I was thumbing through some old hardcovers and stumbled on Best Detective Stories of the Year – 1978 . It was edited by Edward D. Hoch and p...

Before he was crime-fiction royalty, John D. MacDonald was a prolific, multi-genre author of short stories and novellas for the pulp magazi...

Between the 1930s and 1950s, John D. MacDonald authored over 500 short stories for the pulp magazines and digests. Often, he used pseudony...

Crime-fiction author John D. MacDonald began the Travis McGee series with three novels, including  The Deep Blue Good-by , originally publ...

Even after he became a a marquee writer of paperback original novels, John D. MacDonald continued to write and sell short stories - his cho...

Would you believe that there are series characters from Lawrence Block, Donald Westlake, John D. MacDonald and others that you know nothing ...

According to Urban Dictionary, the term “Brass Cupcake” refers to a person predisposed to living in a fantasy-like state which leads to in...

After 13-years of writing stand-alone hardboiled and crime noir novels, MacDonald's love for nautical adventure and the Florida Gulf C...

The Empty Trap , published by  Fawcett Gold Medal in 1957, is a shorter, stand-alone crime-fiction novel by John D. MacDonald . It's ...

The character of Travis McGee was the most successful creation of Florida crime fiction icon John D. MacDonald . The McGee series lasted f...

On our 30th episode, it's a Fawcett Gold Medal All-Review Extravaganza! We discuss vintage paperbacks by John D. MacDonald, Lionel White...

In the newest Paperback Warrior Podcast episode, we discuss John D. MacDonald's iconic Travis McGee character, including a review of the...

“A Bullet for Cinderella” from 1955 was John D. MacDonald’s 14th novel. When he originally submitted the stand-alone crime thriller for pu...

On this episode we are examining the noir work of successful author Richard Matheson, who's predominantly known for his horror and scien...

“Dead Low Tide” was John D. MacDonald’s sixth published novel. The 1953 Fawcett Gold Medal release is a tasty bit of Florida noir that pre...

Author John D. MacDonald penned over 50 thrillers, including his long-running salvage-consultant series 'Travis McGee'. He's w...

John D. MacDonald’s 1960 paperback, “The End of Night” is often cited as one of his finest stand-alone novels. This is a bold claim as Mac...

The Travis McGee series defined John D. MacDonald as a master of the crime and mystery genre, but he wrote a ton of excellent stand-alone ...

Excluding science fiction, author John D. MacDonald penned over 50 thrillers, including his long-running salvage-consultant series 'Tr...

Florida’s John D. MacDonald was best known for his popular 'Travis McGee' series, but he also wrote a slew of stand-alone crim...