100 American Crime Writers
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100 American Crime Writers

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eBook - PDF

100 American Crime Writers

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100 American Crime Writers features discussion and analysis of the lives of crime writers and their key works, examining the developments in American crime writing from the Golden Age to hardboiled detective fiction. This study is essential to scholars and an ideal introduction to crime fiction for anyone who enjoys this fascinating genre.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Notes on Contributors
  8. Introduction
  9. ‘Out of the Venetian Vase’: From Golden Age to Hard-boiled
  10. After These Mean Streets: Crime Fiction and the Chandler Inheritance
  11. 1 Megan Abbott
  12. 2 Paul Auster
  13. 3 W.T. Ballard
  14. 4 Ann Bannon
  15. 5 Robert Bloch
  16. 6 Lawrence Block
  17. 7 Leigh Brackett
  18. 8 Gil Brewer
  19. 9 Fredric Brown
  20. 10 Howard Browne
  21. 11 Edward Bunker
  22. 12 James Lee Burke
  23. 13 W.R. Burnett
  24. 14 James M. Cain
  25. 15 Paul Cain
  26. 16 Truman Capote
  27. 17 John Dickson Carr
  28. 18 Vera Caspary
  29. 19 Raymond Chandler
  30. 20 Harlan Coben
  31. 21 Max Allan Collins
  32. 22 Richard Condon
  33. 23 Michael Connelly
  34. 24 Patricia Cornwell
  35. 25 Robert Crais
  36. 26 James Crumley
  37. 27 Carroll John Daly
  38. 28 Norbert Davis
  39. 29 Mignon G. Eberhart
  40. 30 James Ellroy
  41. 31 Janet Evanovich
  42. 32 William Faulkner
  43. 33 Kenneth Fearing
  44. 34 Rudolph Fisher
  45. 35 Kinky Friedman
  46. 36 Jacques Futrelle
  47. 37 Erle Stanley Gardner
  48. 38 William Campbell Gault
  49. 39 David Goodis
  50. 40 Sue Grafton
  51. 41 Davis Grubb
  52. 42 Frank Gruber
  53. 43 Dashiell Hammett
  54. 44 Thomas Harris
  55. 45 Carl Hiaasen
  56. 46 George V. Higgins
  57. 47 Patricia Highsmith
  58. 48 Tony Hillerman
  59. 49 Chester Himes
  60. 50 Roy Huggins
  61. 51 Dorothy B. Hughes
  62. 52 Day Keene
  63. 53 Jonathan Kellerman
  64. 54 C. Daly King
  65. 55 Jonathan Latimer
  66. 56 Dennis Lehane
  67. 57 Elmore Leonard
  68. 58 Ira Levin
  69. 59 Elizabeth Linington
  70. 60 Eleazar Lipsky
  71. 61 John Lutz
  72. 62 John D. MacDonald
  73. 63 Ross Macdonald
  74. 64 Dan J. Marlowe
  75. 65 Ed McBain
  76. 66 Horace McCoy
  77. 67 William P. McGivern
  78. 68 Margaret Millar
  79. 69 Walter Mosley
  80. 70 Marcia Muller
  81. 71 Frederick Nebel
  82. 72 Barbara Neely
  83. 73 William F. Nolan
  84. 74 Sara Paretsky
  85. 75 Robert B. Parker
  86. 76 George Pelecanos
  87. 77 Edgar Allan Poe
  88. 78 Melville Davisson Post
  89. 79 Richard S. Prather
  90. 80 Bill Pronzini
  91. 81 Ellery Queen (aka Dannay and Lee)
  92. 82 Arthur B. Reeve
  93. 83 Mary Roberts Rinehart
  94. 84 James Sallis
  95. 85 George S. Schuyler
  96. 86 Viola Brothers Shore
  97. 87 Iceberg Slim
  98. 88 Mickey Spillane
  99. 89 Rex Stout
  100. 90 Jim Thompson
  101. 91 Ernest Tidyman
  102. 92 Lawrence Treat
  103. 93 S.S. Van Dine (Willard Huntington Wright)
  104. 94 Joseph Wambaugh
  105. 95 Carolyn Wells
  106. 96 Donald E. Westlake
  107. 97 Raoul Whitfield
  108. 98 Charles Willeford
  109. 99 Charles Williams
  110. 100 Cornell Woolrich
  111. Bibliography
  112. Suggested Reading
  113. Index