BIBLIOGRAPHY

Fabre, Michel, Robert E. Skinner, and Lester Sullivan, compilers. Chester Himes: An Annotated Primary and Secondary Bibliography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1992, 216 p.

Complete annotated bibliography to 1991 of primary and secondary works, along with an introductory essay, a chronology, and an author and title index.

BIOGRAPHIES

Margolies, Edward, and Michael Fabre. The Several Lives of Chester Himes. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1997, 209 p.

Chronological biography of Himes, with emphasis on the many-faceted nature of his experiences and his literary productions.

Sallis, James. Chester Himes: A Life. New York: Walker and Company, 2001, 368 p.

A study of Himes in the context of his times and life experiences, with an assumption that Himes was the most important American black writer.

CRITICISM

Cochran, David. America Noir: Underground Writers and Filmmakers of the Postwar Era. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000, 280 p.

A study of several “underground” writers, including Himes, and film directors from post-World War II America.

Fabre, Michel, and Robert E. Skinner, editors. Conversations with Chester Himes. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1995, 150 p.

Series of interviews with Himes conducted over a period of years.

Silet, Charles L. P., editor. The Critical Response to Chester Himes. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999, 288 p.

Excerpts from literary criticism on Himes over several decades.

Additional coverage of Himes's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: African-American Writers, Ed. 2; Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: Biography and Resources, Vol. 2; Black Literature Criticism, Ed. 2; Black Writers, Ed. 2; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 25-28R, 114; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 22, 89; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 2, 4, 7, 18, 58, 108; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 2, 76, 143, 226; Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century, Ed. 3; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Eds. 1, 2; Mystery and Suspense Writers; Reference Guide to American Literature, Ed. 4; and St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, Vol. 4.