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 (Rowman and Littlefield, 2018), Crime Fiction and Ecology: From the Local to the Global (Cambridge University Press, 2025) and James Sallis: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (MacFarland 2024), which was shortlisted for an 2025 Edgar Award in the best critical/biographical category. He is also the editor of The Routledge Handbook of Crime Fiction and Ecology (Routledge, 2023). Elshwhere, he has 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.
Spring Office Hours
Monday 12-2 (online)
Thursday 1-3 (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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Crime Fiction and Ecology: From the Local to the Global
Ashman, N., 30 Jan 2025, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 84 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Steven Powell, Love Me Fierce in Danger: The Life of James Ellroy (New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023), 288 pp.
Ashman, N., 15 Nov 2024, In: American Literary History. 36, 4, p. 1253-1256Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
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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.). Routledge, p. 359-373 15 p.Research 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