• Source: Steve Hamilton (author)

      • Steve Hamilton is an American mystery writer who is known for the series of novels featuring private investigator Alex McKnight . Apart from his Alex McKnight books, Hamilton has written Night Work (2007) and The Lock Artist (2010). His works have won the Edgar Award, Shamus Award Award and Barry Award.


      Books


      His first book, A Cold Day in Paradise, won multiple awards and introduced Alex McKnight, a private detective.
      In 2000, Hamilton's released his second Alex McKnight novel, Winter of the Wolf Moon, which was featured in The New York Times Book Review as a "Notable Book of the Year". To date, ten books and one short story in the Alex McKnight series have been published and they have been translated into 12 languages.
      His standalone novel The Lock Artist won an Edgar Award for best novel, a CWA Steel Dagger for best thriller in the UK, and an Alex Award from the American Library Association.
      His 2016 novel, The Second Life of Nick Mason, debuted on the New York Times bestseller list in both Hardcover Fiction and Combined Print and E-Book Fiction, and also appeared on the Publishers Weekly, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and National Independent bestseller lists. It was also selected as one of five finalists for the prestigious Hammett Prize for literary excellence in crime fiction, and was nominated for a Barry Award for Best Novel of the Year.


      Personal


      Hamilton is married and has two kids. They live in New York. He wrote his first twelve books while working for IBM, writing at night after his family had gone to bed.


      Awards



      Winter of the Wolf Moon (2000)

      2001 Finalist, Barry Award for Best Novel
      North of Nowhere (2003)

      2003 Finalist, Shamus Award for Best Novel
      2003 Finalist, Anthony Award for Best Mystery
      2003 Finalist, Barry Award for Best Novel
      Blood is the Sky (2004)

      2004 Finalist, Shamus Award for Best Novel
      2004 Finalist, Anthony Award for Best Mystery
      2004 Gumshoe Award
      A Stolen Season (2006)

      2007 Finalist, Nero Award
      Night Work (2007)

      2008 Finalist, Gold Dagger
      The Lock Artist (2010)

      2011 Edgar Award for Best Novel
      2011 Barry Award for Best Novel
      2011 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
      2011 Alex Award
      2011 Finalist, Anthony Award for Best Mystery
      2011 Finalist, Gold Dagger
      2010 Finalist, Dilys Award
      2013 The Best Translated Mystery of the Year in Japan (2013 Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!)
      The Second Life of Nick Mason (2016)

      2017 Finalist, Dashiell Hammett Award
      2017 Finalist, Barry Award for Best Novel


      Bibliography




      = Alex McKnight Series

      =
      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)
      Beneath the Book Tower: An Alex McKnight Short Story (2011)
      Misery Bay (2011)
      Die a Stranger (2012)
      Let It Burn (2013)
      Dead Man Running (2018)
      Riddle Island (Short Story) (2020)


      = Nick Mason Series

      =
      The Second Life of Nick Mason (2016)
      Exit Strategy (2017)
      An Honorable Assassin (2024)


      = Other

      =
      Night Work (2007)
      The Lock Artist (2010)
      The Bounty (with Janet Evanovich) (2021)


      References

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