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. Established in 1991, [1] it is named after crime-writer Dashiell Hammett. [2]
Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1991 | Elmore Leonard | Maximum Bob | Winner | [5] |
Jerome Charyn | Elsinore | Finalist | ||
Norman Mailer | Harlot’s Ghost | Finalist | ||
Paul West | The Women of Whitechapel & Jack the Ripper | Finalist | ||
Robertson Davies | Murther & Walking Spirits | Finalist | ||
1992 | Alice Hoffman | Turtle Moon | Winner | [5] |
Daniel Woodrell | The Ones You Do | Special mention | ||
Donald E. Westlake | Humans | Finalist | ||
Jane Stanton Hitchcock | Trick of the Eye | Finalist | ||
Walter Mosley | White Butterfly | Finalist | ||
1993 | James Crumley | The Mexican Tree Duck | Winner | [5] |
Michael Connelly | The Black Ice | Finalist | ||
Randall Silvis | An Occasional Hell | Finalist | ||
Sandra West Prowell | By Evil Means | Finalist | ||
Steven Saylor | Catilina’s Riddle | Finalist | ||
1994 | James Lee Burke | Dixie City Jam | Winner | [5] |
Laura Joh Rowland | Shinjū | Finalist | ||
Mikal Gilmore | Shot in the Heart | Finalist | ||
Pinckney Benedict | Dogs of God | Finalist | ||
Steve Lopez | Third and Indiana | Finalist | ||
1995 | Mary Willis Walker | Under the Beetle's Cellar | Winner | [5] |
Andrew Klavan | True Crime | Finalist | ||
Michael Connelly | The Last Coyote | Finalist | ||
Susan Taylor Chehak | Smithereens | Finalist | ||
Thomas H. Cook | Breakheart Hill | Finalist | ||
1996 | Martin Cruz Smith | Rose | Winner | [5] |
James W. Hall | Buzz Cut | Finalist | ||
Michael Connelly | The Poet | Finalist | ||
Peter Robinson | Innocent Graves | Finalist | ||
Stephen Solomita | Damaged Goods | Finalist | ||
1997 | William Deverell | Trial of Passion | Winner | [5] |
Bill Pronzini | A Wasteland of Strangers | Finalist | ||
James Lee Burke | Cimarron Rose | Finalist | ||
L. R. Wright | Acts of Murder | Finalist | ||
Michael Connelly | Trunk Music | Finalist | ||
1998 | William Hoffman | Tidewater Blood | Winner | [5] |
Daniel Woodrell | Tomato Red | Finalist | ||
Domenic Stansberry | The Last Days of Il Duce | Finalist | ||
Kevin McColley | Praying to a Laughing God | Finalist | ||
Robert Noah | The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa | Finalist | ||
1999 | Martin Cruz Smith | Havana Bay | Winner | [5] |
James Lee Burke | Heartwood | Finalist | ||
Peter Robinson | In a Dry Season | Finalist | ||
Robert Crais | L.A. Requiem | Finalist | ||
Scott Turow | Personal Injuries | Finalist | ||
2000 | Margaret Atwood | The Blind Assassin | Winner | [5] |
Brad Smith | One-Eyed Jacks | Finalist | ||
Joe R. Lansdale | The Bottoms | Finalist | ||
Scott Phillips | The Ice Harvest | Finalist | ||
Stephen Hunter | Hot Springs | Finalist | ||
2001 | Alan Furst | Kingdom of Shadows | Winner | [5] |
Dennis Lehane | Mystic River | Finalist | ||
George Pelecanos | Right as Rain | Finalist | ||
Rob Reuland | Hollowpoint | Finalist | ||
T. Jefferson Parker | Silent Joe | Finalist | ||
2002 | Owen Parry | Honor’s Kingdom | Winner | [5] |
J. Robert Janes | Flykiller | Finalist | ||
James Lee Burke | The Jolie Blon’s Bounce | Finalist | ||
John Case | The Eighth Day | Finalist | ||
Walter Mosley | Bad Boy Brawly Brown | Finalist | ||
2003 | Carol Goodman | The Seduction of Water | Winner | [5] |
Dennis Lehane | Shutter Island | Finalist | ||
Giles Blunt | The Delicate Storm | Finalist | ||
Laura Lippman | Every Secret Thing | Finalist | ||
Michael Gruber | Tropic of Night | Finalist | ||
2004 | Chuck Hogan | Prince of Thieves | Winner | [5] |
Colin Harrison | The Havana Room | Finalist | ||
John Katzenbach | The Madman's Tale | Finalist | ||
Peter Robinson | Playing with Fire | Finalist | ||
T. Jefferson Parker | California Girl | Finalist | ||
2005 | Joseph Kanon | Alibi | Winner | [5] |
Cormac McCarthy | No Country for Old Men | Finalist | ||
Don Winslow | The Power of the Dog | Finalist | ||
John Brady | Islandbridge | Finalist | ||
Martin Límon | The Door to Bitterness | Finalist | ||
2006 | Dan Fesperman | The Prisoner of Guantánamo | Winner | [5] |
Bill Pronzini | The Crimes of Jordan Wise | Finalist | ||
Jim Nisbet | Dark Companion | Finalist | ||
John Case | Ghost Dancer | Finalist | ||
Robert Ward | Four Kinds of Rain | Finalist | ||
2007 | Gil Adamson | The Outlander | Winner | [5] [6] |
Katie Estill | Dahlia’s Gone | Finalist | [6] | |
Martin Cruz Smith | Stalin’s Ghost | Finalist | [6] | |
Michael Chabon | The Yiddish Policemen's Union | Finalist | [6] | |
