DLB 226: American Hard Boiled Crime Writers

by Julie Anderson (Editor), George Anderson (Editor)

This award-winning multi-volume series is dedicated to making literature and its creators better understood and more accessible to students and interested readers, while satisfying the standards of librarians, teachers and scholars. Dictionary of Literary Biography provides reliable information in an easily comprehensible format, while placing writers in the larger perspective of literary history. Dictionary of Literary Biography systematically presents career biographies and criticism of writers from all eras and all genres through volumes dedicated to specific types of literature and time periods. For a listing of Dictionary of Literary Biography volumes sorted by genre 01

437 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[RetroHound]

Writers covered:
Lawrence Block
Howard Browne
James Lee Burke
W. R. Burnett
James M. Cain
Raymond Chandler
James Crumley
Carroll John Daly
Thomas B. Dewey
Davis Dresser (Brett Halliday)
James Ellroy
Loren D. Estleman
Steve Fisher
William Campbell Gault
David Goodis
Joe Gores
Sue Grafton
Dashiell Hammett
Joseph Hansen
Chester Himes
Ed Lacy
Elmore Leonard
Kenneth Millar (Ross Macdonald)
Marcia Muller
Frederick Nebel
Bill Pronzini
Mickey Spillane
Jim Thompson
Raoul Whitfield
Charles Willeford
Cornell Woolrich

Each author written by a different scholar, cover life and analysis of major works (including magazine articles) by each author. Very informative and I've picked up a few new authors to read. You may be able to find this at your local library, more likely at a university library.