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James Sallis

American crime writer, poet, science fiction writer, and biographer who wrote a series of novels featuring the detective character Lew Griffin set in New Orleans, and the 2005 novel Drive, which was adapted into a 2011 film of the same name.

Born	1944
Died	2026

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Again, dangerous visions: 46 original stories

by Harlan Ellison, John Heidenry, Ross Rocklynne, Ursula K. Le Guin, Andrew J. Offutt, Gene Wolfe, Ray Nelson, Ray Bradbury, Chad Oliver, and 37 others
First published in 1967
24 editions, 6 ebooks
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Drive

by James Sallis
First published in 2005
21 editions, 3 ebooks

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Death will have your eyes: a novel about spies

by James Sallis
First published in 1997
12 editions, 2 ebooks

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Black hornet

by James Sallis and G Valmont Thomas
First published in 1994
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Eye of the cricket: a Lew Griffin novel

by James Sallis
First published in 1997
10 editions, 2 ebooks

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Moth

by James Sallis and G. Valmont Thomas
First published in 1993
9 editions, 3 ebooks

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The long-legged fly

by James Sallis
First published in 1992
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Salt River: a novel

by James Sallis
First published in 2007
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Bluebottle

by James Sallis
First published in 1999
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Chester Himes: a life

by James Sallis
First published in 2000
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Ghost of a flea: a Lew Griffin novel

by James Sallis First published in 2001
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Sarah Jane

by James Sallis First published in 2019
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Driven

by James Sallis
First published in 2012
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Cripple Creek: a novel

by James Sallis
First published in 2006
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Killer Is Dying

by James Sallis
First published in 2011
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Cypress Grove

by James Sallis First published in 2003
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Golden Gizmo

by Jim Thompson and James Sallis First published in 2001
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Others of my kind: a novel

by James Sallis
First published in 2013
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The war book

by James Sallis First published in 1969
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Willnot: a novel

by James Sallis First published in 2016
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Born	1944
Died	2026

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James Chapelle Sallis
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