Barry Forshaw’s books include Brit Noir, Nordic Noir, Euro Noir, British Crime Film and Death in a Cold Climate: A Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction. Other work: the Keating Award-winning British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia, The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction, and the first biography of Stieg Larsson. Non-crime books include Italian Cinema, British Gothic Cinema, Sex and Film and a study for the BFI of HG Wells and The War of the Worlds. He writes for various newspapers, edits Crime Time, and broadcasts for radio and TV both in the UK and abroad. He has been Vice Chair of the Crime Writers’ Association.