THE NICOTINE CHRONICLES

Featuring brand-new stories by: Lee Child, Joyce Carol Oates, Eric Bogosian, Cara Black, Jonathan Ames, Hannah Tinti, Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos), Ariel Gore, Jerry Stahl, Lauren Sanders, Robert Arellano, Peter Kimani, Christopher Sorrentino, Achy Obejas, Bernice McFadden, and David L. Ulin.

Inspired by the ongoing international success of the city-based Akashic Noir Series (Brooklyn Noir, Boston Noir, Paris Noir, etc.), Akashic created the Drug Chronicles Series. On the heels of The Marijuana Chronicles (Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Child, Linda Yablonsky, etc.), The Speed Chronicles (Sherman Alexie, William T. Vollmann, Megan Abbott, James Franco, Beth Lisick, Tao Lin, etc.), The Cocaine Chronicles (Lee Child, Laura Lippman, etc.), and The Heroin Chronicles (Eric Bogosian, Jerry Stahl, Lydia Lunch, etc.), comes The Nicotine Chronicles. Lee Child, Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Ames, Hannah Tinti, and others explore the ins and outs of nicotine addiction.

LEE CHILD has been a television director, union organizer, theater technician, and law student. He is the author of the Jack Reacher novels. He was born in England but now lives in New York City and leaves the island of Manhattan only when required to by forces beyond his control. Visit www.leechild.com for more information on his books, short stories, and the Jack Reacher movie starring Tom Cruise.