Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Nathan Ashman is Lecturer in Crime Writing. He teaches on the MA in Crime Fiction and is the convenor of the undergraduate module ‘The Art of Murder’. He has previously held teaching posts at both the University of Surrey and the University of Gloucestershire. He is the author of James Ellroy and Voyeur Fiction (2018) and James Sallis: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (2024), as well as the editor of The Routledge Handbook of Crime Fiction and Ecology (2023). He has also published articles on writers such as Ross Macdonald, E.C Bentley, Don DeLillo, Megan Abbott and Walter Mosley. His research spans the fields of crime fiction, contemporary American fiction and ecocriticism.
His latest book, Ecological Crime Fiction: From the Local to the Global, will be published later this year by Cambridge University Press and will form part of a new series called Elements in Crime Narratives.
Autumn Office Hours
Tuesday 12-1 (online)
Friday 2-4 (in person)
Academic Background
BA (hons) English Literature, University of Portsmouth (1st)
MA Literature, Culture and Identity, University of Portsmouth (Distinction)
Phd English Literature, University of Surrey
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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"It Tasted Like Gasoline": The American Roman Noir and the Oil Encounter in Elliott Chaze’s Black Wings Has My Angel
Ashman, N., 27 Oct 2023, The Routledge Handbook of Crime Fiction and Ecology. Ashman, N. (ed.). RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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James Sallis: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction
Ashman, N., 2023, (Accepted/In press) McFarland. (McFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction; vol. 13)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Placing Crime Fiction and Ecology: An Introduction
Ashman, N., 27 Oct 2023, The Routledge Handbook of Crime Fiction and Ecology. Ashman, N. (ed.). Routledge, p. 1-11 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript
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The Routledge Handbook of Crime Fiction and Ecology
Ashman, N. (ed.), 27 Oct 2023, Routledge. 496 p. (Routledge Literature Handbooks)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Wolverines, Werewolves and Demon Dogs: Animality, Criminality and Classification in James Ellroy’s L.A. Quartet
Ashman, N., 2022, Animals in Detective Fiction. Hawthorn, R. & Miller, J. (eds.). Springer, p. 65-82 18 p. (Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature (PSAAL)).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter