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John D MacDonald
(1916 - 1986)John D MacDonald was born in Sharon, Pa, and educated at the Universities of Pennsylvania, Syracuse and Harvard, where he took an MBA in 1939. After war service in the Far East he wrote hundreds of stories for the pulps and over seventy novels, including the 21 in the Travis McGee sequence.
Genres: Mystery, General Fiction, Science Fiction
Series
Travis McGee
1. The Deep Blue Good-By (1964)
2. Nightmare in Pink (1964)
3. A Purple Place for Dying (1964)
4. The Quick Red Fox (1964)
5. A Deadly Shade of Gold (1965)
6. Bright Orange for the Shroud (1965)
7. Darker Than Amber (1966)
8. One Fearful Yellow Eye (1966)
9. Pale Grey for Guilt (1968)
10. The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper (1968)
11. Dress Her in Indigo (1969)
12. The Long Lavender Look (1970)
13. A Tan and Sandy Silence (1973)
14. The Scarlet Ruse (1973)
15. The Turquoise Lament (1973)
16. The Dreadful Lemon Sky (1974)
17. The Empty Copper Sea (1978)
18. The Green Ripper (1979)
19. Free Fall in Crimson (1981)
20. Cinnamon Skin (1982)
21. The Lonely Silver Rain (1985)
1. The Deep Blue Good-By (1964)
2. Nightmare in Pink (1964)
3. A Purple Place for Dying (1964)
4. The Quick Red Fox (1964)
5. A Deadly Shade of Gold (1965)
6. Bright Orange for the Shroud (1965)
7. Darker Than Amber (1966)
8. One Fearful Yellow Eye (1966)
9. Pale Grey for Guilt (1968)
10. The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper (1968)
11. Dress Her in Indigo (1969)
12. The Long Lavender Look (1970)
13. A Tan and Sandy Silence (1973)
14. The Scarlet Ruse (1973)
15. The Turquoise Lament (1973)
16. The Dreadful Lemon Sky (1974)
17. The Empty Copper Sea (1978)
18. The Green Ripper (1979)
19. Free Fall in Crimson (1981)
20. Cinnamon Skin (1982)
21. The Lonely Silver Rain (1985)
Novels
The Brass Cupcake (1950)
Ballroom of the Skies (1951)
Judge Me Not (1951)
Murder for the Bride (1951)
Weep for Me (1951)
Wine of the Dreamers (1951)
aka Planet of the Dreamers
The Damned (1952)
Cancel All Our Vows (1953)
Dead Low Tide (1953)
The Neon Jungle (1953)
The Soft Touch (1953)
All These Condemned (1954)
Area of Suspicion (1954)
Contrary Pleasure (1954)
A Bullet for Cinderella (1955)
aka On The Make
Cry Hard, Cry Fast (1955)
April Evil (1956)
Border Town Girl (1956)
Hurricane (1956)
aka Murder in the Wind
You Live Once (1956)
Cape Fear (1957)
aka The Executioners
Death Trap (1957)
The Empty Trap (1957)
A Man of Affairs (1957)
The Price of Murder (1957)
Clemmie (1958)
The Deceivers (1958)
The Beach Girls (1959)
The Crossroads (1959)
Deadly Welcome (1959)
Please Write for Details (1959)
The End of the Night (1960)
The Only Girl in the Game (1960)
Slam the Big Door (1960)
One Monday We Killed Them All (1961)
Where Is Janice Gantry? (1961)
A Flash of Green (1962)
The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything (1962)
A Key to the Suite (1962)
The Drowner (1963)
I Could Go On Singing (1963)
On the Run (1963)
The Last One Left (1967)
Condominium (1976)
One More Sunday (1984)
Barrier Island (1986)
Ballroom of the Skies (1951)
Judge Me Not (1951)
Murder for the Bride (1951)
Weep for Me (1951)
Wine of the Dreamers (1951)
aka Planet of the Dreamers
The Damned (1952)
Cancel All Our Vows (1953)
Dead Low Tide (1953)
The Neon Jungle (1953)
The Soft Touch (1953)
All These Condemned (1954)
Area of Suspicion (1954)
Contrary Pleasure (1954)
A Bullet for Cinderella (1955)
aka On The Make
