Editing Rex Stout (section)

===Awards and recognition===
* In his seminal 1941 work, ''Murder for Pleasure'', crime fiction historian Howard Haycraft included the first two Nero Wolfe novels, ''[[Fer-de-Lance (novel)|Fer-de-Lance]]'' and ''[[The League of Frightened Men]]'', in his list of the most influential works of mystery fiction.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.classiccrimefiction.com/haycraftqueen.htm |title=Haycraft Queen Cornerstones Complete Checklist |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=Classic Crime Fiction.com |access-date=2015-03-22}}</ref>
* In 1958, Rex Stout became the 14th president of the [[Mystery Writers of America]].<ref name="McAleer"/>{{Rp|428}}
* In 1959, Stout received the MWA's prestigious Grand Master Award, which represents the pinnacle of achievement in the mystery field.<ref name="McAleer"/>{{Rp|429}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theedgars.com/awards/ |title=Edgars Database |website=[[Edgar Award|The Edgar Awards]] |publisher=[[Mystery Writers of America]] |access-date=2015-03-22 |archive-date=2020-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731232503/http://theedgars.com/awards/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* In January 1969, the [[Crime Writers' Association]] selected Stout as recipient of its Silver Dagger Award for ''[[The Father Hunt]]'', which it named "the best crime novel by a non-British author in 1969."<ref name="McAleer"/>{{Rp|499}}
* The Nero Wolfe corpus was nominated Best Mystery Series of the Century at the [[Bouchercon XXXI]] mystery convention, and Rex Stout was nominated Best Mystery Writer of the Century.<ref name="Walker">{{cite news |last=Walker |first=Tom |date=September 10, 2000 |title=Mystery writers shine light on best: Bouchercon 2000 convention honors authors |newspaper=[[The Denver Post]] }}</ref>{{efn|The other four nominees for Mystery Writer of the Century at [[Bouchercon XXXI]] were [[Raymond Chandler]], [[Agatha Christie]], [[Dashiell Hammett]] and [[Dorothy Sayers]]. Christie received the award, and Christie's Hercule Poirot was named Best Mystery Series of the Century.<ref name="Walker"/>}}
* In 2014, Rex Stout was selected to the [[New York State Writers Hall of Fame]].