Jack Finney 's first three novels – 5 Against the House , The Body Snatchers , House of Numbers – all appeared in glossy magazines befo...

John Tomerlin (1930-2014) was a screenwriter and novelist — mostly in the science-fiction genre — who authored a Fawcett Gold Medal heist ...

For a guy with over 90 novels to his name, British author of American thrillers James Hadley Chase (real name: Rene Raymond, 1906-1985) had...

“The Sleeping City” was a novella that originally appeared in the Fall, 1952 issue of Thrilling Detective . It was authored by Mary Hauenste...

Jack Finney's (1911-1995) best known novels are The Body Snatchers (1955), which was adapted into the 1956 popular science-fiction fil...

Max Allan Collins ’ Nolan series is his pastiche of Richard Stark’s Parker series. The third novel in the chronology was Fly Paper writt...

There are a lot of vintage paperback authors that have military experience. I don't believe there is any authors we've discussed her...

Here's the deal. Amber Dean's real name was Amber Dean Getzin and she lived from 1902 until 1985. She wrote 17 total novels, but 10...

Robert Page Jones (1931-2012) authored nine stories for Manhunt Magazine during the 1960s, including one in 1961 titled “The Big Haul.” The...

Marvin Leroy Schmoker (1933-2008) changed his name to Zekial Marko in his adult years. It is under this name that he wrote scripts for shows...

High Lonesome , a 1962 stand-alone novel by Louis L'Amour is a “chase the chasers” western . It's a rarely used formula where a rid...

After enjoying Clair Huffaker's (1926-1990) paperback western Seven Ways from Sundown , I was anxious to read another of his books. My...

Irish author Athwill William Baker used pseudonyms like Howard Baker, W. Howard Baker, W.A. Ballinger, John Long, Desmond Reid and Richard W...

During his literary career, Lionel White (1905-1985) was a master of the heist caper novel, with over 35 books to his name before his deat...

The Wyatt series by Harry Disher was an Australian pastiche of Richard Stark’s Parker novels. The series has nine installments and began w...

Colonel Corby spent years fighting in Korea and Vietnam before an injury ended his military career. After rehabbing at a local hospital, Co...

As a career midpoint, The Burglar exemplifies everything we've grown to appreciate and admire about David Goodis . It was originally pu...

According to his website, Walter Deptula Jr. graduated from Columbia University and became both a Naval Aviator and an educator at Californi...

Walter Wager (1924-2004) was an American author of espionage , crime, and adventure fiction. He penned the books inspiring the movies Telefo...

Crime-noir author Marvin Albert (1924-1996) began writing stylish, high-adventure novels in the 1970s under the pseudonym Ian MacAlister. I...