Jay Bennett (author), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American writer
Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1912
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States
Date of Death: 27-Jun-2009
Profession: children's writer, novelist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Jay Bennett (author)
- Jay Bennett (December 24, 1912 - June 27, 2009) 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 (Delacorte Press) and The Dangling Witness (Delacorte Press), respectively.
- He was the first author to win an Edgar in consecutive years.
- A third book, The Skeleton Man (Franklin Watts), 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 (Scholastic).
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