Paul Doiron (pronounced ) is the author of the Mike Bowditch series of crime novels.
Career The first book in the Mike Bowditch series, The Poacher's Son, won the Barry Award for Best First NovelBarry Awards , Deadly Pleasures, accessed September 3, 2014. and the Strand Critics Award for Best First Novel.Strand Magazine, July 7, 2011. It was a nominee for the Edgar Award for Best First NovelThe Edgars Awards Database , accessed September 3, 2014. and for the Anthony Award for Best First Novel Anthony Award Nominees and Winners, accessed September 3, 2014. PopMatters included it in its Best Fiction of 2010 list.
Doiron's second book Trespasser won the 2012 Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction.
His novelette "Rabid" was a finalist for the 2019 Edgar Award for Best Short Story.
His twelfth novel Dead by Dawn won the 2022 New England Society Book Award for Fiction, the 2022 Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction and was a finalist for the 2022 Barry Award for Best Thriller.
Doiron won the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance CrimeMaster Award at the 2025 Maine Crime Wave.
Doiron is the former Editor in Chief and current Editor Emeritus of Down East, The Magazine of Maine."Down East magazine taps Maine native as first female editor-in-chief", Bangor Daily News, September 18, 2013.
Personal life In 1988 Doiron and two friends were struck by lightning while camped near the Appalachian Trail in Maine and survived. He has cited the incident as inspiring him to write about the Maine outdoors.https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/fiveminute-memoir-a-steep-learning-curve-on-the-appalachian-trail-8473630.htmlhttps://www.bangordailynews.com/2012/08/31/outdoors/lightning-strikes-more-than-twice-for-paul-doiron/
Doiron is married to poet and environmentalist Kristen Lindquist.
He resides in Camden, Maine."Maine Noir | The Yankee Interview: Author Paul Doiron talks about his upcoming novel, Knife Creek; the Maine outdoors; and how a guy named Mike Bowditch changed his life", "Yankee Magazine", May 30, 2017.
Bibliography
Mike Bowditch Mysteries The Poacher's Son, Minotaur Books, 2010 Trespasser, Minotaur Books, 2011 Bad Little Falls, Minotaur Books, 2012 Massacre Pond, Minotaur Books, 2013 The Bone Orchard, Minotaur Books, 2014 The Precipice, Minotaur Books, 2015 Widowmaker, Minotaur Books, 2016 Knife Creek, Minotaur Books, 2017 Stay Hidden, Minotaur Books, 2018 Almost Midnight, Minotaur Books, 2019 One Last Lie, Minotaur Books, 2020 Dead by Dawn, Minotaur Books, 2021 Hatchet Island, Minotaur Books, 2022 Dead Man’s Wake, Minotaur Books, 2023 Pitch Dark, Minotaur Books, 2024 Skin and Bones and Other Mike Bowditch Short Stories, Minotaur Books, 2025 Storm Tide, Minotaur Books, 2026
Mike Bowditch Short Stories "The Bear Trap", Minotaur Books, 2014 "Rabid", Minotaur Books, 2018 "Backtrack", Minotaur Books, 2019 "The Imposter", Minotaur Books, 2020 "The Caretaker", Minotaur Books, 2021 "Skin and Bones", Minotaur Books, 2022 "Snakebit", Minotaur Books, 2023 "Blaze Orange", Minotaur Books, 2026
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