Behind the Black Mask: Mystery Writers Revealed
Authors of hard-boiled, pulp, mystery, and suspense reveal secrets about their fiction, and the writing life. All interviews are conducted by Clute and Edwards, creators of the popular podcast "Out of the Past: Investigating Film Noir." More info at www.noircast.net
- Update frequency
- every 22 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 36
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2008
Episode 14: Jason Starr Revealed
Jason Starr builds THE FOLLOWER on the seemingly shifty foundations of feeling and perception, but in his hands these are the cornerstones of substantial suspense. With a dazzling alternation of thir…
00:36:12 |
Tue 21 Aug 2007
Episode 13: Jane K. Cleland Revealed
Most writers will tell you to write what you know; such advice places few constraints on author Jane Cleland, whose latest Josie Prescott antiques mystery DEADLY APPRAISAL is evidence of her vast exp…
00:39:18 |
Tue 17 Jul 2007
Episode 12: PJ Parrish Revealed
P.J. Parrish is the penname under which sisters Kristy Montee and Kelly Nichols work their magic. Together they have written seven Louis Kincaid mysteries, and garnered the same number of major liter…
00:41:56 |
Fri 15 Jun 2007
Noircast Special 2: Alternative Noir Publications
This episode features interviews with the creators of
three alternative noir publications: Tee Morris, founder of podiobooks
(www.podiobooks.com) and author of the fantasy-hardboiled podiobook
"Billi…
00:55:06 |
Wed 06 Jun 2007
Episode 11: Carol Higgins Clark Revealed
LACED is the tenth Regan Reilly mystery by New York Times bestselling author Carol Higgins Clark. Higgins Clark's training as an actress is everywhere apparent in this installment to the series: her …
00:22:49 |
Wed 16 May 2007
Episode 10: Reed Farrel Coleman Revealed
"If you can't write hard-boiled fiction about Coney Island, you're in trouble: the decay; the disappointment of what something once was, and what it is now. It's symbolic of how people view their liv…
00:37:44 |
Mon 16 Apr 2007
Episode 9: Allan Guthrie Revealed
Like the haar rolling off the North Sea, Al Guthrie's HARD MAN will disorient and chill you. His Edinburgh is not the fairytale of High Street, but a nightmare of lower class hardship and indifferenc…
00:39:40 |
Thu 15 Mar 2007
Episode 8: Megan Abbott Revealed
THE SONG IS YOU deftly blends fiction and fact, cinematic dream and post-war reality, to recreate the charged atmosphere of late-1940's Hollywood. It is a fictional account of events surrounding the …
00:37:37 |
Thu 15 Feb 2007
Noircast Special 1: Kill Me Like You Mean It
The "Noircast Special" allows Clute and Edwards to address topics of interest to listeners of "Out Of The Past" and "Behind The Black Mask." This inaugural episode features a roundtable discussion wi…
00:40:04 |
Thu 25 Jan 2007
Episode 7: Danuta Reah Revealed
English novelist Danuta Reah is a Forensic Linguistics lecturer specializing in the link between language disorders and criminal behavior, a creative writing instructor, the former chair of the Briti…
00:45:30 |
Mon 15 Jan 2007
Episode 6: Theresa Schwegel Revealed
Theresa Schwegel's training as a screenwriter is evident in her fiction. She is able to zoom from the setting of Chicago to vivid locales in a flash, to enter and exit scenes with cinematic efficienc…
00:31:47 |
Sat 16 Dec 2006
Episode 5: Charles Ardai Revealed
Author and editor Charles Ardai is a double-feature unto himself. In the first half of this special hour-long episode Richard Aleas (Ardai's anagrammatical authorial alter ego) discusses his Edgar an…
00:57:58 |
Fri 17 Nov 2006
Episode 4: David Corbett Revealed
Ex Private Investigator, failed academic, frustrated musician, and inspired writer--David Corbett himself is perhaps the best illustration of his theory on character development: if the back-story wo…
00:37:13 |
Mon 16 Oct 2006
Episode 3: Duane Swierczynski Revealed
The tagline is "mystery writers revealed" and Duane Swierczynski's frankness makes for truth in advertising. He admits that behind his hard-boiled exterior, a soft spot for family fuels his writing. …
00:31:30 |
Sat 16 Sep 2006
Episode 2: Rian Johnson Revealed
With his Sundance hit film BRICK, writer-director Rian Johnson attempted to convey his powerful reactions to the work of Dashiell Hammett. Thus, BRICK is a deeply personal film; though it may be evid…
00:26:35 |
Tue 15 Aug 2006
Episode 1: Paul Malmont Revealed
Where does pulp end and the real begin? As Paul Malmont discuses the historical facts underpinning his fantastic and fantastical throwback pulp novel THE CHINATOWN DEATH CLOUD PERIL, he provides sur…
00:28:45 |
Sat 15 Jul 2006
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