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  <name><![CDATA[Edward D. Hoch]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Edward D. Hoch is one of the most honored mystery writers of all time.

* 1968 Edgar Allan Poe Award (Mystery Writers of America): &quot;The Oblong Room&quot;, The Saint Mystery Magazine, July 1967
* 1998 Anthony Award (Bouchercon World Mystery Convention): &quot;One Bag of Coconuts&quot;, EQMM, November 1997
* 2001 Anthony Award (Bouchercon): &quot;The Problem of the Potting Shed&quot;, EQMM, July 2000
* 2007 Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award (awarded 2008): &quot;The Theft of the Ostracized Ostrich&quot;, EQMM, June 2007
* Lifetime Achievement Award (Private Eye Writers of America), 2000
* Grand Master (Mystery Writers of America), 2001
* Lifetime Achievement Award (Bouchercon), 2001
]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Rochester, New York</hometown>  <born_at>02/22/1930</born_at>  <died_at>01/17/2008</died_at>  
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Velvet Touch]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Edward D. Hoch]]></name>
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  <published>2000</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Thefts of Nick Velvet]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Edward D. Hoch]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.33</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>3</ratings_count>
  <published>1978</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Fellowship of the Hand]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Edward D. Hoch]]></name>
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  <published>1973</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Great British Detectives]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Edward D. Hoch]]></name>
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  <published>2002</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Murder Most Sacred: Great Catholic Tales of Mystery &amp; Suspense]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Edward D. Hoch]]></name>
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  <published>1990</published>  
  
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        <book id="765956">
  <title><![CDATA[The Old Spies Club and Other Intrigues of Rand]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Edward D. Hoch]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Quests of Simon Ark]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Edward D. Hoch]]></name>
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  <published>1986</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Iron Angel: And Other Tales of the Gypsy Sleuth]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Edward D. Hoch]]></name>
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  <published>2003</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[THE JUDGES OF HADES AND OTHER SIMON ARK STORIES]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Edward D. Hoch]]></name>
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  <published>1971</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[All but Impossible!: An Anthology of Locked Room and Impossible Crime Stories by Members of the Mystery Writers of America]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Edward D. Hoch]]></name>
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  <published>1981</published>  
  
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