Hammett Prize

The Hammett Prize is awarded annually by the , 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]

Past winners[]

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)
2013 - Angel Baby: A Novel by Richard Lange (Mulholland)
2014 - Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King (Scribner)
2015 - The Do-Right by Lisa Sandlin (Cinco Puntos Press)
2016 - The White Devil by Domenic Stansberry (Molotov Editions)
2017 - August Snow by Stephen Mack Jones (Soho Crime)
2018 - November Road by Lou Berney (Morrow)
2019 - Bluff by Jane Stanton Hitchcock (Poison Pen)
2020 - When These Mountains Burn by David Joy (Putnam)

References[]

^ Thrillingdetective.com
^ "BPL.burnaby.bc.ca". Archived from the original on 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2009-03-27.

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[1] Thrillingdetective.com

[2] "BPL.burnaby.bc.ca". Archived from the original on 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2009-03-27.

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