Berkeley Noir

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Liz Leger, Zelda, to the editors and publishers at the late, great Creative Arts/Black Lizard for reprinting the best of classic noir, and to Moe’s Books, Berkeley’s Taj Mahal.

— O.H.

Thanks to composer Milo Francis, my best friend. Thank you, man, for the soundtrack recording for Oakland Noir. Thanks to Rick Moss and Veda Silva with the African American Museum and Library at Oakland. To Calvin Crosby and the wonderful team at NCIBA, and to all the independent booksellers, for their support. Special thanks to Maria San Antonio and Bill Barham, for always having my back, and for the fried chicken. To Zach Embry, for all the inspirations and conversations. To Foster Douglas for overseeing the web and social media, and for the groovy Piedmont Avenue sound system. To Alice De Parres and Michael Ross, my angel network! Thanks to Bonnie and Michael Stuppin of the Alexander Book Company, for your incredible support and care. Thank you, Michael Calvello, for allowing our time together at Owl & Company to be so life-changing and rewarding. And thanks to Johnny Temple, for believing in me, a bookseller with a dream.

— J.T.