Phoenix Noir (34 page)

P
ATRICK
M
ILLIKIN
is a bookseller at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale. As a freelance writer, his articles, interviews, and reviews have appeared in
Publishers Weekly
,
Firsts Magazine
,
Paradoxa, Your flesh Quarterly
, and other publications. Born in Los Angeles, he moved to Arizona in 1972 and grew up in Scottsdale. Millikin currently lives in central Phoenix.

G
ARY
P
HILLIPS
has been a community organizer, taught incarcerated youth, was a union rep, and worked for one of those shadowy 527s. He has written hard-boiled books and such for a long damn time. His short stories have appeared in several previous Akashic Noir Series volumes, among other publications.

K
URT
R
EICHENBAUGH
grew up in Tampa, Florida and earned his English degree at Florida State University. He has lived since 1990 in Phoenix, where his day job is grinding out financial spreadsheets for a life insurance company. His stories have appeared in
Sounds of the Night
,
Tales from the Moonlit Path,
and
Niteblade
. He has recently completed his first novel and is working on his second.

J
AMES
S
ALLIS
is the author of over thirty books, as well as hundreds of stories, poems, and essays. Perhaps best known for his New Orleans–set Lew Griffin detective series, Sallis has also written
Drive
, a modern noir classic soon to be adapted into a film starring Hugh Jackman. Sallis teaches creative writing at Phoenix College and Arizona State University. An accomplished musician, he performs regularly around town, both as a solo artist and with his trio, Three-Legged Dog.

J
ON
T
ALTON
is the author of the David Mapstone mysteries, including
Dry Heat
and
Cactus Heart,
as well as
The Pain Nurse
. A fourth-generation Arizonan, Talton has worked for newspapers around the country, including as a columnist for the
Arizona Republic
. Before journalism, he spent four years as an ambulance medic in Phoenix. He now lives in Seattle, where he is economy columnist for the
Seattle Times
and runs the blog Rogue Columnist.

L
AURA
T
OHE
is Diné (Navajo) and lives in Phoenix. She writes poetry, short fiction, and essays, some of which have won awards. Her publications include
No Parole Today
and
Tséyi’/ Deep in the Rock: Reflections on Canyon de Chelly.
She is also the author of a libretto,
Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio
.

Currently, Tohe is at work on a book about the Navajo Code Talkers. She teaches at Arizona State University.

L
UIS
A
LBERTO
U
RREA
has written many books, including the national best sellers
ThThTh e Hummingbird’s Daughter
and
Th e Devil’s Highway (
a 2005 Pulitzer Prize fifinalist). He has also won the Kiriyama Prize for fiction, a Lannan Literary Award, an American Book Award, a Christopher Award, and a Western States Book Award. Urrea lives with his family in the Chicago area, where he teaches creative writing at the University of Illinois—Chicago.

D
ON
W
INSLOW’S
novels include
A Cool Breeze on the Underground, The Death and Life of Bobby Z,
and
The Power of the Dog
. He also coauthored a nonfiction book,
Looking for a Hero
, with historian Pete Maslowski. His script
The Winter of Frankie Machine
is being developed into a film directed by Michael Mann and starring Robert De Niro. Winslow lives with his wife and son in Southern California. His latest book is
The Dawn Patrol.

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edited by Dennis Lehane

240 pages, trade paperback original, $15.95

Brand-new stories by:
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Dennis Lehane
(Mystic River, Th e Given Day)
has proven himself to be a master of both crime-fiction and literary fiction. Here, he extends his literary prowess to that of master curator. In keeping with the Akashic Noir Series tradition, each story in
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is set in a different neighborhood of the city; the impressively diverse collection extends from Roxbury to Cambridge, from Southie to the Boston Harbor; and all stops in between. Lehane’s own contribution—the longest story in the volume—is set in his beloved home neighborhood of Dorchester and showcases his phenomenal ability to grip the heart, soul, and throat of the reader.

LOS ANGELES NOIR

edited by Denise Hamilton

360 pages, trade paperback original, $15.95

*A
Los Angeles Times
best seller and winner of an Edgar Award.

Brand-new stories by:
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