Annal:2004 Edgar Allan Poe Award® for Best Critical/Biographical Work
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Results of the Edgar Allan Poe Award® in the year 2004. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- Edgar Allan Poe Award® for Best Critical/Biographical Work
- Nonfiction books
- Nonfiction authors
- Biography books
- Biography authors
- Mystery/Suspense books
- Mystery/Suspense authors.
Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith
- 2004 Edgar-Critical/Biography winner
- 2004 Anthony-Critical nominee
- 2004 Macavity-Nonfiction nominee
- 2003 Whitbread-Biography shortlist
- Score: 28.54
The first and highly anticipated biography of the author of such classics of suspense as Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley.
The life of Patricia Highsmith was as secretive and unusual as that of many of the best-known characters who people her “peerlessly disturbing” writing. Yet even as her work—her thrillers, short stories, and the pseudonymous lesbian novel The Price of Salt—have found new popularity in the last few years, the life of this famously elusive writer has remained a mystery.
For Beautiful Shadow, the…
Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light
- 2004 Edgar-Critical/Biography nominee
- Score: 6.54
In a career that spanned six decades and more than sixty films, Alfred Hitchcock was the dominant figure in the first century of cinema. His films—from The 39 Steps to The Birds, from Rear Window to Vertigo, from Notorious to Psycho—set new standards for cinematic invention and storytelling élan. He was both visionary artist and consummate entertainer … and became the most widely recognized director who ever lived.
In the decades since his death, the public image of Hitchcock has crystallized into a series of iconic…
Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendium
- 2003 Agatha–Nonfiction winner
- 2004 Edgar-Critical/Biography nominee
- Score: 16.53
The Egypt that so enticed and enchanted intrepid archaeologist-sleuth Amelia Peabody in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries was a place of wonder, mystery, danger, and the lure of antiquity. Now, with this monumental volume of Egyptian culture, history, and arcania, readers will be able to immerse themselves in the great lady’s world more completely than ever before.
Journey through the bustling streets and markets of Cairo a hundred years ago. Surround yourself with the customs and color of a bygone time. Explore ancient tombs and temples and marvel…
Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction Volume III (1990-1999)
- 2004 Anthony-Critical nominee
- 2004 Edgar-Critical/Biography nominee
- 2004 Macavity-Nonfiction nominee
- 2003 Agatha–Nonfiction nominee
- Score: 24.54
“Mystery Women, Volume 3” is an encyclopedia of leading women characters in mystery fiction introduced during the years 1990-1999. It was preceded by “Mystery Women 1 (1860-1979)” and “Mystery Women 2 (1980-1989)”. In each of the three books, the protagonists are described as to appearance, education and career, family status, religious and political interests. There are short reviews of the books in which each appeared. The series was intended not only as a resource for mystery fans,librarians and booksellers, but as a reflection of the way in which women were…
The American Police Novel: A History
- 2004 Edgar-Critical/Biography nominee
- Score: 6.54
This work traces the emergence of the police officer as hero and the police novel as a significant popular genre, from the cameo appearances of police in detective novels of the 1930s and 1940s through the serial killer and forensic novels of the 1990s. The work chronicles the ways in which changes in the law and society have affected the actions of the police and shows how the protagonists of police novels have changed in gender, race, nationality, sexual orientation, and age over the years. The writers examined include Julian Hawthorne, S.S. van Dine, Ellery…
