Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers - Facts on File - Library of American Literature

• Publisher: Facts on File
• Year: 2002;2012
• Leaves: 321
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

From the early days of dime novels to contemporary mass-market paperbacks, pulp fiction is a vital part of popular culture. This volume offers a survey of the scores of well-known and unsung heroes of popular literature. It seeks to cover the entire spectrum of pop literature's greatest entertainers and artists; the multimillion-copy bestsellers; and the inventors of the modern genres, such as the western, the hardboiled detective novel, the spy thriller, science fiction, horror, the legal thriller, crime fiction and the erotic/romance novel. The work also profiles colourful but lesser-known underground figures, as well as a wide variety of talented paperback authors who were never given their due. Each of the 200 entries includes a brief biography along with a list of the author's writing credits. The authors covered include: V.C. Andrews; Ray Bradbury; Jackie Collins; Lester Dent; Ian Fleming; Erle Stanley Gardner; David Goodis; Zane Grey; Chester Himes; Louis L'Amour; H.P. Lovecraft; Mario Puzo; Jacqueline Susann; and more.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
A......Page 18
B......Page 38
C......Page 66
D......Page 92
E......Page 104
F......Page 110
G......Page 124
H......Page 148
I......Page 170
J......Page 172
K......Page 180
L......Page 190
M......Page 200
N......Page 214
O......Page 218
P......Page 222
Q......Page 234
R......Page 236
S......Page 246
T......Page 264
V......Page 278
W......Page 282
Bibliography......Page 302
Index......Page 308