Lee Marvin: one of the most coolly charismatic and extraordinary screen tough guys ever. Armed with a magnetic personality, a wild temper and major acting talent, he went from playing bit parts to starring in classics such as Cat Ballou, The Dirty Dozen and Point Blank, and winning an Academy Award.

Crime Factory celebrates Marvin’s life by making him the star of his own fictional adventures. From WWII hospital ships, mishaps in Mexico, the open seas and Oscar night, to on-set stoushes and much more, LEE ranges from the gleefully gonzo to the painfully personal.

With an intro by Mike White, and fiction by Scott Phillips, Heath Lowrance, Roger Smith, Johnny Shaw, Jenna Bass, Adrian McKinty, Jake Hinkson, Ray Banks, James Hopwood, Erik Lundy, Eric Beetner, Luke Preston, Nigel Bird, Ryan K. Lindsay, Andrew Nette, Cameron Ashley and Jimmy Callaway.

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Mike White

Mike White is a senior writer at North & South magazine. He investigated Scott Guy's murder for more than a year and was present throughout Ewen Macdonald's five-week trial. At the 2013 Canon Media Awards, he won the Magazine Feature Writer of the Year award for his coverage of the case.

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Review Review - LEE, Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, September 22, 2014
Blog Currently Reading - Lee, The Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, August 25, 2014
Review Review - WHO KILLED SCOTT GUY? - Mike White
Karen Chisholm
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Blog Currently Reading - Who Killed Scott Guy?, Mike White
Karen Chisholm
Sunday, March 30, 2014

Roger Smith

Roger Smith's thrillers Nowhere, Man Down, Sacrifices, Capture, Dust Devils, Wake Up Dead, Mixed Blood & Ishmael Toffee are published in eight languages and two are in development as movies in the U.S.

His books have won the German Crime Award and been nominated for Spinetingler Magazine Best Novel awards. He also writes horror under the pen name Max Wilde.

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Review Review - LEE, Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, September 22, 2014
Blog Currently Reading - Lee, The Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, August 25, 2014
Review THE FIRST SHIFT - Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Blog Currently Reading - The First Shift - Crime Factory Presents
Karen Chisholm
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Johnny Shaw

Johnny Shaw was born and raised on the Calexico/Mexicali border, the setting for his award-winning Jimmy Veeder Fiasco series, which includes the novels DOVE SEASON and PLASTER CITY. He is also the author of the Anthony Award-winning adventure novel, BIG MARIA.

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Review Review - LEE, Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, September 22, 2014
Blog Currently Reading - Lee, The Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, August 25, 2014

Adrian McKinty

Adrian McKinty is an Irish novelist. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1968 and grew up in Victoria Council Estate, Carrickfergus, County Antrim. He read law at the University of Warwick and politics and philosophy at the University of Oxford. He moved to the United States in the early 1990s, living first in Harlem, New York and from 2001 onwards Denver, Colorado where he taught high school English and began writing fiction. He currently lives in Melbourne, Australia with his wife and two children.

