<h4><strong>Jefferson Hunter</strong> is a professor of English and film studies at  Smith College (Massachusetts).&nbsp; He has just completed a book titled <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/English-Filming-Writing-Jefferson-Hunter/dp/0253221773" target="_blank">English Filming, English Writing</a>.</i></h4>

Jefferson Hunter

Black Blood:  Ross Macdonald and the Oil Spill

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

Fiction

"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter, eh?" — Dashiell Hammett

Noir

Jefferson Hunter is a professor of English and film studies at  Smith College (Massachusetts).&nbsp; He has just completed a book titled <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/English-Filming-Writing-Jefferson-Hunter/dp/0253221773" target="_blank">English Filming, English Writing</a>.</i>