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James Sallis

American writer

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born: 1944
died: 2026
age at death: 81
known for: writer, essayist, poet

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James Chapelle Sallis was an American crime writer, poet, science fiction writer, and biographer who wrote a series of novels featuring the detective character Lew Griffin set in New Orleans, and the 2005 novel Drive, which was adapted into a 2011 film of the same name.

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