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Bill Pronzini


(William John Pronzini)
USA flag (b.1943)
Husband of Marcia Muller

aka Robert Hart Davis, Jack Foxx, William Jeffrey, Alex Saxon

Bill Pronzini is a recipient of two Shamus awards and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private-Eye Writers of America.

Genres: Mystery, Western, Historical Mystery, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller, Historical
 
Series
Nameless Detective
   1. The Snatch (1971)
   2. The Vanished (1973)
   3. Undercurrent (1973)
   4. Blowback (1977)
   5. Twospot (1978) (with Collin Wilcox)
   6. Labyrinth (1980)
   7. Hoodwink (1981)
   8. Scattershot (1982)
   9. Dragonfire (1982)
   10. Bindlestiff (1983)
   Casefile (1983)
   11. Quicksilver (1984)
   12. Nightshades (1984)
   13. Double (1984) (with Marcia Muller)
   14. Bones (1985)
   15. Deadfall (1986)
   16. Shackles (1988)
   17. Jackpot (1990)
   18. Breakdown (1991)
   19. Quarry (1991)
   20. Epitaphs (1992)
   21. Demons (1993)
   Spadework (1994)
   22. Hardcase (1995)
   23. Sentinels (1996)
   24. Illusions (1997)
   25. Boobytrap (1998)
   26. Crazybone (2000)
   27. Bleeders (2001)
   28. Spook (2002)
   29. Scenarios (2003)
   30. Nightcrawlers (2005)
   31. Mourners (2006)
   32. Savages (2007)
   33. Fever (2008)
   Cat's Paw (2009)
   34. Schemers (2009)
   35. Betrayers (2010)
   36. Camouflage (2011)
   37. Hellbox (2012)
   Femme (2012)
   Kinsmen (2012)
   38. Nemesis (2013)
   39. Strangers (2014)
   40. Vixen (2015)
   Zigzag (2016)
   41. Endgame (2017)
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Sharon McCone (with Marcia Muller)
   5.5. Double (1984)
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Quincannon
   1. Quincannon (1985)
   2. Beyond the Grave (1986) (with Marcia Muller)
   Burgade's Crossing (2003)
   3. Quincannon's Game (2005)
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Oddments
   1. Oddments (2000)
   2. More Oddments (2001)
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Novels
   The Stalker (1971)
   The Jade Figure (1972) (as by Jack Foxx)
   Panic (1972)
   Snowbound (1974)
   Dead Run (1975) (as by Jack Foxx)
   Games (1976)
   Freebooty (1976) (as by Jack Foxx)
   The Running of Beasts (1976) (with Barry N Malzberg)
   Acts of Mercy (1977) (with Barry N Malzberg)
   Wildfire (1978) (as by Jack Foxx)
   Night Screams (1979) (with Barry N Malzberg)
   Prose Bowl (1980) (with Barry N Malzberg)
   A Killing in Xanadu (1980)
   Masques (1981)
   The Cambodia File (1981) (with Jack Anderson)
   Duel at Gold Buttes (1982) (as by William Jeffrey)
   The Gallows Land (1983)
   Day of the Moon (1983) (as by William Jeffrey)
   Border Fever (1984) (as by William Jeffrey) (with Jeffrey Wallmann)
   Starvation Camp (1984)
   The Last Days of Horse-shy Halloran (1987)
   The Lighthouse (1987) (with Marcia Muller)
   The Hangings (1989)
   Firewind (1989)
   Stalked Deck (1991)
   Stacked Deck (1991)
   The Jade Figurine (1991)
   Carmody's Run (1993)
   With an Extreme Burning (1994)
     aka The Tormentor
   Blue Lonesome (1995)
   A Wasteland of Strangers (1997)
   The Dying Time (1999) (as by Alex Saxon)
   Nothing But the Night (1999)
   In an Evil Time (2001)
   A Wasteland of Stangers (2002)
   Step to the Graveyard Easy (2002)
   The Alias Man (2004)
   The Crimes of Jordan Wise (2006)
   The Other Side of Silence (2008)
   The Hidden (2010)
   The Violated (2017)
   Give-A-Damn Jones (2018)
   The Peaceful Valley Crime Wave (2019)
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Collections
   Graveyard Plots (1985)
   Small Felonies (1988)
   The Best Western Stories of Bill Pronzini (1991)
   Criminal Intent: 1 (1993) (with Ed Gorman and Marcia Muller)
   Sleuths (1999)
   All the Long Years (2001)
   Problems Solved (2003) (with Barry N Malzberg)
   On Account of Darkness (2004) (with Barry N Malzberg)
   Coyote and Quarter-Moon (2006)
   Crucifixion River (2007) (with Marcia Muller)
   Dago Red (2008)
   Strangers in the Fog / Cain's Mark (2014)
   The Cemetery Man (2014)
   Small Felonies 2 (2022)
   High Concepts (2023)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Strangers in the Fog (1978)
   The Ghosts of Ragged-Ass Gulch (2011)
   Pumpkin (2012)
   Wishful Thinking (2015)
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Anthologies edited
   Mystery Writers' Choice: 1977 (1977) (with Joe Gores)
   Midnight Specials (1977)
   Dark Sins, Dark Dreams (1978) (with Barry N Malzberg)
   Werewolf! (1979)
   The End of Summer (1979) (with Barry N Malzberg)
   Shared Tomorrows (1979) (with Barry N Malzberg)
   Voodoo! (1980)
   Mummy! (1980)
   Bug-Eyed Monsters (1980) (with Barry N Malzberg)
   The Edgar Winners (1980)
   The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981) (with Martin H Greenberg and Barry N Malzberg)
   Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense (1981) (with Martin H Greenberg and Barry N Malzberg)
   Creature! (1981)
   The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural (1981) (with Martin H Greenberg and Barry N Malzberg)
     aka Classic Tales of Horror and the Supernatural
   The Arbor House Necropolis (1981)
   The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense (1982) (with Martin H Greenberg and Barry N Malzberg)
   Specter! (1982)
   Arbor House Treasury of Detective and Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps (1983)
   The Web She Weaves (1983) (with Marcia Muller)
   The Mystery Hall of Fame (1984) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   The Western Hall of Fame (1984) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Child's Ploy (1984) (with Marcia Muller)
   The Outlaws (1984) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Witches' Brew (1984) (with Marcia Muller)
   13 Short Mystery Novels (1984) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   The Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories (1985) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Chapter and Hearse (1985) (with Marcia Muller)
