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Hard-Boiled Action
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Abbreviations:
hb
(hardboiled fiction or action-man)
(P.I.)
(private investigator; private eye;
private detective) (a.)
(amateur-detective: reporter, adventurer, etc.)
(p.)
(policeman; cop)
(s.) (spy)
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[BMask]
(Author
was published in the best hardboiled magazine "Black Mask"
/ 340 issues: 1 April 1920 -
2 July 1951) GMb
(Author was published in the
crime/noir paperback series "Gold Medal book" by Fawcett Edition)
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(Author was translated into Russian, in some cases only
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(it demands more precise information
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Adams,
Cleve F(ranklin)
(1894-1949) (also published as: John Spain, Franklin Charles [joint with R. L. Bellem]) Born in Chicago. The missing link between Dashiell Hammett and James Ellroy. He wrote violent and corrosively cynical hb fiction from the mid 1930s until his untimely death in 1949. He was friends with many of the West Coast pulp mystery writers, including Chandler, and he dedicated some of his books to fellow pulpsters such as Dwight Babcock, W.T. Ballard, and R.L.Bellem (who completed Adams's unfinished novel "No Wings on a Cop" - a prequel to Adams' novel "The Private Eye" featuring John J. Shannon, ex-cop). Vincent Starrett, a respected author and columnist of his day, wrote of Adams: "He is far and away the best writer of the hard-boiled school who has come along in recent memory to delight those of us who, in the safety of our homes, like to be frightened by events which, if we were part of them, would send us scurrying to the nearest sanatorium. . . . For exhilarating adventure, rowdy humor, and cynical awareness of much of the contemporary scene, it would be difficult to find a more entertaining raconteur than Mr Adams." hb series characters: Violet McDade & Nevada Alvarado (P.I.), Rex McBride (P.I.), John J. Shannon (p./P.I.), Bill Rye (); Canavan & Kleinschmidt (2 police Lieutenants in L.A.); Engelhardt & Dewey (). [BMask] |
Клив Адамс. Автор, полный юмора, цинизма и ярости. Критики считают его промежуточным звеном между динамичным Хэмметом и свирепым Джеймсом Эллроем. Среди массы профессий, отведал и нелегкий хлеб частного детектива. Дружил со многими писателями палп-фикшн. Даже написал один из романов под совместным псевдонимом Фрэнклин Чарльз в соавторстве с Робертом Беллемом ("The Vice Czar Murders" (1941) as Franklin Charles [with Robert Leslie Bellem]). Впоследствии Беллем дописал некоторые из его произведений. Одна из наиболее известных серий Адамса - полдюжины романов про крутого лос-анджелесского сыщика Рекса МакБрайда. |
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Adams,
Clifton (1919 - 1971) (also published as: Jonathan Gant, Nick Hudson) Author of tough westerns and crime novels. hb/noir books [as Clifton Adams]: Whom Gods Destroy (1953); Death’s Sweet Song (1955); hb/noir books [as Jonathan Gant]: Never Say No to a Killer (1956); The Long Vendetta (1963); hb/noir book [as as Nick Hudson]: The Very Wicked (1960) GMb |
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Ames, Robert (pseudonym of Charles Clifford) "Tough...and terrifying!" says Richard S. Prather about Ames's Gold Medal novel "Awake and Die". hb books: The Devil Drives (Gold Medal, 1952); The Dangerous One (Gold Medal, 1954); Awake and Die (Gold Medal, 1955). GMb |
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Anderson,
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Эдвард Андерсон. Автор классического гангстерского романа "Воры - как мы" ("Thieves Like Us", 1937) |
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Appel,
Benjamin (1907 - 1977) hb/noir books: Brain Guy (1934); Plunder (1952); Sweet Money Girl (1954). GMb |
Бенджамин Эппел. Автор ранних нуаров в манере Джеймса Кейна и Уильяма Барнетта. Но в отличии от них (как считают некоторые западные критики), с каждым романом писал все лучше и лучше. Особо отмечают его романы "Грабеж" (1952) и "Девушка - Сладкая Денежка" (1954). |
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Ard, William
(Thomas) (1922-1960) (also published as: Thomas Wills, Ben Kerr, Mike Moran, Jonas Ward) hb series characters: Lou Largo (P.I.); Timothy Dane (P.I.); Barney Glines (P.I.-?) GMb |
* Уильям Ард. Родился в Бруклине; после Второй мировой некоторое время работал частным детективом. Автор автор вестернов и нескольких детективных циклов. Наиболее известен серией про крутого частного сыщика Лу Ларго. Написал 2 романа серии, остальные 4 после его смерти были дописаны Лоренсом Блоком и Джоном Джейксом. |
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Avallone (-jr.),
Michael
(Angelo)
(1924-1999) (also published as: Mike Avallone, Priscilla Dalton, Mark Dane, Jean-Anne de Pre, Dora Highland, Steve Michaels, Dorothea Nile, Edwina Noone, Vance Stanton, Sidney Stuart, Troy Conway, Lee Davis Willoughby, Nick Carter [house-name for spy series], Stuart Jason [house name], Max Walker [house name?]) hb series characters: Ed Noon (P.I.); GMb |
* Майкл Аваллон. Один из создателей шпионско-фантастического сериала "Человек от Д.Я.Д.Ю.Ш.К.И." (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.). Автор, невероятно быстро писавший всё и вся (детективы, ужасы, фантастику, любовные романы, etc.) на полуграмотном английском (по мнению все тех же критиков...) и под тьма-тьмущая псевдонимов. Прославился серией книг о веселых и опасных похождениях Эда Нуна (Ed Noon) - нью-йоркского частного сыщика, а по совместительству и личного расхлебывателя проблем президента оф Юнайтед Стейтс. |
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Babcock, Dwight V(incent)
(1909-1979) hb series characters: Maguire (P.I.); "Beek" [Beeker, at San Francisco World's Fair]; Al (bodyguard); G-Man Chuck Thompson (FBI Special Agent). [BMask] |
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Ballard,
W(illis)
T(odhunter)
(1903-1980) (also published as: P. D. Ballard, Parker Bonner, Walt Bruce, Willard Kilgore, Neil MacNeil, John Shepherd, John Grange [joint with R. L. Bellem], Harrison Hunt [joint with Norbert Davis], Nick Carter [house name], Brian Agar, Hunter D'Allard, Clint Reno, John Hunter, Sam Bowie, Jack Slade, Clay Turner, Brian Fox) hb series characters: Bill Lennox (a.; troubleshooter for Consolidated Films, Holywood); lieutenant Max Hunter (p.); Tony Costaine & Bert McCall (P.I.); Hymie Beerman (a.); Jim Anthony (a.); Red Drake (a race track P.I.) [BMask] GMb |
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Ballinger, Bill S. (full name - William Sanborn Ballinger) (13 March 1912 - 23 March 1980) (also published as: Frederic Freyer, B. X. Sanborn) US screenwriter and novelist. His work in radio and film was successful. 8 TV plays (including "The Mice" in "Outer Limits") & 150 teleplays for 'Cannon', 'Ironside', 'I Spy', 'Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer', 'Mod Squad' ). hb series characters: Barr Breed (P.I.) GMb |
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Barrett, William E(dmund) (1900-1986) US. Author of mainstream novels, often with a religious theme ("Lilies of the Field", "The Left Hand of God" - 1950). Early in his career, he was a pulp writer. He had a vivid writing style and wrote some stories with tough, hard-boiled action. hb series characters: Needle Mike (a.-?); Iron Ace (Air ace fighting the Germans during WorldWar I) [BMask] |
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Barry, Joe
(pseudonym of Joe Barry Lake) (born 1909) (also published as: Barry Lake, Donnell Carey) US. One of the forgotten hardboiled masters. He wrote for the early paperbacks in the tradition & style of Hammett. Entertaining and readably writer of slam-bang action. [from an article of Gary Lovisy] hb series characters: Rush Henry (Chicago detective); Donn O'Mara (P.I.). |
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Basinsky (-jr.),
Earle (1921, Vicksburg (Mississippi) — ~c.1957) US writer of "the Spillane school". Wartime buddy of Mick. He wrote only 3 crime short stories an 2 though novels: The Big Steal (1955) ["The kind of book I go for", Spillane says]; Death Is a Cold, Keen Edge (1956). |
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Baynes, Jack (pseudonym of Bertram Baynes Fowler) (1893-1981) hb series characters: Morocco Jones (P.I.) |
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Bellem,
Robert Leslie (1902-1968) (also published as: Justin Case [house-name? see → Cave, H.], Ellery Watson Calder, Harley L. Court, Nelson Kent, Kenneth A. Nelson, Jerome Severs Perry, John A. Saxon, Harcourt Weems, Anthony Gordon, John Grange [joint with W. T. Ballard], Franklin Charles [joint with C. F. Adams] ) ( ? also published as: Walt Bruce [joint with W. T. Ballard]; Hamilton Washburn) US writer of three thousand pulp stories. Creator of Dan Turner, "the apotheosis of all private detectives" (as humorist S. J. Perelman wrote). hb series characters: Dan Turner (P.I.); Nick Ransom (P.I); Sam Welpton (insurance investigator) |
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Роберт Лесли
Беллем. Невероятно плодовитый писатель и сценарист. Автор пряных (spicy) крутых детективов, с нешуточной голливудской стрельбой, легкообнажаемыми красотками и массой уморительных идиом. Визитная карточка автора: суровые ребята а ля Хэмфри Богарт, пистолеты коих грозно рычат и лают, но чаще просто икают или злобно чихают. Ka-Chow! Сhow! Chow! На русский переведена только одна повесть ("Неподвижная луна" про остроумного сыщика Дэна Тёрнера). Повесть - блеск! Ик...ккуда смотрят издатели и переводЧХИ-кхи...? Несправедливо забытый классик. Впрочем, на родине его вновь начинают открывать... |
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Bezzerides, A(lbert)
I(saac) (9 Aug' 1908, Samsun, Ottoman Empire - 1 Jan' 2007 [aged 98], Los Angeles, US) US. Turkish-born American novelist and screenwriter, best known for writing Noir and Action motion pictures (his most famous script was "Kiss Me Deadly", 1955 - based on Spillane's novel). Noir/Crime novels: - Long Haul (Carrick, 1938)[aka: They Drive by Night (Dell, 1950); aka: Tough Guy (Lion, 1953)], - Thieves Market (Scribner, 1949). |
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Blassingame, Wyatt
(Rainey) (1909-1985) (also published as: William B. Rainey) hb series characters: John Smith [Graveyard Detective] [BMask] |
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Block,
Lawrence (born 1938) (also published as: Paul Kavanagh, Chip Harrison) hb series characters: Matt Scudder (P.I.); Bernie Rhodenbarr (c.); Keller (c.) GMb |
* Лоуренс Блок. Талантливый стилист, в основном пишущий в мрачной ультрасовременной манере. Начинал с порно-романов. После смерти Уильяма Арда, выпустил под его именем одну из историй про Лу Ларго, плюс дописал и, не скрывая своих заслуг, опубликовал последнюю книгу Корнела Вулрича. Настоящий успех пришел к Ларри Блоку благодаря его собственной серии жестких романов про Мэтта Скаддера - завсегдатая баров и кабаков, экс-полицейского, занимающегося частным сыском без лицензии. Популярностью пользуются и другие циклы Блока: веселый - о взломщике-джентльмене Берни Роденбарре, шпионский - о страдающем бессонницей ветеране корейской войны Ивэне Таннере, и психологический - о сентиментальном киллере-мечтателе Келлере. |
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Bonham, Frank
(Cecil Francis)
(1914, Los Angeles (California) - 1988, Arizona) American writer, best known for his adolescent and western novels. hb/noir books: One for Sleep (Gold Medal, 1960); The Skin Game (Gold Medal, 1962) GMb |
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Booth, Charles G(ordon) (1896-1949) hb series characters: McFee (P.I. of the Blue Shield Detective Agency). [BMask] |
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Brackett, Leigh
(Douglass) (1915-1978) US SF woman-writer. Author of 2 famous screenplays based on Chandler's novels and "The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars V)". She also wrote westerns and some detectives short stories for pulp magazines. Bill Pronzini considers Brackett as "one of the top hardboiled writers of all time", and about her novel "No Good from a Corpse" he said: "so Chandleresque in style and approach it might have been written by Chandler himself." hb novels: No Good From a Corpse (1944); Stranger at Home (1946; ghost-written for George Sanders) noir thrillers : The Tiger Among Us (1957); An Eye for An Eye (1957) spy novel: Silent Partner (1969) |
