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  James Sallis (born December 21, 1944 in Helena, Arkansas, United States) is an American crime writer, poet, critic, musicologist and musician, best known for his series of novels featuring the detective character Lew Griffin and set in New Orleans, and for his 2005 novel "Drive", which was adapted into a 2011 film of the same name.Sallis began writing science fiction for magazines in the late 1960s.