Madison Smartt Bell

Madison Smartt Bell is the author of many works of fiction, including The Stone That the Builder Refused; Master of the Crossroads; Save Me, Joe Louis; Dr. Sleep; Soldier's Joy; and Ten Indians. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland with his family and teaches at Goucher College.

Books Authored

Image of Child of Light: A Biography of Robert Stone
Author(s):
Madison Smartt Bell
Genre(s):
Authors, Biography, Autobiography & Memoir

Child of Light: A Biography of Robert Stone

March 16, 2020
Reviewed by: 
Jonah Raskin

Robert Stone seemed to come out of nowhere when he published his first novel, A Hall of Mirror in 1967, though he had a substantial apprenticeship, including a couple of years in the famed

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Image of The Color of Night (Vintage Contemporaries)
Author(s):
Madison Smartt Bell
Genre(s):
Psychological Thriller, Contemporary, Contemporary

The Color of Night

March 11, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Marc Leepson

The publisher is billing Madison Smartt Bell’s latest novel as a “taut, terrifying tale,” and one that “will appeal to readers of James Ellroy and Cormac McCarthy.” That brought two problems to bea

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