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1969
Best Novel A Case of Need Jeffery Hudson
Best First Novel The Bait (tie) Silver Street Dorothy Uhnak (tie) E. Richard Johnson
Best Fact Crime Poe the Detective John Evangelist Walsh
Best Short Story The Man Who Fooled the World Warner Law
Best Juvenile The House of Dies Drear Virginia Hamilton
Best Screenplay Bullitt
Grand Master John Creasey
1968
Best Novel God Save the Mark Donald E. Westlake
Best First Novel Act of Fear Michael Collins
Best Fact Crime A Private Disgrace Victoria Lincoln
Best Short Story The Oblong Room Edward D. Hoch
Best Juvenile Signpost to Terror Gretchen Sprague
Best Screenplay In the Heat of the Night
1967
Best Novel The King of the Rainy County Nicholas Freeling
Best First Novel The Cold War Swap Ross Thomas
Best Fact Crime The Boston Strangler Gerold Frank
Best Short Story The Chosen One Rhys Davies
Best Juvenile Sinbad and Me Kin Platt
Best Screenplay Harper
Grand Master Baynard Kendrick
1966
Best Novel The Quiller Memorandum Adam Hall
Best First Novel In the Heat of the Night John Ball
Best Fact Crime In Cold Blood Truman Capote
Best Short Story The Possibility of Evil Shirley Jackson
Best Juvenile The Mystery of 22 East Leon Ware
Best Screenplay The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
Grand Master Georges Simenon
1965
Best Novel The Spy Who Came in From the Cold John le Carre
Best First Novel Friday the Rabbi Slept Late Harry Kemelman
Best Fact Crime Gideon's Trumpet Anthony Lewis
Best Short Story H as in Homicide Lawrence Treat
Best Juvenile Mystery at Crane's Landing Marcella Thum
Best Screenplay Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
Best Novel The Light of Day Eric Ambler
Best First Novel Florentine Finish Cornelius Hirschberg
Best Fact Crime The Deed Gerold Frank
Best Short Story Man Gehorcht Leslie Ann Brownrigg
Best Juvenile Mystery of the Hidden Hand Phyllis A. Whitney
Best Screenplay Charade
Grand Master George Harmon Coxe
1963
Best Novel Death and the Joyful Woman Ellis Peters
Best First Novel The Fugitive Robert L. Fish
Best Fact Crime Tragedy in Dedham Francis Russell
Best Short Story The Sailing Club David Ely
Best Juvenile Cutlass Island Scott Corbett
Grand Master John Dickson Carr
1962
Best Novel Gideon's Fire J.J. Marric
Best First Novel The Green Stone Suzanne Blanc
Best Fact Crime Death and the Supreme Court Barrett Prettyman, Jr.
Best Short Story Affair at Lahore Cantonment Avram Davidson
Best Juvenile The Phantom of Walkaway Hill Edward Fenton
Best Screenplay The Innocents
Grand Master Erle Stanley Gardner
1961
Best Novel The Progress of a Crime Julian Symons
Best First Novel The Man in the Cage John Holbrooke Vance
Best Fact Crime The Overbury Affair Miriam Allen deFord
Best Short Story Tiger John Durham
Best Juvenile The Mystery of the Haunted Pool Phyllis A. Whitney
Best Screenplay Psycho
Grand Master Ellery Queen
1960
Best Novel The Hours Before Dawn Celia Fremlin
Best First Novel The Gray Flannel Shroud Henry Slesar
Best Fact Crime Fire at Sea Thomas Gallager
Best Short Story The Landlady Roald Dahl
Best Juvenile
Best Screenplay North by Northwest
Grand Master