Hilary Davidson

Hilary Davidson

gender female
place of birth Toronto, Canada
website http://www.hilarydavidson.com
genre Mystery & Thrillers, Travel, Short Stories

about this author

Hilary Davidson’s first novel, THE DAMAGE DONE (Forge, 2010) — described as a "razor sharp mystery debut" by Publishers Weekly — won the 2011 Anthony Award for Best First Novel, and the Crimespree Award for Best First Novel (it was also a finalist for the Macavity and Arthur Ellis awards). The sequel, THE NEXT ONE TO FALL, will be published on February 14, 2012.

Hilary won the 2010 Spinetingler Award for Best Short Story for “Insatiable,” which is in the Beat to a Pulp anthology. Her first short story, “Anniversary,” is featured in A Prisoner of Memory and 24 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories (Pegasus, 2008). Her “Son of So Many Tears” is included in Thuglit Presents: Blood, Guts, and Whiskey (Kensington, May 2010). In September 2009, Hilary won the Watery Grave Invitational, a short story competition for crime writers, with her entry, “Beast.”

Hilary 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 more than 40 magazines in the U.S. and Canada, including Discover, American Archaeology, Fitness, Chatelaine, Canadian Living, Reader’s Digest, and Martha Stewart Weddings. In March 2008, she founded the Gluten-Free Guidebook, an online resource for people who have celiac disease or gluten intolerance but still love to travel.

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