Editing P. D. James (section)

=== 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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