William Riley Burnett was born November 25, 1899 in Springfield, Ohio. Moving to Chicago in 1927, he developed an interest in gangsters which prompted him to write his first noir novel, Little Caesar, in 1929. Soon after that overnight success, Burnett moved to Los Angeles, eventually writing 36 novels—including High Sierra and The Asphalt Jungle—and 60 screenplays, as well as songs, plays and short stories.
Nominated twice for an Academy Award, he received both the Grand Master award and an O. Henry Memorial Award. Burnett died on April 25, 1982.
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- Nobody Lives Forever / Tomorrow's Another Day
- 979-8-88601-077-0
- "One of Burnett's darkest portrayals of American society."—Cullen Gallagher, Los Angeles Review of Books. Introduction by Nicholas Litchfield.
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- Nobody Lives Forever - ebook
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- Little Caesar / The Silver Eagle
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- "Little Caesar not only set the standard for a century of gangster novels to come but also introduced what would become the archetypal Burnett protagonist: a man driven by ambition who pursues his goals with suicidal determination."—LA Review of Books. New introduction by Matthew Sorrento.
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- Little Caesar - ebook
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- High Sierra / The Asphalt Jungle
- 978-1-951473-73-0
- Two of Burnett's best‐known works, both made into classic films. Back in print after a too‐long absence. New introduction by Cullen Gallagher. May 2022.
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- High Sierra - ebook
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- The Goldseekers
- 978-1-944520-29-9
- "Reminiscent of B. Traven's The Treasure of Sierra Madre."—Robin H. Smiley, Firsts. "The prose tight and action bumpy, the scenery wide-as-all-out-doors, the characters brawling and bawdy by turns."—Kirkus Reviews.
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- Little Men, Big World / Vanity Row
- 978-1-933586-67-0
- Two novels that probe the political corruption of a big Midwestern city, where the important deals are always made behind closed doors, and the real power is wielded behind the throne. Burnett was one of the most important crime writers of the 20th century. Rick Ollerman provides an incisive introduction.
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- It's Always Four O'Clock / Iron Man
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- The story of a doomed pianist and a poignant story of a champion boxer, with a new introduction by David Laurence Wilson.
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- The poignant story of a champion boxer, with a new introduction by David Laurence Wilson.
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