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Bradbury,
Ray(mond
Douglas) (born 1920) Famous SF writer. He dedicated his "hard-boiled" novel "Death Is a Lonely Business" (1999) to Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, James Cain and Ross Macdonald (among some others). hb series characters: Douser Mulligan (c.) (stories). |
* Рэй Брэдбери. Знаменитый американский фантаст. В 1940-х годах опубликовал короткую серию рассказов в духе гангстерского нуара о Дузере Маллигане (Douser Mulligan). Позднее написал свой "крутой" детективный роман "Смерть - дело одинокое" (Death Is a Lonely Business, 1999) и, в числе прочих, посвятил его Чандлеру, Хэмметту, Джеймсу Кейну и Россу Макдональду. |
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Bray, William Donald hb series characters: Britt Hardsley ('man of murder and mystery' works for Carneal Construction Co.) [BMask] |
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Brett, Michael (1928- ) (also published as: Mike Brett) US writer. hb series characters: Samuel Dakkers ["Sam"] (a.); Pete McGrath (P.I.) |
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Brewer, Gil(bert)
(John) (1922-1983) (also published as: Elaine Evans [ghotic novels], Mark Bailey, Luke Morgann, Bailey Morgan, Eric Fitzgerald, Jack Holland, Frank Sebastian, Roy Carroll, Barry Miles; ghost-written under the names of Day Keene, Al Conroy [ps. of M. H. Albert], Hal Ellson, Harry Arvay, & house name Ellery Queen) GMb |
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Brown,
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Carter (pseudonym of Alan Geoffrey Yates) (1923-1985) (also published as: Peter Carter-Brown, Alan Yates, A. G. Yates, Paul Valdez, Dennis Sinclair, Sinclair McKellar, Ace Carter, Caroline Farr, Peter Yates [?], Tom Conway [?], Tex Conrad [?] ) hb series characters: Mavis Seidlitz (P.I. detective-woman); Andy Kane (a.); Mike Farrel (a.); Al Wheeler (p.); Danny Boyd (P.I.); Rick Holman (P.I.); Larry Baker (a.); Randy Roberts (lawyer); Paul Donavan (a.); Ivor MacCullum (P.I.); Mark Jordan (P.I.); Joe Kahn (P.I.); Max Dumas (a.) |
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Brown,
Fredric
(William) (1906-1972) (also published as: Felix Graham) ? hb series characters: Ed and Am Hunter; Mr. Smith [Henry Smith]. [BMask] GMb |
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Browne,
Howard (Carleton) (1908-1999) (also published as: John Evans, William Brengle, H. B. Carleton, Carleton, Lawrence Chandler, Lee Francis, Ivar Jorgensen, Wilbur S. Peacock) hb series characters: Paul Pine (P.I.); Lafayette Muldoon (a.); Wilbur Peddie (?-hb) |
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Bruen, Ken
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* Кен Бруен. Современный ирландский писатель. Автор ныне популярной на Западе серии о спивающимся экс-копе Джеке Тейлоре. Так и носятся с этим Бруеном, так и носятся... Философствует он, вообще-то, тонко, с огоньком, но вот самО круто-сваренное действие первого романа "Стражи" как-то долго переваривалось. Ну, всякое бывает, с непривычки-то. Поленился за виски сбегать, вот и недотумкал в крутой ирландской прозе. Но все же "Поминки по Финнегану" справлять не стоит. Читать можно. |
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Burnett,
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R(iley) (1899-1982) (also published as: John Monahan, James Updyke) GMb |
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Burtis,
Thomson (1896 - *?) hb series characters: Rolph Burnham (P.I.-?); Slats Kirke (minor boxing manager). [BMask] |
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Butler, Gerald
(Alfred) (31 July 1907 - February 1988, Eastbourne, East Sussex, England) UK hard-boiled writer. His first novel "Kiss The Blood Off My Hands" was an enormous bestseller, on a par with "No Orchids For Miss Blandish" by J.H.Chase. Some of his books was filmed (most famously "Mad With Much Heart" was filmed by Nicholas Ray as 'On Dangerous Ground/Dark Highway').[Paul Duncan, from RARA] Hard-Boiled and Crime-Noir Thrillers: Kiss The Blood Off My Hands (London: Jarrolds, 1940; aka: The Unafraid, 1948 US: Dell), They Cracked Her Glass Slipper (Jarrolds 1941), Their Rainbow Had Black Edges (Jarrolds, 1943, aka: Dark Rainbow, 1945 US: Farrar, 1945), Mad with Much Heart (Jarrolds, 1945, aka: The Lurking Man, 1952 US: Lion Book #81), Slippery Hitch (Jarrolds, 1948), Choice of Two Women (Jarrolds, 1951, aka: Blow Hot, Blow Cold, 1951 US: Rinehart), There Is a Death, Elizabeth (Hale, 1972). |
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Butler,
John K. (1908-1964) hb series characters: Steve Midnight [Steven Middleton Knight] (a.); Rex Lonergan [Lieutenant Lonergan from Frisco] (p.); Rod Case (trouble-shooter for the General Pacific Telephone Company) [BMask] |
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Cain,
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Paul (pseudonym of George Carrol Sims) (1902-1966) (also published as: Peter Ruric [his pen name as screenwriter]) Born in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1925 he changed his name to George Ruruc and, after, to Peter Ruric. The hardest of the hard-boiled writers for "Black Mask" (as Bill Pronzini wrote). His only novel "Fast One" is one of the most brutal gangster story ever written. "He writes as he has lived - at high speed, and with violence" (a blurb on the back cover of his book). hb series characters: Gerry Kells (a./c.){stories/novel}; Black (P.I.). [BMask] |
* Пол Кейн. Автор-невидимка, потрясший собратьев-писателей единственным романом - Fast One ("Шустрый Малый") и своим исчезновением. С мрачным озорством Кейн назвал книгу "щегольской гангстерской историей". Главный персонаж - плейбой и игрок Келлс - фигура весьма неоднозначная. Он не бандит, но с легкостью жмет на курок, объявляя войну Лос-анджелесским воротилам. Войдя во вкус, Келлс решает подмять под себя весь город. И хотя любовь начинает путать карты, он продолжает бить точно в цель. |
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Campbell,
Robert
(Wright) (1927-2000) (also published as: R. Wright Campbell, F. G. Clinton) Robert Campbell's Whistler series is a sort of combination of Raymond Chandler and James Ellroy - PI tales that are darker than noir. hb series characters: Whistler (P.I.) |
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Cave,
Hugh B(arnett) (11 July 1910 - 27 June 2004) (also published as: Justin Case [house-name? see → Bellem, R.], Allen Beck, Carey Barnett, Carl Hughes, John Starr, Geoffrey Vace, Ace Williams) US prolific writer for pulp magazines. Born in Chester, England, before emigrating with his family to America when he was five years old; lives in Florida; plantation owner in Haiti. He was known as an author of detective/crime stories and still later as a horror novelist. hb series characters: Peter Kane (P.I.); Mark Lane (P.I.); Officer Coffey; the Eel (gentleman thief). [BMask] |
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Chadwick, Joseph L. (also published as: Janet Conroy, John Conway, Jo Anne Creighton, John Creighton, Elizabeth Grayson) Writer of westerns and thrillers/melodramas. hb noir (as Joseph L. Chadwick): The Golden Frame (Gold Medal, 1955) thriller/noir (as John Creighton): Trial by Perjury (Ace, 1958); Stranglehold (Ace, 1959); A Half Interest in Murder (Ace, 1960). GMb |
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Chambers,
Peter (pseudonym of Dennis John Andrew Phillips) (born 17 August 1924, London) (also published as: Peter Chester, Philip Daniels, Dennis Phillips, Simon Challis) hb series characters: Mark Preston (P.I.) [BMask] |
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Chambers, (Elwyn) Whitman (December 8, 1896, Stockton, Calif. - July 20, 1968, Los Angeles, Calif.) US prolific pulp story writer (wisecracking school of the hard-boiled fiction), mystery novelist & screenwriter. One of the best of his creatures for "Detective Fiction Weekly" was Katie "the Duchess" Blaine, a reporter for "The Sun" who uses an innate sense of smarts to investigate crimes while researching her articles. hb series characters: Katie "the Duchess" Blaine (a.) [BMask] |
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Champion,
D('Arcy)
L(yndon) (1902-1968) (also published as: Jack D’Arcy, G. Wayman Jones [house name]) Creator of genuinely funny stories about Rex Sackler (ex-cop turned P.I., known as the "Parsimonious Prince of Penny-Pinchers"), narrated by his assistant, Joey Graham. hb series characters: Rex Sackler ["Shylock of Shamuses"] (P.I.) [BMask] |
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Chandler, Raymond
(Thornton) (1888-1959) hb series characters: Philip Marlowe (P.I.); Mallory (P.I.); John Dalmas (P.I.); Carmady (P.I.); [BMask] |
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Chase,
James Hadley (pseudonym of Rene Brabazon Raymond) (1906-1985) (also published as: Raymond Marshall, James L. Docherty, Ambrose Grant) hb series characters: Dave Fenner (P.I.); Vick Malloy (P.I.); Martin "Brick Top" Corridon (a.); Steve Harmas (P.I.); Don Micklem (a.); Frank Terrell & Tom Lepski (p.); Mark Girland (s.); Herman Radnitz (c.); Helga Rolfe (a.); Dirk Wallace (P.I.). |
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Chaze,
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Cheyney,
Peter (pseudonym of Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse Cheyney) (1896-1951) hb series characters: Lemmy Caution (G-man), Slim Callaghan (P.I.) |
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Clark,
Dale (pseudonym of Ronal Kayser) (1905-1988) hb series characters: "High" Price [Highland Park Price] (P.I.); Steve Harrigan (G-man); Mike O'Hanna (house dick, he was hired to be a hotel detective). [BMask] |
Дейл Кларк. Американский писатель. В прошлом частный сыщик. Наиболее известен серией юмористических историй (в духе Норберта Дэвиса и Ричарда Сейла) о похождениях детектива Хайлэнда Прайса, по прозвищу "Высокая Цена". |
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Clarke, Donald Henderson
(1887-1958) Born South Hadley, Massachusetts. He wrote love stories and several crime novels. Beretti novels: Louis Beretti (1929), Murderer's Holiday (1940). Other hb novel: Confidential (1937). hb series characters: Louis Beretti (c.) |
Дональд Хендерсон Кларк. Американский писатель, в прошлом популярный журналист, автор любовных романов из великосветской жизни. В годы "сухого закона" уверял, что знаком со всеми известными гангстерами и женщинами легкого поведения. Подобный опыт принес славу, но слегка затруднил его "отцовские" права. Литературоведы часто замалчивают жестокий роман Кларка о бутлегере Беретти (1929), называя патриархом гангстерской истории только Уильяма Барнетта, чей "Маленький Цезарь" вышел все в том же году, на излете "ревущих двадцатых". |
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Collins, Max Allan (born March 3, 1948) (also published as: Patrick Culhane, Barbara Allan) American writer, renaissance man in the crime and mystery genre. He has written novels, stories, screenplays, comic books and created several series characters: most notably comic book P.I. Ms. Tree, historical private eye Nathan Heller, etc. Collins was a fan of the mystery writer Mickey Spillane from childhood and later became friends with him. Upon Spillane's death in 2006, Collins was entrusted to finish several uncompleted works by Spillane about Mike Hammer and Morgan the Raider, including "Dead Street", "The Goliath Bone", "The Big Bang", "The Consummata", etc. Several other uncompleted works may be finished by Collins and published in the future. hb series characters: Nolan (professional thief), Quarry (hired killer), Mallory (hardboiled detective writer, ex-cop & Vietnam vet), Nate Heller (Chicago private eye), Eliot Ness (the leader of a legendary team of law enforcement agents nicknamed "The Untouchables"), Ms. Tree (P.I., "female Mike Hammer"). |
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Constiner,
(Francis) Merle C. (1902-1979) hb series characters: Dean Wardlow Rock ["The Dean"](c./P.I.-?); Luther McGavock (P.I.) [BMask] |