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Blog Updates - Week Ending 24th May
Karen Chisholm
Monday, January 15, 2024
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Blog 2017 Ned Kelly Awards
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Review Review - Police at the Station and They Don’t Look Friendly, Adrian McKinty
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Review Review - Rain Dogs, Adrian McKinty
Karen Chisholm
Friday, January 22, 2016
Blog Currently Reading - Rain Dogs, Adrian McKinty
Karen Chisholm
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Review Review - GUN STREET GIRL, Adrian McKinty
Karen Chisholm
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Blog Currently Reading - GUN STREET GIRL, Adrian McKinty
Karen Chisholm
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Review Review - THE SUN IS GOD, Adrian McKinty
Karen Chisholm
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Blog Currently Reading - The Sun is God, Adrian McKinty
Karen Chisholm
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Review Review - OXCRIMES, Ian Rankin
Karen Chisholm
Monday, September 22, 2014
Review Review - LEE, Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, September 22, 2014
Blog Currently Reading - Lee, The Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, August 25, 2014
Blog 2014 Ned Kelly Awards
Karen Chisholm
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Blog Currently Reading - OxCrimes, introduced by Ian Rankin
Karen Chisholm
Friday, August 8, 2014
Review Review - IN THE MORNING I'LL BE GONE, Adrian McKinty
Karen Chisholm
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Blog CR - In The Morning I'll Be Gone, Adrian McKinty
Karen Chisholm
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Blog CR - In The Morning I'll Be Gone, Adrian McKinty
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Monday, February 3, 2014
Blog 2014 Ned Kelly Award Winners
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Friday, September 6, 2013
Review I HEAR THE SIRENS IN THE STREET - Adrian McKinty
Karen Chisholm
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Blog CR - I Hear the Sirens in the Street, Adrian McKinty
Karen Chisholm
Monday, January 14, 2013
Blog 2012 - Top Books
Karen Chisholm
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Review HARD LABOUR - The Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Blog Currently Reading - Hard Labour, The Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Review THE FIRST SHIFT - Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Blog Currently Reading - The First Shift - Crime Factory Presents
Karen Chisholm
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Review THE COLD COLD GROUND - Adrian McKinty
Karen Chisholm
Monday, January 30, 2012
Blog Currently Reading - The Cold Cold Ground, Adrian McKinty
Karen Chisholm
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Review FALLING GLASS - Adrian McKinty
Karen Chisholm
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Blog Currently Reading - Falling Glass, Adrian McKinty
Karen Chisholm
Friday, June 10, 2011
Blog 2009 - Top Ten Local Books for me
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Saturday, January 2, 2010
Review FIFTY GRAND - Adrian McKinty
Karen Chisholm
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Blog Currently Reading - Fifty Grand, Adrian McKinty
Karen Chisholm
Monday, September 14, 2009
Review DEAD I WELL MAY BE - Adrian McKinty
Karen Chisholm
Friday, July 31, 2009
Blog Currently Reading - Dead I Well May Be, Adrian McKinty
Karen Chisholm
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Review THE BLOOMSDAY DEAD - Adrian McKinty
Karen Chisholm
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Blog Currently Reading - The Bloomsday Dead, Adrian McKinty
Karen Chisholm
Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Jake Hinkson

Jake Hinkson, a native of the Arkansas Ozarks, is the author of HELL ON CHURCH STREET, THE POSTHUMOUS MAN, SAINT HOMICIDE, and THE BIG UGLY. His first two books are being translated into French by èditions Gallmeister and will be released in Europe in new hardcover editions in 2015. 

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Review Review - LEE, Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, September 22, 2014
Blog Currently Reading - Lee, The Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, August 25, 2014

James Hopwood

 

 

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David James Foster

David James Foster writes under the pen name, James Hopwood. He is the author of the retro-spy thrillers, The Librio Defection, The Danakil Deception and The Ambrosia Kill. His short fiction has been published by Sempre Vigil Press, Crime Factory, and Pro Se Publications.

Writing as Jack Tunney, he also scribed King of the Outback and Rumble in the Jungle, books in the popular Fight Card series. He also contributed to Iron Head and Other Stories - an anthology released by Fight Card to aid literary charities and authors in need.
 

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Review Review - LEE, Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, September 22, 2014
Blog Currently Reading - Lee, The Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, August 25, 2014

Eric Beetner

Eric Beetner is the author of The Devil Doesn't Want Me, Dig Two Graves, White Hot Pistol, The Year I Died Seven Times, Criminal Economics, Stripper Pole At The End Of The World and the story collection A Bouquet of Bullets. He is co-author (with JB Kohl) of One Too Many Blows To The Head and the sequel, Borrowed Trouble as well as writing two novellas in the acclaimed Fightcard series, Split Decision and A Mouth Full Of Blood. His award-winning short stories have appeared in over a dozen anthologies. ericbeetner.blogspot.com

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Review Review - LEE, Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, September 22, 2014
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Karen Chisholm
Monday, August 25, 2014

Luke Preston

Luke spent most of his twenties as a freelance writer and listening to rock ‘n roll. He drinks heavily on occasion, is a half decent musician and his idea of a good time involves a jukebox designed to bleed ears. Luke’s work has been recognised by The Inside Film Awards, MTV and The ATOM Awards. He writes in cafes, bars and in parking lots on the back of old fuel receipts and cigarette packets. He doesn’t believe in writers block or in the magic bullet theory and his favourite album is Exile on Main Street. Luke’s writing is as much influenced by AC/DC and Johnny Cash as it is by Richard Stark and Raymond Chandler. He is undertaking a Master of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts and has absolutely no intention of moving to a shack in the middle of nowhere. He likes bad traffic, noisy neighbours, cheap beer, loud bars and has been occasionally known to howl at the moon.  

