Chester Himes

<p>Raised in a segregated Missouri and Cleveland, Chester Himes (1909-1984) began his remarkable writing career writing short stories and magazine articles from prison. Once released, he began working at a shipyard, which he used as the basis for his most famous novel, <i>If He Hollers, Let Him Go</i>. He eventually settled in Paris, where he penned most of his Harlem Detective hardboiled novels.</p>