Arthur Lyons (writer)
Arthur Lyons was an American fiction writer. Many of his novels feature Jacob Asch, a reporter turned private detective who solves cases involving the rich and famous. His 1986 novel Castles Burning became the basis for the TV movie Slow Burn. A former member of the Palms Spring City Council, Lyons also authored nonfiction works.
Lyons was born in Los Angeles on January 5, 1946. At age 11, he moved to Palm Springs, California. In 1967, he received a degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He died in Palm Springs on March 21, 2008, following a stroke.
Palm Springs holds an annual Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival in Lyons' honor.
Publications
Non-fiction books
Unnatural Causes, with Thomas Noguchi The Second Coming: Satanism in America Satan Wants You: The Cult of Devil Worship in America The Blue Sense: Psychic Detectives and Crime, with Marcello Truzzi Death on the Cheap: The Lost B Movies of Film Noir Physical Evidence, with Thomas NoguchiNovels
The Dead Are Discreet All God’s Children The Killing Floor Dead Ringer Castles Burning Hard Trade At the Hands of Another Three With a Bullet Fast Fade Other People’s Money- ''False Pretenses''
Short stories
- “Trouble in Paradise”
- “Missing in Miami”
- “Double Your Pleasure”
- “Dead Copy”
- “Twist Of Fate”
- “The Tongan Nude”