Lyn Hamilton

Lyn Hamilton is a mystery author from Toronto best known for her “Archeological Mystery” series of novels. “The Xibalba Murders” that was the first novel of the series was a best first crime novel in the Arthur Ellis Awards. The series of novels has Lara McClintock as the lead protagonist, antique dealer and peripatetic sleuth. She travels the world searching for beautiful and rate antiques and along the way has to deal with a little mayhem and murder. Hamilton’s novels are set in exotic locations and get their unique inspiration from the ancient past. She is a long-time student and practitioner of mythology and archeology. She also visits most of the scenes that she talks about in the series given that she has a love for archeology and antiques. As such, she brings a wealth of experience and knowledge in the writing of her series. Her mysteries have been translated into Russian, German, Turkish, Italian, Hebrew and Spanish among other languages. When she is not writing her mysteries, she is traveling across the world and has been to both dangerous and intriguing locales in the quest for beautiful and rare artifacts for her Toronto based antiques store.