Florida Crime Writers

by Glassman, Steve

• ISBN13: 9780786430833
• ISBN10: 0786430834
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-29
• Publisher: McFarland Publishing

Summary

This book examines 24 crime novelists who set their work in the Sunshine State. From James W. Hall's Under Cover of Daylight in the Florida Keys, to Barbara Parker's Suspicion of Betrayal in Miami to Tim Dorsey's Florida Roadkill at Cape Canaveral and Tampa, these writers and their works span all of Florida's 67 counties. A biographical sketch of each author precedes an interview by a critic who has immersed him- or herself in the novelist's works, producing interview-essays of noteworthy perception and insight.

Author Biography

Steve Glassman is a professor of humanities at Embry-Riddle University in Daytona Beach.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 1
Nancy Bartholomew, Panhandle Mystery Writer	p. 7
James O. Born, Crime Novelist and Career Cop	p. 16
Nancy J. Cohen, Writer of Soft-Boiled Mysteries	p. 24
Tom Corcoran, Key West Crime Writer	p. 32
Tim Dorsey, Satirical Crime Writer Extraordinaire	p. 40
Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, Award-Winning Hispanic Mystery Novelist	p. 50
James W. Hall, Maverick Master of the Keys and South Florida	p. 58
Vicki Hendricks	p. 64
Stuart Kaminsky, Midwestern-Florida Crime Master	p. 74
Jonathon King, Edgar-Winning Mystery Novelist	p. 88
Christine Kling, Writer of South Florida Nautical Crime	p. 102
Paul Levine, Attorney, Novelist, and Television Mystery Writer	p. 113
Michael Lister, Prison Chaplain and Novelist	p. 119
John Lutz, Sometime Florida Crime Writer	p. 128
Bob Morris, Central Florida Journalist and Mystery Novelist	p. 137
Barbara Parker, Mistress of Crime Writing	p. 150
Nancy Pickard, Socially Conscious Crime Writer	p. 161
Aileen Schumacher, Author of Historical Crime Fiction	p. 170
Les Standiford, Florida Crime Novelist and Nonfiction Writer	p. 181
James Swain, Magical Mystery Writer	p. 192
Elaine Viets, Classy Crime Writer	p. 195
M. Diane Vogt, Author of Florida Legal Mysteries	p. 203
Randy Wayne White, Naturalist and Crime Writer	p. 212
Dirk Wyle, Author of Scientific Crime Novels	p. 222
About the Contributors	p. 235
Index	p. 239
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