Lyn Hamilton
Lyn Hamilton (born August 6, 1944 - September 10, 2009 ) was a Canadian writer .
Life
Lyn Hamilton was the daughter of a lawyer and a librarian. She grew up in Etobicoke and later studied anthropology, psychology and English at the University of Toronto , graduating in English in 1967. She then moved to Los Angeles , where she worked as a secretary for an architecture company. After returning to Canada, she worked in public relations for private companies and public institutions. At the same time, she continued to attend university courses and continued her education in mythology, anthropology and history. She spent her vacations in places of old historical sites. It was a vacation in Yucatán in 1995 that prompted her to write her first novel.
With The Xibalba Murders , which appeared in Germany under the title The Last Days of Mérida (1998) and Der Fluch der Maya (2007), she published her first novel in 1997 with the leading actress Lara McClintoch, an antiques dealer and hobby detective from Toronto. With him she founded a series of books that were to be followed by ten more novels, six of which were published in German. Her novel The Celtic Labyrinth served as a template for the television film Murder is Her Hobby - The Riddle of the Celts .
Hamilton died on September 10, 2009 at the age of 65 of complications from her cancer . In recognition of her literary life's work, she was posthumously awarded the Derrick Murdock Award by the Crime Witers of Canada on May 30, 2013 in Toronto / Canada .
Works
- The Lara McClintoch Archeology Mystery Series
- 1997: The Xibalba Murders
- The last days of Mérida , Econ-und-List-Taschenbuch-Verlag (1998), 311 pages, ISBN 978-361-22754-86
- Der Fluch der Maya , Weltbild Verlag (2007), 302 pages, ISBN 978-3-89897-653-4
- 1998: The Maltese Goddess
- Die Malteser Göttin , Econ-und-List-Taschenbuch-Verlag (1999), 279 pages, ISBN 3-612-27611-5
- 1999: The Moche Warrior
- The warrior's mask , Weltbild Verlag (2008), 348 pages, ISBN 978-3-86800-036-8
- 2000: The Celtic Riddle
- The Celtic Labyrinth , Weltbild Verlag (2006), 318 pages, ISBN 978-3-89897-404-2
- 2001: The African Quest
- 2002: The Etruscan Chimera
- The Etruscan Grabma , Weltbild Verlag (2008), 317 pages, ISBN 978-3-89897-821-7
- 2003: The Thai Amulet
- 2004: The Magyar Venus
- 2005: The Moai Murders
- 2006: The Orkney Scroll
- The legacy of the Vikings , Weltbild Verlag (2007), 286 pages, ISBN 978-3-89897-754-8
- 2007: The Chinese Alchemist
Web links
- Lyn Hamilton in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Lyn Hamilton in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mystery novels combined Lyn Hamilton's love of words and ancient cultures , theglobeandmail.com
- ↑ Lyn Elizabeth Hamilton, Obituary , legacy.com
- ↑ Mystery author Lyn Hamilton dies , cbc.ca
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hamilton, Lyn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1944 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 2009 |