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Edition 20 (2003) Winner
Rick Mofina
リック・モフィナ
Rikku Mofina
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1957-01-01 （Belleville, Ontario）
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Belleville, Ontario → Ottawa → Calgary
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, crime fiction writer, thriller writer, journalist
- Active Years
- 2000-2024
- Affiliations
- The Toronto Star, The Ottawa Citizen, The Calgary Herald
- Memberships
- Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, Crime Writers' Association, Crime Writers of Canada
- Influenced By
- Mary Higgins Clark, Fyodor Dostoevsky, T.S. Eliot
- Nominations
- If Angels Fall: Arthur Ellis Award Finalist (Best First Novel), Cold Fear: Arthur Ellis Award Finalist, The Dying Hour: International Thriller Award Finalist, Vengeance Road: Shamus Award Finalist, International Thriller Award Finalist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carleton University | — | Journalism | — | — | Canada |
Carleton University
Journalism
Country:
Canada
Studied Journalism, English Literature, American Detective Fiction, and Religious Responses to Death.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Arthur Ellis Award | Blood of Others | Best Novel | Crime Writers of Canada | Winner |
| 2020 | Barry Award | Missing Daughter | Best Paperback Original | Deadly Pleasures Magazine | Winner |
| 2012 | Arthur Ellis Award | Lightning Rider | Best Short Story | Crime Writers of Canada | Winner |
Arthur Ellis Award
2003
Work:
Blood of Others
Category:
Best Novel
Organization:
Crime Writers of Canada
Result:
Winner
Barry Award
2020
Work:
Missing Daughter
Category:
Best Paperback Original
Organization:
Deadly Pleasures Magazine
Result:
Winner
Arthur Ellis Award
2012
Work:
Lightning Rider
Category:
Best Short Story
Organization:
Crime Writers of Canada
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
If Angels Fall
2000 Crime FictionIntroduces San Francisco Star crime reporter Tom Reed and San Francisco Homicide Inspector Walt Sydowski in a story of kidnappings.
kidnappingsjournalismpolice investigation
Blood of Others
2002 ThrillerFollows the disappearance and murder of a lonely San Francisco insurance clerk.
murderpursuitsecrets
Missing Daughter
2019 ThrillerA 12-year-old girl disappears from home, revealing family secrets.
disappearancefamily secrets
Bibliography
- If Angels Fall
- Cold Fear
- Blood of Others
- No Way Back
- Be Mine
- The Dying Hour
- Every Fear
- A Perfect Grave
- Six Seconds
- Vengeance Road
- The Panic Zone
- In Desperation
- The Burning Edge
- They Disappeared
- Into the Dark
- Whirlwind
- Full Tilt
- Every Second
- Free Fall
- Last Seen
- Missing Daughter
- The Lying House
- Their Last Secret
- Search for Her
- Her Last Goodbye
- Everything She Feared
- Someone Saw Something
Translations of Works
- German, Danish, Finnish, Turkish, Spanish, Polish, etc.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Tense, realistic suspenseFast-pacedAuthentic police procedures
- Recurring Motifs
- Family disappearancesKidnappingsCrime investigations by reporters
Legacy
Prolific Canadian crime fiction and thriller author with over 30 novels, winner of Arthur Ellis Award, and international bestsellers.
Quotes
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Somewhere between reading Dostoevsky and T.S. Eliot, I picked up a suspense novel by Mary Higgins Clark. Read it twice to study how she pulled it off.
Source: The Ottawa Citizen (2000)
Trivia
- Sold his first short story at the age of fifteen.
- Worked in factories for a few years after high school.
- Reported face-to-face with death row inmates.