Awards & Winners

Peter Abrahams

Date of Birth 28-June-1947
Place of Birth Boston
(Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America, Area code 617, Area code 857)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Spencer Quinn
Profession Writer
Peter Abrahams is an American writer of crime thrillers. His works include Oblivion, The Tutor, The Fury of Rachel Monette, Hard Rain, The Fan, Crying Wolf, Last of the Dixie Heroes, the Echo Falls Mysteries, and Lights Out, the last of which was nominated for an Edgar Award for best novel. His literary influences are Vladimir Nabokov, Graham Greene, and Ross Macdonald. Stephen King has referred to him as "my favorite American suspense novelist". Born in Boston, Abrahams previously lived in Ottawa and worked as a CBC television producer. He is currently living in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod with his wife and children.

Awards by Peter Abrahams

Check all the awards nominated and won by Peter Abrahams.

2010


Edgar Award for Best Young Adult
Honored for : Reality Check

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Reality Check

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Agatha Award for Best Children/Young Adult Fiction Into the Dark

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Down the Rabbit Hole
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2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Shamus Award for Best P. I. Hardcover Novel Oblivion
Agatha Award for Best Children/Young Adult Fiction Behind the Curtain
Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Down the Rabbit Hole

2005


Agatha Award for Best Children/Young Adult Fiction
Honored for : Down the Rabbit Hole

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Novel Lights Out