Charles Ardai

Charles Ardai is the founder and editor of Hard Case Crime as well as an award-winning author. His five novels include the Shamus Award-winning SONGS OF INNOCENCE, which the Washington Post called “an instant classic.” In addition to the Shamus, Ardai has received the Edgar Allan Poe and Ellery Queen Awards. He was a writer and producer for six years on the TV series HAVEN, inspired by Stephen King’s first Hard Case Crime novel, THE COLORADO KID. King has called him “a true renaissance man” and “a master of the short story.” Ardai lives in New York.

Books

  • Black is the Night

    Format:
    Paperback
    Released:
    10 Jun 2025

    An anthology of exclusive new short stories in tribute to the master of pulp era crime writing, Cornell Woolrich. Woolrich, …

  • Death Comes Too Late

    Format:
    Paperback
    Released:
    12 Mar 2024
    Series:

    CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF HARD CASE CRIME – 20 UNFORGETTABLE STORIES BY HARD CASE CRIME FOUNDER CHARLES ARDAI

    Since debuting …

  • Black is the Night

    Format:
    Hardback
    Released:
    4 Oct 2022

    An anthology of exclusive new short stories in tribute to the master of pulp era crime writing, Cornell Woolrich. Woolrich, …

  • The Nice Guys: The Official Movie Novelization

    Format:
    Mass Market Paperback
    Released:
    10 May 2016
    Series:

    The official novelization of the upcoming comedic detective thriller, The Nice Guys, starring Oscar Award Winner Russell Crowe, Oscar Award …

  • Gabriel Hunt Hunt Through the Cradle of Fear

    Format:
    Mass Market Paperback
    Released:
    25 Apr 2014
    Series:

    From the towers of Manhattan to the jungles of South America, from the sands of the Sahara to the frozen …