Denise Hamilton writes the Eve Diamond series and is editor of Los Angeles Noir, an anthology of new writing that spent two months on bestseller lists, won the Edgar Award for “Best Short Story” and the Southern California Independent Booksellers’ award for “Best Mystery of the Year.”

Her new novel, “The Last Embrace,” a Los Angeles Times bestseller, was published by Scribner in July 2008 and has been compared to James Ellroy and Raymond Chandler.

Denise’s books have been shortlisted for the Edgar, Macavity, Anthony and Willa Cather awards. Her debut “The Jasmine Trade” was a finalist for the prestigious Creasey Dagger Award given by the UK Crime Writers Assn. Hamilton’s books have been BookSense 76 picks and Mystery Guild alternate selections. “Last Lullaby” was a Los Angeles Times “Best Book of the Year” and  a USA Today Summer Pick. She has been short-listed for the So. California Independent Booksellers Association award for “Best Mystery of the Year” Her novel “Prisoner of Memory” was named a “best book of 2006” by the Toronto Globe & Mail and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Prior to writing novels, Hamilton was a Los Angeles Times staff writer. Her award-winning stories have also appeared in Wired, Cosmopolitan, Der Spiegel and New Times. During the Bosnian War, Hamilton lived and taught in Yugoslavia as a Fulbright Scholar. She lives in the Los Angeles suburbs with her husband and two boys.

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