Shamus Award
4 appearances
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Edition 31 (2012) Winner
Michael Wiley
マイケル・ワイリー
Maikeru Wairī
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Jacksonville, Florida
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, university professor
- Active Years
- 2007-2024
- Affiliations
- University of North Florida
- Influenced By
- Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett
- Nominations
- Shamus Award Best Novel nominee (Monument Road), Shamus Award Best First P.I. Novel nominee (The Last Striptease), Shamus Award nominee (Head Case)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Shamus Award | A Bad Night's Sleep | Best Hardcover P.I. Novel | Private Eye Writers of America | Winner |
| 2007 | PWA/SMP Best First Private Eye Novel | The Last Striptease | — | Private Eye Writers of America / St. Martin's Press | Winner |
Shamus Award
2012
Work:
A Bad Night's Sleep
Category:
Best Hardcover P.I. Novel
Organization:
Private Eye Writers of America
Result:
Winner
PWA/SMP Best First Private Eye Novel
2007
Work:
The Last Striptease
Organization:
Private Eye Writers of America / St. Martin's Press
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A Bad Night's Sleep
2011 Hard-boiled detective mysteryPart of the Joe Kozmarski hard-boiled detective mystery series set in Chicago.
crimeprivate investigator
The Last Striptease
2007 Hard-boiled detective mysteryFirst in the Joe Kozmarski series.
crimeprivate investigator
Monument Road
2017 MysteryFirst Franky Dast mystery about an exonerated death row inmate.
exonerationimmigration
Trouble in Mind
2019 MysterySam Kelson Chicago PI mystery series.
detective
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Hard-boiled styleReinvigorating private detective novel conventions
- Recurring Motifs
- private investigatorscrime investigation
Legacy
Praised for reinvigorating private detective novels, compared to Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett.