John D. MacDonald (1916–1986)
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John D. MacDonald was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania on July 24, 1916. He received a B.S. from Syracuse University in 1938 and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1939. During World War II, he served in the Army. His first novel, Brass Cupcake, was published in mostra altro 1950. He wrote about 70 books during his lifetime including the Travis McGee series, Condominium, No Deadly Drug, Nothing Can Go Wrong, and A Friendship: The Letters of Dan Rowan and John Dann MacDonald. A Flash of Green was adapted into a movie by the same name and The Excuse was adapted into a movie entitled Cape Fear. He received numerous awards including the Ben Franklin Award for the best American short story in 1955, the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere for A Key to the Suite in 1964, the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award in 1972, the American Book Award for The Green Ripper in 1980. He died from complications of an earlier heart bypass surgery on December 28, 1986 at the age of 70. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Travis McGee Omnibus: Quick Red Fox | Deadly Shade of Gold | Bright Orange for the Shroud (1982) 20 copie
The Robot and the Man 15 copie
Best of Travis McGee: Darker Than Amber | The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper | Dress Her In Indigo (1985) 7 copie
Flaw 4 copie
Spectator Sport 4 copie
The Annex [short fiction] 3 copie
5 Novels: The French Connection | The Last Place God Made | A Kiss Before Dying | The Analog Bullet | A Bullet for… (1984) — Autore — 3 copie
Linda 2 copie
Game for Blondes 2 copie
The big contest 2 copie
College-cut Kill 2 copie
Hangover (short story) 2 copie
The Empty trap 1 copia
Winer of the Dreamers 1 copia
Three Grand Complete Books in One: Fear Is the Key, Do You Know This Voice? & The Crossroads (1959) 1 copia
Night Watch 1 copia
Damned 1 copia
História de Dois Mundos 1 copia
O tempo do impossível 1 copia
The Night of the Hunter | The Executioners | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (2004) — Autore — 1 copia
Le temps des noyeurs 1 copia
Los malditos 1 copia
Todos esos condenados 1 copia
Dreadfull Lemon Sky, the 1 copia
Turquiose Lament 1 copia
A Scarlet Ruse 1 copia
Hole in None (short short) 1 copia
The Empty Trap 1 copia
Judge Me Not 1 copia
John D. Mac Donald. Midi sonné : EDeath trape. Traduit de l'américain par C. Chantal Wourgaft 1 copia
Slam the big door 1 copia
This Week (12 August 1951) 1 copia
This Week (15 March 1964) 1 copia
This Week (7 March 1954) 1 copia
This Week (29 August 1965) 1 copia
This Week (29 March 1964) 1 copia
Um Tom Cinzento de Culpa 1 copia
Cancel All Our Vows 1 copia
This Week (24 May 1964) 1 copia
Soft Touch 1 copia
This Week (19 December 1965) 1 copia
This Week (19 July 1964) 1 copia
This Week (22 February 1953) 1 copia
Argosy (Vol 365: 1, July 1967) 1 copia
One Morning We Killed Them All 1 copia
Manhunt (Vol 3: 1, January 1955) 1 copia
The Only Girl In The Game 1 copia
Pleas4e Write For Details 1 copia
This Week (20 October 1963) 1 copia
Seven 1 copia
El fin de la noche 1 copia
Hurricane [G643] 1 copia
Crime of Omission 1 copia
Fatal Accident 1 copia
What Makes Sammy Laugh? 1 copia
The Man from Limbo {novelette} 1 copia
Triangle 1 copia
Looie Follows Me 1 copia
Heritage of Hate 1 copia
The Big Blue 1 copia
Nor Iron Bars 1 copia
Mystery Scene Reader 1 copia
Hit and Run 1 copia
Coppolino Revisited 1 copia
Cosmetics 1 copia
The Miniature 1 copia
Das John D. MacDonald Lesebuch. Miranda; Noch mal davongekommen; Der Hippie im Indigo-Dreß; Das Champagner-Mädchen (1987) 1 copia
Half-Past Eternity 1 copia
The Loveliest Girl in the World 1 copia
The Bear Trap 1 copia
Amphiskios 1 copia
Betrayed 1 copia
End of the Tiger 1 copia
Long Shot 1 copia
Den enda flickan i spelet 1 copia
Telephoning to Santa Claus 1 copia
They Let Me Live 1 copia
Dead on the Pin 1 copia
