Tag: Joe Pistone

• On True Crime Writing.

   True crime is one of the fastest-growing genres for writers today and it polarises opinion among readers and writers alike. Many consider it a genuinely useful genre that, tastefully and intelligently written, can contribute to greater understanding of criminals, their crimes and their motives. There are also those, especially of the more ‘highbrow’ mindset, regarding…

  CrimeScribe

  September 15, 2014

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  Al Capone, Ann Rule, Charles Manson, crime, crime and punishment, criminals, Dr. Crippen, gangsters, Helter Skelter, Herbert Rowse Armstrong, Joe Pistone, John Dillinger, John Lee, literature, Mafia, muck-raking, publishing, Ross Kemp, scribbling, sneered at, sordid, trashy, true crime, underrated, Vincent Bugliosi, Wensley Clarkson, writing