Awards & Winners

Declan Hughes

Date of Birth 1963
Place of Birth Dublin
(Republic of Ireland, Ireland)
Nationality Republic of Ireland
Profession Writer, Screenwriter, Playwright, Novelist
Declan Hughes is an Irish novelist, playwright and screenwriter. His most widely known crime novels centre around the Irish-American detective Ed Loy. Loy is a homage to the character Sam Spade from The Maltese Falcon as a loy is a traditional Irish spade. His most recent is City of Lost Girls, which follows All the dead voices The price of blood,The dying breed, The color of blood, The wrong kind of blood 2006. His plays include Shiver Digging for fire and New morning. Hughes lives in Dublin with his wife and two daughters.

Awards by Declan Hughes

Check all the awards nominated and won by Declan Hughes.

2009


Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Macavity Awards for Best Mystery Novel The Price of Blood
Shamus Award for Best P. I. Hardcover Novel The Price of Blood
Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award The Color of Blood: An Irish Novel of Suspense
Edgar Award for Best Novel The Price of Blood

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Shamus Award for Best P. I. Hardcover Novel The Color of Blood: An Irish Novel of Suspense

2007


Shamus Award for Best First P. I. Novel
Honored for : The Wrong Kind of Blood: An Irish Novel of Betrayal

Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Shamus Award for Best First P. I. Novel The Wrong Kind of Blood: An Irish Novel of Betrayal
CWA New Blood Dagger The Wrong Kind of Blood: An Irish Novel of Betrayal