The Hammett Prize is awarded annually by the International Association of Crime Writers, North American Branch (IACW/NA) to a Canadian or US citizen or permanent resident for a book in English in the field of crime writing.
It is named after crime-writer Dashiell Hammett[1] and was established in 1991.[2]
Winner’s…
1991 – Maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard (Delcorte)
1992 – Turtle Moon by Alice Hoffman (Putnam)
1993 – The Mexican Tree Duck by James Crumley (Mysterious Press)
1994 – Dixie City Jam by James Lee Burke (Hyperion)
1994 – Under the Beetle’s Cellar by Mary Willis Walker (Doubleday)
1996 – Rose by Martin Cruz Smith (Random House)
1997 – Trial of Passion by William Deverell (McClelland & Stewart)
1998 – Tidewater Blood by William Hoffman (Algonquin)
1999 – Havana Bay by Martin Cruz Smith (Random House)
2000 – The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (Doubleday/McClelland & Stewart)
2001 – Kingdom of Shadows by Alan Furst (Random House)
2002 – Honor’s Kingdom by Owen Parry (Morrow)
2003 – The Seduction of Water by Carol Goodman (Ballantine)
2004 – Prince of Thieves: A Novel by Chuck Hogan (Scribner)
2005 – Alibi: A Novel by Joseph Kanon (Henry Holt)
2006 – The Prisoner of Guantánamo by Dan Fesperman (Knopf)
2007 – The Outlander by Gil Adamson (House of Anansi)
2008 – The Turnaround by George Pelecanos (Little, Brown)
2009 – The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry (The Penguin Press)
2010 – The Nearest Exit by Olen Steinhauer (St.Martin’s/Minoutar)
2011 – The Killer is Dying by James Sallis (Walker and Company)
2012 – Oregon Hill by Howard Owen (Permanent)
External link’s…
. Award guidelines (http://www.crimewritersna.org/hammett/index.htm)
. Past Winners (including nominees) (http://www.crimewritersna.org/hammett/past.htm)
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References…
. Retrieved from “http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hammett_Prize&oldid=587959461“
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