Stefanie Pintoff

Stefanie Pintoff is an award winning author from America, who is for writing mystery, thriller, and historical fiction novels. She is particularly popular for writing the Simon Ziele trilogy series and the Eve Rossi series. Most of the books penned by author Pintoff are set in the New York City at the time of the early 1900’s. Pintoff’s character named Simon Ziele is quite famous. He is depicted as a police detective. Simon loses his fiance is a deadly accident on a steamship and becomes very disheartened. His love-loss compels him to investigate the case in order to find out the one responsible for his fiance’s death. Another popular character created by author Pintoff is known as Alistair Sinclair. She is described by Pintoff as an egotistical and talented criminologist. The works of author Pintoff are known for historical details and intricate plots. Pintoff lays a greater focus on the criminal science of the early days. One of Pintoff’s books, In the Shadow of Gotham, was the winner of MWA/Minotaur Award for being the Best Debut Crime Novel. In 2010, author Pintoff received the Edgar Award and the Washington Irving Book prize in the following year for the same book. This book along with another one called Secret of the White Rose were based on the 1904 disaster called General Slocum. In all, author Pintoff has penned 5 books in her writing career so far. In addition to winning a few prestigious awards, she was nominated for awards such as Anthony, Barry, Macavity, and Agatha. When author Pintoff won St Martin’s Minotaur/MWA in 2008, she became the first author to win this award.