The Genre's Pioneers
James M. Cain — also regarded as the third major figure of the early hardboiled genre - is regarded a American pioneer of the noir genre. He debuted as a crime novelist in 1934. Other important American writers in the noir genre include Cornell Woolrich, Dorothy B. Hughes, Jim Thompson, David Goodis, Charles Williams, and Elmore Leonard.
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