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Dorothy B. Hughes (1904-93) was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and lived most of her life in New Mexico. A journalist and a poet, she began publishing hard-boiled crime novels in 1940, three of which were made into successful films- The Fallen Sparrow (1943), Ride the Pink Horse (1947) and In a Lonely Place (1950). In her later years, Hughes reviewed crime novels for the LA Times, the New York Herald Tribune and other papers. She was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.
Dorothy B. Hughes ranks with Raymond Chandler and Patricia Highsmith as a master of mid-century noir New York Review of Books Nobody but Dorothy Hughes can cast suspense into such an uncanny spell San Francisco Chronicle A gun molling wordslinger who took it to the tough guys ... I simply call Hughes one damn good story teller -- John Hood Bully Magazine
