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'''Rennie Airth''' (born 1935) is a South African novelist who currently resides in Italy.<ref name="Rennie Airth">{{cite web| url = http://www.panmacmillan.com/Authors...l Contributor&ContributorID=70044&RLE=Author| title = Rennie Airth| publisher = PanMacmillan.com| accessdate = 2010-03-16}}</ref> Airth has also worked as foreign correspondent for the [[Reuters]] news service.<ref name="Rennie Airth"/>	'''Rennie Airth''' (born 1935)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Airth, Rennie 1935– |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/airth-rennie-1935 |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=[[Encyclopedia.com]]}}</ref> is a South African novelist who currently resides in Italy.<ref name="Rennie Airth">{{cite web| url = http://www.panmacmillan.com/Authors...l Contributor&ContributorID=70044&RLE=Author| title = Rennie Airth| publisher = PanMacmillan.com| accessdate = 2010-03-16}}</ref> Airth has also worked as foreign correspondent for the [[Reuters]] news service.<ref name="Rennie Airth"/>
==Novels==	==Novels==
His works include ''Snatch!'' (1969), ''Once A Spy'' (1981), and a series of murder mysteries set in England between 1921 and 1949 featuring Detective Inspector John Madden of [[Scotland Yard]] (later retired). The first of these, ''[[River of Darkness (novel)|River of Darkness]]'' (1999), won the [[Grand Prix de Littérature Policière]] for best international crime novel in 2000 and was nominated for [[Edgar Award|Edgar]], [[Anthony Award|Anthony]], and [[Macavity Awards|Macavity]] awards in the States.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/a/rennie-airth/| title = Rennie Airth| publisher = Fantastic Fiction| accessdate = 2008-05-20}}</ref> Airth found inspiration for that tale in a scrapbook about his uncle, a soldier killed in World War I.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000019770,00.html| title = Rennie Airth – Penguin Group (USA) Authors| publisher = [[Penguin Group (USA)]]| accessdate = 2008-05-20}}</ref> A sequel, ''[[The Blood-Dimmed Tide]]'', was published in 2003, and a third book, ''[[The Dead of Winter (novel)|The Dead of Winter]]'', in 2009.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.panmacmillan.com/Authors...l Contributor&ContributorID=70044&RLE=Author| title = Rennie Airth| publisher = PanMacmillan.com| accessdate = 2008-05-20}}</ref> Although Airth initially intended to write a trilogy about Madden,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crimesquad.com/author-month.asp?id=454|title = CrimeSquad}}</ref> in 2014 he produced a fourth entry in the series, ''The Reckoning'', and followed that with ''The Death of Kings'' (2017).	His works include ''Snatch!'' (1969), ''Once A Spy'' (1981), and a series of murder mysteries set in England between 1921 and 1949 featuring Detective Inspector John Madden of [[Scotland Yard]] (later retired). The first of these, ''[[River of Darkness (novel)|River of Darkness]]'' (1999), won the [[Grand Prix de Littérature Policière]] for best international crime novel in 2000 and was nominated for [[Edgar Award|Edgar]], [[Anthony Award|Anthony]], and [[Macavity Awards|Macavity]] awards in the States.<ref name=":1">{{cite web| url = http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/a/rennie-airth/| title = Rennie Airth| publisher = Fantastic Fiction| accessdate = 2008-05-20}}</ref> Airth found inspiration for that tale in a scrapbook about his uncle, a soldier killed in World War I.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000019770,00.html| title = Rennie Airth – Penguin Group (USA) Authors| publisher = [[Penguin Group (USA)]]| accessdate = 2008-05-20}}</ref> A sequel, ''[[The Blood-Dimmed Tide]]'', was published in 2003, and a third book, ''[[The Dead of Winter (novel)|The Dead of Winter]]'', in 2009.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.panmacmillan.com/Authors...l Contributor&ContributorID=70044&RLE=Author| title = Rennie Airth| publisher = PanMacmillan.com| accessdate = 2008-05-20}}</ref> Although Airth initially intended to write a trilogy about Madden,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crimesquad.com/author-month.asp?id=454|title = CrimeSquad}}</ref> in 2014 he produced a fourth entry in the series, ''The Reckoning'', and followed that with ''The Death of Kings'' (2017).
==Books==	==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Awards for Airth's writing
!Year
!Title
!Award
!Result
!{{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}
|-
| rowspan="7" |2000
| rowspan="7" |''River of Darkness''
|[[Anthony Award for Best Novel]]
|Finalist
|<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Rennie Airth |url=https://stopyourekillingme.com/A_Authors/Airth_Rennie.html |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=Stop, You're Killing Me!}}</ref>
|-
|[[Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel]]
|Finalist
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[Dilys Award]]
|Finalist
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[Edgar Award for Best Novel]]
|Finalist
|<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Grand Prix de Littérature Policière]]
|Winner
|<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />
|-
|Historical Dagger Award
|Finalist
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel]]
|Finalist
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|2006
|''The Blood-Dimmed Tide''
|Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel
|Finalist
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|2009
|''The Dead of Winter''
|Historical Dagger Award
|Finalist
|<ref name=":2" />
|}
==Publications==
* ''[[Snatch (novel)|Snatch]]'' (1969)	* ''[[Snatch (novel)|Snatch]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Once A Spy]]'' (1981)	* ''[[Once A Spy]]'' (1981)

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