Prolific Maine crime novel author Paul Doiron visits Stowe library May 11

May 3, 2023  |  By Waterbury Roundabout  

Doiron is the creator of a series of crime novels featuring Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch. Book cover image

Out in June, 'Dead Man's Wake' is Doiron's 14th novel in the series. Courtesy image

Best-selling Maine crime novel author Paul Doiron will visit the Stowe Free Library on Thursday, May 11, for a reading and book signing event and the public is invited. 

The free gathering begins at 7 p.m. in the Community Room after a brief meeting of the Friends of the Stowe Free Library. 

Doiron is the creator of the Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch series of crime novels set in the Maine woods.  His first book, “The Poacher’s Son,” won the Barry Award and the Strand Critics Award and was nominated for an Edgar for Best First Novel. His second, “Trespasser,” won the 2012 Maine Literary Award. His novelette “Rabid” was a finalist for the 2019 Edgar in the Best Short Story category. 

Maine crime novel writer Paul Doiron. Courtesy photo

Paul’s 12th book, “Dead by Dawn,” won the New England Society’s 2022 Book Award for Fiction, as well as his second Maine Literary Award. It was also a finalist for the Barry Award. “Hatchet Island,” the 13th book in the series, was named one of the best books of 2022 by Amazon. 

A Maine native, Doiron is an editor emeritus of Down East: The Magazine of Maine, having served as editor-in-chief from 2005 to 2013, before stepping down to write full-time. He’s a former member of the Maine Arts Commission and past chair of the Maine Humanities Council. A registered Maine guide specializing in fly-fishing, Doiron lives on a trout stream in coastal Maine with his wife Kristen Lindquist. 

A selection of the Bowditch books will be available for purchase from Bear Pond Books at the signing. The 14th installment, “Dead Man’s Wake,” comes out on June 27.  

Copies of Doiron’s books – in print with some available as ebooks or on audio – are available from the Waterbury Public Library, the Stowe Free Library and the Morristown Centennial Library and Waterbury Public Library. Check Bridgeside Books in Waterbury or Bear Pond in Stowe for copies for purchase. 

This event is sponsored by the Friends of Stowe Free Library. More information online at stowelibrary.org/friends or contact the library at 802-253-6145 or library@stowevt.gov.