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Opening Shots

Opening Shots

Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share Their First Published Stories

by Lawrence Block
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/01/2000

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This collection of first stories published by prominent mystery and crime writers includes their recollections of the paths the stories followed. Writers include John Harvey, Susan Isaacs, Peter Robinson, and more.
ISBN:
9781581821253
9781581821253
Category:
Crime & Mystery
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-01-2000
Language:
English
Publisher:
Sourcebooks, Incorporated
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
240.54x168.15x35.81mm
Weight:
0.75kg
Lawrence Block

Lawrence Block has been writing award-winning mystery and suspense fiction for half a century. His newest book is The Girl with the Deep Blue Eyes. His other recent novels include The Burglar Who Counted The Spoons, Hit Me, and A Drop Of The Hard Stuff, featuring Matthew Scudder, brilliantly embodied by Liam Neeson in the new film "A Walk Among The Tombstones."

He's well known for his books for writers, including the classic Telling Lies For Fun & Profit and Write For Your Life, and he has recently published The Crime of Our Lives, a collection of his writings about the mystery genre and its practitioners.

He has also written episodic television ("Tilt!") and the Wong Kar-wai film "My Blueberry Nights." His dozen previous anthologies include Manhattan Noir, Manhattan Noir 2, and Dark City Lights. He lives in New York.

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