Barry Forshaw is a writer, broadcaster and journalist whose books include ''
British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia'', ''
The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction'', ''
Brit Noir'', ''
British Gothic Cinema'', ''
Nordic Noir
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'', ''
Sex and Film'', ''
Euro Noir'', ''
Death in a Cold Climate: Scandinavian Crime Fiction'' and ''
BFI Classics: War of the Worlds'' along with books on
Italian cinema
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,
film noir and the first UK biography of
Stieg Larsson, ''
The Man Who Left Too Soon''. He has written on books and films for many newspapers and magazines; he also edits ''
Crime Time'', and is one of the
talking heads
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for the
ITV Crime Thriller author profiles. He records documentaries on
crime fiction
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and film for a variety of
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producers for both TV and radio, along with much work for foreign broadcasters. He has been Vice Chair of the
. As well as his specialist area of books (in most genres), he writes on film (booklets for special edition DVDs) and all aspects of the arts (popular and serious). He is winner of the Keating Award for Non-Fiction for ''British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia'' (Greenwood)
In a previous career he was an illustrator, working for ''
*''Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide'' (Oldcastle/No Exit)
*''British Gothic Cinema'' (Palgrave Macmillan)
*''Brit Noir'' (No Exit)
*''Italian Cinema: Arthouse to Exploitation'' (Kamera)
*''Euro Noir'' (No Exit)
*''Sex and Film'' (Palgrave Macmillan)
*''Nordic Noir'' (No Exit Press)
*''BFI Classics: War of the Worlds'' (BFI)
*''Death in a Cold Climate: Scandinavian Crime Fiction'' (Palgrave Macmillan)
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*''British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia'' (Greenwood)
* ''Historical Noir'' (No Exit)
*''Crime Time'' (No Exit)