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Brash Books
Brash Books is an American crime fiction imprint founded in 2014 by authors Lee Goldberg and Joel Goldman. The main focus of Brash Books is to republish award-winning and critically acclaimed novels, primarily from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, which had fallen out of print. The imprint also publishes new crime fiction and suspense novels. The imprint launched in September 2014 with 29 reprints, including the Nero Award-winning ''Sleeping Dog'' by Dick Lochte, Edgar Award finalist ''Lover Man'' by Dallas Murphy, and the new novel ''Treasure Coast'' by Tom Kakonis. The company has since published other books, such as Mark Smith's ''Death of the Detective,'' a National Book Award finalist, Barbara Neely's ''Blanche on the Lam,'' (recipient of the Agatha and Anthony Award), Max Allan Collins' novel ''Road to Perdition'' in a new, expanded edition (incorporating material from his original graphic novel, elements from his novelization of the feature screenplay, and new material), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Goldberg
Lee Goldberg is an American author, screenwriter, publisher and producer known for his bestselling novels ''Lost Hills'' and ''True Fiction'' and his work on a wide variety of TV crime series, including '' Diagnosis: Murder'', ''A Nero Wolfe Mystery'', ''Hunter'', '' Spenser: For Hire'', ''Martial Law'', '' She-Wolf of London'', ''SeaQuest'', ''1-800-Missing'', '' The Glades'' and ''Monk''. Career Goldberg began his career as a journalist, covering local news and the police beat for the ''Contra Costa Times'' (later renamed the ''East Bay Times'') and ''UPI'', and writing feature articles, interviews and reviews for various national publications, including the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', ''Los Angeles Times'', ''Newsweek'' and ''American Film'' among others. He attended UCLA, where he was a reporter and feature writer for the ''Daily Bruin'' student newspaper, in addition to his aforementioned journalism work. There he befriended Lewis Perdue, the paper's journalism advisor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoef Sutton
Robert Christopher "Phoef" Sutton (born September 11, 1958) is an American writer and producer. His film credits include ''Mrs. Winterbourne'' and '' The Fan'', both released in 1996. Phoef — the first name that he uses both personally and professionally — is pronounced "feef", and was a childhood nickname given to him in infancy by his brothers. Sutton was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Virginia. A 1981 graduate of James Madison University, he began his career writing scripts for ''Newhart''. He later became a writer for and executive producer of ''Cheers''. He collaborated with Bob Newhart again on the 1992 TV series ''Bob'' and worked as a creative consultant on 1990s TV series ''Almost Perfect'' and ''NewsRadio''. With Mark Jordan Legan he wrote and produced the cult comedy series ''Thanks'' about the Pilgrims' first years in America and co-wrote a 2017 episode of ''Kevin Can Wait''. He was also the showrunner and producer for the NBC series '' The Fighting Fitzge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parnell Hall (writer)
Parnell Hall (October 31, 1944 – December 15, 2020) was a mystery writer.''St. James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers'', 4th ed. (Chicago: St James Press, 1996) 472-473 His works include the '' Puzzle Lady'' and the Stanley Hastings series, as well as the screenplay to the 1984 cult classic ''C.H.U.D.''"FILM: 'C.H.U.D.,' A TALE OF STRANGE CREATURES" by Lawrence Van Gelder, , Sept 01, 1984 He collaborated with for |
Andy Straka
Andy Straka (born September 29, 1958) is a Shamus Award-winning American crime novelist. Born and raised in upstate New York and a graduate of Williams College, he worked in publishing and medical sales for nearly fifteen years before turning to writing in the late 1990s. His debut private-eye novel, ''A Witness Above'', garnered Shamus, Anthony, and Agatha Award nominations for ''Best First Novel'' in 2002. ''A Killing Sky'' received an Anthony Award nomination in 2003, and Straka's third book, ''Cold Quarry'', won a 2004 Shamus Award. His series of six Frank Pavlicek novels features a former New York City police detective who also spends much of his time flying various hawks to help inspire him to solve criminal cases. The fourth novel in the Pavlicek series, ''Kitty Hitter'', was called a "great read" by Library Journal. ''Kitty Hitter'' was re-released with a new title, ''The Night Falconer'', as an e-book and paperback. A fifth book featuring Pavlicek is the novella ''Flightfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sanford (Author)
John Sanford or John B. Sanford, born Julian Lawrence Shapiro (May 31, 1904 – March 6, 2003), was an American screenwriter and prose writer who wrote 24 books. The ''Cambridge Companion to Jewish American Literature'' describes him as, "Perhaps the most outstanding neglected novelist." A one-time member of the Communist Party, after he and his wife Marguerite Roberts refused to testify to the House Un-American Activities Committee, they were blacklisted and unable to work in Hollywood for nearly a decade. Sanford wrote half of his books after he was 80. He published a 5-volume autobiography, for which he received a PEN/Faulkner Award and the ''Los Angeles Times'' Lifetime Achievement Award. He left three unpublished novels and was writing up until a month before his death at 98. Biography Julian Shapiro was born in Harlem, New York to a first-generation American mother and Russian immigrant father, who was a lawyer. Both were Jewish. His mother died in 1914 when he was onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley R
Stanley may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Stanley'' (1972 film), an American horror film * ''Stanley'' (1984 film), an Australian comedy * ''Stanley'' (1999 film), an animated short * ''Stanley'' (1956 TV series), an American situation comedy * ''Stanley'' (2001 TV series), an American animated series Other uses in arts and entertainment * ''Stanley'' (play), by Pam Gems, 1996 * Stanley Award, an Australian Cartoonists' Association award * '' Stanley: The Search for Dr. Livingston'', a video game * Stanley (Cars), a character in ''Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales'' * ''The Stanley Parable'', a 2011 video game developed by Galactic Cafe, and its titular character, Stanley Businesses and organisations * Stanley, Inc., American information technology company * Stanley Aviation, American aerospace company * Stanley Black & Decker, formerly The Stanley Works, American hardware manufacturer ** Stanley knife, a utility knife * Stanley bottle, a bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gar Anthony Haywood
