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American author and literary critic (born 1980) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Charles Finch | |
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Born | 1980 (age 43–44) New York City, U.S. |
Occupation | Author |
Alma mater | Yale University (BA) Merton College, Oxford |
Genre | Mystery novels Literary fiction Literary Criticism |
Finch was born in New York City the son of the art critic Charlie Finch.[1] 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.[2]
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[3] and was nominated for the Agatha Award for best new mystery of 2007.[4] The Fleet Street Murders came out in 2009 and was nominated for the Nero Award.[5] 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.[6]
Finch's first contemporary novel, The Last Enchantments, was published by St. Martin's Press in early 2014.[7][8]
He has written for The New York Times and Slate[9] 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.[10][11] 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.[12] He won the award in 2017.[13][14]
Finch serves on the curatorial board of the arts colony Ragdale[15] and the board of the National Book Critics Circle.[16]
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