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Paul Doiron is the best-selling author of the Mike Bowditch series of crime novels set in the Maine woods. His first book, The Poacher’s Son, won the Barry Award and the Strand Critics Award and was nominated for an Edgar for Best First Novel. His second, Trespasser, won the 2012 Maine Literary Award. His novelette “Rabid” was a finalist for the 2019 Edgar in the Best Short Story category. Paul’s twelfth book, Dead by Dawn won the New England Society’s 2022 Book Award for Fiction, as well as his second Maine Literary Award. It was also a finalist for the Barry Award. His books have been translated into 11 languages.

Paul is the former chair of the Maine Humanities Council, Editor Emeritus of Down East: The Magazine of Maine, and a Registered ...more

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	The Poacher's Son (Mike Bowditch, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 9,856 ratings — published 2010 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trespasser (Mike Bowditch, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 6,035 ratings — published 2011 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bad Little Falls (Mike Bowditch, #3) 3.90 avg rating — 4,859 ratings — published 2012 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Massacre Pond (Mike Bowditch, #4) 4.13 avg rating — 4,365 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bone Orchard (Mike Bowditch, #5) 4.12 avg rating — 4,147 ratings — published 2014 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Precipice (Mike Bowditch, #6) 4.08 avg rating — 3,956 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead by Dawn (Mike Bowditch #12) 4.22 avg rating — 3,774 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Knife Creek (Mike Bowditch, #8) 4.20 avg rating — 3,447 ratings — published 2017 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stay Hidden (Mike Bowditch, #9) 3.92 avg rating — 3,663 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Widowmaker (Mike Bowditch, #7) 4.04 avg rating — 3,339 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I don’t often write about the reasons behind the choices I make in my novels. But I thought readers might find it interesting to learn why I chose to set my forthcoming Mike Bowditch novel, Dead Man’s Wake, on Great Pond in Belgrade. In general I prefer to set the stories in real Maine place, but sometimes that isn’t possible, given the violent content. (I don’t want people freaking out about real

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Paul and 12 other people liked Paul Doiron's blog post: Death and Dismemberment on Golden Pond "I don’t often write about the reasons behind the choices I make in my novels. But I thought readers might find it interesting to learn why I chose to set my forthcoming Mike Bowditch novel, Dead Man’s Wake, on Great Pond in Belgrade. In general I ..." Read more of this blog post »
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What can I say? I did my best. I hope you enjoy it.
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Paul answered Goodreads's question: What are you currently working on? Amazingly, I am about to begin book #14 in the Mike Bowditch series, and no, I don't believe it either.
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I hope you enjoy DEAD BY DAWN. No book has made me as excited to get back to my writing desk each day than this one.
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Paul made a comment on How I Came to Write DEAD BY DAWN " Thank you! I hope you enjoy both books (but mine a little more). "
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“Just because you're done with the past doesn't mean the past is done with you.”
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“People disappoint you so often. I hardly knew how to react when they surpassed all your hopes.”
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“People disappoint you so often. I hardly knew how to react when they surpassed all your hopes.”
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“You never really know someone until your relationship with them is over.”
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“Nature will forgive humankind just about anything, and what it won’t forgive I hope never to witness.”
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