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A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people, as no historical reconstruction can.
James Sallis

Born: December 21, 1944 (age 80)
Bio: James Sallis is an American crime writer, poet, critic, musicologist and musician, best known for his series of novels featuring the detective character Lew Griffin and set in New Orleans, and for his 2005 novel Drive, which was adapted into a 2011 film of the same name.
Known for:
- Drive (2011)
- The long-legged fly (1992)
- Willnot (2016)
- The Killer Is Dying (2011)
- Driven (2012)