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Corris, Peter (born 1942) Australian hb writer (in the Chandler vein) . Cliff Hardy novels: The Dying Trade (1980); White Meat (1981); The Marvelous Boy (1982); The Empty Beach (1983); Make Me Rich (1985); Deal Me Out (1986); The Greenwich Apartments (1986); The January Zone (1987); O'Fear (1990); Wet Graves (1991); Aftershock (1992); Beware of the Dog (1992); Matrimonial Causes (1993); Casino (1994); The Washington Club (1997); The Reward (1998); The Washington Club (1998); The Black Prince (1999); The Other Side of Sorrow (1999); Lugarno (2001); Salt And Blood (2002); Master's Mates (2003); The Coast Road (2004); Cliff Hardy collections:: Heroin Annie (1984); The Big Drop (1985); Man in the Shadows and Other Stories (1988); Burn and Other Stories (1993); Forget Me If You Can (1997); Taking Care of Business (2004). hb series characters: Cliff Hardy (P.I.) GMb |
* Питер Коррис. Коренной австралийский писатель, aвтор исторических и шпионских романов. В противовес жестким заокеано-американским традициям (заложенным на материке еще приезжим Картером Брауном в компании с сотоварищами-невидимками), решил писать открыто, на лихой австралийский манер. Наиболее известен длинной серией романов о лучшем крутом парне в Сиднее - частном сыщике Клиффе Харди. Но критиков и читателей простым местным колоритом не проведешь. Некоторые находит в этих книгах большое влияние Чандлера! Вот ведь как... А вдруг он Чандлера не читал? (shootka). |
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Cox, William R(obert) (14 April 1901 Peapack, New Jersey -- 7 August 1988 Los Angeles, Calif.) (also published as: Willard d'Arcy, Mike Frederic, John Parkhill, Joel Reeve, Wayne Robbins, Roger G. Spellman, Jonas Ward) US. Prolific writer of pulp novels (most of them westerns). Author of some mystery/crime novels. Also screenwriter and he was twice elected as president of the Western Writers of America, 1965, 1970. hb series characters: Tom Kincaid (a.); Malachi Manatee (a.-?); John Wade (a.-?) [BMask] GMb |
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Coxe,
George Harmon (1901-1984) hb series characters: Jack "Flashgun" Casey (news photographer); Paul Baron. [BMask] |
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Craig, Jonathan (pseudonym of Frank E. Smith) (1919-1984) American writer. He created a police procedural (not hard-boiled) series about Pete Selby & Stan Rayder (for the Gold Medal). But he wrote a great deal of short fiction for the hb digest-size mystery magazines ("Manhunt", "Accused", "Shell Scott Mystery Magazine", etc) and some tough-guy crime novels. hb non-series novels: So Young, So Wicked (1957, Gold Medal #669); Come Night, Come Evil (1957, Gold Medal #716). GMb |
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Cunningham, Eugene (1896-1957) (also published as: E. C. [for a poem]) He wrote a lot of westerns for pulp magazines (Argosy, Frontier Stories, etc.) hb series characters: Cleve Corby (undercover Texas Ranger/P.I.-?); detective sergeant Bob Land (border dick). [BMask] |
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Curry, Tom (full name - Thomas Albert Curry, Jr.) (1900-1976) He also wrote a lot of pulp western stories about such series magazine characters: Jim Hatfield (for 'Texas Rangers' mag.), Bob Pryor (for 'The Rio Kid Western' mag.), etc. hb series characters: Mac [Macnamara] (NYPD 1st-grade dick); DeVrite (NYPD secret agent). [BMask] |
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Daly, Carroll John
(1889 - 1958) (also published as: John D. Carroll ) hb series characters: Three Gun Terry [Terry Mack] (P.I.); Race Williams (P.I.); Satan Hall (p.); Vee Brown [The Crime Machine] (p.); Clay Holt (P.I.-?); Pete Hines (bodyguard); Mr. Strang (a.); Marty Day (a.); Twist Sullivan (?). [BMask] |
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Daniels,
Norman A. (pseudonym of Norman A. Danberg) (1906 [1905 ?] - 1995) (also published as: Frank Johns(t)on, John L. Benton, William Dale, Harrison Judd, Mark Reed, Peter Grady, Kirk Rand, Dorothy Daniels [name of his wife and often collaborator], G. Wayman Jones [house name], Will Garth [house name], Jack Storm [house name], Kerry McRoberts [house name-?], Robert Wallace [house name-?], C. K. M. Scanlon [house name see →]) hb series characters: Rick Trent (ex-c. / ex-P.I.); the Candid Camera Kid [Jerry Wade/Jerry Wells] (newspaperman). [BMask] GMb |
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Davis, Frederick C(lyde)
(1902-1977) (also published as: Stephen Ransome, Murdo Coombs, Curtis Steele [house name for the series "Operator #5"]) ? hb series characters: Schyler Cole & Luke Speare; Murray Gifford (reporter); Peter Trapp II (*hb-?); Bill Brent (crime reporter); Thackeray Hackett (P.I.); Police Sergeant Stephen Thatcher [known by night as The Moon Man] (p.) [BMask] |
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Davis,
Norbert
(Harrison) (1909-1949) hb series characters: Doan & Carstairs (P.I. & dog); Max Latin (P.I.), Ben Shaley (P.I.); John Collins (piano man & Sergeant of Military Intelligence); William "Bail Bond" Dodd (wise-cracking bail-bondsman). [BMask] |
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Норберт Дэвис.
Возможно, один из самых смешных авторов старой школы крутого детектива, жизнь
которого оборвалась очень печально. Среди героев Дэвиса особо выделяется лихая парочка - толстяк Доун и его приятель-громила датский дог по фамилии Карстэрс. Доун - частный сыщик, он ведет разгульную жизнь и от него вечно пахнет перегаром и порохом. Карстэрс вынужден читать мораль своему коллеге по общежитию, понимая свою ответственность "за тех, кого приручили". И что с того, что Доун выиграл Карстэрса, когда резался в покер? Карстэрс сам знает себе цену! Выгуливая Доуна по утрам гордый пес часто делает вид, что даже незнаком с этим неопрятным типом. |
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Stanley Pulp writer. Author of the series of 11 hard-boiled stories with some elements of humor about Shamus Maguire - a fat hotel detective (he weighs 240-260 pounds and smokes Little Policeman cigars). hb series characters: Shamus Maguire (P.I.) |
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Dean, Robert George (~c1904 - 1989) (also published as: George Griswold) US crime writer. Ex-broker from Wall Street and a Red Cross official during the 1940s. hb series characters: Tony Hunter (P.I. from the Schmidt Agency in NYC); Pat Thompson; Mr. Groode (spy). |
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Demaris, Ovid (pseudonym of Ovide E. Desmarais) (6 September 1919- 12 March 1998) Gangster novels: The Hoods Take Over (1957); Candyleg (1961; aka: Machine Gun McCain), etc... GMb |
* Овид Демарис. (на русском издавался как Овид Демарсис. Роман "Эмиссар мафии"). Автор книг об организованной преступности. Некоторые из них были экранизированы, в том числе "МакКейн по прозвищу «Пулемет»" (итальянская версия с Джоном Касаветесом и Питером Фалком в главных ролях). |
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Deming, Richard
(1915-1983) (also published as: Max Franklin, Nick Marino, Emily Moor, Lee Davis Willoughby, Halsey Clark, Richard Hale Curtis, Ellery Queen [house name]) hb series characters: "Manny" Moon [Manville Moon] (P.I.); Matt Rudd [Mateusz Rudowski] (p.); Clancy Ross (a.) [BMask] |
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Dennis,
Robert C. (1915-1983) hb series characters: Willy Carmody & Margaret O'Leary (P.I. & writer) [BMask] |
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Dent, Lester (1905-1959) (also published as: Kenneth Robeson [house name for series Doc Savage's adventures]) hb series characters: Oscar Sail. [BMask] GMb |
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Dewey, Thomas B(lanchard) (1915-1981) (also published as: Cord Wainer, Tom Brandt) hb series characters: Mac (P.I.); Pete Schofield (P.I.) GMb |
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Disher, Garry (born 1949) Australian writer of modern thrillers (in the tough manner of Richard Stark), police procedural novels (about Inspector Hal Challis) and children books. Wyatt series: Kickback (1991); Paydirt (1992); Deathdeal (1993); Crosskill (1994); Port Vila Blues (1996); The Fallout (1997). hb series characters: Wyatt (c.) |
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Dodge, David
(Francis) (1910-1974) hb series characters: James "Whit" Whitney (a.); Al Colby (P.I.); John Abraham Lincoln (a.) |
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C(ornelius
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P(hilip) (1906 *? - 1977 *?) hb series characters: Doc Rennie [Colonel Walter Rennie] (psychiatrist-detective from USA Medical Corps) [BMask] |
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Dudgeon, Robert (pseudonym of Frank S. Greenop) (also published as: Jess Beaumont, Walt Dundee, Hart E. Martin, Lee Thorpe) Australian hb writer of 1950s (Sydney: Cleveland Publishing Company, ~1956-58). Also author of westerns. Crime books: Wake Up And Die!; Curtain Call; The Disappearing Girl; Clean-Up; Don't Blame the Girl; Picture Of Desperation; Shadow of a Noose. Cleveland numbered books: Hunted Down (#501); The Fast Farewell (#524); Comeback To Crime (#532); The Slow Burn (#534); The Beautiful Bait (#542); Passport To Peril (#548); Murder Hunt (#553); Max Strong books [ed. Cleveland ]: Nude In Nylon (#151); Trouble Is A Woman (#152); Let's Kill Again (#153); The Deep Knife (#154); East Of Elsa (#155); Temptation Street (#156); My Price Is Murder (#157); White Heat (#557); The Black Hour (#561); Night Cry (#566); Hot Spot (#569); Bitter Beauty (#576); Tight Grip (#580); Hot Time (#584); Double Deal (#588); Swift to Die! (#592); Murder - So What! (#596); etc........... hb series characters: Max Strong |
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Duncan, James hb series characters: the "Parson"; Ivor Small (P.I.) [BMask] |
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Dunn, Des R. (also published as: Larry Kent [see →], Adam Brady, Sheldon B. Cole, Matt Cregan, Morgan Culp, Shad Denver, Gunn Halliday, Brett Iverson, Walt Renwick ) Australian hb and western writer of 1950s, who among others wrote under the house name Larry Kent. He also created various thrillers under his real name. A very prolific author. Crime books: Go Lightly, Stranger; Night Crime; Farewell To Peril; Desperate Call; etc... hb series characters: Larry Kent |
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Elliott, William J(ames) (1886 - c.1947) (also published as: Winifred J. Elliott) UK hard-boiled writer. hb series characters: "English Ed" Gunning (FBI agent/c.-?); Silk [Anthony England] (c.-?); Bren Hardy (Tough Dame); Royston Frere. |
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Fearing, Kenneth
(Flexner) (1902-1961) (also published as: Donald F. Bedford [with Donald Freide & Henry Bedford-Jones]) hb thrillers: Dagger of the Mind (1941; aka: Cry Killer!, 1958); The Big Clock (1946; aka: No Way Out, 1980) |
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Feldman, Anatole
(France) (also published as: Anatoly Field, A. F. Field, Anthony Field, Tony Field, Anthony Feldman) US forgotten pulp-writer of gangster stories (serial "Gangsters Vs. Gobs", etc...). Published in 1929-1949ss. hb series characters: "Big Nose" Serrano (c.) |
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Fischer, Bruno
(1908-1992) (also published as: Russell Gray, Harrison Storm, Jason K. Storm) ? not very hb series PI characters: Ben Helm (P.I.); Rick Train; Ben Bryn. [BMask] GMb |
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Fisher,
Steve
(pseudonym of Stephen Gould Fisher) (29 August 1913 [1912 ?] - 27 March 1980) (also published as: Grant Lane, Stephen Gould) ? hb series characters: Big Red Brennan (agent of Naval Intelligence); The Spinner [Arlen Canfield] (a.); Tony Key (*hb sf -?); Captain Babyface [Jed Garrett] /vs. - Mr. Death (Captain of the US Special Agent Corps, pilot /vs. - crippled German chemist-inventor, 'murder master'-aviator of WW I) [BMask] GMb |
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Fickling, G. G. (pseudonym of Gloria Fickling & Forrest E. Fickling [1925-1998]) Skip & Gloria Fickling, spouses-writers, close friends of Prather's in the fifties. They created their female version of Shell Scott - her name is Honey West. Humor and sex are plentiful in her adventures. Honey was moved from California, where she worked as a private detective, to New York, where she worked for the CIA as well. 11 books (1957-71). She also appeared on television for a season (1965-1966, ABC, 30 episodes). hb series characters: Honey West (P.I.); Erik March (a high-priced personal consultant/P.I. for large corporations in and around the Hollywood/L.A. area). |
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Flynn, J(ohn)
M.
