Grand Master Awards - Edgar Award

Complete List of All Since Start in 1955

The Grand Master Award, given yearly by the MWA, represents the pinnacle of achievement in the mystery field. This prestigious and highly coveted award was established to recognize not only important contributions to the mystery field over time, but a significant output of consistently high quality as well.

The Edgar Awards, which first were awarded in 1955, are given in a number of different categories. All Edgar Award Grand Masters since the award began in 1946 are listed below.

1999 P.D. James
1998 Barbara Mertz (aka Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels)
1997 Ruth Rendell
1996 Dick Francis
1995 Mickey Spillane
1994 Lawrence Block
1993 Donald E. Westlake
1992 Elmore Leonard
1991 Tony Hillerman
1990 Helen McCloy
1989 Hillary Waugh
1988 Phyllis A. Whitney
1987 Michael Gilbert
1986 Ed McBain
1985 Dorothy Salisbury Davis
1984 John le Carre
1983 Margaret Millar
1982 Julian Symons
1981 Stanley Ellin
1980 W.R.Burnett
1979 Aaron Marc Stein
1978 Daphne du Maurier, Dorothy B. Hughes, Ngaio Marsh
1976 Graham Greene
1975 Eric Ambler
1974 Ross Macdonald
1973 Judson Philips, Alfred Hitchcock
1972 John D. MacDonald
1971 Mignon G. Eberhart
1970 James M. Cain
1969 John Creasey
1967 Baynard Kendrick
1966 Georges Simenon
1964 George Harmon Coxe
1963 John Dickson Carr
1962 Earl Stanley Gardner
1961 Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee)
1959 Rex Stout
1958 Vincent Starrett
1955 Agatha Christie

List of all Robert L. Fish Awards

Complete list of all previous Edgar Awards