Stefanie Pintoff is an American author of historical mystery novels.
Work
editStefanie Pintoff’s books take place in New York City in the early 1900s. Her character Simon Ziele is a police detective who lost his fiancée in a steamship accident, and Alistair Sinclair is a talented and egotistical criminologist. Her work is known for intricate plots and historical details, with a focus on early criminal science.[1]
Her book In the Shadow of Gotham won the Minotaur/Mystery Writers of America Award for "Best First Crime Novel",[2] the 2010 Edgar Award for Best First Novel[3] and a 2011 Washington Irving Book Award.
The 1904 General Slocum disaster played a prominent role in two of her novels: In the Shadow of Gotham and Secret of the White Rose.
Bibliography
editReferences
edit- ^ "A Visitor to the World of the Past: PW Talks with Stephanie Pintoff". Publishers Weekly. 2011-03-14.
- ^ ""Interview: Stefanie Pintoff's Writing Future Takes Root In The Past", Spinetingler Magazine, 06/15/2010". Archived from the original on 2010-07-09.
- ^ "Edgar Awards Database".
- ^ ""In the Shadow of Gotham", Publishers Weekly, 03/09/2009".
- ^ ""A Curtain Falls", Publishers Weekly, 03/15/2010".
- ^ ""Secret of the White Rose", The New York Times, 05/22/2011".
- ^ ""Secret of the White Rose", Publishers Weekly, 03/07/2011".
- ^ "Hostage Taker". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.