Steve Hamilton
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Michigan
GenreCrime Fiction
Notable worksThe Second Life of Nick Mason
Exit Strategy
A Cold Day In Paradise Winter of The Wolf Moon
The Hunting Wind
Misery Bay
The Lock Artist (2010)
Notable awards2010 Edgar Award For Best Novelist of The Year
SpouseJulia
Children2

Steve Hamilton is an American mystery writer who is known for the series of novels featuring private investigator Alex McKnight . Apart from his Alex McKnight books, Hamilton has written Night Work (2007) and The Lock Artist (2010). His works have won the Edgar Award, Shamus Award Award and Barry Award.

Books

His first book, A Cold Day in Paradise, won multiple awards and introduced Alex McKnight, a private detective.[1]

In 2000, Hamilton's released his second Alex McKnight novel, Winter of the Wolf Moon, which was featured in The New York Times Book Review as a "Notable Book of the Year". To date[when?], ten books and one short story in the Alex McKnight series have been published and they have been translated into 12 languages.[2]

His standalone novel The Lock Artist won an Edgar Award for best novel, a CWA Steel Dagger for best thriller in the UK, and an Alex Award from the American Library Association.[3]

His 2016 novel, The Second Life of Nick Mason, debuted on the New York Times bestseller list in both Hardcover Fiction and Combined Print and E-Book Fiction, and also appeared on the Publishers Weekly, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and National Independent bestseller lists. It was also selected as one of five finalists for the prestigious Hammett Prize for literary excellence in crime fiction, and was nominated for a Barry Award for Best Novel of the Year.

Personal

Hamilton is married and has two kids. They live in New York.[3] He wrote his first twelve books while working for IBM, writing at night after his family had gone to bed.[4]

Awards

Year Title Award Category Result Ref
1999 A Cold Day in Paradise Anthony Award First Novel Shortlisted
Barry Award First Novel Shortlisted
Edgar Awards First Novel Won
Shamus Award First Novel Won

Winter of the Wolf Moon (2000)

North of Nowhere (2003)

Blood is the Sky (2004)

A Stolen Season (2006)

Night Work (2007)

The Lock Artist (2010)

The Second Life of Nick Mason (2016)

Bibliography

Alex McKnight Series

Nick Mason Series

Other

References

  1. ^ ""Interview with Steve Hamilton"". Murder Ink. July 2, 2003. Archived from the original on August 13, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
  2. ^ a b ""Books"". www.authorstevehamilton.com. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
  3. ^ a b ""About Steve Hamilton"". www.authorstevehamilton.com. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
  4. ^ ""Steve Hamilton Creates a Different Kind of Private Eye"". BookLoons. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
  5. ^ Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2013 (in Japanese). Takarajimasha. December 2012. ISBN 978-4-8002-0527-8.
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