Charles Finch
Charles Finch (born 1980) is an American author and literary critic. He has written a series of mystery novels set in Victorian era England, as well as literary fiction and numerous essays and book reviews.
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Born | 1980 (age 40–41) New York City |
Occupation | Author |
Alma mater | Yale University Merton College, Oxford |
Genre | Mystery novels Literary fiction Literary Criticism |
Life and career
Finch was born in New York City. He graduated from Phillips Academy and Yale University, where he majored in English and History. He also holds a master's degree in Renaissance English Literature from Merton College, Oxford. He is the grandson of American artist and writer Anne Truitt.[1]
His first published novel, A Beautiful Blue Death, introduced gentleman sleuth Charles Lenox. The book was named one of Library Journal’s Best Books of 2007[2] and was nominated for the Agatha Award for best new mystery of 2007.[3] The Fleet Street Murders came out in 2009 and was nominated for the Nero Award.[4] The Woman in the Water, released in 2018, is a prequel presenting the beginning of Lenox’s career in detection. The series is published by St. Martin's Minotaur, a division of St. Martin's Press.[5]
Finch's first contemporary novel, The Last Enchantments, was published by St. Martin's Press in early 2014.[6][7]
He has written for The New York Times and Slate[8] and regularly writes essays and criticism for The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, the Guardian, the Chicago Tribune and USA Today.[9][10] He was a 2014 finalist for the National Book Critics Circle's Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing, losing to Alexandra Schwartz of The New Yorker.[11] He won the award in 2017.[12][13]
Finch serves on the curatorial board of the arts colony Ragdale[14] and the board of the National Book Critics Circle.[15]
Bibliography
Charles Lenox series
- A Beautiful Blue Death, 2007 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-312-35977-5
- The September Society, 2008 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-312-35978-2
- The Fleet Street Murders, 2009 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-312-56551-0
- A Stranger in Mayfair, 2010 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-312-62506-1
- A Burial at Sea, 2011 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-312-62508-5
- A Death in the Small Hours, 2012 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-250-01160-2
- An Old Betrayal, 2013 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-2500-1161-9
- The Laws of Murder, 2014 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-250-05130-1
- Home by Nightfall, 2015 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-250-07041-8
- The Inheritance, 2016 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-250-07042-5
- The Woman in the Water (prequel), 2018 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-250-13946-7
- The Vanishing Man (prequel), 2019 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-250-31136-8
- The Last Passenger (prequel), 2020 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-250-31220-4
- An Extravagant Death, 2021 Hardcover ISBN 9781250767134
- 2021 Audio ISBN 9781250767134
References
- Archives of American Art Interview with Anne Truitt retrieved February 10, 2010
- "Best Books 2007". Library Journal. 2007.
- "Agatha Awards". Malice Domestic. 2008. Archived from the original on 2017-01-21.
- "Nominations for 2010 Nero Award Announced". Mystery Books News. 2010.
- "Charles Finch". Macmillan Books. 2008. Archived from the original on 2010-01-10. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
- "Meet the Authors: Susanna Gregory Interviews Charles Finch". Little Brown. 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
- Curtis Brown - The Last Enchantments retrieved January 23, 2012
- "Charles Finch". Slate. 2014.
- "Charles Finch". USA Today. 2013.
- "Charles Finch". The New York Times. 2015.
- "Charles Finch". Newsday. 2015.
- "National Book Critics Circle Award Announces Finalists For 2017 Award". National Book Critics Circle. January 21, 2018. Archived from the original on January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- John Maher (January 22, 2018). "2017 NBCC Awards Finalists Announced". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- "Curatorial Board". Ragdale. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- "Board of Directors". National Book Critics Circle. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.