Jim Thompson

James Myers Thompson, known as Jim Thompson, was an American novelist and screenwriter who wrote hardboiled crime fiction. His best-known novels include The Killer Inside Me, Savage Night, A Hell of a Woman and Pop. 1280, and his stories often follow unreliable narrators through their final, troubled thoughts. A number of his books were adapted for film, including The Getaway and The Grifters, and his reputation grew only after his death in 1977.