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Max Byrd


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Max Byrd was born in Atlanta, Georgia and now lives in northern California.

He was educated at Harvard and at King's College, Cambridge, England. He has taught English at Yale and the University of California, Davis, though he left academia some time ago to become a full-time writer. During his teaching years he published a number of scholarly books and articles about 18th-century literature, which now rest in moldy obscurity in a few stately libraries.
 

Awards: Shamus (1982)  see all

Genres: Mystery, Historical
 
Series
Mike Haller
   Fly Away Jill (1981)
   Finders Weepers (1983)
   California Thriller (1984)
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Novels
   Target of Opportunity (1988)
   Fuse Time (1991)
   Jefferson (1993)
   Jackson (1997)
   Grant (2000)
   Shooting the Sun (2003)
   The Paris Deadline (2012)
   The Sixth Conspirator (2019)
   Pont Neuf (2020)
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Awards
1982 Shamus Award for Best Original PI Paperback : California Thriller

Award nominations
1984 Shamus Award for Best Original PI Paperback (nominee) : Finders Weepers


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The Trial and Execution of the Traitor George Washington (2018)
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"Wonderful! From the very first page a thrilling, beautifully imagined ‘what if’ story—I read it straight through at a gallop!"

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