About Hilary
Hilary Davidson is novelist and journalist. Her crime novel, The Damage Done (Forge, 2010) — called a “razor sharp mystery debut” by Publishers Weekly — won the 2011 Anthony Award for Best First Novel, as well as the Crimespree Award for Best First Novel (it was a finalist for the Macavity and Arthur Ellis awards, too). The sequel, The Next One to Fall — a mystery set in Peru — will be published by Forge in February 2012.
She is also the author of 18 nonfiction books, including Frommer’s New York City Day by Day and Frommer’s Toronto. Originally from Toronto, she has lived in New York since October 2001. Her articles have appeared in dozens of magazines in North America, including Discover, American Archaeology, Fitness, Reader’s Digest, and Martha Stewart Weddings.
She won the 2010 Spinetingler Award for Best Short Story for “Insatiable,” which was published in Beat to a Pulp. Hilary’s fiction has been featured in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Thuglit, Crimespree, Beat to a Pulp, Spinetingler, Crime Factory, Needle: A Magazine of Noir, and other dark places. Her stories are in several anthologies, including A Prisoner of Memory and 24 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories; “and Thuglit Presents: Blood, Guts, and Whiskey. Some of her stories can be read online, including:
- “The Other Man” in Beat to a Pulp
- “Insatiable” in Beat to a Pulp — winner of the 2010 Spinetingler Award for Best Short Story
- “Fetish” in Beat to a Pulp
- “Cheap Bastard” in Spinetingler Magazine
- “Good Bones” in Crime Factory
- “Silent Partners” in The Rose & Thorn
- “Stepmonster” in Thuglit
- “Anniversary” in Thuglit
She is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, Crime Writers of Canada, and Sisters in Crime.
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