The Hammett Prize is awarded annually by the

International Association of Crime Writers International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The T ...

, 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 Samuel Dashiell Hammett (; May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade ('' ...

and was established in 1991.

Past winners

* 1991 - '' Maximum Bob'' by

Elmore Leonard Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense th ...

( 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 James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American author, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won Edgar Awards for ''Black Cherry Blues'' (1990) and ''Cimarron Rose'' (1998), and has also been presented with the Grand Master ...

(Hyperion) * 1994 - '' Under the Beetle's Cellar'' by Mary Willis Walker ( Doubleday) * 1996 - ''

Rose A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be ...

'' by

Martin Cruz Smith Martin Cruz Smith (born November 3, 1942) is an American mystery novelist. He is best known for his nine-novel series (to date) on Russian investigator Arkady Renko, who was first introduced in 1981 with '' Gorky Park''. Early life and educat ...

(

Random House Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. The company has several independently managed subsidiaries around the world. It is part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by Germ ...

) * 1997 - ''Trial of Passion'' by William Deverell (

McClelland & Stewart McClelland & Stewart Limited is a Canadian publishing company. It is owned by Random House of Canada, Penguin Random House of Canada, a branch of Penguin Random House, the international book publishing division of German media giant Bertelsmann. ...

) * 1998 - ''Tidewater Blood'' by William Hoffman ( Algonquin) * 1999 - '' Havana Bay'' by

(Random House) * 2000 - ''

The Blind Assassin ''The Blind Assassin'' is a novel by the Canadian writer Margaret Atwood. It was first published by McClelland and Stewart in 2000. The book is set in the fictional Ontario town of Port Ticonderoga and in Toronto. It is narrated from the prese ...

'' by

Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of non-fiction, ...

(Doubleday/McClelland & Stewart) * 2001 - ''

Kingdom of Shadows ''Kingdom of Shadows'' (2000) is a novel by Alan Furst. It won the 2001 Hammett Prize. Plot summary The story is set in Europe between April 1938 and July 1939, a time of ever-increasing fear and apprehension throughout the continent. ''Nichol ...

'' by Alan Furst (Random House) * 2002 - ''Honor's Kingdom'' by Owen Parry ( Morrow) * 2003 - ''The Seduction of Water'' by

Carol Goodman Carol Goodman, also known under the pseudonym Juliet Dark, is an American professor and author of gothic fiction. She has also written under the pseudonym Lee Carroll with her husband Lee Slonimsky. Goodman currently serves as a creative writing ...

( Ballantine) * 2004 - ''Prince of Thieves: A Novel'' by Chuck Hogan ( Scribner) * 2005 - ''Alibi: A Novel'' by

Joseph Kanon Joseph Kanon (born 1946) is an American author, best known for thriller and spy novels set in the period immediately after World War II. Early life In 1946, Kanon was born in Pennsylvania, U.S. Education Kanon studied at Harvard University, ...

( Henry Holt) * 2006 - ''The Prisoner of Guantánamo'' by Dan Fesperman ( Knopf) * 2007 - ''The Outlander'' by

Gil Adamson Gillian "Gil" Adamson (born January 1, 1961) is a Canadian writer. She won the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2008 for her 2007 novel ''The Outlander''. Adamson's first published work was ''Primitive'', a volume of poetry, in 1991. She foll ...

(

House of Anansi House of Anansi Press is a Canadian publishing company, founded in 1967 by writers Dennis Lee and Dave Godfrey. The company specializes in finding and developing new Canadian writers of literary fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. History Anansi ...

) * 2008 - ''The Turnaround'' by

George Pelecanos George P. Pelecanos (born February 18, 1957) is an American author. Many of his 20 books are in the genre of detective fiction and set primarily in his hometown of Washington, D.C. He is also a film and television producer and a television wri ...

( Little, Brown) * 2009 - ''The Manual of Detection'' by

Jedediah Berry Jedediah Berry (born 1977) is an American writer. He is the author of a novel, ''The Manual of Detection'' (2009). Background and education Berry was born in Randolph, Vermont, and spent his childhood in Catskill, New York. He attended Bard Coll ...

(The Penguin Press) * 2010 - ''The Nearest Exit'' by

Olen Steinhauer Olen Steinhauer (born June 21, 1970 in Baltimore) is an American writer of spy fiction novels, including '' The Tourist'', part of the Milo Weaver series, and the Yalta Boulevard Sequence. Steinhauer also created the TV series '' Berlin Station' ...

(St. Martin's/Minoutar) * 2011 - ''The Killer is Dying'' by

James Sallis James Sallis (born December 21, 1944) is an American crime writer who wrote a series of novels featuring the detective character Lew Griffin set in New Orleans, and the 2005 novel ''Drive'', which was adapted into a 2011 film of the same name ...

(

Walker and Company Bloomsbury Publishing plc is a British worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction. It is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index. Bloomsbury's head office is located in Bloomsbury, an area of the London Borough of Camden. It has a U ...

) * 2012 - ''Oregon Hill'' by Howard Owen (Permanent) * 2013 - ''Angel Baby: A Novel'' by Richard Lange (Mulholland) * 2014 - ''

Mr. Mercedes ''Mr. Mercedes'' is a novel by American writer Stephen King. He calls it his first hard-boiled detective book. It was published on June 3, 2014. It is the first volume in a trilogy, followed in 2015 by '' Finders Keepers'', the first draft of wh ...

'' by

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...

(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 Lou Berney (born 1964) is an American crime fiction author who has published four books since 2010. For his works, Berney has won multiple awards including an Anthony, Barry and Edgar for '' The Long and Faraway Gone''. With ''November Road'', Be ...

( Morrow) * 2019 - ''Bluff'' by

Jane Stanton Hitchcock Jane Stanton Hitchcock (born November 24, 1946) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. She has written several plays but is known mostly for her mystery novels ''Trick of the Eye'', ''The Witches' Hammer'', ''Social Crimes'', '' ...

( Poison Pen) * 2020 - ''When These Mountains Burn'' by David Joy ( Putnam) * 2021 - '' Razorblade Tears'' by S. A. Cosby (Flatiron)

References

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Mystery and detective fiction awards Awards established in 1991 1991 establishments in the United States