Charles Williams (1909-1975) was the best American author of 20th century crime-noir fiction that most Americans have never encountered. Th...

Gulf Coast Girl , by Charles Williams , has a rather complicated publication history. The novel was released in condensed form in the Septem...

Charles Williams (1909-1975) is one of the highest-regarded (and most under-appreciated) writers of American paperback crime fiction. As su...

You don’t want to miss Episode 56 of the Paperback Warrior Podcast. We tackle the career and work of Charles Williams. Also discussed: Vec...

Charles Williams was a phenomenal crime-noir author who often set his stories in rural small towns. Many of his books included a tramp or...

After his successful 1951 debut, Hill Girl , Charles Williams (1909-1975) went on to become one of the most respected crime-noir novelist...

Before “Cosmopolitan” was a women’s magazine dedicated to unlocking the mysteries of the female orgasm, it was a publication for the whole...

The industry often cites heavyweights like Keene , Brewer and Whittington as literary kings within the crime fiction genre. While never ...

In 1958, Fawcett Gold Medal released a new paperback original by noir fiction master Charles Williams called Man on the Run . Mysterious ...

In 1953, Fawcett Gold Medal released Charles Williams ’ fourth published novel, Hell Hath No Fury . It was later reprinted several times u...

In 1951, paperback original novels were still in their infancy as a medium and Fawcett Gold Medal was leading the charge by getting these ...

America is a big country, and in the 1950s Americans still didn’t know one another all that well. To an untraveled guy from Boston, a West...