Stuart Neville

{{Short description|Northern Irish writer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox writer  | name = Stuart Neville | image = StuartNeville2018.png | caption = Stuart Neville playing with the Fun Lovin' Crime Writers at Bloody Scotland, 2018 | pseudonym = | birth_date = 1972 | birth_name = | birth_place = Armagh, Northern Ireland | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Novelist, short story writer | genre = Mystery, Thriller | movement = | net worth = | influences = | influenced = | website = {{URL|http://www.stuartneville.com/}} | spouse = | children = |signature = }}

'''Stuart Neville''' (born 1972) is a Northern Irish author best known for his novel ''The Twelve'' or, as it is known in the United States, ''The Ghosts of Belfast''. He was born and grew up in Armagh, Northern Ireland.

==Works== ''The Twelve'' was placed on the ''Best of 2009'' lists by both ''The New York Times'' and ''Los Angeles Times''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-dark-passages6-2009dec06,0,532509.story |title='Ravens' by George Dawes Green is among the year's best mysteries and thrillers |author=Weinman, Sarah |date=6 December 2009 |work=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/books/review/Crime-t.html?_r=2&nl=books&emc=booksupdateemb1 |title=Notable Crime Books of 2009 |author=Stasio, Marilyn |date=3 December 2009 |work=The New York Times |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref> The book has been given full reviews in a number of publications in the United States, Ireland and the United Kingdom, appearing in ''The New York Times'', ''The Irish Times'', ''Los Angeles Times'', ''Publishers Weekly'' and ''The Guardian'', among others.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/books/review/Crime-t.html?_r=1 |title=Death's Hit Man |author=Stasio, Marilyn |date=13 November 2009 |work=The New York Times |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2009/0725/1224251284719.html |title=Hard men and hard truths in modern Belfast |author=Sansom, Ian |date=25 July 2009 |newspaper=The Irish Times |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-caw-dark-passages27-2009sep27,0,7495423.story |title=Dark Passages: Seeking peace for himself and his victims |author=Weinman, Sarah |date=27 September 2009 |work=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jul/05/twelve-stuart-neville-review |title=The haunting of Gerry Fegan |author=Barr, Nicola |date=5 July 2009 |work=The Guardian |accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>

''Collusion'', the sequel to ''The Twelve'', was published in the United Kingdom by Harvill Secker in August 2010, and in the US by Soho Press in October 2010. The book was reviewed in ''New York Journal of Books''.<ref>[http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/review/collusion ''New York Journal of Books'' book review: ''Collusion'' by Stewart Neville].</ref>

''Ratlines'' was published in January 2013 in the US by Soho Crime. It was reviewed in ''New York Journal of Books''.<ref>[http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/review/ratlines ''New York Journal of Books'' book review: ''Ratlines'' by Stewart Neville].</ref>

===Critic=== Stuart Neville has written review essays and book reviews for the ''Irish Times'' and ''Irish Independent''.

==Awards and nominations== ''The Ghosts of Belfast'', the American edition of ''The Twelve'', won the Mystery/Thriller category of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in April 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2010/04/la-times-book-prizes.html |title=L.A. Times Book Prizes: Dave Eggers takes two |author=Kellogg, Carolyn |date=23 April 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=23 April 2010}}</ref> It also won the New Voice category of the 2010 Spinetingler Awards,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spinetinglermag.com/2010/05/01/2010-spinetingler-award-best-novel-new-voice-winner/ |title=2010 Spinetingler Award Best Novel: New Voice Winner |work=Spinetingler Magazine |access-date=23 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504151320/http://www.spinetinglermag.com/2010/05/01/2010-spinetingler-award-best-novel-new-voice-winner/ |archive-date=4 May 2010 }}</ref> and was nominated for the 2010 Dilys Award, Anthony Award, Barry Award, and Macavity Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mysterybooksellers.com/dilys-award |title=The Dilys Award |work=Independent Mystery Booksellers Association |access-date=23 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412150011/http://www.mysterybooksellers.com/dilys-award |archive-date=12 April 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stuartneville.com/news/latest-news/anthony-barry-and-macavity-award-nominations.asp |title=Anthony, Barry and Macavity Awards |access-date=1 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716155516/http://www.stuartneville.com/news/latest-news/anthony-barry-and-macavity-award-nominations.asp |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}</ref>

==Bibliography==

===Novels===

*''The Twelve'' (2009; published in the United States in 2012 as ''The Ghosts of Belfast'') *''Collusion'' (2010) *''Stolen Souls'' (2012) *''Ratlines'' (2013) *''The Final Silence'' (2014) *''Those We Left Behind'' (2015) *''So Say the Fallen'' (2016) *''Here and Gone'' (writing as Haylen Beck) (2017) *''Lost You'' (writing as Haylen Beck) (2019) *''The House of Ashes'' (2021) *''Blood Like Mine'' (2024)

===Short stories===

*''Requiems for the Departed'' (2010; co-contributor to short story collection) *''The Traveller and Other Stories'' (2020; collection of short stories)

==References== {{Reflist}}

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