Hot Art
2011 non-fiction book by Joshua Knelman
9781553658917
Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives through the Secret World of Stolen Art is a non-fiction book, written by Canadian writer Joshua Knelman, first published in September 2011 by Douglas & McIntyre. In the book, the author chronicles his four-year investigation into the world of international art theft.[2] Knelman traveled from Cairo to New York City, London, Montreal, and Los Angeles compiling his book; which has been called "A major work of investigative journalism", and "a globetrotting mystery filled with cunning and eccentric characters."[3]
Awards and honours
Hot Art received the 2012 "Arthur Ellis Award" for "Best Crime Nonfiction".[4] The book also received the 2012 "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction".[5]
See also
References
- ^ Goodreads, Hot Art, Book review. Retrieved November 23, 2012
- ^ Laycock, Holly, Staying Under the Radar, Propeller Magazine. Retrieved November 21, 2012
- ^ Douglas & McIntyre, Hot Art Archived September 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Book review. Retrieved November 21, 2012
- ^ Crime Writers of Canada, 2012 Arthur Ellis Awards Winners, Best Crime Non-fiction. Retrieved November 21, 2012
- ^ Faculty of Arts, November 7, 2012, Joshua Knelman wins the 2012 Edna Staebler Award Archived June 5, 2014, at Archive-It, Wilfrid Laurier University, Headlines (News Releases). Retrieved November 21, 2012
External links
- Upper Hudson Library System, Hot Art, Excerpt. Retrieved November 21, 2012
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Winners of the Edna Staebler Award
- Susan Mayse, Ginger (1991)
- Marie Wadden, Nitassinan, (1992)
- Liza Potvin, White Lies (for my mother) and Elizabeth Hay, The Only Snow in Havana (1993)
- Linda Johns, Sharing a Robin's Life (1994)
- Denise Chong, The Concubine's Children (1995)
- George G. Blackburn, The Guns of Normandy (1996)
- Anne Mullens, Timely Death (1997)
- Charlotte Gray, Mrs. King (1998)
- Michael Poole, Romancing Mary Jane (1999)
- Wayson Choy, Paper Shadows (2000)
- Taras Grescoe, Sacré Blues (2001)
- Tom Allen, Rolling Home (2002)
- Alison Watt, The Last Island (2003)
- Andrea Curtis, Into the Blue (2004)
- Anne Coleman, I'll Tell You a Secret (2005)
- Francis Chalifour, After (2006)
- Linden MacIntyre, Causeway (2007)
- Bruce Serafin, Stardust (2008)
- Russell Wangersky, Burning Down the House (2009)
- John Leigh Walters, A Very Capable Life (2010)
- Helen Waldstein Wilkes, Letters from the Lost (2011)
- Joshua Knelman, Hot Art (2012)
- Carol Shaben, Into the Abyss (2013)
- Arno Kopecky, The Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern Gateway (2014)
- Lynn Thomson, Birding with Yeats (2015)
- Ann Walmsley, The Prison Book Club (2016)
- Sonja Larsen, Red Star Tattoo (2017)
- Pauline Dakin, Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood (2018)
- Kate Harris, Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road (2019)
- Ann Hui, Chop Suey Nation (2020)
- Vicki Laveau-Harvie, The Erratics: A Memoir (2021)
- Jillian Horton, We Are All Perfectly Fine: A Memoir of Love, Medicine and Healing (2022)
- Hilary Peach, Thick Skin: Field Notes from a Sister in the Brotherhood (2023)
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