(c1927-1985) (also published as: Jay Flynn) US writer. 'Jay Flynn was a character. The tragicomic variety, with accent on the tragic. In many ways he was a throwback, a stereotype. Hard-drinking, rough-living, blarney-spouting Boston Irishman. Ex-GI, newspaperman (ten years as a crime reporter on the Portland Express, Portland, Maine; stints on the San Jose Mercury and other California papers), bartender, editor, mystery writer, sex novelist, bootlegger, security guard, caretaker, and (so he claimed) prisoner in a hell-hole Mexican jail on a trumped-up charge and "writer-in-residence" at a Nevada whorehouse.' [from Bill Pronzini's article "Forgotten Writers #1: Jay/J.M. Flynn"] hb series characters: McHugh (spy); |
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Flynn (-jr.),
T(homas)
T(heodore) (1902-1978) Born in Indiana; lived for a while in Hyattsville, Maryland. Author of western novels ("The Man from Laramie" in 'The Saturday Evening Post', 1954, etc). Also wrote detectives for pulp magazines. ? hb series characters: Mr. (Joe) Maddox, Val Easton v. Black Doctor, Jerry Prince, Izzy O'Shea, Mike Harris & Trixie Meehan (operatives for the Blaine International Agency). |
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Gallagher, Gale (pseudonym of William Charles Oursler (1913-1985) & Margaret Scott) Gale Gallagher was the pseudonym of married couple Margaret Scott and Will Oursler. They wrote 2 good hard-boiled novels about fast-talking girl sleuth (with "low-key toughness"). Will Oursler (he also wrote under the name Nick Marino) - an American author, lecturer and radio commentator, he wrote more than 45 books including 12 mystery novels and was vice-president of the Mystery Writers of America. Oursler also is best-known for editing a collection of 17 hard-boiled pulp tales - "As Tough As They Come" (1951). hb books: I Found Him Dead (1947); Chord in Crimson (1949). hb series characters: Gale Gallagher (tough female P.I.) |
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Gardner, Erle Stanley (1889-1970) (also published as: Charles M. Green, A. A. Fair, Carleton Kendrake, Charles J. Kenny) hb series characters: Ed Jenkins, the Phantom Crook [Edward Gordon Jenkins, masquerading as Bob Sabin, P.I.] (c.); Bob Larkin (P.I.); Black Barr ["Executioner of Fate"] (a.-?); Pete Wennick (undercover man); Ken Corning (young lawyer; honest & fighting attorney in NYC, prototype of Perry Mason); Senor Lobo (c.-?). [BMask] |
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Gault,
William Campbell (1910-1995) (also published as: Will Duke, Dial Forest, Roney Scott) hb series characters: Mortimer Jones [Jonesy] (P.I.); Joe Puma (P.I.); Brock Callahan (P.I.) [BMask] GMb |
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Greenleaf, Stephen (Howell) (born 17 July 1942, Washington, D.C.) hb series characters: John Marshall Tanner (P.I. / ex-lawyer from San-Francisco) |
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Gerrity,
David J(ames) (1923 - 1984) (also published as: Garrity) US writer of noir novels for Gold Medal and Signet. A good friend of Mickey Spillane (“With a tip of the hat to the Mick.”- his "Cry Me a Killer" book’s dedication). Spillane was enough involved with Garrity that he loaned him the plot for "Dragon Hunt" (1967), which is based on a story Spillane wrote for the comic strip version of Mike Hammer (and Mike Hammer makes an appearance in the book helping private eye Peter Braid). The title is a reference to "the dragon", the villain of Spillane's novel "The Girl Hunters" (1961), to which "Dragon Hunt" is vaguely a back-door sequel. hb books [as Garrity]: Kiss Off the Dead (1960); Cry Me a Killer (1961); Dragon Hunt (1967, as Dave J. Garrity); The Hot Mods (1969, as Dave J. Garrity) Cardolini books [as David J. Gerrity]: The Never Contract (1975); The Plastic Man (1976); The Numbers Man (1977). hb series characters: Peter Braid (P.I.), Frank Cardolini (c./Mafia hit man). GMb |
Дэвид Геррити. Автор мрачных хард-бойлдов в духе Джеймса Кейна. Большой приятель Спиллейна. Посвятил ему одну из своих нуаристых книг с пометкой "Типу в шляпе, Ирландцу (Мику)". Спиллейн не остался в долгу и подарил Геррити сюжет для следующего романа "Охота на дракона" (1967), позволив своему другу использовать в этой книге образ Майка Хаммера, к которому в одном из эпизодов обращается по телефону главный герой - сыщик Питер Брейд (персонаж детективной тетралогии). "Охота на дракона" (не лучшее, что есть у Геррити, обычно выделяют другую его серию про киллера Фрэнка Кардолини) является своеобразным продолжением романа Микки Спиллейна "Охотники за девушкой" (1961). |
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Grant, James Edward (1905-1966) hb series characters: Tippecanoe "Tip" O'Neil (P.I.) |
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Gregory,
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Gruber, Frank
(1904-69) (also published as: Stephen Acre, Charles K. Boston, John K. Vedder, Ralph Conger [in "Mystery Magazine", Sept' 1941]) hb series characters: Oliver Quade ["The Human Encyclopedia"] (encyclopedia salesman); Jim Strong (the Rackets Man). [BMask] |
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Halliday, Brett [house name] (pseudonym of Davis Dresser) (1904-1977) (also published as: Asa Baker, Hal Debrett [with Kathleen Rollins Dresser], Matthew Blood [joint with Ryerson Johnson], Don Davis, Kathryn Culver, Anthony Scott, Anderson Wayne) hb series characters: Mike Shayne (P.I.) <by B. Halliday >; Morgan Wayne [The Avenger] <by Matthew Blood >. [BMask] GMb |
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Hammett,
S(amuel)
Dashiell (1894-1961) (also published as: Daghull Hammett, Peter Collinson, Mary Jane Hammett, Samuel Dashiell) hb series characters: The Continental Op (P.I.); Sam Spade (P.I.) [BMask] |
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Haring, Don (also published as: Larry Kent [see →], Clay Anthony, Sam Bradford, Ward Langley) Australian hb writer of Larry Kent novelettes, who also wrote various thrillers under his real name which were published in Australia by "Cleveland Press" (from 1954 to 1983 ?). An expatriate American. Also wrote westerns. books: Hot Hands (ed.1974); The Head Man (ed. Cleveland # 503); Sidewalk Empire (#520); etc... hb series characters: Larry Kent |
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(born 1951) (also published as: Robert Morgan) hb series characters: Jack Hagee (P.I.) |
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Hitchens,
Dolores (full name - Julia Clara Catharine Dolores Birk Olsen Hitchens) (1907 - 1973) (also published as: D. B. Olsen, Noel Burke, Dolan Birkley) American mystery detective authoress. She also wrote a pair of hardboiled books in the Chandler tradition. "The best hardboiled private eye novel written by a woman - and one of the best written by anybody" (Bill Pronzini about "Sleep With Slander") Jim Sader Books: Sleep With Strangers (1955); Sleep With Slander (1960). hb series characters: Jim Sader (P.I.) |
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Homes, Geoffrey (pseudonym of Daniel Mainwaring) (22 July 1902, Dakland, Calif. – 31 January 1977, L.A., Calif.) (also published as: Daniel Mainwaring, Geoffrey Holmes [for screenplays]) American novelist and screenwriter. He made his real mark, however, with a string of hard-boiled mystery novels (mostly with small-town California settings), the first of which was "The Man Who Murdered Himself" (1936). His final published novel, "Build My Gallows High" (1946), is generally regarded as his best -- and its adaptation (by "Homes" himself) into the film noir classic "Out of the Past" (1947) assured his place in film history. Mainwaring explained to interviewer Pat McGilligan that he regarded the novel as a departure from his earlier literary efforts : "Well, "Build My Gallows High" was a different kind of book, entirely different. First I had a detective named Robin Bishop, and I got sick of him. Bishop got married and then got awfully soft, and I got fed up with him. I changed to Humprhey Campbell, who was a tougher one. With "Build My Gallows High" I wanted to get away from straight mystery novels. Those detective stories are a bore to write. You've got to figure out "whodunit". I'd get to the end and have to say whodunit and be so mixed up I couldn't decide myself." hb series characters: Humphrey Campbell (P.I.) |
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Jakes,
John
(William) (born 1932) SF writer. Ghost-writer (as William Ard) for 3 novels about Lou Largo . ? hb series characters: Johnny Havoc |
* Джон Джейкс. Американский писатель-фантаст. После смерти Уильяма Арда, написал под его именем три романа про Лу Ларго. |
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Janson,
Hank [house name] (pseudonym of Stephen Daniel Frances) (1917-1989) (also published as: Stephen D. Frances, Mark Clinton, David Roland, Link Shelton, Dave Steel, Danny Stephens); (also as house names: Hilary Brand, Ace Capelli, Max Clinten, Johnny Grecco, Arthur Kirby, Duke Linton, Steve Markham, Desmond Reid, Peter Saxon, Richard Williams). hb series characters: Hank Janson |
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Jessup, Richard (1925-1982) (also published as: Richard Telfair) US mystery, tough spy and western fiction writer. hb series characters: Monty Nash (s.) <by Richard Telfair>. GMb |
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Johnson,
(Walter) Ryerson (1901-1995) (also published as: Matthew Blood [joint with Davis Dresser/B. Halliday], Brett Halliday [house-name for Michael Shayne series], Kenneth Robeson [house-name for Doc Savage series]) hb books: Lady in Dread (Gold Medal, 1955); Naked in the Streets (Red Seal, 1952). hb series characters: Morgan Wayne [The Avenger] <by Matthew Blood >. GMb |
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Jorgensen,
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Нелс Лерой Джоргенсен. Американский писатель. Ныне практически позабыт (хотя старина Хэмметт увековечил имя и фамилию своего соратника по журналу "Блэк Мэск" в 4 главе романа "Худой мужчина"). За период 1925-1938 гг. Джоргенсен опубликовал 32 криминальные истории о персонаже по прозвищу Черный Бэртон. Этот игрок с американского Юго-Запада, обладает обостренным чувством справедливости и хорошими манерами, а потому никогда не расстается со своим автоматическим 38-м. |
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Kane, Henry (1918- ...?) (also published as: Anthony McCall, Mario J. Sagola, Kenneth R. McKay, Katherine Stapleton, Ellery Queen [house name]) hb series characters: Peter Chambers (P.I.) |
* Генри Кейн. Многие американские авторы стараются быть запанибрата и называют своих детективных парней попросту "дик". Кроме уменьшительного от имени Ричард, это слово много чего обозначает... в том числе и сыщика-ищейку. Генри Кейн не из таковских. Своего любимца Питера Чемберса он называет не иначе как "частный Ричард". Эта долгоиграющая серия не равнозначна. Стиль ранних романов о Чемберсе называют дилетантским и высокопарным, в духе утонченного Ван Дайна, а вот поздние романы (1960гг.) грешат другой крайностью - увлечением порно. Неплохие хард-бойлд истории приходятся в аккурат посерёдке. Кроме того Генри Кейн считается одним из пионеров книг о частных сыщиЦ-ах!.. Непонятно только, почему? Его Марла Трент появилась в 1959-м, в то время как легкомысленная Мэвис Зайдлиц (из книг Картера Брауна) уже давно и успешно эмансипировала эту не самую древнюю мужскую профессию. |
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Фрэнк Кейн. Не брат Генри Кейна, но тоже плодовитый и неровный писатель. Впрочем, его палп-стори являются более круто-сваренными образцами жанра. Автор серии о Джонни Лидделле, очень жестком частном сыщике. Наиболее динамичными считаются произведения написанные где-то в середине пятидесятых. Более позднее его творчество критики называют "утомительным". В качестве сценариста работал и над образами чужих ребят с большими кулаками: "Тень" (на радио), "Майк Хаммер" (на телевидении). |
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Keene, Day (pseudonym of Gunard Hjertstedt) (1903-1969) (also published as: William Richards) ? hb series characters: Johnny Aloha (Hawaiian P.I.) [BMask] GMb |
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Baynard
H(ardwick) (1894-1977) (also published as: Richard Hayward) hb series characters: Stan Rice [Miles Standish Rice] (P.I.); Captain Duncan Maclain (P.I.) [BMask] GMb |
