Stuart M. Kaminsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stuart M. Kaminsky

Novelist, mystery writer

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1934

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 09-Oct-2009

Profession: screenwriter, writer, biographer, university teacher, journalist, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Stuart M.
Kaminsky (September 29, 1934 – October 9, 2009) was an American mystery writer and film professor.
He is known for three long-running series of mystery novels featuring the protagonists Toby Peters, a private detective in 1940s Hollywood (1977-2004); Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov, a Moscow police inspector (1981-2010); and veteran Chicago police officer Abe Lieberman (1990-2007).
There is also a fourth series featuring a Sarasota, Florida Process Server named Lew Fonesca (1999-2009) which is not as widely known. Kaminsky's Inspector Rostnikov novel A Cold Red Sunrise received the 1989 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
He earned six other Edgar nominations, most recently for the 2005 non-fiction book Behind the Mystery: Top Mystery Writers Interviewed, which was also nominated for an Anthony Award, a Macavity Award, and an Agatha Award.
In 2006 Kaminsky received the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America.