Sometime in 2012, Charles Ardai, writer, editor, entrepreneur and co-founder of Hard Case Crime, was chatting with Abby Westlake when an unpublished manuscript came up in their conversation. It was called Fall of the City and it was loosely based on a treatment Donald Westlake had written under contract with Eon Productions/United Artists for James Bond film #18, which would Read More …
Seven-film series features screen adaptations of the hard-boiled crime writer’s work Special event on Friday, May 12: Abby Westlake and Luc Sante in conversation with program curator Levi Stahl Museum of the Moving Image, May 12–14, 2017 Astoria, Queens, NY, (April 10, 2017)—Donald E. Westlake published nearly a hundred novels under various pseudonyms during his half-century career, the most influential Read More …
The comedic writing of Donald Westlake and Elmore Leonard will be the focus of one of several roundtables at the 2016 Festival International du Roman Noir (FIRN) [International Festival of the Noir Novel]. The roundtable, Masters of laughter: Elmore Leonard and Donald Westlake, will be hosted by Michel Abescat, respected Editor-in-Chief of the French culture and TV magazine Télérama. The panel will include: Abby Westlake, author, Read More …
Many articles about Darwyn Cooke have appeared since his untimely passing ten days ago. Below are excerpts and links to some of the best, with a slight bias for mentions of his work on the Parker graphic novels. If you doubt the impact Darwyn had on fans, colleagues, friends and the comics industry as a whole, read on. George Gene Gustines Read More …