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Kent, Larry (house name for series "I Hate Crime" : LK-radio show was written by Ron Ingleby [creator and scriptwriter of 156 episodes], LK-books was written by Don Haring [see→], Des R. Dunn [see→], Tony Veitch [Australian western-writer, his pseud.: J. Cobb Collier, Dan Kestrel, Scott McLure], and others) hb series characters: Larry Kent (P.I.) |
Ларри Кент - экс-журналист из нью-йорка, эмигрировавший в Автралию и заделавшийся частным сыщиком. Он шустрый малый, этот Ларри... чует опасность за версту и, тем не менее, предпочитает блондинок! Этот любопытный персонаж появился в 1950 году. Придумал его Рон Инглби. Было написано более 150 эпизодов для австралийского радио-шоу "Я ненавижу преступления". Сам Инглби книжками не баловался (только сценарии!), но его соотечественникам порой хотелось и почитать. В связи с большой популярностью героя в апреле 1954-го в Сиднее стартовала серия ежемесячных повестей, которая раскупалась почти как семечки (шиллинг за штуку). В течении 30 лет вышло более 400 книжечек с именем Ларри Кента на обложке. Под этим коллективным псевдонимом скрывалась энергичная группа загорелых писателей-австралицев (самые известные из них - Дон Харинг, американец, подобно Ларри обосновавшийся в стране кенгуру и Дес Данн, житель северо-западного Квинсленда). В то время как Картер Браун, в одиночку, преимущественно ночью... Одним словом - нехилыйконкурент ! |
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Kornbluth, C(yril) M(ichael) (1923-1958) Famous US writer of SF. He also wrote mystery stories for pulps. hb series characters: Tim Skeat (private cop) [BMask] |
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(pseudonym of Leonard S. Zinberg) (1911-1968) (also published as: Steve April, Len Zinberg) US writer. Creator of Toussaint Moore - the first credible black hard-boiled PI, introduced in the Edgar-winning novel "Room to Swing" (1957). hb series characters: Toussaint Moore (P.I.) |
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Lariar, Lawrence (1908-1981) (also published as: Adam Knight, Michael Lawrence, Michael Stark) US cartoonist, editor and funny hard-boiled writer. hb series characters: Homer Bull [publ. as Lawrence Lariar]; Steve Conacher [publ. as Adam Knight]; Johnny Amsterdam [publ. as Michael Lawrence]. |
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(Wyatt) (1906-1983) (also published as: Peter Coffin) hb series characters: Bill Crane (P.I.) |
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(John) (born 1925) hb series characters: Raylan Givens (p.); Jack Ryan (c.); Stick [Ernest Stickley] (c.); Chili Palmer [Ernesto Palmer] (c.); Karen Sisco (woman-Deputy Marshal); Carl Webster [Carlos Huntington Webster] (U.S. Marshal, one of the elite manhunters) GMb |
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Lewis,
Ted
(pseudonym of Edward William Lewis) (1940 – 1982) Jack Carter books: 1. Jack’s Return Home (1970); 2. Jack Carter’s Law (1974); 3. Jack Carter and the Mafia Pigeon (1977). hb series characters: Jack Carter (c.) |
* Тед Льюис. "Жесткий британец", автор гангстерской трилогии о Джеке Картере . Первый (считающийся культовым) роман был дважды экранизирован под заглавием "Убрать Картера". |
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(W.) (1907-1955) hb series characters: Ben Corbett (P.I. for the Attorney General's office); Counselor Calarence Darrow Mort (lawyer detective) [BMask] |
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Lybeck, Ed (1903-1983) hb series characters: Francis St. Xavier Harrigan (reporter) [BMask] |
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Lynskey, Edward C(harles) (born 1956) (also published as: Ed Lynskey) American hb detective writer. His first series novel "The Dirt-Brown Derby" is tough, snappy, and fascinating (say John Lutz, Shamus and Edgar Award-winner). Lynskey's PI Frank Johnson explores a crime and a stratified society in a way that grips and entertains. A high-speed read cover to cover". Johnson books: 1. Out of Town a Few Days (E-book, a collection of 15 short stories, 2004); 2. The Dirt-Brown Derby (a novel, 2006); 3. The Blue Cheer (a novel, 2007); 4. Pelham Fell Here (a novel; *It will be released 2008. The publisher is Mundania Press); 4. A Clear Path To Cross (short story collection; *Ramble House, 2008); 5. Troglodytes (a novel; *Mundania Press, 2009). hb series characters: Frank Johnson (P.I.) |
Эд Лински. Американский детективный писатель, известный также своими статьями о творчестве Чарльза Вильямса, Уэйда Миллера и других мастеров крутого детектива. Его собственные интересно-рассказанные истории первоначально публиковались в разных полу-любительских журналах, в том числе и в электронных (некоторые из них до сих пор можно найти в Интернете). Ныне автор овладел большой формой и уже получил признание от коллег. Эд Горман, Бил Пронзини, Кен Бруен, Бил Крайдер и многие другие, единодушно отмечают растущее мастерство создателя вирджинского частного сыщика Фрэнка Джонсона. После публикации первых романов о Лински даже заговорили как о "новейшем Ново-Волнисте", в чем-то близком к старым крутым нуарам серии "Голд Медал". |
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Ed (pseudonym of Salvatore A(lberto) Lombino, in 1952 he legally changed his name to Evan Hunter) (1926-2005) (also published as: Evan Hunter, Richard Marsten, Hunt Collins, Ezra Hannon, S. A. Lombino) hb series characters: 87th Precinct [Steve Carella & Co] (c.), Matt Cordell [Curt Cannon] (P.I.) GMb |
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Эд Макбейн.
Родился в Нью-Йорке, в иммигрантском районе Бронкс, чей образ
угадывается в серии о 87-ом полицейском участке. Желая оторваться от
итальянских корней, сменил фамилию Ломбино на Хантер. А вскоре придумал себе и
еще один звучный псевдоним - Эд Макбейн. "Помести я на обложку надпись "С. A.
Ломбино" и любой решит, что автор - либо экскаваторщик, либо гангстер".
Секс, наркотики и рок-н-ролл, маленькие и большие трагедии города, которого нет
- все эти макбейновские штуки, взаправду, бывают посильнее фаустпатрона . Даже
старик Гарднер, нашел время отвлечься от потока своих перримейсонов и как-то
заметить, что "Эд Макбейн - это необычно сильная поступь, атмосфера реализма и
огромное воздействие". Если бы он это не сказал, то сказал бы кто другой.
Равнодушным остаться трудно. В книгах Макбейна всё - от диалогов до описания -
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A little known pulp fiction writer. McCandless is remembered for a series of short stories, about tough, skilful woman private eye Sarah Watson. These ran in the pulp magazine "Detective Fiction Weekly" (1937, etc...). The stories are noted for their welcome sense of humor (comedy-thrillers). [from "A Guide to Classic Mystery & Detection" by Michael E. Grost] Sarah Watson was (maybe) the first tough P.I. lady from pulps (~January 1937) with Violet McDade by Cleve F. Adams (November 1937 from "Clues Detective Stories") and Carrie Cashin by Theodore Tinsley (November 1937 from "Crime Busters"). 1937 - very attractive hardboiled year! hb series characters: Sarah Watson & her young male assistant - Ben Todd (P.I.) |
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John D(ann) (1916-1986) (also published as: Peter Reed, John Wade Farrell, Scott O'Hara, Robert Henry, Harry Rieser, John Lane) Prolific author of the famous Travis McGee mystery/suspense series. He won Mystery Writers of America Grand Master award (1972). Stephen King said that JDMacDonald was "the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller." "Mr. MacDonald is uncommonly adept at keeping tension high" wrote 'New York Herald Tribune'. "I wish I had written this book!" (Mickey Spillane about JDM's novel "The damned"). "A hard-boiled ex-cop. A hard-boiled dame. A hard-boiled murder" (on the cover of the novel "The Brass Cupcake") hb series characters: Travis McGee (a.) [BMask] GMb |
* Джон Дэнн МакДональд. Один из самых талантливых авторов серии Голд Медал. В его книгах, как и положено хорошему хард-бойлду, все круто и весьма Психо-Логично. "Крутой экс-коп. Крутая дама. Крутое убийство". Эта формула, выведенная еще на обложке его первого романа "Медный кекс", довольно здорово срабатывала. Многие сольные романы Джона Д. - это оголтелый 'хай рекомендейшн!' ("След тигра", например). Вот и Спиллейн не удержался и ляпнул об одной из книг МакДональда: "Хотел бы я это написать!" А то как же! Почти 'америкен дрим'. Но, до такого реализма Майку Хаммеру, со всей его космической сверхпопулярность, не допрыгнуть, не достучаться. Четко прописанные триллеры МакДональда - читать, не перечитать! А вот его мультиколорная лебединая песня про Мак-Ги - весьма и весьма неровная. Красок много, а драйва мало. Но, на вкус и цвет, как известно... Американцы, к примеру, Мак-Ги очень даже любят, уважают и считают каким-то ну Очень выдающимся в жанре. Сам автор, в одном из интервью, скромно назвал своего героя (любвеобильного владельца яхты) "рыцарем в лохмотьях и на хромом скакуне" ('tattered knight on a spavined steed'). Он конечно рыцарь, но в некоторых романах подолгу запрягает. |
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Fred (full name - Frederick John MacIsaac) (22 March 1886 - 5 May 1940) American Harvard-educated novelist and prolific pulp writer for "Argosy" and "Dime Detective". hb series characters: Bill Peepe (brash press agent from Hollywood), the Rambler Murphy [Addison Francis Murphy] (tramp reporter) |
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(1896-1976) (also published as: Tony Barton, Mark Grimshaw, Roland Vane; & Griff [house name], Ramon Lacroix [house name]) Author of the British gangster novels (in the vein such writers as Hank Janson, Stephen Frances, and Darcy Glinto). hb series characters [as by Griff ] : Bill Truscott |
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Alistair
(Stuart) (1922-1987) (also published as: Ian Stuart) Scottish novelist, "one of the best suspense writers around". Author of successful adventure thrillers about World War II ("The Guns of Navarone", 1957; "Where Eagles Dare", 1967, etc.) and hard-boiled detectives ("Fear is the Key", 1961; "Puppet on a Chain", 1969, etc.). "Each MacLean novel delivers adventure that is fast and physical. Through war, crime, and espionage plots MacLean uses vivid descriptions of technology, environment, and actions which involve the reader quickly and totally." [Neysa Chouteau & Martha Alderson in "20th-century Crime and Mystery Writers", 1991]. GMb |
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Malet, Leo(n)
(Jean) (1909 - 1996) (also published as: Frank Harding, Leo Latimer, Omer Refreger, Louis Refreger, Lionel Doucet) (also with Thomas Narcejac as: "John Silver Lee, traduit de l'americain par Robert Amiot-Dumon") hb series characters: Nestor Burma (P.I.); Johnny Metal |
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(1914-1986) (also published as: Jaime Sandaval, Albert Avellano [with Al(bert Francis) Nussbaum (1935-1996)], Gar Wilson [house-name for "Phoenix Force" series]) hb series characters: Earl Drake [Chet Arnold, alias Roy Martin] (c./s.); Johnny Killain (P.I. in Hotel Duarte, NYC) GMb |
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Marlowe,
Stephen (pseudonym of Milton S. Lesser; he legally changed his name to Stephen Marlowe) (1928-2008) (also published as: Jason Ridgway, Andrew Frazer, C. H. Thames, Milton Lesser, Adam Chase, Ellery Queen [house-name]) hb series characters: Chester Drum (P.I.); Brian Guy GMb |
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Martin,
Robert
(Lee) (1908-1976) (also published as: Lee Roberts) hb series characters: Jim Bennett (P.I.); Dr. Clint Colby [later, in the novels, aka: Doctor Clinton Shannon] (medical detective); Lee Fiske (P.I.); John Deegan; Rack Ramsey [BMask] GMb |
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Miller,
Wade [joint pseudonym of Bill Miller (1920-1960) and Robert Allison Wade (born 1920)] (other joint pseudonyms: Whit Masterson, Dale Wilmer, Will Daemer) (also published [alone] as: Robert Wade, Bob Wade) "Wade Miller, the Hemingway of suspense, writes his greatest novel" (Gold Medal blurb on the cover of "The Big Guy"). "Wade Miller. A master of suspense... out Spillanes Spillane" - «The Pensacola New-Journal» (blurb on the cover of the novel "Devil May Care") hb series characters: Max Thursday (P.I.) GMb |
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Уэйд Миллер.
