Jim Thompson 

September 27, 1906 to April 7, 1977

Born in Anadarko, Oklahoma & Died in Los Angeles, California

One of the great writers of the golden age of paperback originals. Read anything he wrote and then email me to say thanks.

Quote

"Here was a little lady who got what she wanted, and to hell with the price tag."

Off-Site Resource

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Bibliography (Please use the comment function to politely send corrections and additions.)

Now and On Earth - 1942

Heed the Thunder - 1946

Nothing More Than Murder - 1949

The Killer Inside Me - 1952

Cropper's Cabin - 1952

Recoil - 1953

The Alcoholics - 1953

Savage Night - 1953

Bad Boy - 1953

The Criminal - 1953

The Golden Gizmo - 1954

Roughneck - 1954

Swell-Looking Babe - 1954

A Hell of a Woman - 1954

The Nothing Man - 1954

After Dark, My Sweet - 1955

The Kill-Off - 1957

Wild Town - 1957

The Getaway - 1959

The Transgressors - 1961

The Grifters - 1963

Pop. 1280 - 1964

Texas By the Tail - 1965

South of Heaven - 1967

Child of Rage - 1972

King Blood - 1973

The Rip-Off - 1985

Fireworks: The Lost Writings of JimThompson - 1989

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