait a While
    by William Rawle Weeks

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  14. 1959
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    The Bright Road to Fear
    by Richard Martin Stern

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  15. 1960
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    The Grey Flannel Shroud (Black Dagger Crime Series)
    by Henry Slesar

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  16. 1961
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    The Man in the Cage
    by Jack Vance

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  17. 1962
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    The Green Stone
    by Suzanne Blanc

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  18. 1963
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    The Fugitive
    by Robert L. Fish

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  19. 1964
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    Florentine Finish
    by Cornelius Hirschberg

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  20. 1965
    Friday the Rabbi Slept Late (Rabbi Small Mystery)
    by Harry Kemelman

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  21. 1966
    In the Heat of the Night (Mystery Scene Books)
    by John Ball

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  22. 1967
    The Cold War Swap
    by Ross Thomas

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  23. 1968
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    Act of Fear
    by Michael Collins

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  24. 1969
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    Silver Street
    by E. Richard Johnson

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  25. 1969
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    The Bait
    by Dorothy Uhnak

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  26. 1970
    A Time of Predators (Otto Penzler Presents)
    by Joe Gores

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  27. 1971
    The Anderson Tapes
    by Lawrence Sanders

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  28. 1972
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    Finding Maubee
    by A. H. Z. Carr

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  29. 1973
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    Squaw Point
    by R. H Shimer

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  30. 1974
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    The Billion Dollar Sure Thing
    by Paul E. Erdman

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  31. 1975
    Fletch
    by Gregory Mcdonald

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  32. 1976
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    The Alvarez Journal
    by Rex Burns

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  33. 1977
    The Thomas Berryman Number
    by James Patterson

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  34. 1978
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    A French finish
    by Robert Ross

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  35. 1979
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    Killed in the Ratings
    by William L. Deandrea

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  36. 1980
    The Lasko Tangent
    by Richard North Patterson

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  37. 1981
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    The Watcher
    by K. Nolte Smith

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  38. 1982
    Chiefs: A Novel (25th Anniversary Edition)
    by Stuart Woods

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  39. 1983
    The Butcher's Boy
    by Thomas Perry

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  40. 1984
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    The Bay Psalm Book Murder
    by Will Harriss

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  41. 1985
    Strike Three, You're Dead (Harvey Bliss Mysteries (Paperback))
    by Richard Dean Rosen

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  42. 1986
    When the Bough Breaks (Alex Delaware)
    by Jonathan Kellerman

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  43. 1987
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    No One Rides for Free
    by Larry Beinhart

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  44. 1988
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    Death Among Strangers
    by Deidre S. Laiken

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  45. 1989
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    Carolina Skeletons
    by David Stout

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  46. 1990
    The Last Billable Hour (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries)
    by Susan Wolfe

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  47. 1991
    Postmortem
    by Patricia Cornwell

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  48. 1992
    Slow Motion Riot
    by Peter Blauner

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  49. 1993
    The Black Echo
    by Michael Connelly

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  50. 1994
    A Grave Talent
    by Laurie R. King

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