Американский литературный тандем (Роберт Уэйд и Билл Миллер).
Другой, не менее известный псевдоним этих мастеров - Уит Мастерсон - был
прославлен благодаря черно-белой экранизации Орсона Уэллса (фильм "Печать зла"). Уэйда Миллера сравнивали то с Хемингуэем, то со Спиллейном. Диапазон забавный. Особой связи не наблюдается, но читать, еле поспевая за приключениями Максимки Четвергова, то бишь сыщика Макса Фёсдея, все же любопытно. Хорош, чертяка! На русский переведено совсем немного (пара-тройка малоизвестных произведений). Роман "Трудный путь", не смотря на название, оказался легким и наивным хард-бойлдом с удачной концовкой. |
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Montanye, C(arleton) S(tevens) (1892-1948) (also published as: Armitage Harcourt; Robert Wallace [house-name for "Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)" series] ) Pulp detective writer with old-fashioned charm. hb series characters: Captain Valentine (attractive European scalawag, adventurer-rascal); Dave McClain; Johnny Castle; Canary Kid; Archibald Catfitz [Mr. Catfitz - Salesman]. [BMask] |
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Moran, Cary
(1906 ? - 1994 ?) [??? also published as : Dale Boyd, Mort Lansing, Carl Moore, Clint Morgan, Luke Terry] hb series character (in Spicy Detective Stories magazine): Jarnegan (P.I.) |
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Murphy, Warren B(urton) (born September 13, 1933 in Jersey City, New Jersey) (also published as: Dev Stryker [with his wife Molly Cochran]) US prolific writer of fast-moving action thrillers. He is best known for The Destroyer series of novels that he co-created with Richard Ben Sapir. "The Alexander Dumas of the mystery genre, Warren Murphy is able to write prolifically to a standard of excellence and able to work with many and varied collaborators (or without them) in any subgenre of the mystery field yet maintain a distinctive voice... Murphy's work ranges from classic locked room mysteries to taut thrillers to the satire and raucous humor of The Destroyer and the Trace series... He has served as a mentor and teacher to a whole generation of crime and thriller writers." (from Prentice Hall's "Encyclopedia Mysteriosa) hb series characters: Remo Williams, The Destroyer (ex-cop, secret agent of the organisation CURE), Trace (or Digger) series [Devlin "Trace" Tracy (or Julian "Digger" Burroughs)] (freelance insurance investigator), Amelia Pierce (amateur spy, daughter of CIA operatives). |
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L(ewis)
(né - Louis Frederick Nebel) (1903-1967) (also published as: Grimes Hill, Eric Lewis, Louis Nebel ) hb series characters: Homicide Captain Steve MacBride & Free Press reporter John X. Kennedy (p. & a.); Donny "tough dick" Donahue (P.I.); Jack Cardigan (P.I.); Buck Jason (a.); Inspector Larsen & Sergeant Brinkhaus (p.-?). [BMask] |
* Фредерик Небел. Друг и соратник Хэмметта по журналу "Блэк Мэск". Автор серии о лихом дуэте приятелей-скандалистов в составе капитана полиции Стива МакБрайда и вездесущего-репортера Джона Кс. Кеннеди, активно действующих на полях насквозь коррумпированного Ричмонд-Сити. Среди других серий выделяется образ Крутого Парня - Донни Донахью, моментально сменившего хэмметовского оперативника (отошедшего от дел в 1930 году). |
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William F(rancis) (born 1928) (also published as: Frank Anmar) Bart & Nick Challis books: 1. Death Is for Losers (1968); 2. The White Cad Cross-Up (1969); 3. Helle on Wheels (novella-1992); 4. The Brothers Challis (collection-1996). Sam Space books: 1. Space for Hire (1971); Look Out for Space (1971); 3 For Space (collection-1992); Far Out (collection-2004). hb series characters: Bart Challis (P.I.); Sam Space (P.I.) |
* Уильям Нолан. Американский фантаст. Знаток палп-фикшн и истории крутого детектива. Автор книг о Барте Чаллисе, частном сыщике из Лос-Анджелеса . Кроме того создатель веселой зубодробильной пародии на Хэмметта - "Спейс работает по найму", герой которой - частный сыщик Сэм Спейс сражается против роботов и монстров космоса в 2053 году. |
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Peter (born 11 April 1920 in London) (also published as: Madeleine Brent) British writer of thrillers, romances, plays & comic-strips. hb series characters: Modesty Blaise & his tough partner Willie Garvin (ex-c./s.) |
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Milton K. (also published as: Robert O. Saber, Mark Shane) (1913-1989) hb series characters: Max Keene (Chicago private dick); Carl Good (P.I.). [BMask] GMb |
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Paige, Peter (pseudonym of Morton Wolson) (9 June 1913, New York - 4 January 2003, Laguna Hills, California) (also published as: Morton Wolson) US pulp writer of 1940s. Creator of the tongue-in-check private investigator Cash Wale for 'Dime Detective magazine' (as Peter Paige). Under his own name - Morton Wolson - he also wrote some noirish stories and only mystery novel "The Nightmare Blonde", 1988 (based on his novella "Softly Creep, Softly Kill", which was published in 'Detective Tales', August, 1947). It is highly possible that Morton was not his original name as he is listed in the 1920 US Census as Mortimer. hb series characters: Cash Wale (P.I.); Gabby Grant ; Pick Doyle (ex-c.); Anthony J. Quinn [BMask] |
Питер Пэйдж. Абсолютно забытый автор серии юмористических повестей про бесстрашного и ироничного частного детектива Кэша Уэйла (Cash Wale). Эти детективные истории и по сей день пылятся в ветхих сокровищницах американских журналов 1940-х годов. О самом же авторе известно совсем немного. Его настоящее имя - Морт Уолсон (под ним он публиковал в основном мрачноватые детективы). Был трижды женат, участвовал в гражданской войне в Испании, а накануне своего литературного дебюта (в журнале "Блэк Мэск" в 1939-м) работал вышибалой. Кроме того Уолсон любил баловаться сонетами в духе Шекспира (написал сотню, а то и больше). Есть информация, что родители его были иммигранты из России. |
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* Ричард Пратер. Бывший моряк, ставшийся фермером и разделивший свои интересы между единственной женой (с которой прожил 59 лет), летающими тарелками (которые видел однажды) и выращиванием плодов авокадо (числу коих... нет числа). Вот каков был этот простой калифорнийский парень, усердно пополнявший золотой запас издательской серии "Голд Медал" в эпоху мягких обложке. Говорят, что по тиражам романы Пратера были на втором месте после мега-звездого Спиллейна. Однако оба эти классика/современника хоть и играли на одинаковых балалайках, но все же в слегка разной тональности. Пратеровский герой-одиночка Шелл Скотт, живущий в "Спартан-отеле", обожающий аквариумных рыбок, пшеничный бурбон и контактных женщин очень быстро обрел статус человека-легенды. Он сродни ниндзя-шахматисту (на пять ударов вперед все просчитано, а теперь - пошла массовка!), хотя бывает и уязвим. Тем не менее, его глаз - алмаз, язык как бритва, а некоторые монологи, похожи на анекдот ("Он вышел и так хлопнул дверью, будто собирался купить новую"). Плюс ко всему фирменная черта былинного богатыря - его возраст (форевер янг!). За период 1950-87, во всех четырех десятках книг бездомному бабнику-альбиносу неразменный тридцатник по-жизни. Он крут и весел, а о пенсии даже не мечтает. Человек - это звучит бодро! Вот формула хорошего хард-бойлда. В отличие от большинства своих литературных собратьев-циников Шелл - оголтелый оптимист, хотя и живет как все, весьма насыщенно (кис-кис, бэнг-бэнг). Автору удается убедительно показать, как нелегка профессия частного сыщика - хранителя и вечной жертвы долга, клиента и любимой гавайской рубашки (объекта посягательств моли и пуль). Иной раз следствие у Пратера ведется вообще без штанов и кепки. "Кругом, извиняюсь, живот да ноги", как говаривал Зощенко, и некуда даже улики положить, некуда пистолет пристроить (см. роман "Обнажись для убийства", где Шелл Скотт, действуя старым шараповским способом - "ребята, я свой!" - внедряется в логово отъявленных бесстыдников-нудистов). Впрочем сейчас, когда лидирует тенденция "кто кого перенуарит", веселые детективы Пратера могут показаться легковесными. В конце 1980-х писатель отошел от литературных дел. Последний 1000-страничный манускрипт про Шелдона Скотта, с весьма много-говорящим названием "Умирающие боги", увы, так и остался неопубликованным при жизни автора. В 2011 году, благодаря стараниям Линды Пендлтон, вдовы Дона Пендлтона (автора серии про Мака Болана) и давней подруги семьи Пратера, эта книга пришла к читателям в электронном виде (киндл-бук). |
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Pronzini, Bill (full name - William John Pronzini) (born April 13, 1943) (also published as: Jack Foxx, Alex Saxon, William Jeffrey, Romer Zane Grey, Robert Hart Davis, Brett Halliday) American writer of detective fiction, one of the genre's masters and expert on pulp fiction. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. Pronzini has received a large number of awards and award nominations for achievement in the Mystery genre. His best known works are the Nameless Detective series, which he began in 1971. hb series characters: Nameless (P.I. without a name), Dan Connell (adventurer, South Seas pilot-for-hire), Carmody (adventurer, freelance bodyguard and international dealer), John Quincannon (a drunken Secret Service agent from Old West). |
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(pseudonym of Marvin Hubert Albert) (1924-1996) (also published as: Anthony Rome, Al Conroy, Albert Conroy, Ian MacAlister, J. D. Christilian, Mike Barone, Marvin H. Albert) hb series characters: Jake Barrow (P.I.); Tony Rome (P.I.); Johnny Morini [Soldato] (c.); Pete Sawyer (Pierre-Ange, "Stone Angel") (P.I.) GMb |
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Peter (born in Germany as Peter Rabinowitsch) (1921-1990) (also published as: J. T. MacCargo [house-name for “Mannix” series]) Born in Germany (his mother was a German and father - a Russian), Rabe fled to the U.S. in 1938. During the post-war paperback era he wrote many penetrating and insightful suspense novels, including The Box, Anatomy of a Killer, and Murder Me For Nickels. Donald E. Westlake always claimed Hammett and Rabe as his biggest influences. hb series characters: Daniel Port (c.) GMb |
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William J.
