Black Noir: Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction by African-American Writers

Publisher Marketing: The best mystery and crime fiction ever produced by African-American writers. Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/16/2009 pg. 45 (EAN 9781605980393, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2009 (EAN 9781605980393, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Penzler, Otto Otto Penzler is a renowned mystery editor, publisher, columnist, and owner of New York's The Mysterious Bookshop, the oldest and largest bookstores solely dedicated to mystery fiction. He has edited more than fifty crime-fiction anthologies. Contributor Bio:  Mosley, Walter Walter Mosley is the "New York Times" bestselling author of five Easy Rawlins mysteries: "Devil in A Blue Dress", "A Red Death", "White Butterfly", "Black Betty, " and "A Little Yellow Dog"; three non-mystery novels, "Blue Light", "Gone Fishin'", and "R. L.'s Dream"; two collections of stories featuring Socrates Fortlow, "Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned", for which he received the Anisfield Wolf Award, and which was an HBO movie; and a nonfiction book, "Workin' On The Chain Gang". Mosley is also the author of the Leonid McGill, and Fearless Jones mystery series, "The Tempest Tales" and "Six Easy Pieces". He is a former president of the Mystery Writers of America, a founder of the PEN American Center Open Book Committee, and is on the board of directors of the National Book Awards. A native of Los Angeles, he now lives in New York City. Contributor Bio:  Jones, Edward P Edward P. Jones, the New York Times bestselling author, has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, for fiction, the National Book Critics Circle award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and the Lannan Literary Award for The Known World; he also received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2004. His first collection of stories, Lost in the City, won the PEN/Hemingway Award and was short listed for the National Book Award. His second collection, All Aunt Hagar's Children, was a finalist for the Pen/Faulkner Award. He has been an instructor of fiction writing at a range of universities, including Princeton. He lives in Washington, D. C. Contributor Bio:  Himes, Chester After arriving on the American literary scene with novels of scathing social protest like If He Hollers Let Him Go and The Lonely Crusade, Chester Himes created a pioneering pair of dangerously charming African-American sleuths, Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson, who attempt to maintain some kind of order in a series of violent and funny page-turners. Contributor Bio:  Phillips, Gary GARY PHILLIPS was born in South-Central Los Angeles and started writing in his teens. He is now the author of three Ivan Monk mysteries, including Violent Spring, Perdition, USA, and Bad Night Is Falling, as well as numerous short stories. A longtime community activist, he has published editorials on politics and pop culture in The Los Angeles Times, The Los Angeles Watts Times, The San Francisco Examiner, The Black Scholar Journal, as well as ColorLines and Rap Pages magazines. Phillips is at work on a second Martha Chainey novel. Contributor Bio:  Woods, Paula L A native of Los Angeles, Paula L. Woods runs -- with her husband -- the book packaging firm Livre Noir, and has co-edited several books. This is her first novel.