About Gar Anthony Haywood
Born 1954. Gar Anthony Haywood is an American crime fiction writer, screenwriter, novelist and writer.
Gar Anthony Haywood (born 1954) is an American author of crime fiction. He was born in Los Angeles in 1954, and worked as a computer technician for over a decade before he started publishing novels.
Fear of The Dark (1988) won the Shamus Award for best first private investigator novel. It also spawned a long-running series that featured the protagonist Aaron Gunner. The Aaron Gunner books are hardboiled detective fiction, inspired by Ross Macdonald's Los Angeles novels. Haywood has also written several standalone thrillers, as well as a pair of light, comic mysteries.
Aaron Gunner mystery novels Good Man Gone Bad (Prospect Park, 2019) is Heywood's seventh mystery novel, featuring Aaron Gunner, 60-year-old African-American private investigator.
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Gar Anthony Haywood was born on 22 May 1954 in Los Angeles.
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