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Review Review - LEE, Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, September 22, 2014
Blog Currently Reading - Lee, The Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, August 25, 2014
Review OUT OF EXILE - Luke Preston
Karen Chisholm
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Blog 2012 - Top Books
Karen Chisholm
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Review DARK CITY BLUE - Luke Preston
Karen Chisholm
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Blog CR - Dark City Blue, Luke Preston
Karen Chisholm
Monday, November 26, 2012

Nigel Bird

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Review Review - LEE, Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, September 22, 2014
Blog Currently Reading - Lee, The Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, August 25, 2014
Review THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST BRITISH CRIME - ed by Maxim Jakubowski
Karen Chisholm
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Blog Currently Reading - The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime, ed by Maxim Jakubowski
Karen Chisholm
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Andrew Nette

I’m a writer based in Melbourne, Australia, with a fascination for crime fiction and film, obscure pulp novels and all things Asian. I lived in Southeast Asia for six years in the nineties, based in Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand, as well as traveling around the wider region. During that time, I worked as a journalist, and as a communications consultant for the United Nations and a number of non-government organisations. I have since travelled frequently in Asia and lived in Phnom Penh with my family for a year in 2008, where I wrote for the international news wire, Inter Press Service, and worked on a European television documentary on the international tribunal into the crimes committed by the Khmer Rouge. My first book, Ghost Money, set in Cambodia in the mid-nineties, will be published in the second half of 2012 by Snubnose Press. I’m one of the founders of Crime Factory Publications, a Melbourne-based small press specialising in crime fiction, and help edit Crime Factory, its on-line magazine, which appears four times a year. I am also one of the editors of Crime Factory Publication’s second book, Crime Factory: Hard Labour, an anthology of short Australian crime fiction, due for release in August 2012. My film and book reviews have appeared in numerous other print and digital publications and forums. I’m the Australian contributor for the popular UK site, Crime Fiction Lover. for more:  http://www.pulpcurry.com/about-pulp-curry/

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Review Orphan Road, Andrew Nette
Karen Chisholm
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Karen Chisholm
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Blog #amreading Gunshine State, Andrew Nette
Karen Chisholm
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Review Review - Crime Scenes Stories, Zane Lovitt (editor)
Karen Chisholm
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Blog #amreading - Crime Scenes Short Story Anthology
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Friday, February 5, 2016
Review Review - LEE, Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, September 22, 2014
Blog Currently Reading - Lee, The Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, August 25, 2014
Blog 2012 - Top Books
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Review HARD LABOUR - The Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
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Blog Currently Reading - Hard Labour, The Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Review THE FIRST SHIFT - Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
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Review GHOST MONEY - Andrew Nette
Karen Chisholm
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Blog Currently Reading - Ghost Money, Andrew Nette
Karen Chisholm
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Blog Currently Reading - The First Shift - Crime Factory Presents
Karen Chisholm
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Cameron Ashley

 

 

 

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Review Review - LEE, Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, September 22, 2014
Blog Currently Reading - Lee, The Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, August 25, 2014
Review HARD LABOUR - The Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Blog Currently Reading - Hard Labour, The Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Review THE FIRST SHIFT - Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Blog Currently Reading - The First Shift - Crime Factory Presents
Karen Chisholm
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Jimmy Callaway

Jimmy Callaway lives and works in San Diego, CA.

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Review Review - LEE, Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, September 22, 2014
Blog Currently Reading - Lee, The Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, August 25, 2014
Review THE FIRST SHIFT - Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Blog Currently Reading - The First Shift - Crime Factory Presents
Karen Chisholm
Thursday, April 12, 2012
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Review Review - LEE, Crime Factory
Karen Chisholm
Monday, September 22, 2014
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Monday, August 25, 2014

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