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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.
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".
3. What is the title of John Ball's 1966 book that was also the 1967 Best Picture Oscar winner with Sidney Poitier?
4. What is the title of Thomas Perry's first book, which title fits his main character so well?
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?
6. Who gave us Romulus Ledbetter, the resident caveman in Manhattan tracking the killer of a homeless boy in "Caveman Valentine"?
7. Kate Martinelli became the center character of at least four novels starting with "A Grave Talent" by which author?
8. "The Good German" is becoming Joseph Kanon's more famous novel, but which one was his first?
9. "Degree of Guilt", and "Outside Man" are both later novels from which author, who won the award for "The Lasko Tangent"?
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"?
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