Chris Chambers Noir

In this new podcast and video show by bestselling author Christopher Chambers, you’ll learn about the process of taking an idea to a published book. Chris will share tips, techniques and trade secrets. And, he’ll be interviewing a few of his favorite writers about the art of being a novelist. Don’t miss it!

Episodes

Ep8 Chris Chambers Noir: This month, we shine a light on two seasoned noir authors — Joel E. Turner and Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier, “New Jersey smirk and Caribbean heart. Noir or not?”

April 1, 2026 • 61 mins

April 2026: On this month’s episode of Chris Chambers Noir, two more inspiring novelists are the focus of our Q&A with our host, bestselling mystery writer Christopher Chambers. This month’s topic: New Jersey smirk and Caribbean heart… Noir or not? Meet our guests! Author Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier: Originally from St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, and currently living in Apex, North Carolina. Ashley-Ruth is an emerging wr...

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Ep7 Chris Chambers Noir: This month, we shine a light on Alex Kenna, “The Future of Noir”

March 3, 2026 • 63 mins

March 2026: On this month’s episode of Chris Chambers Noir, Chris chose Alex Kenna to be our star. Bestselling mystery writer Christopher Chambers insissts, she’s the future of the genre. This month’s topic: How Noir shapes Crime Fiction, and what are the future trends? Meet our guest: Alex Kenna is a mystery writer, prosecutor, and amateur painter. Her first novel, What Meets the Eye, was a 2023 Shamus Award Fina...

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Ep6 Chris Chambers Noir: This month we shine a light on two new hot novelists — P.M. Raymond and NYC firefighter Jason Powell

February 1, 2026 • 71 mins

February 2026: On this month’s episode of Chris Chambers Noir, two new hot novelists are the focus of our Q&A with our host, bestselling mystery writer Christopher Chambers. This month’s topic: Riffs on a Noir Theme: Horror & Psychological Suspense to Thrillers Meet our guests: P.M. Raymond: An award-winning author from New Orleans, Louisiana, P.M. Raymond knows a thing or two about good gumbo, grits, and café a...

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Ep5 Chris Chambers Noir: Start 2026 off right with our panel of 4 authors who are celebrating “Southern Noir? Hick Hardboiled? Or the next evolutionary step of one of crime fiction’s original forms.” You are in for a treat!

January 5, 2026 • 67 mins

January 2026: On this month’s episode of Chris Chambers Noir, a panel of four writers will test what you consider to be Sounthern Noir. “What is the next evolutionary step of one of crime fiction’s original forms?” asks our host, Christopher Chambers, the award-winning author of dozens of books, short stories, and, most recently, the bestselling Dickie Cornish series. Don’t miss it! Authors, pictured: Scott ...

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Ep4 Chris Chambers Noir: “Psychological thrillers and cop suspense aren’t noir? Oh hell no. These two ladies, award winners, bestsellers and queens of crime, will show you. Meet Tracy Clark and Christina Kovac”

December 11, 2025 • 59 mins

December 2025: “On this month’s episode of Chris Chambers Noir, these two psychological thriller writers will make you understand the meaning of noir,” says our host Christopher Chambers, the award-winning author of dozens of books, short stories, and most recently the bestselling Dickie Cornish series. Meet our guests: Tracy Clark and Christina Kovac Tracy Clark says: I was born in Chicago, the greatest city eve...

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Ep3: Chris Chambers Noir — Meet award-winning author, film noir enthusiast, fetish model and professional Dominatrix — the incredible Christa Faust

November 17, 2025 • 61 mins

About Christa Faust: A native of New York City, Crista grew up in the Bronx and Hell’s Kitchen. She’s been making stuff up her whole life, and spent most of her teen years on endless subway rides, cutting school and scribbling stories. When she turned 18, she worked in the Times Square peep booths and later as a fetish model and professional Dominatrix. She sold her first short story when she moved to Los Angeles in the early 90s. ...

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Ep2: Chris Chambers Noir — Join us for this amazing episode as Chris interviews Gary Philips, “Made in Hardboiled LA”

October 18, 2025 • 51 mins

Are you ready for a little Street Whys grit to get you going today? You are going to love Chris’s interview with Gary Phillips, a community activist and labor organizer who delivered dog cages. He’s published various novels, comics, short stories, and edited several anthologies, including Orange County Noir and the award-winning The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir. Violent Spring, first published in 1994...

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Ep1: Chris Chambers Noir — Get ready for a little noir magic! Don’t miss our Q&A with the mastermind behind Washington, DC’s most notorious fictional detective — former street denizen Dickie Cornish, who faces off with bloodthirsty cops and the justice department

July 18, 2025 • 38 mins

Are you ready for a little Street Whys grit to get you going today? In Ep1 of bestselling noir author Chris Chambers’ new show, Chris Chambers Noir, you’ll learn what motivated this Washington, D.C. native to write more than 16 books, and counting! In today’s interview with Hope Katz Gibbs, producer of InkandescentRadio.com, she asks Chris: Tell us about your day job and the work you are doing as the chair of the ...

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Ep8: Today at Elaine’s Literary Salon you’ll discover the gritty work of Christopher Chambers, author of “Street Whys” — the third novel in his Detective Dickie Cornish series

April 15, 2025 • 75 mins

May 2025: In “Street Whys,” the newest novel by award-winning noir author Christopher Chambers, we again meet Washington, DC’s notorious detective, former street denizen Dickie Cornish, who faces off with bloodthirsty cops and the justice department. Underground detective Dickie Cornish faces a vindictive murder rap from his past if he doesn’t agree to help prove that the fentanyl ravaging the streets of DC is bankrolle...

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Chris Chambers Noir

Episodes

.css-r6mb8g{margin:0;word-break:break-word;display:-webkit-box;-webkit-box-orient:vertical;box-orient:vertical;-webkit-line-clamp:1;overflow:hidden;}Ep7 Chris Chambers Noir: This month, we shine a light on Alex Kenna, “The Future of Noir”

Ep6 Chris Chambers Noir: This month we shine a light on two new hot novelists — P.M. Raymond and NYC firefighter Jason Powell

Ep5 Chris Chambers Noir: Start 2026 off right with our panel of 4 authors who are celebrating “Southern Noir? Hick Hardboiled? Or the next evolutionary step of one of crime fiction’s original forms.” You are in for a treat!

Ep4 Chris Chambers Noir: “Psychological thrillers and cop suspense aren’t noir? Oh hell no. These two ladies, award winners, bestsellers and queens of crime, will show you. Meet Tracy Clark and Christina Kovac”

Ep3: Chris Chambers Noir — Meet award-winning author, film noir enthusiast, fetish model and professional Dominatrix — the incredible Christa Faust

Ep2: Chris Chambers Noir — Join us for this amazing episode as Chris interviews Gary Philips, “Made in Hardboiled LA”

Ep1: Chris Chambers Noir — Get ready for a little noir magic! Don’t miss our Q&A with the mastermind behind Washington, DC’s most notorious fictional detective — former street denizen Dickie Cornish, who faces off with bloodthirsty cops and the justice department

Ep8: Today at Elaine’s Literary Salon you’ll discover the gritty work of Christopher Chambers, author of “Street Whys” — the third novel in his Detective Dickie Cornish series

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Ep7 Chris Chambers Noir: This month, we shine a light on Alex Kenna, “The Future of Noir”