A Trap for the Careless 1 copia
One Feaful Yellow Eye 1 copia
Murder For Hire 1 copia
Kvinnojägaren 1 copia
Lik i lasten 1 copia
På djupt vatten 1 copia
Går det, så går det 1 copia
Murder in Mind 1 copia
Miranda 1 copia
The Straw Witch 1 copia
Woodchuck 1 copia
Afternoon of the Hero 1 copia
Blurred View 1 copia
A Romantic Courtesy 1 copia
The Trap of Solid Gold 1 copia
The Fast Loose Money 1 copia
The Trouble with Erica 1 copia
Quarrel 1 copia
Noose for a Tigress 1 copia
The Willow Pool 1 copia
Double Hannenframmis 1 copia
The Random Noise of Love 1 copia
Dear Old Friend 1 copia
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Be Read with the Door Locked (1975) — Collaboratore — 166 copie
Mystery for Christmas and Other Stories: From Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1990) — Collaboratore — 72 copie
The Arbor House Treasury of Detective and Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps (1983) — Collaboratore — 49 copie
The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels: Twelve Espionage Masterpieces (1986) — Collaboratore — 31 copie
The Crime of My Life: Favorite Stories by Presidents of the Mystery Writers of America (1984) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
Science Fiction Omnibus: The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949, 1950 (1952) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
Tricks and Treats: An Anthology of Mystery Stories by the Mystery Writers of America (1976) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1953, Vol. 4, No. 5 (1953) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
Amazing Stories Vol. 40, No. 9 [December 1966] — Autore — 5 copie
Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1949 — Collaboratore — 5 copie
The Best from Cosmopolitan — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Exciting Short Stories ; The Unstoppable Man ; The Most Dangerous Game ; The Homesick Buick ; Leiningen Versus the Ants… (1960) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Crimes and Misfortunes: The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Super Science Stories, Vol 5, No 3, July 1949 — Collaboratore — 3 copie
The Saturday Evening Post Stories 1962 — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Super Science Stories, Vol 7, No 4, January 1951 — Autore — 3 copie
Weird Tales Volume 41 Number 4, May 1949 — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Club del Misterio volum 10 -Conferencia sobre la habitación cerrada- (1982) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Super Science Stories (UK): No. 6 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Super Science Stories (UK): No. 4 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine - 1967/10 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- MacDonald, John Dann
- Altri nomi
- Farrell, John Wade
Henry, Robert
Lane, John
O'Hara, Scott
Reed, Peter
Reiser, Henry - Data di nascita
- 1916-07-24
- Data di morte
- 1986-12-28
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Luogo di morte
- West Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
- Causa della morte
- complications of coronary artery bypass surgery
- Luogo di residenza
- Sharon, Pennsylvania, USA (birth)
Sarasota, Florida, USA
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (death)
Piseco Lake, New York - Istruzione
- Syracuse University
Harvard University Business School (MBA)
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania - Attività lavorative
- author
army officer - Organizzazioni
- United States Army
Office of Strategic Services - Premi e riconoscimenti
- MWA Grand Master (1972)
American Book Award (1980)
Ben Franklin Award (1955)
Guest of Honor: Bouchercon (1983) - Breve biografia
- Married to Dorothy Prentiss, with one son, Maynard.
- Nota di disambiguazione
- Please do not combine this page with that of John D. McDonald. Note the different spelling of the last name. These are two different people. Thanks.
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