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. It is named after crime-writer Dashiell Hammett and was established in 1991.

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)

External links

• Award guidelines
• Past Winners (including nominees)

• Thrillingdetective.com
• BPL.burnaby.bc.ca