(born 1956) Omaha native author. His first book, "The Nebraska Quotient" (1984), introduced a former P.I./wannabe writer named Nebraska, who came out of retirement to solve the murder of his ex-partner. Reynolds went on from there to pen five more tough-guy Nebraska tales, but each new one became harder and harder to find, until it seemed that Reynolds had disappeared (J. Kingston Pierce). "Take away the palm trees. Move Raymond Chandler to Nebraska. Stir in humor. And you have a recipe for William J Reynolds' modern murder mystery". (Los Angeles Times) "William J. Reynolds provides hard-boiled detective fiction with a twist of self-deprecating humor, dangerously but deftly skirting parody without betraying the tough-guy tradition. You can hear Dick Powell or Humphrey Bogart or Robert Montgomery delivering the lines. Let's hope Nebraska doesn't get out of the business". (Washington Post Book World) "... gritty ... fast-moving ... every bit as good as Elmore Leonard ..." (Omaha World Herald) Nebraska books: The Nebraska Quotient (1984); Moving Targets (1986); Money Trouble (1988); Things Invisible (1989); The Naked Eye (1990); Drive-by (1995). hb series characters: Nebraska (P.I.) |
Уильям Рейнольдс. Американский писатель, автор серии об экс-солджере, журналисте и частном детективе по прозвищу Небраска. Точнее, это фамилия такая, а имени у него, как у кота Матроскина, не предвидится. Не предвидится пока и продолжения серии. Жаль. Судя по отзывам, писатель обладает хорошим чувством юмора и его литературный стиль отмечают многие (сравнивая с Чандлером и Элмором Леонардом). |
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Rigsby,
Howard (Vechel)
(1909-1975) (also published as: Vechel Howard) hb series character [as by Vechel Howard]: Johnny Church. GMb |
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Jack (pseudonym of John George Reitci) (1922-1983) American prolific mystery writer. He wrote hard-boiled thrillers, romance stories, detective comedies, suspense tales and locked-room mysteries. His stories were published in "Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine", "Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine", etc. He created two detective series characters: the vampire-sleuth Cardula (gentle hint at Dracula), and detective Henry Turnbuckle (parodies of the traditional detective formula, influenced heavily by the writings of John Dickson Carr and Ellery Queen). Author of ingenious detective short stories (some criminous & very hard-boiled written). |
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Roeburt, John (15 March 1909, Queens, NYCity – 22 May 1972, NYCity) Moran books: 1. Jigger Moran (1944); 2. There Are Dead Men in Manhattan (1946); 3. Corpse on the Town (1950). Johnny Devereaux books: 1. Tough Cop (1949); 2. The Hollow Man (1954). hb series characters: Moran (P.I.); Johnny Devereaux (p.) GMb |
Джон Роуберт. Американский сценарист, создатель новелизации фильма “Al Capone” (режиссер - R. Wilson, 1959). Серия книг о нью-йоркском частном детективе Моране, + дилогия о крутом полицейском – Джонни Деверо . |
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(also published as: J.-J. Des Ormeaux) (1902-1977) hb series characters: Jack McGuire (Federal dick). [BMask] |
Форрест Розэр. Автор крутых детективов 1940-х годов с большой долей сленга и юмора (в духе Роберта Лесли Беллема и Норберта Дэвиса). |
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Roscoe,
Mike [joint pseudonym of John Roscoe (1921-1983?) & Michael Ruso (1921- )] A couple of Kansas City private eyes. They wrote five novels about the very tough Johnny April. hb series characters: Johnny April (P.I.) |
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(1911-1993) hb series characters: Joe "Daffy" Dill (a. crime reporter); Daniel Webster (p.); the Candid Jones (news photographer); Cobra (p.) [BMask] |
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(pseudonym of Frederic-Charles-Antoine Dard) (1921-2000) (also published as: Frederic Dard, Fredard, Freddy D'or, F. D. Ricard, Sydeney, Max Beeting, Maxel Beeting, Kill Him, Frederick Antony, Fred Charles, Frederic Charles, Frederik Charles, Frederic Charles/Antoine, Charles Antoine, Paul Antoine, Cornel Milk, Verne Goody, Wel Norton, Leopold da Serra, Antonio Giulotti, William Blessings, Kaput, Andre Berthomieu, L'Ange Noir, Fred Astor, F.R. Daroux, Mr Joos, Alex de la Gluniere, R. Freroux, Georges Quatremenon, Jerome Patrice, Patrice, Ric, Charly, Antoine, Jules, Cousin Jules, Jules Albert, Jules Durand, Charles d'Ars ) hb series characters: San-Antonio (p.) |
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(Ronald) Douglas (1920-2002) (also published as: Martin Brett, Malcolm Douglas) hb series characters: Mike Garfin (P.I.). GMb |
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Sarto, Ben [house name] (pseudonym of Frank Dubrez Fawcett) (1891-1968) (also published as: F. Dubrez Fawcett, Simpson Stokes, Elmer Eliot Saks, Cass Borelli [house name], Duke Linton [house name], Hank Spencer [house name], Spike Gordon [house name], Griff [house name]) hb series characters: Miss Otis (c.) |
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Scanlon, C. K. M. [house name] (pseudonym of major George F(ielding) Eliot (1894-1971) [creator of Dan Fowler]; Norman Daniels [see →] [for Dan Fowler; and Masked Detective]; Laurence Donovan [for Dan Fowler]; Whitney Ellsworth; Manly Wade Wellman, etc.) hb series characters: Dan Fowler (G-man). |
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Scott, Earl W. & Scott, Marion hb series characters: Phil Craleigh (once brilliant lawyer, now a drunk, given to bouts of reform); Cameo Kirby (reformed jewel thief). [BMask] |
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Searls, Hank (pseudonym of Henry Hunt Searls, Jr.) (born 1922) (also published as: Lee Costigan; Anthony Gray; Henry Searls [credited for screenplay-adaptation]) US mainstream- and screen-writer. He wrote some stories for the pulp-magazines during 1949 and 1950, seven of which deal with private eye Mike Blair. "Blair is a hard-boiled private detective, based in San Francisco, of the 'twenty-five dollars a day and expenses' school. Showing a touch of Dashiell Hammet's Sam Spade, Mike Blair shoots and shoulders his way through seven classic cases from the late 1940s. " (blurb for "The Adventures of Mike Blair: a Dime Detective Book", NY: Mysterious Press, 1988). hb books [as Lee Costigan]: Never Kill a Cop (Pocket Books, 1959; also published as by Hank Searls: Pocket Books, 1977); The New Breed (Gold Medal, 1962; Novelization of the TV series of ABC). hb series characters: Shamus Blair [Mike Blair] (P.I.) [BMask] GMb |
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Joseph (1915-1995) (also published as: Matt Brady) hb books [as Matt Brady]: Take Your Last Look (Gold Medal, 1954) ? hb series characters: Dan Morrison GMb |
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Shaw,
Joseph T(hompson) (8 May 1874, Gorham (Maine) - 1 August 1952) (also published as: Mark Harper in "Black Mask" [+ in "Crime Busters/Mystery Magazine" maybe as a house name for several short stories and a series about Cass Manning of the homicide squad] ) "Cap" Shaw. Legendary leading editor of "Black Mask" magazine in Nov. 1926 -Nov. 1936. Before he was a "story doctor" for the "Saturday Evening Post". "Father" of h-b literary career for H. McCoy, Earl W. & Marion Scott, E. Taylor, S. Stirling, E. Lybeck, Paul Cain, Norbert Davis, Theodore A. Tinsley, Roger Torrey, N. Page, H. H. Stinson, T. Walsh, W. T. Ballard, Raymond Chandler, D. V. Babcock, G. H. Coxe, Hugh B. Cave, John K. Butler, Lester Dent. His regular contributors was Dashiel Hammett, Raoul F. Whitfield, Frederick L. Nebel, Nels Leroy Jorgensen, Carrol John Daly and Erle Stanley Gardner. He was a literary agent of John D. MacDonald, Gil Brewer and many others great fellows. Shaw wrote some adventure stories and detective novels of his own. [BMask] |
Джозеф Шоу. Один из самых выдающихся редакторов журнала "Блэк Мэск". Шоу не любил классический детектив за то, что тот "променял человеческие эмоции на разгадывание кроссвордов". За 10-тилетний период своей журнальной редакторской деятельности (1926-36) ему удалось "воспитать" немало авторов новой школы американского детектива действия. Составитель ныне классической антологии "Хард-бойлд омнибус" (NY: Simon & Shuster, 1946). Автор нескольких приключенческих историй и книги о гольфе. |
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Simmons, Dan (born 1948) US. Famous SF writer. hb series characters: Joe Kurtz (ex-P.I.) |
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Singer, Bant (pseudonym of Charles Herbert Shaw) (1900-1955) (also published as: Mat's Mate; Charles Shaw; O. D. [for poetry]; Timer [for poetry]) Australian hb writer. He also wrote sketches and verse. "Del" Delaney books: 1.You're Wrong, Delaney (1953; aka: Blind Alley (by Bant Singer), NY: Pyramid Books, 1954), 2. Don't Slip, Delaney (1954), 3. Have Patience, Delaney! (1954), 4. Your Move, Delaney! (1956). hb series characters: Denis Aloysius Delaney [Del Delaney] |
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Spencer, Ross H(arrison) (1921-1998) Mystery writer. He created a series (full of wisecracks) about a satirical private detective Chance Purdue of Chicago. 5 novels: The Dada Caper (1978); The Regis Arms Caper (1979); The Stranger City Caper (1980); The Abu Wahab Caper (1980); The Raddish River Caper (1981). They are all written in one-sentence paragraphs and no punctuation. This series is a spoof on the private eye genre. hb series characters: Chance Purdue (P.I.); Lacey Lockington (P.I.) |
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Spicer, Bart (1918-1978) (also published as: Jay Barbette [joint with his wife - Betty Coe Spicer]) hb series characters: Carney Wilde (P.I.) |
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Spillane, Mickey (pseudonym of Frank Morrison Spillane) (1918-2006) hb series characters: Mike Hammer (P.I.); Ryan (c.); Tiger Mann (s.). |
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Sterling, Stewart (pseudonym of Prentice Winchell) (1895-1976) (also published as: Dexter St. Clare, Dexter St. Clair, Jay De Bekker, Spencer Dean) hb series characters: Special Squad [NYPD]; Vince Mallie; Ben Pedley [Fire Marshall]; Gil Vine (hotel detective); Dan Fowler (G-man) [BMask] GMb
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Stinson,
H(erbert)
H. (27 April 1896 - 9 October 1969) An American half-forgotten writer of the pulp era. He worked as a journalist (1920) and reporter (1930) in California. Perhaps the middle "H." stand for Hunter (since his mother's maiden name was Hunter). He wrote some plays as well out in California. "The fact that Mr. Stinson is himself a newspaper man, a police reporter on one of the big Los Angeles papers, may have contributed to the sense of reality which he has infused into the story.<...> He has brought every one of his characters vitally alive." (Joseph T. Shaw about the story "Nothing Personal" by H. H. Stinson, in "Black Mask", July 1936). Shaw did pick one Stinson story for possible inclusion in his Hard-Boiled Omnibus, "Give a Man Rope." His editor thought it weak in comparison to other selections and it was dropped along with several others. Stinson's series character called Ken O'Hara (fighting reporter on "Los Angeles Tribune") appeared in "Black Mask" from 1933 to 1947. Besides O'Hara, Stinson in the post-WWII years wrote a series about a dick named Pete Rousseau for "Dime Detective". He stopped writing for both "MASK" and "DETECTIVE" in 1948. He wrote for other detective pulps, too. Cook-Miller credits him with 60-odd stories altogether. hb series characters: Ken O'Hara (a.); Pete Rousseau [BMask] |
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Suter, J. Paul (1884-1965) hb series characters: The Reverend McGregor Daunt (clergyman/a. detective) [BMask] |
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Tahney, C. G. (pseudonym of Charles Green) hb series characters: "Nickie" [aka: Sherlock in short pants] [BMask] |
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Taylor, Eric (1897-1952) hb series characters: Jess Arno (P.I.) [BMask] |
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Taylor, Sam(uel)
S. (11 October , 1903 - February, 1994, California) (or ? : 1895-1958) (also published as: Lehi Zane) US radio and film scriptwriter. Author of 3 hard-boiled novels "in the Philip Marlowe vein" (for ed.: Dutton/Signet) & 1 noir novel (ed. GM/Red Seal), + short stories (for Manhunt magazine). hb series characters: Neal Cotten (P.I. from Los Angeles, director of the Cotten Bureau of Investigation). GMb |
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Teagle, Mike (pseudonym of ?) US (?). He wrote a pair of ultra-hardboiled novels : "Death Over San Silvestro" (Hillman-Curl, 1936) - with leading character: bodyguard Mike Teagle (“Tough ’n terrible.” as 'Saturday Review of Literature' wrote); "Murders in Silk" (Hillman-Curl, 1938) - review excerpts: “The story is fast, slick, exciting and altogether an outstanding example of the tough trend; it also contains additional features in the way of character and real amusement. If you must have a ten-minute egg, read Murders in Silk.” – Will Cuppy, 'Books'. |
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Thomey, Tedd (born 1920) "Blondes and Bullets in the Spillane Manner" (Avon books blurb on the cover of his novel "And Dream of Evil") hb books: And Dream of Evil (Abelard-Schuman, 1954); Killer in White (Gold Medal, 1956); etc. [BMask] GMb |
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Thompson,
Jim (full name - James Meyers Thompson) (1906-1977) hb series characters: Lou Ford (p./c.) GMb |
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Thorp (-jr.), Roderick
