Lawrence Block is a man who knows how to write noir/crime fiction. His character of Matthew Scudder, a troubled ex-cop turned unlicensed detective, is a classic example of the genre. Now John K.

Lawrence Block has published over 200 books. In the 1970′s he wrote a novel about a private eye named Matthew Scudder. At the time he never imagined that 50 years later he would still be writing about ...

This well-crafted novella from MWA Grand Master Block finds recovering alcoholic and retired PI Matthew Scudder, last seen in 2011’s A Drop of the Hard Stuff, and his wife, Elaine, enjoying the good ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s not for nothing that the names of Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe are reverentially referenced in writer-director Scott Frank’s adaptation of the 10th novel in Lawrence Block’s ...

In a world where you can’t count on many movie stars–Tom Cruise? Will Smith?–and foreign sales financing dictates non-studio indie production, mostly formula genre fare aimed at a global market, Liam ...

John K. Snyder III will adapt Lawrence Block's beloved crime novel. By Graeme McMillan Matthew Scudder is coming to comics. “My goal in adapting this was to create a book that would utilize the comic ...

Never one to abandon a sound series hero indefinitely, Block (who recently resurrected burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr) has now also brought back international man of action Evan Tanner, after more than 25 ...

EIGHT MILLION WAYS TO DIE (graphic novel). IDW. From the novel by Lawrence Block. Adaptation by John K. Snyder III. Art by John K. Snyder III. Lettered by Frank Cvetkovic. I've spent many nights alone ...

Lawrence Block has followed many paths during his long career. “With not a few dead end roads among them,” notes the mystery novelist. Best known for his Matthew Scudder and Bernie Rhodenbarr series, ...

Liam Neeson stars as unlicensed private investigator Matt Scudder in Scott Frank's adaptation of the Lawrence Block novel By Ashley Lee A Walk Among the Tombstones, out Friday, has writer-director ...