I'm a writer of many genres, having written two science fiction novels, one being reviewed by a publisher (knock wood) and I had a trilogy of short fantasy adventure stories published in a now defunct e-zine, and a short crime story in Out of the Gutter #3 called The Death of Suzie Sunshine.
I also have a short story called the Dixie Chrononauts now available in...
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I've just started writing my first crime novel. Also a fan of many different crime writers. I also have a blog under the pen name of Furious D, where I dissect the business side of pop culture. I am also writing a non-fiction book, inspired by my blog, where I try to explain the business of pop culture to the average media outsider.
Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Ian Rankin, PD James, Ian Fleming, James Ellroy, Jim Thompson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Georges Simenon, Harlan Ellison, JRR Tolkien, PG Wodehouse, William Gibson, and hundreds of others.
Thanks for the invite D.R. MacMaster. Love your list of favorite authors, and I've got money that if you read the latest from Megan Abbott and Michael Connelly, you'll be adding to that list.
Great response to the "defining noir" discussion. I agree with everything you say. My definitions, of course, is just a shorthand way to describe noir and hardboiled.
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Oct 13, 2008
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