They Live by Night
Noteworthy authors of the 1930s include Edward Anderson, whose novel "Thieves Like Us" (1937) has been filmed twice: first in 1949 by RKO Radio Pictures as "They Live by Night", later in 1974 MGM/UA studios released "Thieves Like Us", directed by Robert Altman. This period also included the work of pulp magazine authors, such as Robert E. Howard and Jim Thompson.