One of the most famous cases is E.R. Johnson. He was
jailed during the sixties, serving a long sentence for
murder and hold-up, when he started to write crime novels. He
made pretty interesting HB novels, all rather pessimistic to
noir, which still deserve to be read today (especially: Cage
Five Is Going to Break -1970) He was freed in 1992.
E.Borgers Polar Noir http://www.geocities.com/polarnoir
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library.john@virgin.net> a écrit :
I am in the middle of writing an article about a 1930s crime
writer who ended up in court because he rewrote another
author's book without permission. This has made me wonder
about crime writers whose lives could have been a plot for
one of their books - that is, are there any crime writers who
were either the victims of serious crime - murder etc, or
ended up in court accused of such a crime? Can anyone think
of anyone?
BY the way, Dane Hartman. The other author was a Leslie Alan
Horvitz, although there seem to be two or three titles -
'Massacre at Russian River' is one - where the author is not
definitely known. Have no idea if these were by Horvitz or
Meyers, or even a third author.
Thanks John
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