Editing P. D. James (section)

== Selected awards and honours ==

=== Honours ===
* [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]], 1983<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=49375 |date=11 June 1983 |page=10 |supp=y}}</ref>
* Associate Fellow of [[Downing College, Cambridge]], 1986<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/df3d41fe |title= P D James on Desert Island Discs |date=27 October 2002 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref>
* [[Life peer]]age, '''Baroness James of Holland Park''', of [[Southwold]] in the County of Suffolk, 7 February 1991<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
* [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature]]<ref name=GuardianObituary>{{cite news |last=Reynolds |first=Stanley |date=27 November 2014 |title=PD James obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/27/pd-james |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=[[London]]}}</ref>
* [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts]]<ref name=GuardianObituary />
* President of the [[Society of Authors]] 1997–2013<ref>{{cite news |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=25 March 2013 |title=Philip Pullman to be Society of Authors' new president |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/mar/25/philip-pullman-society-of-authors-new-president |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=[[London]]}}</ref>

'''Honorary doctorates'''
* [[University of Buckingham]], 1992<ref name=BritishCouncil>{{cite web |url=http://literature.britishcouncil.org/p-d-james |title= Baroness James of Holland Park P. D. James |access-date=27 November 2014 |publisher=[[British Council]]}}</ref>
* [[University of Hertfordshire]], 1994<ref name=BritishCouncil />
* [[University of Glasgow]], 1995<ref name=BritishCouncil />
* [[University of Essex]], 1996<ref name=BritishCouncil />
* [[University of Durham]], 1998<ref name=BritishCouncil />
* [[University of Portsmouth]], 1999<ref name=BritishCouncil />
* [[University of London]], 1993<ref name=BritishCouncil />

'''Honorary fellowships'''
* [[St Hilda's College, Oxford]], 1996<ref name=BritishCouncil />
* [[Girton College, Cambridge]], 2000<ref name=BritishCouncil />
* [[Downing College, Cambridge]], 2000<ref>{{Citation | last = Stafford | first = Sandra | title = The puzzle beneath the prize| journal = The Downing College Magazine | volume = 19 | year = 2008 | pages = 4–6 | url = http://www.downingcambridge.com/document.doc?id=18}}</ref>
* [[Kellogg College, Oxford]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth193|title=Baroness James of Holland Park P. D. James - British Council Literature|author=British Council|work=contemporarywriters.com}}</ref>
* [[Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge]], 2012

=== Awards ===
* 1971 Best Novel Award, [[Mystery Writers of America]] (runner-up): ''Shroud for a Nightingale''
* 1972 [[Crime Writers' Association]] (CWA) Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction: ''Shroud for a Nightingale''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/winners-archive/?awardsyear=1972&dagger=0&accolade=0 |title= The Dagger Awards Winners Archive – 1972 |access-date=27 November 2014 |publisher=[[Crime Writers' Association]]}}</ref>
* 1973 Best Novel Award, Mystery Writers of America (runner-up): ''An Unsuitable Job for a Woman''<ref name=BritishCouncil />
* 1976 CWA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction: ''The Black Tower''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/winners-archive/?awardsyear=1976&dagger=0&accolade=0 |title= The Dagger Awards Winners Archive – 1976 |access-date=27 November 2014 |publisher=[[Crime Writers' Association]]}}</ref>
* 1986 Mystery Writers of America Best Novel Award (runner-up): ''A Taste for Death''<ref name=BritishCouncil />
* 1987 CWA Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction: ''A Taste for Death''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/winners-archive/?awardsyear=1987&dagger=0&accolade=0 |title= The Dagger Awards Winners Archive – 1987 |access-date=27 November 2014 |publisher=[[Crime Writers' Association]]}}</ref>
* 1987 CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger (lifetime achievement award)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thedaggers.co.uk/in/cartier/index.html |title=The Cartier Diamond Dagger |access-date=27 November 2014 |publisher=[[Crime Writers' Association]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204224613/http://thedaggers.co.uk/in/cartier/index.html |archive-date=4 December 2014 }}</ref>
* 1992 Deo Gloria Award: ''The Children of Men''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deo-gloria.co.uk/projects_archive.php |title=Deo Gloria Book Awards |access-date=27 November 2014 |publisher=[[Deo Gloria Trust]]}}</ref>
* 1992 The Best Translated Crime Fiction of the Year in Japan, ''[[Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!#1992|Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 1992]]'': ''Devices and Desires''
* 1999 Grandmaster Award, Mystery Writers of America<ref name=BritishCouncil />
* 2002 WH Smith Literary Award (shortlist): ''Death in Holy Orders''<ref name=BritishCouncil />
* 2005 British Book Awards Crime Thriller of the Year (shortlist): ''The Murder Room''<ref name=BritishCouncil />
* 2010 Best Critical Nonfiction Anthony Award for ''Talking About Detective Fiction''<ref name=BritishCouncil />
* 2010 [[Nick Clarke Award]] for interview with [[Director-General of the BBC]] [[Mark Thompson (television executive)|Mark Thompson]] whilst guest editor of ''[[Today (BBC Radio 4)|Today]]'' radio programme.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/broadcast/2010/10/bbc-radio-interview-award|title=PD James wins BBC's Nick Clarke Award for journalism|work=New Statesman |location=UK|date=12 October 2010}}</ref>

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