American crime writer, poet, science fiction writer, and biographer who wrote a series of novels featuring the detective character Lew Griffin set in New Orleans, and the 2005 novel Drive, which was adapted into a 2011 film of the same name.
| Born | 1944 |
| Died | 2026 |
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| Born | 1944 |
| Died | 2026 |
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Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, crime, Lew Griffin (Fictitious character), Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Griffin, lew (fictitious character), fiction, New orleans (la.), fiction, African americans, fiction, History and criticism, Louisiana, fiction, African American detectives, John Turner (Fictitious character), Private investigators, Sheriffs, African American police, American Science fiction, Ex-police officers, Guitar music, Guitarists, Phoenix (ariz.), fiction, Police, American, American Novelists, Biography, Crime, fictionPlaces
Louisiana, New Orleans, New Orleans (La.), Southern States, Tennessee, Phoenix (Ariz.), United States, VirginiaPeople
Chester B. Himes (1909-), Chester B. Himes (1909-1984), David Goodis (1917-1967), Jim Thompson (1906-1977)Time
20th centuryID Numbers
- OLID: OL228668A
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- James Chapelle Sallis
- SALLIS,JAMES