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Peter Maravelis is a native San Franciscan with a life-long involvement in the art and literary scenes. He programs the events calendar at City Lights Bookstore and is editor of the first volume of San Francisco Noir. He's been known to occasionally moonlight with PIs. He was the editor of the first volume of San Francisco Noir.

The first true noir fiction collection from a city that put film noir on the map.

September 2005 - 7x7 Magazine

"Take an intermission from your Hitchcock marathon, and turn instead to the 15 stories between the covers of San Francisco Noir for the SF-based suspense you crave. Luring you deep into the criminal heritage of your own backyard, each piece in the collection transcends the traditional elements of noir and helps redefine the moody genre. Set in shadowy locations throughout the city, the inclusions range from Michelle Tea's Bernal Heights spine-tingler, 'Larry's Place,' to Barry Gifford's Bayview tale, 'After Hours at La Chinita,' to Robert Mailer Anderson's Richmond District thriller, 'Briley Boy' . . . Haunting and often surprisingly poignant, these accounts of death, love and all things pulp fiction will lead you into unexpected corners of a city known to steal people's hearts -- as well as into the unexplored realms of the human condition."