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Maltese Falcon Society
The Maltese Falcon Society is an organization for admirers of Dashiell Hammett, his novel ''The Maltese Falcon,'' and hardboiled mystery books and writers in general. Founded in San Francisco in 1981, the organization is no longer active in the United States; however, a chapter in Japan has been active continuously since 1982. The Japanese branch of the society presents the Falcon Award, Japan's highest honor in the mystery field, to honor the best hardboiled mystery novel published in Japan.
==Beginnings==
The Maltese Falcon Society was founded in San Francisco on May 20, 1981〔() 〕 by literary historian and biographer Don Herron and private investigator Jayson Wechter.〔"The society that detects the mystique of mysteries" by Bethany Korwin-Pawlowska, ''Oakland Tribune'', October 23, 1981, pp. C-1, C-5〕 The society's first meeting was held at John's Grill,〔"Maltese Falcon Society: Mystery lovers in spades", by Mike Hudson, ''Oakland Tribune'', May 26, 1981, p. C-4〕 a restaurant where Dashiell Hammett ate and which he featured in ''The Maltese Falcon''. The speakers at that first meeting were David Fechheimer, a Hammett researcher and private investigator, and E. Hoffmann Price, a pulp fiction author.〔''The Dashiell Hammett Tour: Thirtieth Anniversary Guidebook''. By Don Herron. San Francisco: Vince Emery Productions, 2009. Page 199.〕
The society opened chapters in New York and Japan.〔 By 1982, the society had 110 members in San Francisco, 55 in Japan, and 50 in New York.〔"Ryan's Dope" by William H. Ryan, ''San Francisco Appeal to Reason'', v. 1 n. 4, 1982, p. 10〕 As its official toast, the society adopted the one used by Sam Spade in Chapter 2 of ''The Maltese Falcon'': "Success to crime."〔
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