(Mayne) (1 September, 1936 - 28 April, 1999) (sometimes credited as: Roderick Spencer [actor in the film "Deep Down", 1994]) Joe Leland books: The Detective (1966); Nothing Lasts Forever* (1979). hb series characters: Joe Leland (p.) ------- *Twenty years later the novel was filmed with some changes: Joe Leland's name was changed to John McClane (starring Bruce Willis). GMb |
* Родерик Торп. Американский писатель. По окончании колледжа перепробовал несколько профессий: работал детективом в агентстве своего отца, затем преподавателем литературы в школах и университетах Нью-Джерси, писал статьи в газеты и журналы. Серьезный успех пришел с публикацией романа "Детектив", ставшего первым в дилогии о полицейском детективе сержанте Джо Лиланде. Книгу (считающуюся одним из самых длинных романов о сыщиках) отметил даже Джеймс Кейн, а главную роль в кино сыграл Фрэнк Синатра. Экранизация второго романа о Лиланде по настоящему изменила жизнь писателя, а так же имена некоторых героев и заглавие на обложке. Джо Лиланд стал Джоном МакКлэйном, а роман "Ничто не вечно" получил триумфальный кино-титул "Die Hard", известный у нас как "Крепкий орешек" (1988). На этом история Лиланда закончилась. Для шумного продолжения голливудские ножницы перекроили очередной бестселлер совершенно другого автора. "Крепкий орешек-2" был снят по роману "58 минут" Уолтера Уэйджера ("58 Minutes" by Walter Wager). Родерик Торп в этой метаморфозе участвует лишь в титрах, как создатель образа главного персонажа (вернее его ядрёной начинки). |
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Thomas (pseudonym of ?) (1894-19??) (also published as: Tom Thursday) US humorist and pulp writer (detective & sport stories) who ended up having one of the longest careers writing for the pulp magazines (he published a true-crime article as recently as 1963). He used the penname "Thursday" after glancing at a calendar. His real name remains a mystery. His first published short story, "A Stroke of Genius," appeared in Top-Notch magazine (April 1, 1918). He submitted the story to them after finding an old issue in the subway. Many of his stories centered around circuses and sideshows. Thursday had worked for numerous circuses in his youth. Swindles and scams were a frequent theme. He had relocated (from New York) to Miami, Florida in the late-20s. He was still appearing in the pulps in the late 50s, after which the magazine format all but disappeared from the newsstands. hb series characters: Chief Howard (hb-?*) |
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Tinsley,
Theodore A. (also published as: Theo. Tinsley, Theo. A. Tinsley, Ted Tinsley) US pulp writer of 1930s. For "All Detective" Magazine he created series "Amusement, Inc. versus The Scarlet Ace" (The Emergency Council for Crime Control enlisted Major John Tattersall Lacy to rid their city of crime. Lacy organized the crime fighting group, "Amusement Inc". Along with ex-Marines Charlie Weaver, Ed Corning, Pat Harrigan, and a group of others, they fought crime. In the series of stories they confront a ruthless and clever villain The Scarlet Ace). hb series characters: Jerry Tracy (wisecracking columnist on the daily [NYC] 'Planet'); Scarlet Ace (c.) [BMask] |
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Theodore S. (1894-1979) (also published as: Maxwell Grant [house name for "The Shadow" series]) hb series characters: Carrie Cashin (P.I.) |
Теодор Тинсли. Создатель кареглазой красотки Кэрри Кэшин - одной из самых популярных сыщиц времен палп-фикшн. Ее стальной взгляд и автоматический пистолет выручают когда надо и всегда приносят выручку в кассу ее "Детективного Агентства Кэш энд Кэрри". Поскольку клиенты предпочитают сыщиков-мужчин, Кэрри обзавелась фасадом. "Красавчик Алек" Бертон изображает из себя босса, а смазливая девица - всего лишь секретарша. Хотя на самом деле... Первые истории о ней появились в 1937 году. Теперь понятно откуда растут ноги у Мэвис Зайдлиц и Джонни Рио. |
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Torrey, Roger D(enzel) (5 May 1901 [1900] - 11 January 1946) (also published as: John Ryan, Sam Drake, Samuel Drake, Ace Baldwin) An American "mystery" pulp writer of 1933-1942s. "...Very little is known about his life, although, like his private eye hero Shean Connell, he was apparently an inveterate gambler, alcoholic and barrel-house piano player, and he supposedly died in the arms of his mistress somewhere in Florida in the late 1940s." (a blurb on his book) R. D. Torrey about himself: "Three years of high school. Canadian army at sixteen. A year in a bank. Then working in a sawmill, then keeping time and books in a logging camp. Then playing piano in a theatre. Graduated, or maybe it was going the other way, into a theatre organist and worked at this until talking pictures killed this business. This took me up and down the West Coast and as far east as Tulsa, Oklahoma, though most of the time was spent in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Ran a show on the Klamath Indian Reservation until 1930. Then many things... starving and pick and shovel and driving a truck among them. Writing since the middle of 1932. Writing crime fiction came natural. When the music business was good, every musician got around to a lot of places and met a lot of the (lower?) element, and I used to be insane about gambling, which same habit took me to even other places that serve as a base for local color. Also have chummed around with several policemen, which has helped this slant. The hobbies are fly fishing and pistol shooting ... the aversions are fishing with heavy tackle and the kind of yarns in which the hero does impossible things with a gun. Am Irish by descent . . . have just turned 33 . . . have been married and divorced . . . have a weakness for blondes which I fight against, knowing I can't win . . . another for gambling, which I've whipped. I'm too smart to even play penny ante now, though it's taken ten years to get that way".(September 1934, Dime Detective Magazine) hb series characters: Dal Prentice (p.); Shean Connell (P.I.); Pat McCarthy (P.I.); George Killeen (P.I.); Mike O'Dell (a.); Bryant (a.) [BMask] |
Роджер Торри. Автор не любил давать интервью, считая, что публика только выиграет от того, что не будет знать о нем слишком много. Так и вышло. Его биография практически не исследована (отсутствуют даже точные даты). Писать начал в конце Великой Депрессии и быстро стал одним из постоянных авторов журнала "Блэк Мэск". Здесь он опубликовал около полусотни своих работ (не считая дюжины рассказов в других палп-журналах). Наиболее известен серией о крутом полицейском лейтенанте Дейле Прентисе. В единственном романе "42 дня для убийства" ("42 Days for Murder", NY: Hillman-Curl, 1938) Торри очень ярко описал быт и нравы Столицы Разводов - город Рино в штате Невада. Один из критиков отметил, что "тон мужественных приключений (у Торри) сильно отличается от утомленного цинизма некоторых мастеров хард-бойлда". |
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Tracy, Don(ald)
(Fiske) (1905 -1976) (also published as: Roger Fuller, Tom Tucker, Tracy Mason, Don Keane, Anne Leggitt, Jeanne Leggitt, Marian Small, Loraine Evans) hb series characters: Giff Speer; Dan Fowler (G-man)[as C. K. M. Scanlon-?*]. |
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Trail, Armitage
(pseudonym of Maurice Coons) (1902 [~1903 ?] - 1931 [10 October 1930 ?], Los Angeles) |
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Trimble, Louis (Preston) (1917 - 1988) (also published as: Stuart Brock, Gerry Travis) US academic and prolific pulp fiction writer. His published work included westerns, science fiction, crime & private eyes novels, as well as academic non-fiction. hb series characters: Martin Zane; The Anthropol Detective Agency (sf ?) |
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Ware, Edward Parrish (1884-1967?) US writer. Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; lived in Prescott, Arizona. Prolific author of hard-boiled and western stories for pulp magazines (Detective Fiction Weekly, Frontier Stories, etc.) hb series characters: Tug Norton (P.I.) [BMask] |
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Wells, Charlie (full name - Charles Harding Wells) (born in 1923, Greenwood, Mississippi) US hard-boiled mystery writer of "the Spillane school". Pal of Mick. Wells published 2 novels: Let the Night Cry (1953), in which a New Orleans ex-con becomes entangled in a web of vengeance. The Last Kill (1955; with an author's blurb : "Spillane showed me how...") finds a Memphis private eye tracking the murderer of a friend who knew too much about a million-dollar heist. |
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West, John B. (? - 1960) US h-b writer. Born in Washington D.C. He was a black doctor (specialist in tropical diseases) who lived in Liberia (Africa) and wrote (with the influence of Mike Hammer) six fast-paced/adventure novels (1959-61) about a tough private-eye and ex-boxer Rocky Steele from New York City: An Eye For An Eye (1959); Cobra Venom (1960); A Taste For Blood (1960); Bullets Are My Business (1960); Never Kill a Cop (1961); Death on the Rocks (1961) hb series characters: Rocky Steele (P.I.) |
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Westlake,
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(Edwin Edmund) (also published as: Richard Stark, Curt Clark, Tucker Coe, Timothy J. Culver, Samuel Holt, Sam Holt, Judson Jack Carmichael, Grace Salacious, Ben Christopher, P.N. Castor, J. Morgan Cunningham, John B. Allan, Edwin West ) (1933 - 2008) hb series characters: Parker [& Alan Grofield] (c.); John Archibald Dortmunder (c.) GMb |
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(1903-1967) Policeman, detective, author of adventure stories. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; lived in Montross, Virginia. hb series characters: Duke Martindel (P.I.); Tod Naughton (arson dick); Capt. Barnaby (p.) [BMask] |
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White, Lionel (9 July 1905, Buffalo, NY - 26 December 1985, Asheville, NC) (also published as: L. W. Blanco, Nick Carter [house-name for spy series]) GMb |
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(also published as: Ramon Decolta, Temple Field) (1898-1945) hb series characters: Mal Ourney {stories/novel} (ex-c.); Garry Greer {stories/novel} ; Jo Gar [Jose Garcia] (the Philippine Islands Detective.); Ben Jardinn (P.I.); Don Free (P.I.); Dion Davies (P.I.); Chuck Reddington; Bill Scott [Scotty] (aviator on the Border). [BMask] |
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Harry (Benjamin) (1915-1989) (also published as: Whit Harrison, Robert Hart Davis, Hallam Whitney, Harry White, Harriet Kathryn Myers, Hondo Wells, Clay Stuart, Kell Holland, Blaine Stevens, Ashley Carter, Tabor Evans) GMb |
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Williams,
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* Чарльз Вильямс. "Американский Джеймс Чейз". Один из лучших авторов триллера эпохи мягких обложек от "Голод Медал". Раннее творчество писателя находилось под большим влиянием "Почтальона..." и "Двойной страховки" Джеймса Кейна. Позднее, написав парочку шутливых детективов а ля "Гекльберри Финн", Вильямс переключился в основном на психологические морские триллеры. Один из них "... И глубокое синее море" (1971) даже номинировался на "Эдгара" (высшую премию писателей детективного жанра). Карьера писателя не слишком удалась, не смотря на то, что его называли главным соперником Джона МакДональда по части стиля и захватывающего мастерства. |
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Wilmot, Robert Patrick Born in Montana; living in New York City in 1950s. Reporter and newspaper editor, radio and song lyric writer; author of hard-boiled novels and stories. In the early 50s, Wilmot created New York P.I. Steve Considine. The detective's first appearance was in the novel "Blood in Your Eye" (1952). The story was so hard and good, that two more quickly followed - "Murder on Monday" (1953) and "Death Rides a Painted Horse" (1954). hb series characters: Steve Considine (P.I.) |
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Woolrich, Cornell (full name - Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich) (1903-1968) (also published as: William Irish, George Hopley) [BMask] GMb |
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Wright, Wade (pseudonym of John Wright) (born 1933) (also published as: Ray Nolan) Hard-boiled writer from South Africa (published in UK). Creator of some book series about US tough guys: 1st is about Bart Condor - a violent New York private eye (inspired by Spillane’s Mike Hammer), 2nd is about Paul Cameron - a more cerebral private investigator from southern California (inspired by Chandler's Philip Marlowe, Thomas Dewey’s Mac, Robert Martin’s Jim Bennett), 3rd is about Calhoun - a Vietnam vet who works for a shadowy U.S. internal security agency against the racket boys. He also write western novels (as Ray Nolan). hb series characters: Bart Condor (P.I.); Paul Cameron (P.I.); Calhoun (a.) |
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Young, Gordon (Ray) (1886-1948) Hard-boiled predecessor of C. J. Daly. From 1917 to 1921 (in 'Adventure' magazine) he published stories about Don Everhard, a cold man, always calm (even when under fire), with reputation - "the most famous gunman in the country". He's not a murderer; he kills in self-defense or when the target is guilty and deserving of execution. hb series characters: Don Everhard [McDonald Richmond] (professional gambler/gunman) |
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Thanks to Bill Halvorson, Steve Lewis, Jess Nevins, Gennady Ulman, Ed Lynskey & Gregg Sutter for additional information !
© 2006, composed by Vladimir Matuschenko (составитель Владимир Матющенко).