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Other special awards went to Howard Haycroft for his contribution to mystery criticism and scholarship and to Francis M. Nevins Jr. for 'Royal Bloodline,' a study of both the authors and the detective of the Ellery Queen novels.
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The Edgar for best biographical or critical study went to Francis M. Nevins Jr. for his exhaustive book, 'Cornell Woolrich: First You Dream, Then You Die.'
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