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Mystery Writers of America's "Edgar Award: Best Critical/Biographical Work"

Hardbound or paperback. "Biographical" refers to biographies of mystery writers or other notable practitioners of the genre, not to criminals (those are found in the Best Fact Crime category: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/21179 ).

(found at: http://www.theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php)
1.
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 Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection
by Chris Steinbrunner and Otto Penzler
  
2. Rex Stout: A Majesty's Life
by John J. McAleer
  
3.
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 The Mystery of Agatha Christie
by Gwen Robins
  
4.
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 Dorothy L. Sayers: A Literary Biography
by Ralph E. Hone
  
5.
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 Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers
by John Reilly (ed.)
  
6. What About Murder? A Guide to Books About Mystery and Detective Fiction
by Jon L. Breen
  
7. Cain: The Biography of James M. Cain
by Roy Hoopes
  
8. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock
by Donald Spoto
  
9.
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 Novel Verdicts: A Guide to Courtroom Fiction
by Jon L. Breen
  
10.
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 John Le Carre
by Peter Lewis
  
11.
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 Here Lies: An Autobiography
by Eric Ambler
  
12.
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 An Introduction to the Detective Story
by Leroy Lad Panek
  
13.
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 Cornell Woolrich: First You Dream, Then You Die
by Francis M. Nevins
  
14. The Life of Graham Greene: Volume I: 1904-1939
by Norman Sherry
  
15.
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 Trouble is Their Business: Private Eyes in Fiction, Film, and Television, 1927-1988
by John Conquest
  
16. Edgar A Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance
by Kenneth Silverman
  
17.
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 Alias S.S. Van Dine
by John Loughery
  
18. The Saint: A Complete History in Print, Radio, Film and Television of Leslie Charteris' Robin Hood of Modern Crime, Simon Templar, 1928-1992
by Burl Barer
  
19. Encyclopedia Mysteriosa: A Comprehensive Guide to the Art of Detection in Print, Film, Radio, and Television
by William L. Deandrea
  
20. Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson
by Robert Polito
  
21. The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes and Other Eccentric Readings
by Michael Atkinson
  
22. 'G' Is for Grafton : The World of Kinsey Millhone
by Natalie Hevener Kaufman
  
23. Mystery and Suspense Writers: The Literature of Crime, Detection, and Espionage, Volume 1
by Robin W., Editor Winks
  
24. Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle
by Daniel Stashower
  
25. Conundrums for the Long Week-End : England, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Lord Peter Wimsey
by Robert Kuhn McGregor
  
26. Edgar Allan Poe A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Life and Work (The Literary A to Z Series)
by Dawn B. Sova
  
27. The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction  
28. Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith
by Andrew Wilson
  
29. The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  
30. Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her
by Melanie Rehak
  
31. The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, the Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective's Greatest Cases
by E. J. Wagner
  
32. Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters
by Jon Lellenberg
  
33.
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 Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories
by Dr. Harry Lee Poe
  
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Created by The Subjected Reader on Apr 20, 2007.