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Quiz about Edgar Award Winning Authors
Quiz about Edgar Award Winning Authors

Edgar Award Winning Authors Trivia Quiz


The Edgar Award for Best First Novel is given by the Mystery Writers of America. This is about books by 10 of the winners over the years.

A multiple-choice quiz by festus67. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
festus67
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
256,148
Updated
May 27 23
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
677
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Question 1 of 10
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. Hint


Question 2 of 10
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". Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What is the title of John Ball's 1966 book that was also the 1967 Best Picture Oscar winner with Sidney Poitier? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What is the title of Thomas Perry's first book, which title fits his main character so well? Hint


Question 5 of 10
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? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Who gave us Romulus Ledbetter, the resident caveman in Manhattan tracking the killer of a homeless boy in "Caveman Valentine"?
Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Kate Martinelli became the center character of at least four novels starting with "A Grave Talent" by which author? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "The Good German" is becoming Joseph Kanon's more famous novel, but which one was his first? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. "Degree of Guilt", and "Outside Man" are both later novels from which author, who won the award for "The Lasko Tangent"? Hint


Question 10 of 10
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"? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
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.

Answer: James Patterson

James Patterson was CEO of J. Walter Thompson USA, an NY advertising firm, while he wrote over a dozen best selling books. His last 16 books have sales of over one billion dollars.
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".

Answer: Patricia Cornwell

"The Body Farm" is a real place, a research center on how bodies decompose, and bones, at the University of Tennessee. Susan Wolfe won the 1990 Edgar award for "The Last Billable Hour". Jane Smiley writes fiction, my favorite being "Moo".
3. What is the title of John Ball's 1966 book that was also the 1967 Best Picture Oscar winner with Sidney Poitier?

Answer: In the Heat of the Night

"In the Heat of the Night" won five Oscars that year. "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" was also nominated that year for a Oscar and also starred Sidney Poitier.
4. What is the title of Thomas Perry's first book, which title fits his main character so well?

Answer: Butcher Boy

"Sleeping Dog" is the sequel to "Butcher Boy". "Face-Changer" is another Perry book. "Invisible Man" is Ralph Ellison's classic novel, not a mystery at all.
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?

Answer: Stuart Woods

Clyde Edgerton is a southern fiction writer about southern living with a laugh. Jonathon King won the Edgar Award in 2003.
6. Who gave us Romulus Ledbetter, the resident caveman in Manhattan tracking the killer of a homeless boy in "Caveman Valentine"?

Answer: George Dawes Green

George Dawes Green also wrote the screenplay, with the lead played by Samuel Jackson. David Housewright won the award in 1996, the year after Green.
7. Kate Martinelli became the center character of at least four novels starting with "A Grave Talent" by which author?

Answer: Laurie King

Barbara Mikulski is a Senator from Maryland and also the author of a murder mystery set in Washington D.C. Mary Russell is another Laurie King character.
8. "The Good German" is becoming Joseph Kanon's more famous novel, but which one was his first?

Answer: Los Alamos

"The Good German" movie came out in 2007 with George Clooney, Toby Maguire, and Cate Blanchette. "Riptide" is a Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child book. "Moving On" is by Larry McMurtry. "The Black Echo" is the Edgar award winner for Michael Connelly.
9. "Degree of Guilt", and "Outside Man" are both later novels from which author, who won the award for "The Lasko Tangent"?

Answer: Richard North Patterson

Jonathan Kellerman and David Liss are both Edgar award winners. Michael Shaara wrote "Killer Angels" about the battle at Gettysburg.
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"?

Answer: Jonathan Kellerman

Larry Beinhart won the award in 1987 for "No One Rides Free". Peter Blauner won in 1992 with "Slow Motion Riot". Robert James Waller is the author of "Bridges of Madison County". Jonathan and Faye Kellerman wrote "Capital Crimes" together.
Source: Author festus67

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