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Jim Thompson

About the Author

Jim Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. He began writing fiction at a very young age, selling his first story to True Detectivewhen he was only fourteen. Thompson eventually wrote twenty-nine novels, all but three of which were published as paperback originals. Thompson also co-wrote two screenplays (for the Stanley Kubrick films The Killing and Paths of Glory). Several of his novels have been filmed by American and French directors, resulting in classic noir including The Killer Inside Me (1952), After Dark My Sweet(1955), and The Grifters (1963).

The Transgressors

The Transgressors

by Jim Thompson

The Getaway

The Getaway

by Jim Thompson, Foreword by Laura Lippman

The Alcoholics

The Alcoholics

by Jim Thompson, Foreword by Doug Dorst

A Swell-Looking Babe

A Swell-Looking Babe

Foreword by Duane Swierczynski, by Jim Thompson

After Dark, My Sweet

After Dark, My Sweet

Foreword by Chelsea Cain, by Jim Thompson

Pop. 1280

Pop. 1280

Foreword by Daniel Woodrell, by Jim Thompson

Heed the Thunder

Heed the Thunder

by Jim Thompson

A Hell of a Woman

A Hell of a Woman

by Jim Thompson, Foreword by Joe R. Lansdale

The Killer Inside Me

The Killer Inside Me

Foreword by Stephen King, by Jim Thompson

Texas by the Tail

Texas by the Tail

by Jim Thompson

Bad Boy

Bad Boy

by Jim Thompson

Cropper’s Cabin

Cropper’s Cabin

by Jim Thompson

Recoil

Recoil

by Jim Thompson

Roughneck

Roughneck

by Jim Thompson

Savage Night

Savage Night

by Jim Thompson, Foreword by Mark Winegardner

South Of Heaven

South Of Heaven

by Jim Thompson

Nothing More than Murder

Nothing More than Murder

by Jim Thompson, Foreword by Joe R. Lansdale

Now and on Earth

Now and on Earth

by Jim Thompson

The Criminal

The Criminal

by Jim Thompson

The Golden Gizmo

The Golden Gizmo

by Jim Thompson, Foreword by James Sallis

The Kill-Off

The Kill-Off

by Jim Thompson

The Nothing Man

The Nothing Man

by Jim Thompson

The Rip-Off

The Rip-Off

by Jim Thompson

Wild Town

Wild Town

by Jim Thompson

The Grifters

The Grifters

Foreword by Andre Dubus III, by Jim Thompson

Pop. 1280

Pop. 1280

by Jim Thompson, Foreword by Daniel Woodrell

Nothing More than Murder

Nothing More than Murder

Foreword by Joe R. Lansdale, by Jim Thompson

Wild Town

Wild Town

by Jim Thompson