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Harry Kemelman


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Harry Kemelman got an A.B. in English literature at Boston University and also earned his M.A. in English philology. He went on to teach and wrote freelance, his first series was the Nicky Welt stories, but then went on to the Rabbi tales which have won Edgar Allen Poe Awards and have also been made into a film (Lanigan's Rabbi). Kemelman died at 88 in 1996 in his hometown of Marblehead, Massachusetts.
 

Awards: Edgar (1965)

Genres: Cozy Mystery
 
Collections
   The Nine Mile Walk (1968)
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Books containing stories by Harry Kemelman
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The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000)
(Best American Mystery Stories)
edited by
Tony Hillerman and Otto Penzler

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Awards
1965 Edgar Award for Best First Novel : Friday the Rabbi Slept Late

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