CrimeFictionCanada is an online database founded in 2000 by Dr. Marilyn Rose and Dr. Jeanette Sloniowski of
Brock University
Brock University is a public university, public research university in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It is the only university in Canada in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, at the centre of Canada's Niagara Peninsula on the Niagara Escarpment. The ...
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St. Catharines
St. Catharines is the most populous city in Canada's Niagara Region, the eighth largest urban area in the province of Ontario. As of 2021, St. Catharines has an area of and 136,803 residents. It lies in Southern Ontario, south of Toronto ac ...
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Ontario
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, Canada. They are co-editors of Canada's first critical book on Canadian detective fiction, ''Detecting Canada,'' which is currently in press at Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Sloniowski was also a Judge for the Crime Writers of Canada Best Crime Novel in 2007 and 2008. Dr. Philippa Gates of
Wilfrid Laurier University
Wilfrid Laurier University (commonly referred to as WLU or simply Laurier) is a Public university, public university in Ontario, Canada, with campuses in Waterloo, Ontario, Waterloo, Brantford, Ontario, Brantford and Milton, Ontario, Milton. The ...
, a detective fiction researcher who was nominated for an
Edgar Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America which is based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards hon ...
by the
Mystery Writers of America
Mystery Writers of America (MWA) is a professional organization of mystery and crime writers, based in New York City.
The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday.
It presents the E ...
in the Best Critical/Bibliographical Work for her text, "Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective Film," joined the project in May 2005.
The database is broader than its name might suggest. Along with three specifically Canadian sources the data base includes seven lists that cover works of crime, mystery and detection written or produced in English from around the world.
The data base has several sections. There are records of primary sources: Canadian detective fiction - novels; Canadian detective fiction - short stories; crime, mystery and detection television; crime, mystery and detection films, and The Skene-Melvin Collection. The Skene-Melvin Collection of Canadian Crime, Mystery and Detective Fiction at Brock University, was donated to the university by detective fiction bibliographer David Skene-Melvin in 2001. Gates, in association with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (
SSHRC
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC; , CRSH), often colloquially pronounced 'shirk' (), is a Canadian federal research-funding agency that promotes and supports post-secondary research and training in the humani ...
), has also provided funding and research support for the data base.
The lists of secondary sources cover criticism of Canadian crime, mystery and detective fiction; general criticism of crime, mystery and detection; general criticism of crime, mystery and detection television; general criticism of crime, mystery and detection film; theses and dissertations on crime, mystery and detection.
The lists are fully searchable, by author, titles, publishers, and keywords. The keywords include subgenres such as the "cozy", the "police procedural", "PI", "noir", "gangster", and "heist". The site is intended both for the general public and for research scholars.
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External links
CrimeFictionCanadaCrime Writers' Association of Canada
Internet properties established in 2000
2000 establishments in Ontario
St. Catharines