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Paul Doiron is the best-selling author of the 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. Paul’s twelfth 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. His books have been translated into 11 languages.

Paul is the former chair of the Maine Humanities Council, Editor Emeritus of Down East: The Magazine of Maine, and a Registered ...more

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	The Poacher's Son (Mike Bowditch, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 15,574 ratings — published 2010 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trespasser (Mike Bowditch, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 9,539 ratings — published 2011 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bad Little Falls (Mike Bowditch, #3) 3.91 avg rating — 7,476 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Massacre Pond (Mike Bowditch, #4) 4.13 avg rating — 6,753 ratings — published 2013 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bone Orchard (Mike Bowditch, #5) 4.14 avg rating — 6,532 ratings — published 2014 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead by Dawn (Mike Bowditch, #12) 4.18 avg rating — 6,291 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Precipice (Mike Bowditch, #6) 4.11 avg rating — 6,257 ratings — published 2015 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hatchet Island (Mike Bowditch, #13) 4.04 avg rating — 5,772 ratings — published 2022 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Knife Creek (Mike Bowditch, #8) 4.21 avg rating — 5,538 ratings — published 2017 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch, #15) 4.18 avg rating — 5,457 ratings — published 2024 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The STORM TIDE book tour begins on publication day, June 30, in Belfast, ME, and then heads south, west, and back east again.

Writing novels is mostly a solitary business, so getting out into the world and meeting readers is one of my favorite parts of the job.

If I’m coming to your area, I hope you’ll stop by and say hello. And if I’m not this time around, I hope we’ll cross paths on a future tour

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“You never really know someone until your relationship with them is over.”
― Paul Doiron, Trespasser

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“Just because you're done with the past doesn't mean the past is done with you.”
― Paul Doiron, The Bone Orchard

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“People disappoint you so often. I hardly knew how to react when they surpassed all your hopes.”
― Paul Doiron, The Poacher's Son

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“People disappoint you so often. I hardly knew how to react when they surpassed all your hopes.”
― Paul Doiron, The Poacher's Son

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“Desperate times call for hopeful measures.”
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“You never really know someone until your relationship with them is over.”
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“Nature will forgive humankind just about anything, and what it won’t forgive I hope never to witness.”
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