Charles Finch

For other uses, see Charles Finch (disambiguation).

Charles Finch
Born	1980 (age 43–44) New York City, United States
Occupation	Author
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Yale University Merton College, Oxford
Genre	Mystery novels

Charles Finch (born 1980) is an American author and literary critic, notable for his series of mystery novels set in Victorian era England and his prize-winning 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. He lives in Chicago.

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 and was nominated for the Agatha Award for best new mystery of 2007. The September Society, Finch's second historical mystery featuring the Charles Lenox character, was published in 2008. The Fleet Street Murders came out in 2009 and was nominated for the Nero Award. A Stranger in Mayfair, the fourth Lenox mystery, was released in 2010. A Burial at Sea, A Death in the Small Hours, An Old Betrayal, The Laws of Murder, Home by Nightfall, and The Inheritance were released in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016, respectively. The Woman in the Water, released in 2018, is a prequel presenting the beginning of Lenox’s career in detection. All eleven books are published by St. Martin's Minotaur, a division of St. Martin's Press.

Finch's first contemporary novel, The Last Enchantments, was published by St. Martin's Press in early 2014.

He has written for The New York Times and Slate and regularly reviews books for The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, the Chicago Tribune and USA Today. 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. He won the award in 2017.

Bibliography

Charles Lenox series

• A Beautiful Blue Death, 2007 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-312-35977-5
  • 2007 Large print ISBN 978-0-7862-9921-8
  • 2008 Paperback ISBN 978-0-312-38607-8
  • 2009 German translation (Bella Indigo) ISBN 978-3-404-15989-5
  • 2010 Russian translation (Прекрасная голубая смерть) ISBN 978-5-17-052226-2
  • 2011 Audio ISBN 978-1-4526-5454-6
• The September Society, 2008 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-312-35978-2
  • 2009 Paperback ISBN 978-0-312-56494-0
  • 2010 Large print ISBN 978-1-60285-666-0
  • 2010 German translation (September Society der Club der tödlichen Gentlemen) ISBN 978-3-404-16378-6
  • 2011 Audio ISBN 978-1-4526-5455-3
• The Fleet Street Murders, 2009 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-312-56551-0
  • 2009 Large print ISBN 978-1-60285-655-4
  • 2010 Paperback ISBN 978-0-312-65027-8
  • 2011 Audio ISBN 978-1-4526-5456-0
• A Stranger in Mayfair, 2010 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-312-62506-1
  • 2011 Audio ISBN 978-1-4526-5457-7
  • 2011 Large print ISBN 978-1-61173-080-7
  • 2011 Paperback ISBN 978-0-312-61695-3
• A Burial at Sea, 2011 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-312-62508-5
  • 2011 Audio ISBN 978-1-4526-5458-4
  • 2012 Paperback ISBN 978-1-2500-0814-5
  • 2012 Large print ISBN 978-1-6117-3321-1
• A Death in the Small Hours, 2012 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-250-01160-2
  • 2012 Audio ISBN 978-1-6240-6152-3
  • 2013 Large print ISBN 978-1-6117-3641-0
  • 2013 Paperback ISBN 978-1-2500-3149-5
• An Old Betrayal, 2013 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-2500-1161-9
  • 2013 Audio ISBN 978-1-6240-6777-8
  • 2014 Large print ISBN 978-1-6117-3961-9
  • 2014 Paperback ISBN 978-1-2500-4910-0
• The Laws of Murder, 2014 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-250-05130-1
  • 2014 Audio ISBN 978-1-4272-4365-2
  • 2015 Large print ISBN 978-1-6289-9420-9
  • 2015 Paperback ISBN 978-1-2500-6744-9
• Home by Nightfall, 2015 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-250-07041-8
  • 2016 Audio ISBN 978-1-5012-6269-2
  • 2016 Large print ISBN 978-1-6289-9974-7
  • 2016 Paperback ISBN 978-1-2500-9364-6
• The Inheritance, 2016 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-250-07042-5
  • 2016 Audio ISBN 978-1-5012-6275-3
  • 2017 Large print ISBN 978-1-6832-4280-2
  • 2017 Paperback ISBN 978-1-2501-3019-8
• The Woman in the Water, 2018 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-250-13946-7
  • 2018 Audio ISBN 978-1-5414-1522-5

Other work

• The Last Enchantments, 2014 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-2500-1871-7
  • Paperback ISBN 978-1-2500-6325-0
  • Large print ISBN 978-1-4272-4365-2
  • Audio ISBN 978-1-4272-4138-2

References

==External links==

• St. Martin's Author Profile
• Video Interview with The Wall Street Journal
• Questions & Answers with Charles Finch
• Charles Finch: A Death in Small Hours, Interview with MaryAnne Kolton in the Herald de Paris