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James Arthur Crumley (October 12, 1939 – September 17, 2008) [2] [3] [4] was an American author of violent hardboiled crime novels and several volumes of short stories and essays, as well as published and unpublished screenplays.
January 1 – In the UK's 2008 New Year Honours List, Hanif Kureishi (CBE), Jenny Uglow (OBE), Peter Vansittart (OBE) and Debjani Chatterjee (MBE) are all rewarded for "services to literature." February 29 – Belgian-born "Misha Defonseca" admits that her bestselling Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years (1997) is a literary forgery.
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Crumley may refer to: Bob Crumley (1876–1949), Scottish professional footballer; James Crumley (1939–2008), American author; James Crumley (footballer) (1890–1981), Scottish footballer; Jim Crumley (Scottish author) (born 1947), Scottish journalist; Patrick Crumley (1860–1922), Irish Nationalist UK Member of the Parliament
Death Is a Lonely Business is a mystery novel by American writer Ray Bradbury, published in 1985.The story, set in 1949, is about a series of murders that happen in Venice, California, then a declining seaside community in Los Angeles where Bradbury lived from 1942 to 1950.
James Sallis: The Killer Is Dying: Winner [5] James Lee Burke: Feast Day of Fools: Finalist Michael Ondaatje: The Cat's Table: Finalist Sara Gran: Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead: Finalist Thomas Perry: The Informant: Finalist 2012 Howard Owen: Oregon Hill: Winner [5] [8] [9] G. Willow Wilson: Alif the Unseen: Finalist [9] [10] Jim Lynch ...
James Earl Jones was an actor known for his booming voice, towering presence, and utter commitment to his craft. He passed away on September 9, 2024, at the age of 93. His voice and presence were ...
Other distinguished mystery stories of 2002 honored in the volume included Derek Alger's "Remembering the Rain" (The Literary Review), Dwight Allen's "End of the Steam Age" (Greensboro Review), Lawrence Block's "The Ehrengraf Reverse" (The Mighty Johns), C. M. Chan's "The Body in the Boot" (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine), William Chretien's "The Worried Wife" (), Robert Coover's "The ...