Editing Edith Pargeter (section)

==Recognition==
The [[Mystery Writers of America]] gave Pargeter their [[Edgar Award]] in 1963 for ''Death and the Joyful Woman''. In 1980, the [[Crime Writers' Association|British Crime Writers' Association]] awarded her the [[Gold Dagger|Silver Dagger]] for ''[[Monk's Hood]]''. In 1993 she won the [[Cartier Diamond Dagger]], an annual award given by the CWA to authors who have made an outstanding lifetime contribution to the field of crime and mystery writing. Pargeter was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) "for services to Literature" in the 1994 New Year Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=53527|page=13|date=30 December 1993}}</ref> To commemorate Pargeter's life and work, in 1999 the CWA established their [[Ellis Peters Historical Dagger]] award (later called the Ellis Peters Historical Award) for the best historical crime novel of the year.<ref name="CWA Dagger Main">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/index.html |title=The CWA Dagger Awards |website=theCWA.co.uk |access-date=18 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723043537/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/index.html |archive-date=23 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="Hist Dagger Main">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/historical.html |title=The CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger |website=theCWA.co.uk |access-date=17 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107114654/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/historical.html |archive-date=7 November 2013}}</ref>

Pargeter's ''[[The Cadfael Chronicles|Cadfael Chronicles]]'' are often credited for popularizing what would later become known as the historical mystery.<ref name="PW Picker 2010">{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/43024-mysteries-of-history.html|title=Mysteries of History |first=Lenny |last=Picker |date=3 March 2010 |access-date=13 November 2013 |website=PublishersWeekly.com }}</ref><ref name="WSJ 2010">{{cite web |url=http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704804204575069371115999474?mobile=y |title=Five Best Historical Mystery Novels |first=David B. |last=Rivkin Jr. |date=27 February 2010 |access-date=17 November 2013 |website=WSJ.com |publisher=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204114320/http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704804204575069371115999474?mobile=y |archive-date=4 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>