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Steve Hamilton

スティーブ・ハミルトン

Sutību Hamiruton

Profile

Gender
Male
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Upstate New York

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Mystery writer
Active Years
1998-2024
Nominations
Anthony Award Finalist (1999, A Cold Day in Paradise), Barry Award Finalist (2001, Winter of the Wolf Moon)

Education

University of Michigan
Country: United States

Awards

Edgar Award
1999
Work: A Cold Day in Paradise
Category: First Novel
Organization: Mystery Writers of America
Result: Won
Shamus Award
1999
Work: A Cold Day in Paradise
Category: First Novel
Result: Won
Edgar Award
2011
Work: The Lock Artist
Category: Best Novel
Result: Won
Barry Award
2011
Work: The Lock Artist
Category: Best Novel
Result: Won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Cold Day in Paradise

1998 Crime Fiction

First book in the Alex McKnight series featuring private investigator Alex McKnight.

MysteryUpper Peninsula Michigan
Translations
  • Translated into 12 languages

Bibliography

  • A Cold Day in Paradise (1998)
  • Winter of the Wolf Moon (2000)
  • The Hunting Wind (2002)
  • North of Nowhere (2003)
  • Blood is the Sky (2004)
  • Ice Run (2005)
  • A Stolen Season (2006)
  • Night Work (2007)
  • Misery Bay (2011)
  • The Lock Artist (2010)
  • The Second Life of Nick Mason (2016)
  • Exit Strategy (2017)
  • Dead Man Running (2018)
  • An Honorable Assassin (2024)

Translations of Works

  • The Lock Artist won Best Translated Mystery in Japan (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2013)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Hard-boiledTense narrative
Recurring Motifs
Private investigatorUpper Peninsula MichiganCrime

Legacy

American mystery writer known for the Alex McKnight series. Multiple award winner including Edgar Award.

Trivia

  • Wrote his first twelve books while working for IBM at night.
  • Married to Julia with two children.