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Edward D Hoch

(Edward Dentinger Hoch)

(1930 - 2008)

Edward D. Hoch is one of the most honored mystery writers of all time. In addition to winning an Edgar for Best Short Story, he has received the Mystery Writers of America's highest honor, the Grand Master Award, and he has been recognized for Lifetime Achievement by the Private Eye Writers of America and the Bouchercon. Ed Hoch is the only author who specializes in the mystery short story to receive such recognition.

Awards: Barry (2008), Anthony (2001), Shamus (2000), Edgar (1968) see all

Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction

Series

Simon Ark
   City of Brass (1971)
   The Judges of Hades (1971)
   Quests of Simon Ark (1985)

Carl Crader
   1. The Transvection Machine (1971)
   2. The Fellowship of the Hand (1973)
   3. The Frankenstein Factory (1975)

Jeffery Rand
The Spy and the Thief (1971)
The Spy Who Read Latin (1990)

Novels

The Shattered Raven (1969)
More Things Impossible (2006)

Collections

   The Monkey's Clue ; The Stolen Sapphire: (1978)
   The Thefts of Nick Velvet (1978)
   Baffling Detective Cases (1978)
   Mysteries for Crime Busters (1978)
   Leopold's Way (1985)
   The Night My Friend (1992)
   Diagnosis: Impossible (1996)
   The Ripper of Storyville (1997) (with Marvin Lachman)
   Snow White and the Eleven Dwarfs (2000) (with Ed Gorman)
   The Velvet Touch (2000)
   The Old Spies Club (2001)
   The Night People (2001)
   The Iron Angel (2003)
   The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures (2012)
   Layout for Murder (2012)
   Noir Masters Triple Threat Treasury (2012) (with others)
   Challenge the Impossible (2018)
   Hoch's Ladies (2019)
   Funeral in the Fog (2020)
   Constant Hearses and Other Revolutionary Mysteries (2022)
   The Killer Everyone Knew and Other Captain Leopold Stories (2023)
   The Will o' the Wisp Mystery (2024)

Anthologies edited

Anthology series

Academy Mystery Novellas (with Martin H Greenberg)
4. Great British Detectives (1987)
5. Women Write Murder (1987)

Series contributed to

Murder Most...
Murder Most Sacred (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg)

Books containing stories by Edward D Hoch

The Big Book of Espionage (2020)
edited by
Otto Penzler

The Further Misadventures of Ellery Queen (2020)
edited by
Dale C Andrews and Josh Pachter

Tricks and Treats (2019)
(Mystery Writers of America Presents)
edited by
Joe Gores and Bill Pronzini

More books

Awards

	2008 Barry Award for Best Short Story : The Problem of the Summer Snowman
	2005 Barry Award for Best Short Story : The War in Wonderland
	2001 Anthony Award for Best Short Story : The Problem of the Potting Shed
	2000 The Eye, the PWA's Lifetime Achievement award
	1998 Anthony Award for Best Short Story : One Bag of Coconuts
	1968 Edgar Award for Best Short Story : The Oblong Room

Award nominations

	2009 Barry Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Problem of the Secret Patient
	1993 Anthony Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Summer of our Discontent
	1981 Edgar Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Most Dangerous Man Alive

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