Opening Shots: Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share Their First Published Stories
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.
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Book details
- Author
- Lawrence Block
- Imprint
- Cumberland House Publishing, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 398
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Fiction › Thrillers
- Topics
- mystery fiction · crime fiction · short stories · anthology · author essays · debut stories
- ISBN-13
- 9781581821253
About the author
LAWRENCE BLOCK is an American crime, mystery, and suspense fiction writer who has published more than 100 books and numerous short stories.
Block is a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America. He has won four Edgar Allan Poe Awards, four Shamus Awards, the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers' Association of the United Kingdom, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America.
When he’s not writing fiction, Block has also written television and film screenplays. His long-running series feature private investigator Matthew Scudder and gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr.
Lawrence lives in New York City.