What's New: the W.R. Burnett Site

K. Harper (kharper@bgnet.bgsu.edu)
Fri, 07 Jun 1996 20:48:32 +0000

Just a quick note to let you know about my new site devoted to
American author William Riley Burnett (_Little Caesar_, _The Asphalt
Jungle_, _High Sierra_ and 36 others). He won the O. Henry Award in
1930 for his short story "Dressing Up," and the Mystery Writers of
America named him a Grand Master in 1979.

The site currently lists and provides capsule plots of Burnett's
novels; it will eventually include include information on short
stories and on his 60+ screen credits, including his two Academy Award
nominations for Best Screenplay (_Wake Island_, 1942; and _The Great
Escape_, 1963).

The URL is:

http://ernie.bgsu.edu/~kharper/

Do pay a visit and let me know what you think!

Good reading,

Katherine Harper
Department of English
Bowling Green State University