The following links are to various resources and organisations connected with writing crime fiction. They should prove useful to authors and interested parties alike.

The Crime Writer's Association (CWA) - Organisation based in Britain; an association of crime writers across the world. New writers should check out the Debut Dagger Competition.

Glossary of Hardboiled Slang - Having trouble with that Marlowe mystery? Finding it more difficult to understand than Shakespeare? Well shut your yam and hotfoot it over to this dictionary of all the hardboiled slang you'll ever need to know!

The Crime Fiction Database - There's no better description; its a handydandy database filled with titbits about crime fiction and crime writers.

Hard Case Crime publish fantastic fiction in the true pulp style. Reprints stand alongside brand new fiction from the likes of Allan Guthrie, Ken Bruen, Jason Starr and even Stephen King.

Two Dollar Radio Its not just a publisher, its a movement - these guys are publishing Anthony Neil Smith's new book, so that's yer seal of approval right there, folks!