Biographie de James Sallis
James Sallis has published seventeen novels, multiple collections of short stories, essays (such as his most recent, Difficult Lives/Hitching Rides, winner of the 2019 HRF Keating Award), and poems, books of musicology, a biography of Chester Himes, and a translation of Raymond Queneau's novel Saint Glinglin. He has written about books for the LA Times, New York Times, and Washington Post, and for some years served as a books columnist for the Boston Globe.
He has received a lifetime achievement award from Bouchercon, the Hammett Award for literary excellence in crime writing, and the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière. The Cannes award-winning film Drive, starring Ryan Gosling, derived from his novel of that title. Jim plays numerous instruments with his string band Three-Legged Dog and with other musicians in the Phoenix area. He stays busy.