Stuart M. Kaminsky

Stuart M. Kaminsky
Born(1934-09-29)September 29, 1934
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedOctober 9, 2009(2009-10-09) (aged 75)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
OccupationMystery writer, novelist
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (BS, MA)
Northwestern University (PhD)
SpouseEnid Perll[1]

Stuart M. Kaminsky (September 29, 1934[2] – October 9, 2009) was an American mystery writer and film professor. He is known for three long-running series of mystery novels featuring the protagonists Toby Peters, a private detective in 1940s Hollywood (1977-2004); Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov, a Moscow police inspector (1981-2010); and veteran Chicago police officer Abe Lieberman (1990-2007). There is also a fourth series featuring a Sarasota, Florida, process server named Lew Fonesca (1999-2009).

Kaminsky's Inspector Rostnikov novel A Cold Red Sunrise received the 1989 Edgar Award for Best Novel. He earned six other Edgar nominations, most recently for the 2005 non-fiction book Behind the Mystery: Top Mystery Writers Interviewed, which was also nominated for an Anthony Award, a Macavity Award, and an Agatha Award. In 2006 Kaminsky received the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America.[3] Kaminsky wrote sixty-three novels and eleven non-fiction books in addition to various other works such as short story collections, graphic novels, screenplays, television scripts and theatrical plays.

  1. ^ Kelleher, Lauren; Scoggin, Andrew (2009-10-16). "Novelist, Alum Remembered for Love Of Life, NU". Daily Northwestern. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  2. ^ Elizabeth Sleeman; Alison Neale, eds. (2003). International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004 (19th revised ed.). Routledge. p. 283. ISBN 978-1-85743-179-7.
  3. ^ "Edgar Award Winners & Nominees database". Mystery Writers of America. c. 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-02-15. Retrieved 2008-02-19.