In our new podcast and video show by bestselling noir author Christopher Chambers, you’ll learn about the process of taking an idea to a published book. Chris will share tips, techniques and trade secrets. And, he’ll be interviewing a few of his favorite writers about the art of being a novelist. Don’t miss it!
About Chris: A Washington, D.C. native, a lecturer at Georgetown University, Chair of the International Conflict Resolution Center, Chris is also General Counsel to a not-for-profit benefitting HBCUs: Student Housing of America.
Bestselling Books: He is the author of 19 books, including the Angela Bivens thriller series for Random House, The Rocket Crockett pulp noir series, and Black Pulp for Prose-Press, and editor, along with Gary Phillips, of The Darker Mask graphic short story collection, the Bronze Buckaroo Rides Again: Honoring Harlem’s Herb Jeffries. He is also the Mid-Atlantic President of the Mystery Writers of America.
Award Winners: Chris’ noir hardboiled mystery, Scavenger (2020), won a starred review and profile in Publishers Weekly; the sequel, Standalone, sees the return of the indestructible homeless addict-turned-PI, Dickie Cornish, patrolling the unforgiving city streets ravaged by COVID, with the third in the trilogy, Streetwhys, scheduled for 2025. His next Marvel contribution is in Captain America: The Shield of Sam Wilson. Chris was a finalist in 2008 for the PEN/Malamud Short Story Award for “Leviathan.”
And there’s more: Chris has contributed short stories to “The Obama Inheritance: 15 Stories of Conspiracy Noir” (Three Rooms Press), which won the Anthony Award; “The Black Panther: Tales Of Wakanda,” “The Faking of the President and Midnight Hour,” and “Witnesses for the Dead with Gar Anthony Haywood.” Each book includes stories by award-winning and bestselling authors.
Visit his website: ChrisChambersNoir.com