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Peter Robinson

ピーター・ロビンソン

Pītā Robin son

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1950-03-17 （Armley, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England）
Died
2022-10-04 （Toronto, Ontario, Canada） age 72
Nationality
United Kingdom, Canada
Languages
English
Residence History
Beaches area, Toronto, Ontario, Canada → Richmond, North Yorkshire, England (holiday cottage)

Career

Occupations
novelist, crime writer, lecturer
Active Years
1987-2023
Affiliations
University of Windsor (writer-in-residence, 1992-1993), University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies

Education

University of Leeds
Faculty of Arts / English Department
Degree: BA Hons
Period: 1968-1972
Year of Graduation: 1972
Country: United Kingdom
University of Windsor
English and Creative Writing
Degree: MA
Period: 1974-1976
Year of Graduation: 1976
Country: Canada
Tutor: Joyce Carol Oates
York University
English Department
Degree: PhD
Period: 1976-1983
Year of Graduation: 1983
Country: Canada

Awards

Dagger in the Library
2002
Organization: Crime Writers' Association (CWA)
Result: Winner
Anthony Award
2000
Work: In a Dry Season
Category: Best Novel
Organization: Bouchercon
Result: Winner
Barry Award
2000
Work: In a Dry Season
Category: Best Novel
Result: Winner
Arthur Ellis Award
1991
Work: Past Reason Hated
Category: Best Crime Novel
Organization: Crime Writers of Canada
Result: Winner
Arthur Ellis Award
1997
Work: Innocent Graves
Category: Best Novel
Organization: Crime Writers of Canada
Result: Winner
Arthur Ellis Award
2001
Work: Cold is the Grave
Category: Best Crime Novel
Organization: Crime Writers of Canada
Result: Winner
Grand Master Award
2020
Organization: Crime Writers of Canada
Result: Winner
Edgar Award
2000
Work: Missing in Action
Category: Best Short Story
Organization: Mystery Writers of America
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Gallows View

1987 Crime fiction

Inspector Alan Banks debut novel. Voyeur and missing girl cases in Eastvale, Yorkshire.

police proceduralpsychological depth
Adaptations
  • [TV series] DCI Banks / various (2010)

In a Dry Season

1999 Crime fiction

Banks investigates a murder revealed by drought in a reservoir.

past secretsenvironment

Cold is the Grave

2000 Crime fiction

Search for chief's runaway son leads to serial killings.

familyrevenge

Before the Poison

2011 Crime fiction

New resident re-examines a historic Yorkshire murder.

past trialisolation

Bibliography

  • Gallows View
  • A Dedicated Man
  • A Necessary End
  • The Hanging Valley
  • Past Reason Hated
  • Wednesday's Child
  • Dry Bones That Dream
  • Innocent Graves
  • Dead Right
  • In a Dry Season

Adaptations

  • DCI Banks TV series

Translations of Works

  • Series translated into 20 languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
realistic police proceduraldetailed character psychologyintricate plotting
Recurring Motifs
Yorkshire Dales landscapeclassical musicpersonal trauma

Legacy

British-born Canadian crime novelist renowned for the 28-book Inspector Alan Banks series, translated into 20 languages and adapted as the TV series DCI Banks. Multiple Arthur Ellis Award winner and Crime Writers of Canada Grand Master.

In Popular Culture

  • ITV TV series DCI Banks (2010-2016, starring Stephen Tompkinson)

Trivia

  • Father was a photographer, mother a homemaker.
  • Emigrated to Canada in 1974.
  • Studied under Joyce Carol Oates at University of Windsor.