Barry Forshaw is a writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

 and journalist

Journalist

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 whose books include British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia and The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction, along with books on Italian cinema, film noir

Film noir

Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s...

 and the first UK biography of Stieg Larsson

Stieg Larsson

Karl Stig-Erland Larsson , who wrote professionally as Stieg Larsson, was a Swedish journalist and writer, born in Skelleftehamn outside Skellefteå. He is best known for writing the "Millennium series" of crime novels, which were published posthumously...

, The Man Who Left Too Soon. He has written on books and films for many newspapers and magazines; he also edits Crime Time

Crime Time

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, and is one of the talking head

Talking head

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s for the ITV Crime Thriller author profiles. He records documentaries on crime fiction

Crime fiction

Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalizes crimes, their detection, criminals and their motives. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred...

 and film for a variety of BBC

BBC

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 producers for both TV and radio, along with much work for foreign broadcasters. He has been Vice Chair of the Crime Writers' Association

Crime Writers' Association

The Crime Writers Association is a writers' association in the United Kingdom. Founded by John Creasey in 1953, it is currently chaired by Peter James and claims 450+ members....

. As well as his specialist area of books (in most genres), he writes on film (booklets for special edition DVD

DVD

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s) and all aspects of the arts (popular and serious). In a previous career he was an illustrator

Illustrator

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, working for both The Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum

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 and Jackie

Jackie (magazine)

Jackie was a weekly British magazine for girls. The magazine was published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd of Dundee from 11 January 1964 until its closure on 3 July 1993—a total of 1534 issues....

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External links

• www.crimetime.co.uk