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Richard Layman's Discovering The Maltese Falcon and Sam Spade nominated for Edgar Award

San Francisco, Calif. - 30 Jan., 2006 - The critically-praised book Discovering The Maltese Falcon and Sam Spade, edited by Richard Layman, has been nominated by the Mystery Writers of America for the Edgar Award—the mystery field's most prestigious award—as the Best Critical/Biographical book of the year.
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Lost Stories by Dashiell Hammett and Discovering The Maltese Falcon and Sam Spade recommended as holiday gifts by The Wall Street Journal

San Francisco, Calif. - Dec. 9, 2005 - Even though best-selling author Dashiell Hammett died more than forty years ago, he is back in two out of the ten new mystery books recommended by The Wall Street Journal as Christmas gifts in 2005. Tom Nolan, in the Dec. 3 The Wall Street Journal, recommends Lost Stories, a collection of 21 previously unavailable stories by Hammett, and Discovering The Maltese Falcon and Sam Spade, an illustrated treasury edited by scholar Richard Layman about Hammett's famous novel and the movies and radio shows it inspired.
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New book reveals discoveries about The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett, and detective Sam Spade

San Francisco, Calif. - Sept. 7, 2005 - A richly illustrated new paperback published today, Discovering The Maltese Falcon and Sam Spade, edited by Richard Layman, uncovers from institutional and private archives a wealth of revelations about the book and film versions of The Maltese Falcon, its author Dashiell Hammett, and his influential hero, detective Sam Spade. Crammed with fascinating facts, the new book provides hundreds of never-before-published photos, documents, and original source materials, including production notes for the three movie versions.
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New Lost Stories book uncovers 21 lost tales from Dashiell Hammett, creator of The Thin Man, Sam Spade, and The Maltese Falcon

San Francisco, Calif. - Sept. 1, 2005 - Dashiell Hammett, the bestselling creator of The Thin Man, Sam Spade, and The Maltese Falcon, was one of the America's best-known authors. However, many of Hammett's stories-including some of his best-have been out of the reach of anyone but a handful of scholars and collectors until today. Lost Stories, a new book published today, rescues 21 long-lost Hammett stories, all either never before collected or unavailable for decades.
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