Edgar Award Winning Authors

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1. The 1977 award was for the book "The Thomas Berryman Number". This author had a day job in advertising in NY while writing a string of best sellers after that Edgar winner. James Patterson Scott Turow Gregory McDonald John Sanford

2. This author's first book was a biography of Rev. Billy Graham's wife. Her first novel award was for "Postmortem", which was followed by books such as "The Body Farm". Susan Wolfe Patricia Cornwell Laurie King Jane Smiley

3. What is the title John Ball's 1966 book that was also the 1967 Best Picture Oscar winner with Sidney Poitier? Guess Who's Coming to Dinner The Lost Man Bonnie and Clyde In the Heat of the Night

4. What is the title of Thomas Perry's first book, which title fits his main character so well? Butcher Boy Face-Changer Sleep Dogs Invisible Man

5. Whose first novel introduced us to Delano, Georgia, a town that he would revisit in many following books, either through setting, or people from the town? John Grisham Clyde Edgerton Stuart Woods Jonathon King

6. Who gave us Romulus Ledbetter, the resident caveman in Manhattan tracking the killer of a homeless boy in "Caveman Valentine"? Ridley Pearson David Housewright George Dawes Green Christopher Reich

7. Kate Martinelli became the center character of at least four novel starting with "A Grave Talent" by which author? Patricia Cornwell Barbara Mikulski Mary Russell Laurie King

8. "The Good German" is becoming Joseph Kanon's more famous novel, but which one was his first? The Black Echo Riptide Los Alamos Moving On

9. "Degree of Guilt", and "Outside Man" are both later novels from which author, who won the award for "The Lasko Tangent"? Jonathan Kellerman Richard North Patterson David Liss Michael Shaara

10. "When the Bough Breaks" introduced us to Alex Delaware, child psychologist turned sleuth. Who wrote this book, as well as "Bad Love" and "Devil's Waltz"? Larry Beinhart Robert James Waller Peter Blauner Jonathan Kellerman