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Timothy Hallinan

ティモシーハリナン

Timoshī Harinan

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1949-01-01 （Unknown）
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Santa Monica, California → Southeast Asia (Bangkok)

Career

Occupations
Writer, Novelist, Thriller writer
Active Years
1989-2024
Affiliations
Hallinan Consulting
Nominations
Edgar Award nomination (The Queen of Patpong), Macavity Award nomination (The Queen of Patpong)

Awards

Lefty Award
2015
Work: Herbie's Game
Category: Best Humorous Mystery Novel
Organization: Left Coast Crime
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Herbie's Game

2014 Thriller

Fourth book in the Junior Bender series.

CrimeHumor

The Queen of Patpong

2010 Thriller

Fourth book in the Poke Rafferty series.

BangkokDark past

The Four Last Things

1989 Mystery

First Simeon Grist novel.

Private eyeLos Angeles

Bibliography

  • The Four Last Things
  • Everything but the Squeal
  • Skin Deep
  • Incinerator
  • The Man with No Time
  • The Bone Polisher
  • Pulped
  • A Nail Through the Heart
  • The Fourth Watcher
  • Breathing Water
  • The Queen of Patpong
  • Hansum Man
  • The Fear Artist
  • For the Dead
  • The Hot Countries
  • Fools' River
  • Chalee's Nativity
  • Street Music
  • Crashed
  • Little Elvises
  • The Fame Thief
  • Herbie's Game
  • King Maybe
  • Fields Where They Lay
  • Nighttown
  • Rock of Ages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Thriller-orientedHumorous elements
Recurring Motifs
Bangkok settingsUnderworldPrivate investigators

Legacy

American thriller writer known for series set in Bangkok and Los Angeles.

Trivia

  • Has lived off and on in Bangkok since the early 1980s.
  • Edited the charity anthology 'Shaken' after the 2011 Japan earthquake/tsunami.