Jay Bennett (author)
Jay Bennett | |
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| Born | December 24, 1912 |
| Died | June 27, 2009 (aged 96) |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1940s–1990s |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Notable works | The Long Black Coat; The Dangling Witness; The Skeleton Man; Miracle for Christmas |
| Notable awards | Edgar Award (twice) |
Jay Bennett (December 24, 1912 – June 27, 2009) was an American author and two-time winner of the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Bennett won the Edgar for Best Juvenile novel in 1974 and 1975, for The Long Black Coat (Delacorte Press) and The Dangling Witness (Delacorte Press), respectively. He was the first author to win an Edgar in consecutive years. A third book, The Skeleton Man (Franklin Watts), was nominated in 1987. Bennett is best known among English teachers and young adults for these and other juvenile mysteries, like Deathman, Do Not Follow Me (Scholastic).