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Wade Miller



A pseudonym used by Whit Masterson

Wade Miller is actually two childhood friends, Bob Wade (1920-2012) and Bill Miller (1920-1961), who produced 33 books together. Wade and Miller attended San Diego State and edited the campus newspaper. After a stint in the Air Force, they joined forces again, eventually producing the book that Orson Welles adapted as the classic noir film, Touch of Evil. 
They also created one of the best post-war detectives, Max Thursday, whose complexities and flaws elevated him from the usual PI clichés. After Miller's death, Wade continued to write, winning the Private Eye Writers of America's 1988 Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as writing a monthly column for the San Diego Union Tribune. Bob Wade passed away in San Diego in September 2012.

 

Awards: Shamus (1988)  see all

Genres: Mystery
 
Series
Max Thursday
   1. Deadly Weapon (1946)
   2. Guilty Bystander (1947)
   3. Fatal Step (1948)
   4. Uneasy Street (1948)
   5. Calamity Fair (1950)
   6. Murder Charge (1950)
   7. Shoot to Kill (1951)
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Novels
   Pop Goes The Queen (1947)
     aka Murder-Queen High
   Devil On Two Sticks (1949)
     aka Killer's Choice
   Devil May Care (1950)
   The Killer (1951)
   Stolen Woman (1951)
   The Tiger's Wife (1951)
   Branded Woman (1952)
   The Big Guy (1953)
   South of the Sun (1953)
   All Through The Night (1955)
   Dead, She Was Beautiful (1955)
   Mad Baxter (1955)
   Badge Of Evil (1956)
   Kiss Her Goodbye (1956)
   Murder Bait (1956)
   Kitten with a Whip (1959)
   Sinner Take All (1960)
   Nightmare Cruise (1961)
     aka The Sargasso People
   The Girl from Midnight (1966)
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Books containing stories by Wade Miller
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Dark Crimes 2 (1993)
Modern Masters of Noir
(Dark Crimes, book 2)
edited by
Ed Gorman
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Kill or Cure (1989)
Suspense Stories About the World of Medicine
edited by
Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini

Awards
1988 The Eye, the PWA's Lifetime Achievement award

Award nominations
1956 Edgar Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Invitation to an Accident


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