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James Crumley

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James Arthur Crumley
Born:
Oct. 12, 1939, Three Rivers, Texas, U.S.
Died:
Sept. 17, 2008, Missoula, Mont. (aged 68)

James Crumley (born Oct. 12, 1939, Three Rivers, Texas, U.S.—died Sept. 17, 2008, Missoula, Mont.) was an American writer of violent mystery novels whose vivid characterizations and sordid settings, amid the natural splendour of the western United States, transcend the conventions of the genre. Crumley was reared in Texas and attended Georgia Institute of Technology, Texas Arts and Industries University (B.A., 1964), and the Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa (M.F.A., 1966). His U.S. Army service (1958–61) provided experiences for his Vietnam War novel One to Count Cadence (1969); after that, apart from occasional journalism and short stories, collected ...(100 of 334 words)

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