Stark House Press put together four fantastic anthologies of magazine stories from Manhunt , and to celebrate the publisher’s 25th Annivers...

On this last double-digit episode of the Paperback Warrior Podcast, Tom and Eric delve into the life and career of an underrated crime-ficti...

Along with the likes of Gil Brewer , Talmage Powell , Charles Williams , and Lionel White , Day Keene is considered a staple of mid-20th ce...

Before he was a successful paperback crime novelist, Day Keene (real name: Gunnard Hjertstedt) was a successful author of short stories in ...

Many authors thrived off of the stand-alone mid-20th century paperback novels, but it was the creation of a recurring or series character th...

Day Keene (real name Gunard Hjerstedt) cut his teeth on short-stories and pulp writing in the 1930s and 1940s. Like so many pulpsters, Kee...

On Episode 77 of the Paperback Warrior Podcast, we delve into some hardboiled history with a discussion of Race Williams. Also: Archie O’Nei...

On Episode 73 of the Paperback Warrior Podcast, the guys discuss the life and legacy of Day Keene. Also covered: Arnold Hano, Hammond Innes,...

Would you believe that there are series characters from Lawrence Block, Donald Westlake, John D. MacDonald and others that you know nothing ...

Beginning in 1949, Day Keene (real name Gunard Hjertstedt) wrote over 50 novels. Just four years before his 1969 death, his heist novel C...

Along with Harry Whittington ,  Gil Brewer and John D. MacDonald ,  Day Keene (real name Gunnard R. Hjerstedt) presented many of his cri...

Like his contemporaries in Harry Whittington , Gil Brewer , and Talmage Powell , Day Keene (real name Gunnard R. Hjertstedt) was a succes...

Gunnard R. Hjertstedt is better known as the prolific crime-noir author Day Keene. As one of Florida’s Gulf Coast writers, Keene enjoyed t...

In 2017, Stark House Press released a three-pack featuring notable Day Keene (real name: Gunard Hjertstedt) literary works - “Sleep with t...

Author Day Keene, real name Gunard Hjertstedt (1904 -1969) wrote over 50 novels and is often placed in the top echelon of crime fiction al...

Gunard Hjertstedt (March 28, 1904 - January 9, 1969), better known by pen name Day Keene, wrote over 50 novels and is widely viewed as a l...

Along with contemporaries Harry Whittington, Gil Brewer, and Peter Rabe, the Fawcett Gold Medal paperback original crime novels were defin...