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Opinion: The Elvis of the literary scene is L.A.'s own Raymond Chandler
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 5 months agoRaymond Chandler, working on a new murder mystery script at his Hollywood home, on April 16, 1945....
History: Raymond Chandler's leading men followed his Marlowe character to Palm Springs
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 3 months agoClearly Raymond Chandler, the quintessential Los Angeles noir writer, had been to Palm Springs. He...
Review: 'Marlowe,' with Neeson, resurrects a vintage gumshoe
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe richly hard-boiled terrain of detective Philip Marlowe has always been, to quote Raymond...
Don Winslow recommends 6 novels that have informed his craft
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDon Winslow Courtesy Image Crime novelist Don Winslow is the best-selling author of the Cartel...
James Ellroy hates Raymond Chandler and dismisses Dostoevsky, but talks of his love for the LAPD
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJames Ellroy goes full Ellroy in a conversation with Michael Connelly at the Festival of Books,...
‘Only The River Flows’ Review: A Witty, Convoluted China-Noir That is Less Whodunnit Than Whodidntit
Variety via Yahoo News· 12 months agoImagine the gleaming surfaces of Park Chan-wook’s terrific “Decision to Leave” stripped of romance,...
'This is how it’s supposed to be': Q&A with musician Michael McDermott before Acorn show
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMichael McDermott sounds cheerful when he answers the phone on a recent Friday morning. And why...
In new memoir, Tom Selleck looks back at the hard years that made him a star in 'Magnum, P.I.'
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoTom Selleck starts his memoir in the middle of a car crash. “That's an unusual way to start,” the...
How the authors of 'South Central Noir' captured South L.A. and created a genre
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoContributing writers, by row, from top left: Tananarive Due, Gar Anthony Haywood and Naomi Hirahara;...
Don Winslow Explains Why He's Trading Crime Novels for Never-Trump Politics
GQ via Yahoo News· 1 month agoHis new book, City in Ruins, caps a trilogy of bestsellers. He’s said it’ll be his last. Why is a...