HAMMETT PRIZE NOMINEES

2013 HAMMETT PRIZE NOMINEES 

 The Hammett Prize is given annually by the North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers to honor literary excellence in the field of crime-writing published in the English language in the US and/or Canada. The 2013 award, given in 2014 for books published in 2013, will be presented at the Bloody Words Conference in Toronto, June 6-8, 2014.
 

The prize is named after Dashiell Hammett, author of The Maltese Falcom featuring Sam Spade and The Thin Man with the beloved characters of Nick and Nora Charles.  He died in 1961 a highly regarded author of classic hard-boiled detective novels.

The award is always for books released in the prior year. Thus the nominees are for 2013 books as follows.


2013 Hammett Prize Nominees
  °      Cataract City by Craig Davidson
  °      Green Light for Murder by Heywood Gould
  °      Angel Baby by Richard Lange
  °      Caught by Lisa Moore
  °      The Double by George P. Pelecanos

LAST YEARS NOMINEES AND WINNER

2012 Hammett Prize
  *      Oregon Hill by Howard Owen  (Winner)
  °      Defending Jacob by William Landay
  °      Truth Like the Sun by Jim Lynch
  °      Patient Number 7 by Kurt Palka
  °      Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson