death_date death_place birth_place awards nationality notableworks birth_date period genre image article_title name occupation
june 27 , 2009 cherry hill , nj new york city edgar award -lrb- twice -rrb- american the the skeleton man ; miracle for christmas long black coat ; the dangling witness ; december 24 , 1912 1940s & ndash ; 1990s mystery jaybennettt -lrb- author -rrb- . jpg jay bennett -lrb- author -rrb-
 jay bennett author
jay bennett -lrb- author -rrb-

jay bennett -lrb- december 24 , 1912 - june 27 , 2009 -rrb- 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 -lrb- delacorte press -rrb- and the dangling witness -lrb- delacorte press -rrb- , respectively .
he was the first author to win an edgar in consecutive years .
a third book , the skeleton man -lrb- franklin watts -rrb- , 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 -lrb- scholastic -rrb- .
