Skinner, Robert

Robert Skinner is a retired library director and writer who lives in New Orleans. He previously authored six hard-boiled historical mysteries that include SKIN DEEP, BLOOD RED and THE RIGHTEOUS CUT. Among his other books are TWO GUNS FROM HARLEM: THE DETECTIVE FICTION OF CHESTER HIMES, THE HARD-BOILED EXPLICATOR and CHESTER HIMES: AN ANNOTATED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY BIBLIOGRAPHY. His stories and essays have appeared in a wide variety of journals and reference books.