Hammett Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (2003) Nominee
Giles Blunt
ジャイルズ・ブラント
Jairuzu Buranto
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1952-01-01 （Windsor, Ontario）
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Windsor, Ontario → North Bay, Ontario
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, poet, screenwriter
- Active Years
- 1987-2024
- Nominations
- 2001 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel Finalist (Forty Words for Sorrow), 2003 Hammett Prize Finalist (The Delicate Storm), 2004 Anthony Award for Best Novel Finalist (The Delicate Storm), 2004 Macavity Award for Best Novel Finalist (The Delicate Storm), 2006 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel Finalist (Black Fly Season), 2007 Gold Dagger Finalist (By the Time You Read This)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Silver Dagger Award | Forty Words for Sorrow | Novel | Crime Writers' Association | Won |
| 2004 | Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel | The Delicate Storm | Best Novel | Crime Writers of Canada | Won |
| 2013 | Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel | Until the Night | Best Novel | Crime Writers of Canada | Won |
Silver Dagger Award
2001
Work:
Forty Words for Sorrow
Category:
Novel
Organization:
Crime Writers' Association
Result:
Won
Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel
2004
Work:
The Delicate Storm
Category:
Best Novel
Organization:
Crime Writers of Canada
Result:
Won
Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel
2013
Work:
Until the Night
Category:
Best Novel
Organization:
Crime Writers of Canada
Result:
Won
Awards & Nominations
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Edition 21 (2004) Winner
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Edition 30 (2013) Winner
Works
Major Works
Forty Words for Sorrow
2000 Mystery fictionA psychological thriller where Detective John Cardinal investigates the disappearance of a teenage girl in the fictional Algonquin Bay, Northern Ontario.
harsh winterloss of familycrime investigation
The Delicate Storm
2002 Mystery fictionSecond in the Cardinal series, involving a murder during a snowstorm.
natural threatssecretsfriendship
Until the Night
2012 Mystery fictionSixth Cardinal novel where a cold case resurfaces.
past traumaredemptionjustice
Cold Eye
1989 Psychological thrillerPsychological thriller set in the New York art world.
artmadnessdeception
Adaptations
- [Film] Les Couleurs du diable / Allain Jessua (1997)
Bibliography
- Forty Words for Sorrow (2000)
- The Delicate Storm (2002)
- Black Fly Season (2005)
- By the Time You Read This (2006)
- Crime Machine (2010)
- Until the Night (2012)
- Cold Eye (1989)
- No Such Creature (2008)
- Breaking Lorca (2009)
- The Hesitation Cut (2015)
- Vanishing Act (2016)
- Bad Juliet (2025)
Adaptations
- Cardinal (TV series, 4 seasons)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- detailed landscape descriptionstense plottingdeep psychological insight
- Recurring Motifs
- harsh Northern Ontario natureclaustrophobia of small townspersonal torment of detectives
Legacy
Acclaimed Canadian mystery writer whose John Cardinal series won major British and Canadian awards, noted for realistic depictions of Northern Ontario.
In Popular Culture
- Cardinal series adapted into TV drama
Trivia
- Algonquin Bay is a thinly disguised version of North Bay.
- Born in Windsor, grew up in North Bay.