During the 1950s, California author Harry Vernor Dixon (1908-1984) produced nine paperback originals for  Fawcett Gold Medal who sold a l...

On Paperback Warrior Podcast Episode 25, the guys take a deep dive into the world of Nick Carter: Killmaster. Tom introduces listeners to Ja...

American author  Bill Pronzini has written over 40 novels for his private eye series Nameless Detective . Beginning in 1971, Pronzini foc...

Stephen Marlowe  (born Milton Lesser, 1928-2008) is best known for his series of private-eye novels featuring Chester Drum . Along with no...

New York Times bestselling authors  Lee Goldberg and Joel Goldman (founders of Brash Books ) have remained steadfast in their preservatio...

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

It’s the end of the year and the last episode of the Paperback Warrior Podcast for 2019. In celebration of our inaugural year, we are revisi...

Albert Conroy was a pseudonym used by Marvin Albert for much of his crime-fiction and  western paperback output during the 1950s through...

Paperback Warrior is fertile ground for plenty of insight into  Harry Whittington's literary work. A portion of his body of work has ...

With four decades of overwhelming commercial success, Richard Prather's Shell Scott series is unquestionably one of the best private-...

Journeyman  Chet Cunningham authored a four book series from 1987-1988 titled The Avenger . It's an odd title because the series was ...

The Dark Side of the Island was  Jack Higgins' (real name: Henry Patterson) eighth novel, originally published in hardcover by Joh...

This episode of the Paperback Warrior Podcast celebrates the worst 20th Century novels the publishing industry had to offer. From TNT to Pho...

Jonathan Craig  was a pseudonym for Frank E. Smith, who wrote a ton of crime novels and short stories during the 1950s and 1960s. Much of ...

Harry Whittington's  talent for storytelling was unmatched even among prolific contemporaries including  Gil Brewer and Day Keene . W...

The C.A.T. series by house name Spike Andrews was supposed to have monthly installments, but the short-lived series only lasted for three...

Leonard Zinberg (1911-1968) was known to crime-noir readers as Ed Lacy. He authored nearly 30 paperback originals during the 1950s and 196...

Author Ralph Dennis, who passed away in 1988, is mostly remembered for his 12-book series of hardboiled 'Hardman' novels. Brash Bo...

This episode: What's all the fuss over James D. Lawrence's 1975 series "Dark Angel" and why are collectors spending top-do...

Author Jon Messmann had a very busy schedule in the 1970s. Authoring novels in the Hotline , Revenger , Handyman and Nick Carter: Killm...