Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award

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The Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award is a prestigious lifetime achievement honor presented by the Mystery Writers of America to recognize outstanding contributions to the mystery genre.

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instanceOf lifetime achievement award ⓘ
literary award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Grand Master Award ⓘ
MWA Grand Master Award ⓘ
linked to: Grand Master Award
associatedEvent annual Edgar Awards banquet ⓘ
awardFor lifetime achievement in mystery writing ⓘ
outstanding contributions to the mystery genre ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
field literature ⓘ
mystery writing ⓘ
firstRecipient Agatha Christie ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ
hasCategory mystery and crime writing awards ⓘ
hasRecipient Agatha Christie ⓘ
Donald E. Westlake ⓘ
Dorothy Salisbury Davis ⓘ
Ed McBain ⓘ
Ellery Queen ⓘ
Elmore Leonard ⓘ
James Lee Burke ⓘ
John Dickson Carr ⓘ
Lawrence Block ⓘ
Mary Higgins Clark ⓘ
Mickey Spillane ⓘ
P. D. James ⓘ
Raymond Chandler ⓘ
Rex Stout ⓘ
Ruth Rendell ⓘ
Sara Paretsky ⓘ
Stephen King ⓘ
Sue Grafton ⓘ
Tony Hillerman ⓘ
Walter Mosley ⓘ
inception 1955 ⓘ
languageOfAwardedWork primarily English ⓘ
namedAfter Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
namedFor Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
notableFor recognizing a body of work rather than a single book ⓘ
organizer Mystery Writers of America ⓘ
partOf Edgar Awards ⓘ
linked to: Edgar Award
presentedBy Mystery Writers of America ⓘ
scope primarily American and English-language mystery writers ⓘ
selectionMethod chosen by the board of directors of Mystery Writers of America ⓘ
significance one of the highest honors in the mystery genre ⓘ
status ongoing ⓘ

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Mary Higgins Clark → notableAward → Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award ⓘ
Elmore Leonard → awardReceived → Grand Master Award (Mystery Writers of America) ⓘ
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Queen of Suspense → associatedWithAwardHolder → Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award ⓘ
Mary Higgins Clark → awardReceived → Grand Master Award of the Mystery Writers of America ⓘ
subject linked to: Mary
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Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins → notableAward → Grand Master Award of the Mystery Writers of America ⓘ
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Margaret Millar → awardReceived → Grand Master Award of the Mystery Writers of America ⓘ
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Agatha Christie → awardReceived → Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award ⓘ
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Grand Master Award → alsoKnownAs → Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award ⓘ
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Robert B. Parker → awardReceived → Grand Master Award of the Mystery Writers of America ⓘ
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Dashiell Hammett → awardReceived → Grand Master Award (Mystery Writers of America) ⓘ
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John D. MacDonald → awardReceived → Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award ⓘ
linked to: Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award
Eric Ambler → awardReceived → Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award ⓘ
linked to: Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award
Rex Stout → awardReceived → Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award ⓘ
linked to: Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award
Tony Hillerman → awardReceived → Grand Master Award (Mystery Writers of America) ⓘ
linked to: Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award
Ed McBain → awardReceived → Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award ⓘ
linked to: Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award
Ruth Rendell → awardReceived → Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award ⓘ
linked to: Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award
Donald E. Westlake → awardReceived → Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award ⓘ
linked to: Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award
Sara Paretsky → awardReceived → Grand Master Award of the Mystery Writers of America ⓘ
linked to: Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award
Erle Stanley Gardner → notableAward → Grand Master Award of the Mystery Writers of America ⓘ
subject linked to: Erle
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Margaret Ellis Sturm → awardReceived → Grand Master Award of the Mystery Writers of America ⓘ
linked to: Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award
Robert B. Parker → awardReceived → Grand Master Award of the Mystery Writers of America ⓘ
subject linked to: Robert Brown Parker
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