Hammett Prize

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]

Winners
Hammet Prize winners[3]
Year Author Title Publisher
1991 Elmore Leonard Maximum Bob Delacorte
1992 Alice Hoffman Turtle Moon Putnam
1993 James Crumley The Mexican Tree Duck Mysterious Press
1994 James Lee Burke Dixie City Jam Hyperion
1994 Mary Willis Walker Under the Beetle's Cellar Doubleday
1996 Martin Cruz Smith Rose Random House
1997 William Deverell Trial of Passion McClelland & Stewart
1998 William Hoffman Tidewater Blood Algonquin
1999 Martin Cruz Smith Havana Bay Random House
2000 Margaret Atwood The Blind Assassin Doubleday/McClelland & Stewart
2001 Alan Furst Kingdom of Shadows Random House
2002 Owen Parry Honor's Kingdom Morrow
2003 Carol Goodman The Seduction of Water Ballantine
2004 Chuck Hogan Prince of Thieves: A Novel Scribner
2005 Joseph Kanon Alibi: A Novel Henry Holt
2006 Dan Fesperman The Prisoner of Guantánamo Knopf
2007 Gil Adamson The Outlander House of Anansi
2008 George Pelecanos The Turnaround Little, Brown
2009 Jedediah Berry The Manual of Detection The Penguin Press
2010 Olen Steinhauer The Nearest Exit St. Martin's/Minoutar
2011 James Sallis The Killer is Dying Walker and Company
2012 Howard Owen Oregon Hill Permanent
2013 Richard Lange Angel Baby: A Novel Mulholland
2014 Stephen King Mr. Mercedes Scribner
2015 Lisa Sandlin The Do-Right Cinco Puntos Press
2016 Domenic Stansberry The White Devil Molotov Editions
2017 Stephen Mack Jones August Snow Soho Crime
2018 Lou Berney November Road Morrow
2019 Jane Stanton Hitchcock Bluff Poisoned Pen
2020 David Joy When These Mountains Burn Putnam
2021 S. A. Cosby Razorblade Tears Flatiron

References
  1. "Mystery Book Awards". Burnaby Public Library. Archived from the original on 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  2. "The Dashiell Hammett Awards". Thrilling Detective. Archived from the original on 2009-08-01. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
  3. "IACW/NA: Hammett Prize: Past Years". International Association of Crime Writers, North America. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
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