Anthony Awards
1 appearances
-
Edition 21 (2006) Winner
Reed Farrel Coleman
リード・ファレル・コールマン
Rīdo Fareru Kōruman
Pen Names:
Tony Spinosa（Used for the early Joe Serpe series）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1956-03-29 （New York City）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Sheepshead Bay, Coney Island, Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn → Long Island
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, crime fiction writer
- Active Years
- 1991-2024
- Affiliations
- Hofstra University (adjunct instructor of English), Mystery Writers of America (former Executive Vice President)
- Memberships
- Mystery Writers of America, Mystery Writers of America University (founding member)
- Influenced By
- William Blake, Lawrence Block, T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Peter Blauner, Ken Bruen, Jim Fusilli, S.J. Rozan, Peter Spiegelman, David Lehman
- Nominations
- 2006 Gumshoe Award Best Novel - The James Deans (finalist), 2006 Edgar Award Best Paperback Original - The James Deans (finalist), 2008 Edgar Award Best Novel - Soul Patch (finalist), 2010 Anthony Award Best Paperback Original - Tower (finalist)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The New School | — | writing class | — | — | United States |
| Brooklyn College | — | detective fiction class | — | — | United States |
The New School
writing class
Country:
United States
Where he met his wife Rosanne
Brooklyn College
detective fiction class
Country:
United States
Seriously considered making writing a career
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Anthony Award | The James Deans | Best Paperback Original | Bouchercon | winner |
| 2013 | Audie Award | Gun Church | Original Work | Audio Publishers Association | winner |
| 2006 | Barry Award | The James Deans | Best Paperback Novel | Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine | winner |
| 2010 | Macavity Award | Tower | Best Mystery Novel | Mystery Readers International | winner |
| 2006 | Shamus Award | The James Deans | Best PI Paperback Original | Private Eye Writers of America | winner |
| 2008 | Shamus Award | Soul Patch | Best PI Hardcover | Private Eye Writers of America | winner |
| 2009 | Shamus Award | Empty Ever After | Best PI Hardcover | Private Eye Writers of America | winner |
| 2017 | Shamus Award | Where It Hurts | Best PI Hardcover | Private Eye Writers of America | winner |
| 2020 | Scribe Award | The Bitterest Pill | Best Original Novel | — | winner |
Anthony Award
2006
Work:
The James Deans
Category:
Best Paperback Original
Organization:
Bouchercon
Result:
winner
Audie Award
2013
Work:
Gun Church
Category:
Original Work
Organization:
Audio Publishers Association
Result:
winner
Barry Award
2006
Work:
The James Deans
Category:
Best Paperback Novel
Organization:
Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine
Result:
winner
Macavity Award
2010
Work:
Tower
Category:
Best Mystery Novel
Organization:
Mystery Readers International
Result:
winner
Shamus Award
2006
Work:
The James Deans
Category:
Best PI Paperback Original
Organization:
Private Eye Writers of America
Result:
winner
Shamus Award
2008
Work:
Soul Patch
Category:
Best PI Hardcover
Organization:
Private Eye Writers of America
Result:
winner
Shamus Award
2009
Work:
Empty Ever After
Category:
Best PI Hardcover
Organization:
Private Eye Writers of America
Result:
winner
Shamus Award
2017
Work:
Where It Hurts
Category:
Best PI Hardcover
Organization:
Private Eye Writers of America
Result:
winner
Scribe Award
2020
Work:
The Bitterest Pill
Category:
Best Original Novel
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Shamus Award
15 appearances
-
Edition 27 (2008) Winner
-
Edition 28 (2009) Winner
-
Edition 36 (2017) Winner
Macavity Awards
1 appearances
-
Edition 24 (2010) Winner
Works
Major Works
Life Goes Sleeping
1991 Crime fictionFirst book in the Dylan Klein series.
crimeNew York
Walking the Perfect Square
2001 Crime fictionFirst book in the Moe Prager series.
private investigatorBrooklyn
The James Deans
2005 Crime fictionThird book in the Moe Prager series. Multiple award winner.
murderfamily
Soul Patch
2007 Crime fictionFourth book in the Moe Prager series. Shamus Award winner.
Translations of Works
- Books translated into seven languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- hard-boiled poetnoirpoetic crime fiction
- Recurring Motifs
- Brooklynlossreality of violence
Legacy
Prominent crime fiction author with multiple awards, best known for the Moe Prager series and continuing Robert B. Parker's Jesse Stone series. Also a poet, called 'a hard-boiled poet' by NPR.
In Popular Culture
- Highly praised by NPR, HuffPost, and The New York Times
Quotes
-
a hard-boiled poet
Source: NPR (2009) -
Coleman is the resident noir poet laureate of the United States
Source: HuffPost (2010) -
If you dragged one (of his books) across the asphalt, you'd half-expect it to leave a chalk outline
Source: The New York Times (2006)
Trivia
- Youngest of three boys, born and raised in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
- As a teenager witnessed a shooting victim
- Started writing in high school
- Held various jobs including cab driver and airport freight
- Met wife Rosanne in a writing class at The New School
- Children: Kaitlin and Dylan
- Gulliver Dowd based on a retired police detective