Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Play:
Year | Writer(s) | Title |
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1950 | Sidney Kingsley | Detective Story |
1953 | Frederick Knott | Dial M for Murder |
1955 | Agatha Christie | Witness for the Prosecution |
1962 | Frederick Knott | Write Me a Murder |
1971 | Anthony Shaffer | Sleuth |
1980 | Ira Levin | Deathtrap |
1981 | Paul Nathan | Ricochet |
1982 | Jerome Chodorov and Norman Panama | A Talent for Murder |
1986 | Rupert Holmes | The Mystery of Edwin Drood |
1990 | Larry Gelbart | City of Angels |
1991 | Rupert Holmes | Accomplice |
1998 | David Barr III | The Red Death |
1999 | John Pielmeier | Voices in the Dark |
Year | Writer(s) | Title | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | Joe DiPietro | The Art of Murder | Winner | |
2003 | Philip DePoy | Easy | Winner | |
2005 | Neal Bell | Spatter Pattern (Or, How I Got Away With It) | Winner | |
2006 | Gary Earl Ross | Matter of Intent | Winner | [1] |
2007 | Steven Dietz | Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure | Winner | [2] |
2008 | Joseph Goodrich | Panic | Winner | [3] |
2009 | Ifa Bayeza | The Ballad of Emmett Till | Winner | [4] [5] |
2011 | Sam Bobrick | The Psychic | Winner | |
2012 | Ken Ludwig | The Game's Afoot | Winner | [6] |
Jeffrey Hatcher | Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club | Shortlist | [6] |