Edgar Allan Poe Awards
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Edition 0 (1989) Winner
Hillary Baldwin Waugh
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Hillary Baldwin Waugh
Pen Names:
Elissa Grandower（Pseudonym used for some works）,
Harry Walker（Pseudonym used for some works）,
H. Baldwin Taylor（Pseudonym used for some works）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1920-06-22 （New Haven, Connecticut, United States）
- Died
- 2008-12-08 （Torrington, Connecticut, United States） age 88
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- New Haven, Connecticut → Torrington, Connecticut
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, writer, mystery novelist
- Active Years
- 1947-2008
- Memberships
- Mystery Writers of America
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale University | Major in Art (minor in Music) | — | BA | 1938-1942 | United States |
Yale University
Major in Art (minor in Music)
Degree:
BA
Period:
1938-1942
Year of Graduation:
1942
Country:
United States
Edited the campus humor magazine The Yale Record while attending.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Grand Master (Mystery Writers of America) | — | — | Mystery Writers of America | 受賞 |
Grand Master (Mystery Writers of America)
1989
Organization:
Mystery Writers of America
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Last Seen Wearing ...
1952 Police procedural / MysteryA police procedural set at a women's college that follows meticulous investigative work. Praised for realistic police detail and considered a pioneering work in the genre.
police investigationrealismdiligent procedural work
Sleep Long, My Love
1959 Mystery / HardboiledA Fred Fellows series entry later adapted into the film Jigsaw (1962).
crimeinterpersonal deceit
Adaptations
- [Film] Jigsaw (1962)
Madam Will Not Dine Tonight
1947 MysteryWaugh's debut novel, written during his military service and published as his first book.
crimeearly detective motifs
Bibliography
- Madam Will Not Dine Tonight (1947)
- Hope to Die (1948)
- The Odds Run Out (1949)
- Last Seen Wearing ... (1952)
- A Rag and a Bone (1954)
- Sleep Long, My Love (1959)
- Many other novels (1950–1988)
Adaptations
- Sleep Long, My Love was adapted into the film Jigsaw (1962).
- Works such as Born Victim and Prisoner's Plea were dramatized for the TV anthology series Detective.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- meticulous police-procedural detailrealist approachelements of hardboiled fiction
- Recurring Motifs
- obsession with dutyattention to investigative detaildepictions of institutions and procedure
Legacy
Hillary Waugh is regarded as a pioneer of the police procedural genre, noted for realistic, detail-rich depictions of investigations. He was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1989.
Academic Societies
- Mystery Writers of America
In Popular Culture
- Adaptations such as the 1962 film Jigsaw have kept his work in public awareness.
- Dramatizations of his stories on television anthology series.
Trivia
- Used pseudonyms Elissa Grandower, Harry Walker, and H. Baldwin Taylor.
- Graduated from Yale University in 1942 and served as an aviator, stationed in the Panama Canal Zone.
- Debut novel Madam Will Not Dine Tonight was published in 1947.
- Last Seen Wearing ... (1952) is considered a pioneering police procedural.
- Named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1989.