Stefanie Pintoff
Stefanie Pintoff is an American author of historical mystery novels. Work
Stefanie 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. Her book In the Shadow of Gotham won the Minotaur/Mystery Writers of America Award for "Best First Crime Novel", the 2010 Edgar Award for Best First Novel<ref>{{Cite web|title=Edgar Awards Database|url=http://theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php}}</ref> 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
 In the Shadow of Gotham, Minotaur Books, 2009
 A Curtain Falls, Minotaur Books, 2010
 Secret of the White Rose, Minotaur Books, 2011Hostage Taker, Ballantine Books, 2015City on Edge'', Bantam, 2016

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http://us.macmillan.com/author/stefaniepintoff

21st-century American novelists
American mystery writers
American women novelists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Writers of historical mysteries
Women mystery writers
21st-century American women writers
Women historical novelists