Barry Forshaw is a writer, broadcaster and journalist. His books include '' British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia'', '' The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction'', '' Brit Noir'', '' British Gothic Cinema'', ''

Nordic Noir Nordic noir, also known as Scandinavian noir, is a literary genre, genre of crime fiction usually written from a police point of view and set in Scandinavia or the Nordic countries. Nordic noir often employs plain language, avoiding metaphor, and ...

'', '' Sex and Film'', '' Euro Noir'', '' Death in a Cold Climate: Scandinavian Crime Fiction'' and '' BFI Classics: War of the Worlds'' along with books on

Italian cinema The cinema of Italy (, ) comprises the films made within Italy or by List of Italian film directors, Italian directors. Since its beginning, Italian cinema has influenced film movements worldwide. Italy is one of the birthplaces of art cinema and ...

film noir Film noir (; ) is a style of Cinema of the United States, Hollywood Crime film, crime dramas that emphasizes cynicism (contemporary), cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the "classic period" of Ameri ...

and the first UK biography of

Stieg Larsson Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson (, ; 15 August 1954 – 9 November 2004) was a Swedish writer, journalist, and far-left activist. He is best known for writing the ''Millennium'' trilogy of crime novels, which were published posthumously, sta ...

, '' The Man Who Left Too Soon''. He has written on books and films for many newspapers and magazines; he also edits ''

Crime Time Crime Time is a series of animated shorts produced by Future Thought Productions, produced by Jay Zaveri and Steve Kasper, and directed by Nassos Vakalis. Premise Shifty (The Criminal) perpetrates crimes from the sublime to the ridiculous ...

'', and is one of the

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for the ITV Crime Thriller author profiles. He records documentaries on

crime fiction Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, crime novel, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives or fiction that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professiona ...

and film for a variety of

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

producers for both TV and radio, along with much work for foreign broadcasters. He has been vice chair of the

Crime Writers' Association The Crime Writers' Association (CWA) is a specialist authors' organisation in the United Kingdom, most notable for its "Dagger" awards for the best crime writing of the year, and the Diamond Dagger awarded to an author for lifetime achievement. ...

. As well as his specialist area of books (in most genres), he writes on film (booklets for special edition DVDs) and all aspects of the arts (popular and serious). He is the winner of the Keating Award for Non-Fiction for ''British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia'' (Greenwood) In a previous career, he was an illustrator, working for ''

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'',

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and '' Jackie''.

Works

*''Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide'' (Oldcastle/No Exit) *''British Gothic Cinema'' (Palgrave Macmillan) *''Brit Noir'' (No Exit) *''Italian Cinema: Arthouse to Exploitation'' (Kamera) *''Euro Noir'' (No Exit) *''Sex and Film'' (Palgrave Macmillan) *''Nordic Noir'' (No Exit Press) *''Death in a Cold Climate: Scandinavian Crime Fiction'' (Palgrave Macmillan) *'' BFI Classics: War of the Worlds'' *''British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia'' (Greenwood) * ''Historical Noir'' (No Exit) *''Crime Time'' (No Exit)

References

External links

www.crimetime.co.uk
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