Michael Dibdin | End Games | Finalist | [6] | |
2008 | George Pelecanos | The Turnaround | Winner | [5] |
Abraham Rodríguez | South by South Bronx | Finalist | ||
Colin Harrison | The Finder | Finalist | ||
David Levien | City of the Sun | Finalist | ||
Heywood Gould | Leading Lady | Finalist | ||
2009 | Jedediah Berry | The Manual of Detection | Winner | [5] |
Ace Atkins | Devil’s Garden | Finalist | [7] | |
George Pelecanos | The Way Home | Finalist | [7] | |
Megan Abbott | Bury Me Deep | Finalist | [7] | |
Walter Mosley | The Long Fall | Finalist | [7] | |
2010 | Olen Steinhauer | The Nearest Exit | Winner | [5] |
Jonathan Eig | Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America’s Most Wanted Gangster | Finalist | ||
T. Jefferson Parker | Iron River | Finalist | ||
Tom Franklin | Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter | Finalist | ||
2011 | James Sallis | The Killer Is Dying | Winner | [5] |
James Lee Burke | Feast Day of Fools | Finalist | ||
Michael Ondaatje | The Cat's Table | Finalist | ||
Sara Gran | Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead | Finalist | ||
Thomas Perry | The Informant | Finalist | ||
2012 | Howard Owen | Oregon Hill | Winner | [5] [8] [9] |
G. Willow Wilson | Alif the Unseen | Finalist | [9] [10] | |
Jim Lynch | Truth Like the Sun | Finalist | [9] [10] | |
Kurt Palka | Patient Number 7 | Finalist | [9] [10] | |
William Landay | Defending Jacob | Finalist | [9] [10] | |
2013 | Richard Lange | Angel Baby | Winner | [5] |
Craig Davidson | Cataract City | Finalist | [11] | |
George P. Pelecanos | The Double | Finalist | [11] | |
Heywood Gould | Green Light for Murder | Finalist | [11] | |
Lisa Moore | Caught | Finalist | [11] | |
2014 | Stephen King | Mr. Mercedes | Winner | |
James Lee Burke | Wayfaring Stranger | Finalist | [12] | |
Krista Foss | Smoke River | Finalist | [12] | |
Peyton Marshall | Goodhouse | Finalist | [12] | |
Tod Goldberg | Gangsterland | Finalist | [12] | |
2015 | Lisa Sandlin | The Do-Right | Winner | [13] |
Harlan Coben | The Stranger | Finalist | ||
Harry Brandt | The Whites | Finalist | ||
Michael J. McCann | Sorrow Lake | Finalist | ||
Stu Strumwasser | The Organ Broker | Finalist | ||
2016 | Domenic Stansberry | The White Devil | Winner | |
Bob Truluck | The Big Nothing | Finalist | [14] | |
Duane Swierczynski | Revolver | Finalist | ||
Nicholas Petrie | The Drifter | Finalist | ||
Steve Hamilton | The Second Life of Nick Mason | Finalist | ||
2017 | Stephen Mack Jones | August Snow | Winner | |
Ernest J. Gaines | The Tragedy of Brady Sims | Finalist | ||
Karen Dionne | The Marsh King’s Daughter | Finalist | ||
Randall Silvis | Two Days Gone | Finalist | ||
2018 | Lou Berney | November Road | Winner | [15] [16] |
Lisa Unger | Under My Skin | Finalist | [15] | |
Robert Olen Butler | Paris in the Dark | Finalist | [15] | |
Sam Wiebe | Cut You Down | Finalist | [15] | |
William Boyle | The Lonely Witness | Finalist | [15] | |
2019 | Jane Stanton Hitchcock | Bluff | Winner | [17] [18] |
Jonathan Moore | Blood Relations | Finalist | [17] [18] | |
Nicholas Meyer | The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols | Finalist | [17] [18] | |
Peter Houlahan | Norco ’80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History | Finalist | [17] [18] | |
William Bayer | The Murals | Finalist | [17] [18] | |
2020 | David Joy | When These Mountains Burn | Winner | [19] [20] |
Cara Black | Three Hours in Paris | Finalist | [19] [21] | |
David Heska Wanbli Weiden | Winter Counts | Finalist | [19] [21] | |
Nev March | Murder in Old Bombay | Finalist | [19] [21] | |
Sarah Stewart Taylor | The Mountains Wild | Finalist | [19] [21] | |
2021 | S. A. Cosby | Razorblade Tears | Winner | [22] |
William Deverell | Stung | Finalist | [23] | |
James Kestrel | Five Decembers | Finalist | [23] | |
Colson Whitehead | Harlem Shuffle | Finalist | [23] | |
Robin Yocum | The Sacrifice of Lester Yates | Finalist | [23] | |
2022 | Samantha Jayne Allen | Pay Dirt Road | Winner | [24] [25] |
Brad Smith | Copperhead Road | Finalist | [24] [26] | |
Eli Cranor | Don't Know Tough | Finalist | [24] [26] | |
Lisa Scottoline | What Happened to the Bennetts | Finalist | [24] [26] | |
Chuck Hogan | Gangland | Finalist | [24] [26] | |
2023 | Colson Whitehead | Crook Manifesto | Winner | |
Gail Anderson-Dargatz | The Almost Widow | Finalist | ||
Sterling Watson | Night Letter | Finalist | ||
Clémence Michallon | The Quiet Tenant | Finalist | ||
Margaret Verble | Stealing | Finalist |
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