Charles Finch
{{Short description|American author and literary critic (born 1980)}}
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Charles Finch (born 1980) is an American author and literary critic. He has written a series of mystery novels set in Victorian era England, as well as literary fiction and numerous essays and book reviews.
Life and career
Finch was born in New York City the son of the art critic Charlie Finch.{{cite web | url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/remembering-critic-charlie-finch-2165892 | title=Walter Robinson Remembers Charlie Finch, the Iconoclastic Critic and 'Lifeblood' of Artnet Magazine for 15 Years|website=Artnet|first=Walter |last=Robinson |author-link=Walter Robinson (artist)| date=August 26, 2022 }} 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.[http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/truitt02.htm Archives of American Art Interview with Anne Truitt] retrieved February 10, 2010
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{{cite magazine | title=Best Books 2007|year=2007|magazine=Library Journal|url=http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6510658.html}} and was nominated for the Agatha Award for best new mystery of 2007.{{cite web| title=Agatha Awards| year=2008| publisher=Malice Domestic| url=http://www.malicedomestic.org/agathaawards.html| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121111008/http://www.malicedomestic.org/agathaawards.html| archivedate=January 21, 2017}} The Fleet Street Murders came out in 2009 and was nominated for the Nero Award.{{cite web | title=Nominations for 2010 Nero Award Announced |year=2010|publisher=Mystery Books News|url=http://www.mystery-books.com/2010/06/nominations-for-2010-nero-award.html}} The Woman in the Water, released in 2018, is a prequel presenting the beginning of Lenox’s career in detection. The series is published by St. Martin's Minotaur, a division of St. Martin's Press.{{cite web|title=Charles Finch|year=2008|publisher=Macmillan Books|url=http://us.macmillan.com/Author/charlesfinch|access-date=August 8, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110235900/http://us.macmillan.com/Author/charlesfinch|archive-date=January 10, 2010|url-status=dead}}
Finch's first contemporary novel, The Last Enchantments, was published by St. Martin's Press in early 2014.{{cite web|title=Meet the Authors: Susanna Gregory Interviews Charles Finch|year=2012|publisher=Little Brown|url=http://www.littlebrown.co.uk/Sphere/susanna-gregory-interviews-charles-finch.page|access-date=January 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014104704/http://www.littlebrown.co.uk/Sphere/susanna-gregory-interviews-charles-finch.page|archive-date=October 14, 2013|url-status=dead}}[http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/charles-finch/the-last-enchantments/ Curtis Brown - The Last Enchantments]. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
He has written for The New York Times and Slate{{cite magazine | title=Charles Finch |year=2014|magazine=Slate|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2014/06/stuart_dybek_s_short_story_collections_ecstatic_cahoots_and_paper_lantern.html}} and regularly writes essays and criticism for The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, The Guardian, the Chicago Tribune and USA Today.{{cite news | title=Charles Finch |year=2013|newspaper=USA Today|url=http://content.usatoday.com/topics/reporter/Charles+Finch}}{{cite news | title=Charles Finch |year=2015|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/16/books/review-the-dream-of-my-return-by-horacio-castellanos-moya.html}} 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.{{cite news | title=Charles Finch |year=2015|newspaper=Newsday|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/books/national-book-critics-circle-announces-award-finalists-1.9823168}} He won the award in 2017.{{cite web |url=http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/national-book-critics-circle-announces-finalists-for-2017-awards |title=National Book Critics Circle Award Announces Finalists For 2017 Award |publisher=National Book Critics Circle |author= |date=January 21, 2018 |accessdate=January 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123053214/http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/national-book-critics-circle-announces-finalists-for-2017-awards |archive-date=January 23, 2018 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/75882-2017-nbcc-awards-finalists-announced.html |title=2017 NBCC Awards Finalists Announced |work=Publishers Weekly |author=John Maher |date=January 22, 2018 |accessdate=January 23, 2018}}
Finch serves on the curatorial board of the arts colony Ragdale{{cite web |url=https://ragdale.org/about/board-staff/ |title=Curatorial Board |website=Ragdale |accessdate=August 19, 2018 }} and the board of the National Book Critics Circle.{{cite web |url=https://www.bookcritics.org/board/ |title=Board of Directors |website=National Book Critics Circle |accessdate=August 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811060608/http://www.bookcritics.org/board |archive-date=August 11, 2018 |url-status=live }}
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 (prequel), 2018 Hardcover {{ISBN|978-1-250-13946-7}}
- 2018 Audio {{ISBN|978-1-5414-1522-5}}
- 2019 Paperback {{ISBN|978-1-250-13947-4}}
- The Vanishing Man (prequel), 2019 Hardcover {{ISBN|978-1-250-31136-8}}
- 2019 Audio {{ISBN|978-1-250-31820-6}}
- 2021 Paperback {{ISBN|978-1-250-31137-5}}
- The Last Passenger (prequel), 2020 Hardcover {{ISBN|978-1-250-31220-4}}
- 2020 Audio {{ISBN|978-1-250-26117-5}}
- 2021 Paperback {{ISBN|978-1-250-31221-1}}
- An Extravagant Death, 2021 Hardcover {{ISBN|9781250767134}}
- 2021 Audio {{ISBN|9781250767134}}
=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
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100110235900/http://us.macmillan.com/Author/charlesfinch Profile] at St. Martin's Press
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081007203150/http://us.macmillan.com/theseptembersociety Questions & Answers with Charles Finch]
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Category:21st-century American male writers
Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:Alumni of Merton College, Oxford
Category:American expatriates in England
Category:American male novelists
Category:American mystery novelists
Category:Novelists from New York (state)
Category:Phillips Academy alumni