John Hart (born 1965) is an American author of
thriller
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Comics
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novels. His books take place in
North Carolina
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, where he was born and once lived. He presently resides in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a 1988 graduate of
Davidson College
Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina. It was established in 1837 by the Concord Presbytery and named after Revolutionary War general William Lee Davidson, who was killed at the nearby Battle of Cowanâ ...
. His work has been compared to that of
Scott Turow and
John Grisham.
Hart has won two
Edgar Allan Poe Awards for Best Novel, one in 2008 for ''Down River'', and the second in 2010 for ''
The Last Child''.
He is the only author in history to win the best novel Edgar Award for consecutive novels. He also won the
Barry Award (2010; novel) for ''The Last Child'', the
SIBA Book Award
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(2012; fiction) for ''Iron House'', and the
Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (2009) for ''The Last Child''.
Bibliography
*2006 ''The King of Lies''
*2007 ''Down River''
*2009 ''
The Last Child''
*2011 ''Iron House''
*2016 ''Redemption Road''
*2018 ''The Hush''
*2021 ''The Unwilling''
References
External links
*
Publisher's Author Page
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1965 births
Living people
21st-century American novelists
American male novelists
American thriller writers
Novelists from North Carolina
21st-century American male writers
Barry Award winners