adaptations The New Daughter (2009) – partially based on a short story of the same name from Nocturnes, starring Kevin Costner and Ivana Baquero, directed by Luiso Berdejo, with a screenplay by John Travis (Prospective) The Gates, The Infernals, and The Creeps — acquired for development by DreamWorks Studios as a possible franchise, November 2015 Awards Nominee: 1999 Bram Stoker Award (First Novel), for Every Dead Thing Nominee: 2000 Barry Award (Best British Crime Novel), for Every Dead Thing Winner: 2000 Shamus Award (Best First P.I. Novel), for Every Dead Thing Nominee: 2001 Barry Award (Best British Crime Novel), for Dark Hollow Nominee: 2002 Barry Award (Best British Crime Novel), for The Killing Kind Winner: 2003 Barry Award (Best British Crime Novel), for The White Road Nominee: 2005 CWA Short Story Dagger Award, for "Miss Froom, Vampire" Nominee: 2007 Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year, for The Book of Lost Things Winner: 2012 Agatha Award (Best Nonfiction), with Declan Burke, for Books to Die For Nominee: 2013 Edgar Award (Best Critical/Biographical), with Declan Burke, for Books to Die For Nominee: 2013 H.R.F. Keating Award, with Declan Burke, for Books to Die For Winner: 2013 Anthony Award (Best Critical Nonfiction Work), with Declan Burke, for Books to Die For Winner: 2014 Edgar Award (Best Short Story), for The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository, Bibliomysteries Winner: 2014 Anthony Award (Best Short Story), for The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository, Bibliomysteries Nominee: 2016 Barry Award (Best Novel), for A Song of Shadows Nominee: 2018 Bram Stoker Award (Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction), for Horror Express References External links 1968 births Living people Irish novelists Irish mystery writers Alumni of Dublin City University Writers from Dublin (city) People educated at Synge Street CBS Shamus Award winners Barry Award winners Agatha Award winners Anthony Award winners Edgar Award winners Irish male novelists