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Remembering Tim Dorsey and His Wild Florida Stories

Remembering Tim Dorsey and His Wild Florida Stories

Craig Pittman pays tribute to the bard of noir in the Sunshine State.

By Craig Pittman | December 13, 2023

Vicki Hendricks, <em>Miami Purity</em>, and the Making of a Neo-Noir Classic

Vicki Hendricks, Miami Purity, and the Making of a Neo-Noir Classic

The wild, funny, sexy noir that helped launch a new era of crime fiction.

By Craig Pittman | February 24, 2023

How the CIA Took Over a Florida Island

How the CIA Took Over a Florida Island

Retired spies flocked to Sanibel Island in the 1970s. Soon they launched a newspaper and a campaign for self-determination.

By Craig Pittman | December 1, 2021

The Strange Story of Orson Welles' Lost Film, <em>Mr. Arkadin</em>

The Strange Story of Orson Welles' Lost Film, Mr. Arkadin

The 1955 film was supposed to be Welles' masterpiece. Or maybe it was just a lark. Or a KGB-funded money laundering enterprise.

By Craig Pittman | July 9, 2021

Carolina Garcia-Aguilera: The Woman Who Brought the Cuban-American Experience to Miami Noir

Carolina Garcia-Aguilera: The Woman Who Brought the Cuban-American Experience to Miami Noir

In 1980s Miami, she was a mother of three who wanted to write crime novels. So she got herself a job as a private eye.

By Craig Pittman | January 8, 2021

How to Write Legal Thrillers That Won't Drive Lawyers Crazy with Mistakes and Inventions

How to Write Legal Thrillers That Won't Drive Lawyers Crazy with Mistakes and Inventions

I Object...To Unrealistic Courtroom Drama

By Craig Pittman | June 19, 2020

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Elmore Leonard, Florida Man

By Craig Pittman | April 9, 2020

The Life and Times of Charles Willeford—Miami's Weird, Wonderful Master of Noir

By Craig Pittman | October 18, 2019

Miami Vice: How an Icon of 80s Cool Transformed a City and the Landscape of Television

By Craig Pittman | July 17, 2019

Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious Author

Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious Author

Donald J. Sobol created a mystery icon and sold millions of books. But who was he?

By Craig Pittman | May 1, 2019

John D. MacDonald's Mission to Save Florida

John D. MacDonald's Mission to Save Florida

Discovering an Iconic Author—and His Love of Nature

By Craig Pittman | April 3, 2019