Mystery Writers of America's "Edgar 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

  2. 1947
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    The Horizontal Man
    by Helen Eustis

  3. 1948
    The Fabulous Clipjoint
    by Fredric Brown

  4. 1949
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    The Room Upstairs
    by Mildred Davis

  5. 1950
    ?
    What a Body
    by Alan Green

  6. 1951
    ?
    Nightmare in Manhattan
    by Thomas Walsh

  7. 1952
    ?
    Strangle Hold
    by Mary McMullen

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

  9. 1954
    A Kiss Before Dying
    by Ira Levin

  10. 1955
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    Go, Lovely Rose
    by Jean Potts

  11. 1956
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    The Perfectionist
    by Lane Kauffman

  12. 1957
    ?
    Rebecca's Pride
    by Donald McNutt Douglass

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

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

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

  16. 1961
    ?
    The Man in the Cage
    by Jack Vance

  17. 1962
    ?
    The Green Stone
    by Suzanne Blanc

  18. 1963
    ?
    The Fugitive
    by Robert L. Fish

  19. 1964
    ?
    Florentine Finish
    by Cornelius Hirschberg

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

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

  22. 1967
    The Cold War Swap
    by Ross Thomas

  23. 1968
    ?
    Act of Fear
    by Michael Collins

  24. 1969
    ?
    Silver Street
    by E. Richard Johnson

  25. 1969
    ?
    The Bait
    by Dorothy Uhnak

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

  27. 1971
    The Anderson Tapes
    by Lawrence Sanders

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

  29. 1973
    Squaw Point
    by R. H Shimer

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

  31. 1975
    Fletch
    by Gregory Mcdonald

  32. 1976
    ?
    The Alvarez Journal
    by Rex Burns

  33. 1977
    The Thomas Berryman Number
    by James Patterson

  34. 1978
    ?
    A French finish
    by Robert Ross

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

  36. 1980
    Lasko Tangent
    by Richard North Patterson

  37. 1981
    ?
    The Watcher
    by K. Nolte Smith

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

  39. 1983
    The Butcher's Boy
    by Thomas Perry

  40. 1984
    ?
    The Bay Psalm Book Murder
    by Will Harriss

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

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

  43. 1987
    No One Rides for Free
    by Larry Beinhart

  44. 1988
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    Death Among Strangers
    by Deidre S. Laiken

  45. 1989
    Carolina Skeletons
    by David Stout

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

  47. 1991
    Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta)
    by Patricia Cornwell

  48. 1992
    Slow Motion Riot
    by Peter Blauner

  49. 1993
    The Black Echo (Harry Bosch)
    by Michael Connelly

  50. 1994
    A Grave Talent
    by Laurie R. King

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