Gar Anthony Haywood is an American author of crime fiction. He was born in Los Angeles in 1954, and worked as a computer technician for over a decade before he started publishing novels. ''Fear of The Dark'' (1988) won the Shamus Award for best first private investigator novel. It also spawned a long-running series that featured the protagonist Aaron Gunner. The Aaron Gunner books are hardboiled detective fiction, inspired by Ross Macdonald's Los Angeles novels. Haywood has also written several standalone thrillers, as well as a pair of light, comic mysteries. Haywood has also written numerous screenplays for television, including an episode of ''New York Undercover'' and the TV movie adaptation of '' Bad As I Wanna Be'', the autobiography of basketball player Dennis Rodman Dennis Keith Rodman (born May 13, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player. Known for his fierce defensive and rebounding abilities, his biography on the official NBA website states ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Genelin
Michael Genelin (born January 6, 1950) is an American author and former Los Angeles Head Deputy District Attorney in the Hardcore Gang Division. Genelin has been involved around the world in penal code reform, anti-corruption reform in government, including legislative drafting, ethics establishment and training, freedom of information laws, witness protection practices, trial advocacy, investigation and trial of cases, particularly homicides, judicial procedures, reform and creation of evidence procedures, human resources, all aspects of training, including anti-corruption investigation and prosecution and the general operations of law enforcement/prosecution/criminal court programs, investigative journalism training, and interactive governmental communications. Early life and education Michael Genelin was born in Bronx, New York, and raised in Queens where he attended PS 36 and Newtown High School. Genelin then moved to Los Angeles where he attended UCLA, earning a BA in Polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Forward
Bob Forward (born 1958) is an American writer, producer, and director. Forward is the production director and president of his independent company, Detonation Films. Forward has been the writer of many animated television series, as well as a film, '' The Owl'' based on his novel of the same name, which has just been republished. Forward is the son of the Robert L. Forward, who was an American physicist and science fiction writer. His sister is Eve Forward. Forward currently resides in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, while Detonation Films is located in Simi Valley, California Simi Valley (; Chumashan languages, Chumash: ''Shimiyi'') is a city in Simi Valley (valley), the valley of the same name in the southeast region of Ventura County, California, United States. Simi Valley is from Downtown Los Angeles, making it .... Forward is also known to have registered at least one patent under his name. Filmography Writer * series head writer denoted in bold Direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Sangster
James Henry Kinmel Sangster (2 December 1927 – 19 August 2011) was a British screenwriter and director, most famous for his work on the initial horror films made by the British company Hammer Film Productions, Hammer Films, including ''The Curse of Frankenstein'' (1957) and ''Dracula (1958 film), Dracula'' (1958). Early life The son of an estate agent, Sangster was born in Kinmel Bay, Kimmel Bay, North Wales and was educated at Ewell Castle School in Surrey, and Llandaff Cathedral School in Cardiff. He began his film career, aged 16, as a Clapperboard, clapper-boy. After service with the Royal Air Force, RAF, he worked as a third assistant director on Ealing Studios, Ealing Studios productions, then joined Exclusive Studios (later Hammer Film Productions, Hammer Films) in 1949. Career Sangster originally worked as a Production assistant#Television and feature film, production assistant at Hammer Films, as well as being an assistant director, Second unit#Directors, second un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe R
Joe or JOE may refer to: Arts Film and television * ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle * ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage * ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from 1966 to 1971 * ''Joe'', a 2002 Canadian animated short about Joe Fortes Music and radio * "Joe" (Inspiral Carpets song) * "Joe" (Red Hot Chili Peppers song) * "Joe", a song by The Cranberries on their album ''To the Faithful Departed'' *"Joe", a song by PJ Harvey on her album '' Dry'' *"Joe", a song by AJR on their album ''OK Orchestra'' * Joe FM (other), any of several radio stations Computing * Joe's Own Editor, a text editor for Unix systems * Joe, an object-oriented Java computing framework based on Sun's Distributed Objects Everywhere project Media * Joe (website), a news website for the UK and Ireland * ''Joe'' (magazine), a defunct periodical developed originally for Kenyan youth Places * Joe, North Carolina, United States, a town * Jõe, Saaremaa Parish, Estoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Dennis
Ralph Dennis (December 30, 1931 - July 4, 1988) was an American author of crime fiction, best known for his Hardman series of detective novels. The writer and anthologist Ed Gorman described him as "the most beloved obscure private eye writer who ever lived". Personal life Dennis was born in Sumter, South Carolina. He had two siblings—an older sister, Irma, and a younger brother, William. They were sent to an orphanage when their father died in 1941. After a few years, they left the orphanage and Irma supported her brothers by working as a waitress while they went to school. Dennis graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1960 and received his master's degree from the same school in 1963. He later became an instructor at the university in its Department of Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures. Dennis also graduated from the Yale School of Drama and served in the United States Navy. In the early 1970s, Dennis moved to Atlanta, where the Hardman novels were set. Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |