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Writing Crime Fiction
Paperback / softback
Main Details
| Title |
Writing Crime Fiction
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) H.R.F. Keating
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| Series | Writing Handbooks |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:128 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 135 |
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| Category/Genre | Creative writing and creative writing guides |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780713639216
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| Classifications | Dewey:808.3872 |
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| Audience | | General | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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| Imprint |
A & C Black Publishers Ltd
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| Publication Date |
27 October 1994 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This guide to writing crime fiction is based on the author's analysis of the craft from the classic detective story of the 1920s and 30s up to the female private eye novels of the 1990s. It features tips on fictional structure, the plot and its characters, and on submitting a script to publishers.
Author Biography
H. R. F. Keating was born at St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, in 1926. He went to Merchant Taylors, leaving early to work in the engineering department of the BBC. After a period of service in the army, which he described as 'totally undistinguished', he went to Trinity College, Dublin, where he became a scholar in modern languages. He was also the crime books reviewer for The Times for fifteen years. His first novel about Inspector Ghote, The Perfect Murder, won the Gold Dagger of the Crime Writers Association and an Edgar Allen Poe Special Award.
Reviews'The author analyses how and why crime fiction works and, if crime is your scene, this is the book for you.' * Writing Magazine *
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