Dublin Noir - Ken Bruen [76]
GARY PHILLIPS’S work has been influenced by the likes of Ralph Ellison, Rod Serling, and Stan Lee. With Jervey Tervalon, he coedited the acclaimed anthology The Cocaine Chronicles for Akashic Books. His story in this anthology is a prequel in the life of protagonist Zelmont Raines who previously appeared in the crime novel, The Jook. And taking his cues from Zelmont, Phillips is busy hustling his next writing gig.
JOHN RICKARDS is the twenty-seven-year-old author of Winter’s End and The Touch of Ghosts. He writes full-time and lives in the UK. He drinks an obscene amount of Guinness.
PETER SPIEGELMAN is the Shamus Award–winning author of Black Maps and Death’s Little Helpers, both of which feature private investigator John March. He currently resides in Connecticut, where he is at work on another March novel.
JASON STARR is the author of seven noir crime novels, which are published in ten languages. His novel Tough Luck was an Anthony Award finalist and a Barry Award winner. He lives with his wife and daughter in New York City.
OLEN STEINHAUER has been nominated for numerous awards, including the Edgar and the Dagger. His most recent novel is 36 Yalta Boulevard. He lives in Budapest.
DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI’S recent crime thriller The Wheelman features a mute Irish getaway driver named Lennon. As his last name indicates, he’s not exactly Irish, but his wife and kids are. And that’s good enough for him. His other books include Secret Dead Men and The Big Book O’ Beer. Visit him at www.duaneswierczynski.com.
CHARLIE STELLA is a former “knockaround guy” who spent eighteen years working the streets of New York while trying to break into the crime fiction business. He’s done everything from window cleaning (for ten years) on scaffolds high atop New York City skyscrapers to word processing to collecting for loansharks and running a bookmaking office. He’s not as cute as Rocky Balboa, but he has a beautiful wife and doggie.
SARAH WEINMAN is the crime fiction columnist for the Baltimore Sun and the editor of the literary blog “Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind.” Her work has appeared in many venues, including the Washington Post, the Globe and Mail, and the Philadelphia City Paper. “Hen Night” was inspired by a trip to Dublin during the 2003 Bank Holiday weekend, after which she vowed never to go back to Temple Bar.
KEVIN WIGNALL studied Politics & International Relations at Lancaster and is a member of Chatham House, the institute for international affairs in London. His novels include People Die and For the Dogs, and he’s a regular contributor of short stories to Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. His story for this collection is, he tells us, semi-autobiographical, though he refuses to elaborate further.
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edited by George Pelecanos
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350 pages, a trade paperback original, $15.95
*Winner of SHAMUS AWARD, ANTHONY AWARD, ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD; Finalist for EDGAR AWARD, PUSHCART PRIZE
Twenty brand new crime stories from New York’s punchiest borough. Contributors include: Pete Hamill, Arthur Nersesian, Maggie Estep, Nelson George, Neal Pollack, Sidney Offit, Ken Bruen, and others.
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