title: Hammett Prize
text: # 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. Established in 1991, it is named after crime-writer Dashiell Hammett.
  
  ## Winners
  
  Hammet Prize winners :
  
  | Year | Author | Title | Publisher |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | Elmore Leonard | Maximum Bob | Delacorte |
  | 1992 | Alice Hoffman | Turtle Moon | Putnam |
  | 1993 | James Crumley | The Mexican Tree Duck | Mysterious Press |
  | 1994 | James Lee Burke | Dixie City Jam | Hyperion |
  | 1994 | Mary Willis Walker | Under the Beetle's Cellar | Doubleday |
  | 1996 | Martin Cruz Smith | Rose | Random House |
  | 1997 | William Deverell | Trial of Passion | McClelland & Stewart |
  | 1998 | William Hoffman | Tidewater Blood | Algonquin |
  | 1999 | Martin Cruz Smith | Havana Bay | Random House |
  | 2000 | Margaret Atwood | The Blind Assassin | Doubleday/McClelland & Stewart |
  | 2001 | Alan Furst | Kingdom of Shadows | Random House |
  | 2002 | Owen Parry | Honor's Kingdom | Morrow |
  | 2003 | Carol Goodman | The Seduction of Water | Ballantine |
  | 2004 | Chuck Hogan | Prince of Thieves: A Novel | Scribner |
  | 2005 | Joseph Kanon | Alibi: A Novel | Henry Holt |
  | 2006 | Dan Fesperman | The Prisoner of Guantánamo | Knopf |
  | 2007 | Gil Adamson | The Outlander | House of Anansi |
  | 2008 | George Pelecanos | The Turnaround | Little, Brown |
  | 2009 | Jedediah Berry | The Manual of Detection | The Penguin Press |
  | 2010 | Olen Steinhauer | The Nearest Exit | St. Martin's/Minoutar |
  | 2011 | James Sallis | The Killer is Dying | Walker and Company |
  | 2012 | Howard Owen | Oregon Hill | Permanent |
  | 2013 | Richard Lange | Angel Baby: A Novel | Mulholland |
  | 2014 | Stephen King | Mr. Mercedes | Scribner |
  | 2015 | Lisa Sandlin | The Do-Right | Cinco Puntos Press |
  | 2016 | Domenic Stansberry | The White Devil | Molotov Editions |
  | 2017 | Stephen Mack Jones | August Snow | Soho Crime |
  | 2018 | Lou Berney | November Road | Morrow |
  | 2019 | Jane Stanton Hitchcock | Bluff | Poisoned Pen |
  | 2020 | David Joy | When These Mountains Burn | Putnam |
  | 2021 | S. A. Cosby | Razorblade Tears | Flatiron |
  