Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934–2009)
Author of Murder on the Yellow Brick Road
About the Author
Stuart M. Kaminsky is head of the radio/television/film department at Northwestern University in Illinois. He is also a writer of textbooks, screenplays, and mystery novels. The more popular of his two series of detective novels features Toby Peters. Set in the 1930s and 1940s, the Peters books show more draw on Kaminsky's knowledge of history and love of film by incorporating characters from the film industry's past in nostalgic mysteries. Murder on the Yellow Brick Road (1978), for example, features Judy Garland while Catch a Falling Clown (1982) stars Emmett Kelley as Peters's client and Alfred Hitchcock as a murder suspect. His other critically acclaimed series chronicles the cases of Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov. Kaminsky's detailed studies of Russian police procedure combined with aspects of life in Russia have earned the Series an Edgar nomination for Black Knight in Red Square (1984) and the 1989 Edgar Award for A Cold Red Sunrise (1988). Stuart Kaminsky was born in Chicago in 1934 and died in 2009. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Stuart M. Kaminsky
Behind the Mystery: Top Mystery Writers Interviewed by Stuart Kaminsky and Photographed by Laurie Roberts (2005) 25 copies, 1 review
Mystery in the Sunshine State: Florida Short Stories by Florida's Mystery Writers (1999) — Editor & Contributor — 14 copies
La vacanza di Rostnikov 2 copies
The Man from Capetown 2 copies
The Batman Memos 2 copies
The Man Who Laughs 1 copy
Oculto 1995 1 copy
La paura corre sul filo 1 copy
Il camaleonte rosso 1 copy
Alba siberiana 1 copy
Giocarsi la pelle 1 copy
Find Miriam 1 copy
Scorpion’s Kiss 1 copy
Frequenz Mord 1 copy
L'orologio liquefatto 1 copy
Morte di un prete russo 1 copy
Associated Works
Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe (1988) — Contributor, some editions; Contributor — 207 copies, 5 reviews
Mystery Midrash: An Anthology of Jewish Mystery and Detective Fiction (1999) — Contributor — 108 copies, 1 review
The New Mystery: The International Association of Crime Writers' Essential Crime Writing of the Late 20th Century (1993) — Contributor — 62 copies, 1 review
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: First Annual Collection (2000) — Contributor — 60 copies, 1 review
Criminal Kabbalah: An Intriguing Anthology of Jewish Mystery and Detective Fiction (2001) — Contributor — 59 copies
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Second Annual Collection (2001) — Contributor — 47 copies, 1 review
The Eyes Have It: The First Private Eye Writers of America Anthology (1984) — Contributor — 16 copies
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition (1998) — Contributor — 9 copies
The Best American Mystery Stories 2002 [Audio Book, abridged] (2002) — Contributor — 3 copies, 1 review
A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Season 2, Episode 16: Immune To Murder — Screenplay — 1 copy
Murder at the Gardner | Think Fast, Mr. Peters | The Body in the Volvo — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Kaminsky, Stuart Melvin
- Other names
- Камински, Стюарт
- Birthdate
- 1934-09-29
- Date of death
- 2009-10-09
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Place of death
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Cause of death
- hepatitis C
- Places of residence
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Sarasota, Florida, USA - Education
- Northwestern University (PhD)
- Occupations
- novelist
screenwriter
army medic
photographer
teacher - Organizations
- Northwestern University
Florida State University
US Army - Awards and honors
- MWA Grand Master (2006)
Shamus Award (The Eye for Lifetime Achievement, 2007)
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Statistics
- Works
- 126
- Also by
- 39
- Members
- 6,803
- Popularity
- #3,592
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 166
- ISBNs
- 805
- Languages
- 11
- Favorited
- 13