Mean Streets
by Robert J. Randisi (Editor & Introduction)
Private Eye Writers of America Presents (1986)
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Robert J. Randisi was a mystery writer who, in 1979, was asked to create a Western Series to be published by Charter Books. He created the Gunsmith Series, writing under the pseudonym J. R. Roberts, which he followed with a story in the Tracker Series as Tom Cutter and seven other western series under seven other pseudonyms. He has also written show more several Mystery stories as well. Randisi is the author of over 400 novels, 40 short stories, has edited 25 anthologies and has written under 15 pseudonyms. He founded the Private Eye Writers of America and created the Shamus Award. He is co-founder of Mystery Scene Magazine and the American Crime Writer's League. Randisi has also the edited Mean Streets and the Private Eye Writers of America's newsletter. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southwest Mystery Convention and has been nomiated for the Shamus Award four times. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Mean Streets
- Original title
- Mean Streets: The Second Private Eye Writers of America Anthology
- Alternate titles
- House Call (by Max Allan Collins) (by Max Allan Collins); Body Count (by Wayne D. Dundee) (by Wayne D. Dundee); I'm in the Book (by Loren D. Estleman) (by Loren D. Estleman); April in Peril (by William Campbell Gault) (by William Campbell Gault); The Parker Shotgun (by Sue Grafton) (by Sue Grafton); Busted Blossoms (by Stuart M. Kaminsky) (by Stuart M. Kaminsky) (show all 12); Fly Away Home (by Rob Kantner) (by Rob Kantner); The Thunder of Guilt (by John Lutz) (by John Lutz); Missing in Miami (by Arthur Lyons) (by Arthur Lyons); At the Old Swimming Hole (by Sara Paretsky) (by Sara Paretsky); Ace in the Hole (by Bill Pronzini) (by Bill Pronzini); Wrongful Death (by Dick Stodghill) (by Dick Stodghill)
- Original publication date
- 1986
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- Fiction and Literature, Mystery
- DDC/MDS
- 813.0872 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Mystery fiction
- LCC
- PS648 .D4 .M44 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Collections of American literature Prose (General)
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