Cry Hard, Cry Fast (1955)
April Evil (1956)
Border Town Girl (1956)
Hurricane (1956)
aka Murder in the Wind
You Live Once (1956)
Cape Fear (1957)
aka The Executioners
Death Trap (1957)
The Empty Trap (1957)
A Man of Affairs (1957)
The Price of Murder (1957)
Clemmie (1958)
The Deceivers (1958)
The Beach Girls (1959)
The Crossroads (1959)
Deadly Welcome (1959)
Please Write for Details (1959)
The End of the Night (1960)
The Only Girl in the Game (1960)
Slam the Big Door (1960)
One Monday We Killed Them All (1961)
Where Is Janice Gantry? (1961)
A Flash of Green (1962)
The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything (1962)
A Key to the Suite (1962)
The Drowner (1963)
I Could Go On Singing (1963)
On the Run (1963)
The Last One Left (1967)
Condominium (1976)
One More Sunday (1984)
Barrier Island (1986)
Collections
The Good Old Stuff (1961)
End of the Tiger (1966)
Seven (1971)
Other Times Other Worlds (1978)
More Good Old Stuff (1984)
Death Quotient (2010)
End of the Tiger (1966)
Seven (1971)
Other Times Other Worlds (1978)
More Good Old Stuff (1984)
Death Quotient (2010)
Anthologies edited
Novellas and Short Stories
Non fiction
No Deadly Drug (1968)
Nothing Can Go Wrong (1982) (with Captain John H Kilpack)
A Friendship (1986) (with Dan Rowan)
The House Guests (1988)
Nothing Can Go Wrong (1982) (with Captain John H Kilpack)
A Friendship (1986) (with Dan Rowan)
The House Guests (1988)
Omnibus editions
Dreadful Lemon Sky / House on the Left Bank / Herald of Doom (1973) (with Gordon Ashe (John Creasey) and Velda Johnston)
Time and Tomorrow (1979)
Free Fall in Crimson / Nose for It / Seasons of Death (1980) (with Aaron Marc Stein and M K Wren)
Time and Tomorrow (1979)
Free Fall in Crimson / Nose for It / Seasons of Death (1980) (with Aaron Marc Stein and M K Wren)
Anthologies containing stories by John D MacDonald
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales (1963)
Best SF: 1969 (1969)
aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 3
Alfred Hitchcock Presents : A Month of Mystery Book 2 (1970)
The Master's Choice Book 2 (1979)
Science Fiction of the Fifties (1979)
Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense (1981)
The Great SF Stories 10 (1983)
A Treasury of American Horror Stories (1986)
Time Wars (1986)
Dangerous Vegetables (1998)
Best SF: 1969 (1969)
aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 3
Alfred Hitchcock Presents : A Month of Mystery Book 2 (1970)
The Master's Choice Book 2 (1979)
Science Fiction of the Fifties (1979)
Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense (1981)
The Great SF Stories 10 (1983)
A Treasury of American Horror Stories (1986)
Time Wars (1986)
Dangerous Vegetables (1998)
Short stories
| They Let Me Live (1947) | |||
| A Child Is Crying (1948) | |||
| Ring Around the Redhead (1948) | |||
| She Cannot Die (1948) | |||
| A Time for Dying (1948) | |||
| Amphiskios (1949) | |||
| Murder in Mind (1949) | |||
| Breathe No More (1950) | |||
| Check Out at Dawn (1950) | |||
| Dead on the Pin (1950) | |||
| Death Writes the Answer (1950) | |||
| From Some Hidden Grave (1950) | |||
| Miranda (1950) | |||
| Spectator Sport (1950) | |||
| A Trap for the Careless (1950) | |||
| The White Fruit of Banaldar (1951) | |||
| Murder for Money (1952) | |||
| Noose for a Tigress (1952) | |||
| Hangover (1956) | |||
| The Legend of Joe Lee (1964) | |||
| The Annex (1968) | |||
| Homicidal Hiccup (1979) |
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