Dorothy B. Hughes

Dorothy B. Hughes (1904-93) was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and lived most of her life in New Mexico. A journalist and a poet, she began publishing hard-boiled crime novels in 1940, three of which were made into successful films: The Fallen Sparrow (1943), Ride the Pink Horse (1947) and In a Lonely Place (1950). In her later years, Hughes reviewed crime novels for the LA Times, the New York Herald Tribune and other papers. She was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.

Books by Dorothy B. Hughes

Crime Novels: Five Classic Thrillers 1961-1964 (LOA #370)

Fredric Brown, Dorothy B. Hughes, Dan J. Marlowe

In the 1960s the masters of crime fiction expanded the genre’s literary and psychological possibilities with audacious new themes, forms, and subject matter—here are five of their finest works

The Blackbirder

Dorothy B. Hughes

Espionage, adventure and a hard-boiled heroine not to be trifled with - this classic noir will have you gripped from start to finish

In a Lonely Place

Dorothy B. Hughes

A chilling, stylish piece of LA noir