   The Cowboys (1985) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   The Ethnic Detectives (1985) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Dark Lessons (1985) (with Marcia Muller)
   She Won the West (1985) (with Marcia Muller)
   The Warriors (1985) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Deadly Arts (1985) (with Marcia Muller)
   Wickedest Show on Earth (1985) (with Marcia Muller)
   Murder in the First Reel (1985) (with Martin H Greenberg and Charles G Waugh)
   Railroaders (1986) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   The Steamboaters (1986) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Great Modern Police Stories (1986) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Mystery in the Mainstream (1986) (with Martin H Greenberg and Barry N Malzberg)
   101 Mystery Stories (1986) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   The Cattlemen (1986) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Tales of Mystery (1986)
   Tales of the Dead (1986)
   Prime Suspects (1987) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Manhattan Mysteries (1987) (with Martin H Greenberg and Carol-Lynn Waugh)
   Horse Soldiers (1987) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Uncollected Crimes (1987) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Suspicious Characters (1987) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   The Gunfighters (1987) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   13 Short Detective Novels (1987) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Criminal Elements (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Cloak and Dagger (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   The Texans (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Best of the West (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Homicidal Acts (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Lady on the Case (1988) (with Marcia Muller)
   Kill or Cure (1989) (with Marcia Muller)
   The Californians (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Felonious Assaults (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   The Arizonans (1989)
   Deadly Doings (1989)
   The Northerners (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   The Best of the West II (1990)
   The Northwesterners (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Best of the West 3 (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Christmas Out West (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Crime and Crime Again (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg and Barry N Malzberg)
   A Treasury of World War II Stories (1991) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   The Montanans (1991) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   A Treasury of Civil War Stories (1991) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Night Freight (1992)
   Combat! (1992) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Great Tales of the West (1994) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural (1994) (with Martin H Greenberg and Barry N Malzberg)
   Torture Trek (1995) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Hard-boiled (1995) (with Jack Adrian)
   Giant Book of Short Crime Stories (1997) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Giant Book of War Stories (1997) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Detective Duos (1997) (with Marcia Muller)
   A Century of Mystery (1997) (with Marcia Muller)
   The Giant Book of Private Eye Stories (1997) (with Martin H Greenberg)
   Duo (1998) (with Marcia Muller)
   Pure Pulp (1999) (with Ed Gorman)
   Masters of Horror and the Supernatural (2010) (with Martin H Greenberg and Barry N Malzberg)
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Anthology series
Reel West (with Martin H Greenberg)
   1. The Reel West (1984)
   2. The Second Reel West (1985)
   3. The Third Reel West (1986)
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Wild Westerns
   1. Wild Westerns (1986)
   2. More Wild Westerns (1989)
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Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Bill Pronzini recommends
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Deep Shadow (2018)
(Caribbean Dive, book 1)
Nick Sullivan
"Highly recommended! Nick Sullivan's expert knowledge of deep-sea diving and the Caribbean locale make Deep Shadow a rousing action/adventure thrill ride from start to finish."
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Memorial Day (2004)
(Mick Callahan, book 1)
Harry Shannon
"I enjoyed Memorial Day from first page to last. Mick Callahan is my kind of character - flawed and vulnerable, tanaceous and likeable. His debut is a fast, edgy, twisty, modern noir thriller with an expertly realized desert setting."
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Wolf Moon (1993)
Ed Gorman
"Ed Gorman is a true original in the Western field...And Wolf Moon is one of his best...Suspenseful, savage, and a whole lot more."

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Anthologies containing stories by Bill Pronzini
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Black is the Night (2022)
Stories Inspired by Cornell Woolrich
edited by
Maxim Jakubowski
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Bullets and Other Hurting Things (2021)
A Tribute to Bill Crider
edited by
Rick Ollerman
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The Best of Cemetery Dance, Volume 2 (2020)
(Best of Cemetery Dance, book 2)
edited by
Richard Chizmar

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Awards
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1982) : Hoodwink
Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (1997) : Sentinels
Edgar Awards Best Novel nominee (1998) : A Wasteland of Strangers
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1999) : Boobytrap


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