James W. Hall

James W. Hall is the author of 16 novels, four books of poetry, a collection of short fiction and a collection of essays. He has won the Shamus Award and an Edgar for short fiction. He was a professor literature for 36 years during which he taught such writers as Dennis Lehane, Vicki Hendricks, and Barbara Parker. Cracking the Code, his analysis of the biggest bestsellers of the last century and the dozen things they have in common, will be published in the Spring of 2012. In November of 2011, St. Martin’s Press will release Dead Last, his next novel featuring Thorn, his reclusive hero from Key Largo.

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