After arriving on the American literary scene with novels of scathing social protest like If He Hollers Let Him Go and The Lonely Crusade, Chester Himes created a pioneering pair of dangerously charming African-American sleuths, Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson, who attempt to maintain some kind of order in a series of violent and funny page-turners. Melvin Van Peebles (b. 1932) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, novelist, and composer. Marc Gerald was the managing editor for True Detective and a writer for America's Most Wanted.