Charles Ardai is an American author and publisher of crime fiction novels. He is a founder/editor of Hard Case Crime – an imprint of hardboiled crime novels. He also founded the internet company Juno in 1996. He graduated from Columbia University summa cum laude in 1991. Charles is married to fellow novelist Naomi Novik.
Charles Ardai made his debut as a published novelist in 2007 with the novel The Good-Neighbor Policy. He had previously published anthologies under this name. Below is a list of Charles Ardai’s books in order of when they were first released:
Publication Order of Gabriel Hunt Adventures Books
Publication Order of John Blake Books
(as Richard Aleas)
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Publication Order of Gun Honey Comic Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
Notes: Why I Left Harry’s All-Night Hamburgers was edited with Sheila Williams. The anthologies Futurecrime, New England Crime Chowder, Kingpins, and Aliens and UFO’s were edited with Cynthia Manson.
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Charles Ardai Synopsis: With the release of Fifty-to-One by Charles Ardai, Hard Case Crime is celebrating its 50th year! Okay, not really. But what if, instead of having been founded 50 books ago, Hard Case Crime had been founded 50 years ago, by a rascal out to make a quick buck off the popularity of pulp fiction? Such a fellow might make a few enemies – especially after publishing a supposed non-fiction account of a heist at a Mafia-run nightclub, actually penned by an 18-year-old showgirl. With both the cops and the crooks after them, our heroes are about to learn that reading and writing pulp novels is a lot more fun than living them…
