Charlie Huston
Charlie Huston
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Charlie Huston is an American novelist, comics writer and screenwriter, born in Oakland, California. Their debut crime novel Caught Stealing (2004) began the Henry "Hank" Thompson trilogy, followed by Six Bad Things and A Dangerous Man; it was adapted into a 2025 film directed by Darren Aronofsky.
The Joe Pitt Casebooks, a vampire noir series, begins with Already Dead and continues through No Dominion, Half the Blood of Brooklyn, Every Last Drop and My Dead Body. Other novels include The Shotgun Rule, The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death, Sleepless and Skinner.
For Marvel Comics Huston wrote Moon Knight (2006 to 2008), Deathlok and Wolverine: The Best There Is, and has written for television, including the series Gotham.
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Charlie Huston is widely recognized for his crime novels, particularly the Joe Pitt series, which blends hardboiled detective fiction with urban fantasy elements. He also has a notable body of work in comic books, including runs on popular Marvel characters.
The Joe Pitt series should be read in publication order: Already Dead, No Dominion, Half the Blood of Brooklyn, Every Last Drop, and My Dead Body. While each book features a self-contained mystery, the overarching narrative and character development benefit from sequential reading.