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Jim Huang

ジム・ホアン

Jimu Hoan

Profile

Gender
Male
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Boston, Massachusetts → Kalamazoo, Michigan → Carmel, Indiana → Gambier, Ohio → Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Career

Occupations
author, editor, bookseller, publisher
Active Years
1982-2024
Affiliations
Crum Creek Press, The Mystery Company, Independent Mystery Booksellers Association, Sisters in Crime, Bryn Mawr College Bookshop
Memberships
Independent Mystery Booksellers Association, Sisters in Crime
Nominations
2001 Macavity Award for Best Nonfiction Nominee

Education

Swarthmore College
political science
Degree: 学士
Year of Graduation: 1982
Country: United States

Awards

Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction
2000
Work: 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century
Category: Best Nonfiction
Organization: Malice Domestic
Result: Winner
Anthony Award for Best Critical Work
2001
Work: 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century
Category: Best Critical Work
Organization: Bouchercon
Result: Winner
Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction
2002
Work: They Died in Vain
Category: Best Nonfiction
Organization: Malice Domestic
Result: Winner
Anthony Award for Best Critical Work
2003
Work: They Died in Vain
Category: Best Critical Work
Organization: Bouchercon
Result: Winner
Macavity Award for Best Critical/Biographical Mystery Work
2003
Work: They Died in Vain
Category: Best Critical/Biographical
Organization: Mystery Readers International
Result: Winner
Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction
2006
Work: Mystery Muses
Category: Best Nonfiction
Organization: Malice Domestic
Result: Shortlist
Macavity Award for Best Critical/Biographical Mystery Work
2007
Category: Best Critical/Biographical
Organization: Mystery Readers International
Result: Winner
Anthony Award for Best Critical Work
2007
Category: Best Critical Work
Organization: Bouchercon
Result: Winner
Anthony Award for Special Service
2007
Category: Special Service
Organization: Bouchercon
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century

2000 Nonfiction

Introduction to 100 favorite mysteries of the century.

mystery criticism

They Died in Vain

2002 Nonfiction

Overlooked mystery novels.

mystery criticism

Mystery Muses

2006 Nonfiction

100 classics that inspire today's mystery writers.

mystery history

Organizing Crime: The Mystery Company's Guide to Series

2009 Nonfiction

Guide to mystery series.

mystery guide

Bibliography

  • 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century (2000)
  • They Died in Vain (2002)
  • Mystery Muses: 100 Classics That Inspire Today's Mystery Writers (2006)
  • Organizing Crime: The Mystery Company's Guide to Series (2009)
  • What Do I Read Next? Volume 2 (2009)
  • Organizing Crime: The Mystery Company's Guide to Series (Second Ed.) (2014)

Legacy

Known as a crime fiction critic, editor, and bookseller. Won multiple mystery awards and co-founded Independent Mystery Booksellers Association.

Trivia

  • Has a wife named Jennie.
  • Edited student newspaper and co-founded Swarthmore Warders of Imaginative Literature at Swarthmore College.
  • Edited The Drood Review of Mystery from 1982 to 2005.