I've covered Jack Pearl quite a bit here at PW, with a primer , podcast episode , and reviews . He authored movie and television noveli...

I've enjoyed Charles Boeckman's sleaze paperbacks written under the pseudonym Alex Carter. Boeckman, a celebrated jazz musician, a...

Dan Cushman (1909-2001) is a respected mid 20th-century writer who is synonymous with the western pulp market. He routinely contributed to N...

John Christopher was a popular pseudonym used by British writer Sam Youd (1922-2012). Under the Christopher name, Youd authored successful s...

Have you ever watched backyard wrestling? You know, the one where normal, ordinary people – some malnourished – throw themselves through flu...

Mike Shayne debuted in 1939 with Davis Dresser writing under the pen name Brett Halliday. After Dresser stepped back from the series in 195...

Orrie Hitt (1916-1975) was an Upstate New York author of sleaze paperbacks who made a living writing a lot of books very quickly. The upsh...

William Joseph is a New Jersey native who has authored 14 novels of horror, young-adult fantasy, and romance. I read his crime-fiction novel...

Paperback Warrior joins forces with Bryan from Bad Taste Books and Nick from The Book Graveyard for a lively discussion of Shark Fighter ,...

Oddly, I think I prefer vintage nurse fiction over medical suspense. Somehow, the relationships and inner-workings of a medical group or ho...

Cliff Farrell (1899-1977) began his writing career in the newspapers and pulps. By the early 1920s, he could be found routinely in the pages...

I really enjoy nautical fiction novels that feature ruthless sea captains. There are dozens of them, mostly inspired by Rudyard Kipling...

Robert Moore Williams (1907-1977) was a Missouri native who wrote adventure, fantasy, and science-fiction novels and stories for a variety ...

Samuel S. Taylor (1903-1994) joined the U.S. Coast Guard in 1943 and later joined the Army Signal Corps as a consultant on training films. D...

Throughout around 40 novels spanning from 1971 to 2015, Bill Pronzini entertained mystery fans with his Nameless Detective series chronicl...

Richie Tankersley Cusick  (b. 1952) has authored over 30 novels, mostly of the young adult horror and thriller genre. She was nominated for...

In this new collaboration with Nick from The Book Graveyard , Paperback Warrior explores Mistress of Orion Hall , a haunting 1970 gothic-sus...

Laura Purcell is a British author who has earned multiple awards for her gothic historical novels like The Silent Companions (2018), The P...

Ruby Jean Jensen (1927-2010) began her writing career penning shorts in the confessional and romance pulps and magazines. Her first novels ...

According to Stark House Press and Steve Holland's writing HERE , Jeff Bogar was a British house name used between 1950 and 1955. “Boga...