http://www.lib.umd.edu/RARE/Exhibits/HardBoiled/cain.html
Click on the above link for good information from the University Of Maryland about James M. Cain.
Below is a link to the wikipedia page on James M. Cain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M_Cain
And the link below is to the Paris Review Interview with James M. Cain. The Art of Fiction #69.
http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/3474/the-art-of-fiction-no-69-james-m-cain