Christopher Routledge is a freelance writer, editor and lecturer who lives in Lancashire, England. His most recent book is a history of the Robert Cain brewery in Liverpool entitled Cains: The Story of Liverpool in a Pint. He is currently co-editing two books about crime and detective fiction and waiting for his pet chickens to lay some eggs.
March 26, 2009 is the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Raymond Chandler, the most important American detective fiction writer of the twentieth century.