About the book: year / Lawrence Block is an American writer, one of the leading masters in the detective novel genre, creator of several popular series about Matthew Scudder, Bernie Rodenbarr, Even Tanner and others. Lawrence Block was born on June 24, 1938 in Buffalo, New York, USA. Lawrence's studies were poor; he studied at Antioch College in Yellow Springs (Ohio), but quit before graduating. But he began publishing from his early youth. Because large publishing houses give the young author a turn away, because he was only 12 years old at that time. Lawrence publishes his novels in the porn industry, mostly erotic and romantic stories, published in paperback and, of course, under a pseudonym. There were so many rejections in his life that he even made improvised wallpaper out of them for his room. The first novel, “You Can't Lose,” under his own name, was published on the eve of the author's twentieth birthday in 1957. To date, Lawrence Block has written 50 novels, and his stories and articles number in the hundreds. Detective works are signed with his own name and pseudonym Paul Cavenagh. The non-detective novels are written under the pseudonyms of Andrew Shaw, Sheldon Lord and Jill Emerson. Blok's detective work includes several series of novels. The heroes of these episodes are Korean War veteran Evan Tanner, teenager Chip Harrison, burglar Bernie Rodenbarr, private detective Matt Scudder and lawyer Martin Ehrengraf. Lawrence Block is also one of the best American mentors for aspiring writers. He has been a contributor to Writer's Digest for many years, has written 4 books of advice for beginners, and constantly travels around the country with a special writing workshop program. To appreciate the scale of this writer’s popularity, it is enough to look at the list of his awards. Lawrence Block is a three-time Poe Award winner, four-time Shamus Award winner, as well as Nero Wolfe, Maltese Falcon and Anthony Awards. Contents:1. Lawrence Block: The Sins of Our Fathers (Translation: A. Ibragimova, N. Vergelis)2. Lawrence Block: Time to Kill (Translation: A. Ibragimova, N. Vergelis)3. Lawrence Block: Eight Million Ways to Die (Translation: N. Raine)4. Lawrence Block: When our sacred tavern closes (Translation: I. Chusovitina)5. Lawrence Block: On the cutting edge (Translation: V. Jordansky)6. Lawrence Block: Ticket to the churchyard (Translation: N. Eremchenko)7. Lawrence Block: Dance in the Slaughterhouse (Translation: A. Jordan)8. Lawrence Block: A Walk Among the Graves (Translation: A. Jordan)9. Lawrence Block: The Devil Knows You're Dead (Translation: Igor Monichev)10. Lawrence Block: A Drop of Strong (Translation: Natalia Rein)