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Arthur Lyons (writer)
American fiction writer (1946–2008) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Arthur Lyons (1946-2008) was an American fiction writer. Many of his novels feature Jacob Asch, a reporter turned private detective who solves cases involving the rich and famous. His 1986 novel Castles Burning became the basis for the TV movie Slow Burn.[citation needed] A former member of the Palms Spring City Council,[1] Lyons also authored nonfiction works.
Lyons was born in Los Angeles on January 5, 1946.[1] At age 11, he moved to Palm Springs, California. In 1967, he received a degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara.[2] He died in Palm Springs on March 21, 2008, following a stroke.[1]
Palm Springs holds an annual Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival in Lyons' honor.[2]
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Publications
Non-fiction books
- Unnatural Causes, with Thomas Noguchi (1988)
- The Second Coming: Satanism in America (1970)[3]
- Satan Wants You: The Cult of Devil Worship in America (1971)[4]
- The Blue Sense: Psychic Detectives and Crime, with Marcello Truzzi (1991)
- Death on the Cheap: The Lost B Movies of Film Noir (2000)
- Physical Evidence, with Thomas Noguchi
Novels
Short stories
- “Trouble in Paradise” (1985, The New Black Mask # 1)
- “Missing in Miami” (1986, Mean Streets)
- “Double Your Pleasure” (January 1989, AHMM)
- “Dead Copy” (1988, An Eye For Justice)
- “Twist Of Fate” (January 1990, AHMM)
- “The Tongan Nude” (October 1997, AHMM)
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