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The Mystery Writers
of America established the Grand Master Award which recognizes important
contributions to the mystery field as well as
a significant output of
consistently high quality work.
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Agatha Christie, 1955 |
Ngaoi Marsh, 1978 |
Lawrence Block, 1994 |
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Vincent Starrett, 1958 |
Dorothy B. Hughes, 1978 |
Mickey Spillane, 1995 |
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Rex Strout, 1959 |
Daphne du Maurier, 1978 |
Dick Francis, 1996 |
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Ellery Queen, 1961 |
Aaron Marc Stein, 1979 |
Ruth Rendell, 1997 |
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Erle Stanley Gardner, 1962 |
W.R. Burnett, 1980 |
Barbara Mertz, 1998 |
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John Dickson Carr, 1963 |
Stanley Ellin, 1981 |
P.D. James, 1999 |
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George Harmon Coxe, 1964 |
Julian Symons, 1982 |
Mary Higgins Clark, 2000 |
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Georges Simenon, 1966 |
Margaret Millar, 1983 |
Edward D. Hoch, 2001 |
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Baynard Kendrick, 1967 |
John Le Carre, 1984 |
Robert B. Parker, 2002 |
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John Creasey, 1969 |
Dorothy Salisbury Davis, 1985 |
Ira Levin, 2003 |
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James M. Cain, 1970 |
Ed McBain, 1986 |
Joseph Wambaugh, 2004 |
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Mignon G. Eberhart, 1971 |
Michael Gilbert, 1987 |
Marcia Muller, 2005 |
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John D. McDonald, 1972 |
Phyllis A. Whitney, 1988 |
Stuart M. Kaminsky, 2006 |
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Judson Philips, 1973 |
Hillary Waugh, 1989 |
Stephen King, 2007 |
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Alfred Hitchcock, 1973 |
Helen McCloy, 1990 |
Bill Pronzini, 2008 |
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Ross Macdonald, 1974 |
Tony Hillerman, 1991 |
James Lee Burke, 2009 |
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Eric Ambler, 1975 |
Elmore Leonard, 1992 |
Dorothy Gilman, 2010 |
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Graham Greene, 1976 |
Donald E. Westlake, 1993 |
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