Charles Finch

Finch was born in New York City the son of the art critic Charlie Finch.^[1] He graduated from Phillips Academy and Yale University, where he majored in English and History. He also holds a master's degree in Renaissance English Literature from Merton College, Oxford. He is the grandson of American artist and writer Anne Truitt.^[2]

His first published novel, A Beautiful Blue Death, introduced gentleman sleuth Charles Lenox. The book was named one of Library Journal’s Best Books of 2007^[3] and was nominated for the Agatha Award for best new mystery of 2007.^[4] The Fleet Street Murders came out in 2009 and was nominated for the Nero Award.^[5] The Woman in the Water, released in 2018, is a prequel presenting the beginning of Lenox’s career in detection. The series is published by St. Martin's Minotaur, a division of St. Martin's Press.^[6]

Finch's first contemporary novel, The Last Enchantments, was published by St. Martin's Press in early 2014.^[7][8]

He has written for The New York Times and Slate^[9] and regularly writes essays and criticism for The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, the Guardian, the Chicago Tribune and USA Today.^[10][11] He was a 2014 finalist for the National Book Critics Circle's Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing, losing to Alexandra Schwartz of The New Yorker.^[12] He won the award in 2017.^[13][14]

Finch serves on the curatorial board of the arts colony Ragdale^[15] and the board of the National Book Critics Circle.^[16]

Charles Lenox series

• A Beautiful Blue Death, 2007 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-312-35977-5
  • 2007 Large print ISBN 978-0-7862-9921-8
  • 2008 Paperback ISBN 978-0-312-38607-8

• • 2009 German translation (Bella Indigo) ISBN 978-3-404-15989-5
  • 2010 Russian translation (Прекрасная голубая смерть) ISBN 978-5-17-052226-2
  • 2011 Audio ISBN 978-1-4526-5454-6
• The September Society, 2008 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-312-35978-2
  • 2009 Paperback ISBN 978-0-312-56494-0
  • 2010 Large print ISBN 978-1-60285-666-0
  • 2010 German translation (September Society der Club der tödlichen Gentlemen) ISBN 978-3-404-16378-6
  • 2011 Audio ISBN 978-1-4526-5455-3
• The Fleet Street Murders, 2009 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-312-56551-0
  • 2009 Large print ISBN 978-1-60285-655-4
  • 2010 Paperback ISBN 978-0-312-65027-8
  • 2011 Audio ISBN 978-1-4526-5456-0
• A Stranger in Mayfair, 2010 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-312-62506-1
  • 2011 Audio ISBN 978-1-4526-5457-7
  • 2011 Large print ISBN 978-1-61173-080-7
  • 2011 Paperback ISBN 978-0-312-61695-3
• A Burial at Sea, 2011 Hardcover ISBN 978-0-312-62508-5
  • 2011 Audio ISBN 978-1-4526-5458-4
  • 2012 Paperback ISBN 978-1-2500-0814-5
  • 2012 Large print ISBN 978-1-6117-3321-1
• A Death in the Small Hours, 2012 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-250-01160-2
  • 2012 Audio ISBN 978-1-6240-6152-3
  • 2013 Large print ISBN 978-1-6117-3641-0
  • 2013 Paperback ISBN 978-1-2500-3149-5
• An Old Betrayal, 2013 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-2500-1161-9
  • 2013 Audio ISBN 978-1-6240-6777-8
  • 2014 Large print ISBN 978-1-6117-3961-9
  • 2014 Paperback ISBN 978-1-2500-4910-0
• The Laws of Murder, 2014 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-250-05130-1
  • 2014 Audio ISBN 978-1-4272-4365-2
  • 2015 Large print ISBN 978-1-6289-9420-9
  • 2015 Paperback ISBN 978-1-2500-6744-9
• Home by Nightfall, 2015 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-250-07041-8
  • 2016 Audio ISBN 978-1-5012-6269-2
  • 2016 Large print ISBN 978-1-6289-9974-7
  • 2016 Paperback ISBN 978-1-2500-9364-6
• The Inheritance, 2016 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-250-07042-5
  • 2016 Audio ISBN 978-1-5012-6275-3
  • 2017 Large print ISBN 978-1-6832-4280-2
  • 2017 Paperback ISBN 978-1-2501-3019-8
• The Woman in the Water (prequel), 2018 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-250-13946-7
  • 2018 Audio ISBN 978-1-5414-1522-5
  • 2019 Paperback ISBN 978-1-250-13947-4
• The Vanishing Man (prequel), 2019 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-250-31136-8
  • 2019 Audio ISBN 978-1-250-31820-6
  • 2021 Paperback ISBN 978-1-250-31137-5
• The Last Passenger (prequel), 2020 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-250-31220-4
  • 2020 Audio ISBN 978-1-250-26117-5
  • 2021 Paperback ISBN 978-1-250-31221-1
• An Extravagant Death, 2021 Hardcover ISBN 9781250767134
  • 2021 Audio ISBN 9781250767134

Other work

• The Last Enchantments, 2014 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-2500-1871-7
  • Paperback ISBN 978-1-2500-6325-0
  • Large print ISBN 978-1-4272-4365-2
  • Audio ISBN 978-1-4272-4138-2

• What Just Happened?, 2021^[17]

• St. Martin's Author Profile
• Questions & Answers with Charles Finch