Geir wrote;
> >Also, what won Collins (Lynds) the
Edgar?
>
>As he got the Edgar in 1968 and a special award in
1969, I guess it was
>the first Fortune books that brought the awards. Act
of Fear (first
>Fortune) in 1967 and The Brass Rainbow (second) in
1969.
Michael Collins got only one Edgar. Yes, Collins got the
Edgar for ACT OF FEAR (1967) as the best first novel. The
special award in 1969 is, in fact, a nomination for his short
story, "Succession of a Mission," (Argosy, Aapril 1968) as by
William Arden.
Those days, the MWA nominations were called special awards
(or special scrolls, for nominees were given paper scrolls).
Many people (including nominees themselves) misunderstood the
special awards for the real McCoys. Maybe that's why they
deep-sixed this misnamed "special award."
More confusingly, these special awards are confusingly
different from the special Edgars, which are given with the
Edgar statues for some special works, mostly biographies or
bibliographies such as Allen J. Hubin's first edition of THE
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CRIME FICTION, or Mike Nevins' biography on
Ellery Queen.
Therefore, be careful when reading mystery writers'
biographies. Writers themselves sometimes misunderstand these
awards.
I hope I did not confuse you more. Jiro Kimura
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