Books On Film Noir Writers

These books are about some of the noir writers whose early pulp and crime fiction novels led to so many great films of the genre.

James Cain

Hooper, Roy, "The Biography Of James M. Cain"
New York: Holt 1982

Madden, David, "Cain's Craft"
Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow 1985

Shenazy, Paul, "James M. Cain"
New York: The Continuum Publishing Company 1989

Raymond Chandler

Clark, Al, "Raymond Chandler In Hollywood"
New York: Proteus Publishing 1982

Gross, Miriam (editor), "The World Of Raymond Chandler"
New York: A&W Publisher 1977

Luhr, William, "Raymond Chandler And Film"
New York: Frederick Ungar 1982

MacShane, Frank, "The Life Of Raymond Chandler"
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1976

Cornell Woolrich

Nevins Fr., Francis M., "Cornell Woolrich: First You Dream, Then You Die"
New York: The Mysterious Press 1988

Renzi, Thomas, "Cornell Woolrich From Pulp Noir To Film Noir"
McFarland & Company 2006

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