Steve Hamilton (author)

Steve Hamilton
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	American
Education	University of Michigan
Genre	Crime Fiction
Notable works	The Second Life of Nick Mason, Exit Strategy, A Cold Day In Paradise, Winter of The Wolf Moon, The Hunting Wind, Misery Bay, Die A Stranger, The Lock Artist
Notable awards	2010 Edgar Award For Best Novelist of The Year
Spouse	Julia
Children	2

Steve Hamilton is an American mystery writer who is known for the Alex McKnight series. Apart from his Alex McKnight books, Hamilton has written Night Work and The Lock Artist. His works have won the Edgar Award, Shamus 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

A Cold Day in Paradise (1998)

• 1997 St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers of America Best First P.I. Novel by unpublished writer
• 1999 MWA Edgar Allan Poe for Best First
• 1999 PWA Shamus for Best First
• 1999 Finalist for Anthony Best First
• 1999 Finalist for Barry Best First

Winter of the Wolf Moon (2000)

• 2001 Finalist Barry for Best Novel
• 2000 New York Times Notable Book List

North of Nowhere (2003)

• 2003 Finalist Shamus for Best Novel
• 2003 Finalist Anthony for Best Mystery
• 2003 Finalist Barry for Best Novel

Blood is the Sky (2004)

• 2004 Finalist Shamus for Best Novel
• 2004 Finalist Anthony for Best Mystery
• 2004 Gumshoe Award

A Stolen Season (2006)

• 2007 Finalist Nero

Night Work (2007)

• 2008 Finalist Gold Dagger (Duncan Lawrie Dagger)

The Lock Artist (2010)

• 2011 Edgar for Best Novel
• 2011 Barry for Best Novel
• 2011 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award
• 2011 Alex Award
• 2011 Finalist Anthony for Best Mystery
• 2011 Finalist Gold Dagger (Duncan Lawrie 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 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 (coming)

Other

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