Bill Pronzini
Autore di Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural
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Bill Pronzini was born in Petaluma, California on April 13, 1943. His first novel, The Stalker, was published in 1971. He is best known for his creation of the Nameless Detective Mystery series, as well as several westerns and novels of dark suspense. He has been a full time writer since 1969. He mostra altro is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. He has won numerous awards including three Shamus Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Mystery Writers of America. His book Snowbound received the Grand Prix de la Litterature Policiere, as the best crime novel published in France in 1988. Pronzini has established himself as a master of the Western novel as well as earning a name for himself in the dark fiction genre. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Bill Pronzini
Bug-Eyed Monsters: 13 Stories of Dripping, Creeping, Gurgling, Purling, Trilling, Oozing, Seeping, Gushing Deadly… (1980) — A cura di; Collaboratore — 66 copie
The Web She Weaves: An Anthology of Mystery and Suspense Stories by Women (1983) — A cura di — 52 copie
Chapter and Hearse: Suspense Stories about the World of Books (1985) — Collaboratore; A cura di — 49 copie
The Arbor House Treasury of Detective and Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps (1983) — A cura di — 49 copie
The Edgar Winners: 33rd Annual Anthology of the Mystery Writers of America (1980) — A cura di — 45 copie
The Mystery Hall of Fame: An Anthology of Classic Mystery and Suspense Stories (1984) — A cura di; Collaboratore — 32 copie
Academy Mystery Novellas: Women Sleuths, Police Procedurals, Locked Room Puzzles, Great British Detectives ( BOX Set) (1985) — A cura di; Collaboratore — 14 copie
The Paradise Affair: A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery (Carpenter and Quincannon, 9) (2021) 11 copie
The Western Hall of Fame: An Anthology of Classic Western Stories Selected by the Western Writers of America (1984) — A cura di — 10 copie
Best of the West III: More Stories That Inspired Classic Western Films (1990) — A cura di — 10 copie
Tricks and Treats: An Anthology of Mystery Stories by the Mystery Writers of America (1976) — A cura di; Collaboratore — 9 copie
The Wickedest Show on Earth: A Carnival of Circus Suspense (1985) — A cura di; Collaboratore — 7 copie
Torture Trek: And Eleven Other Action-Packed Stories of the Wild West (Barricade Classic Western) (1995) 6 copie
Los Mejores Relatos Policiacos Vol. 2 / The Arbor House Treasury of Mistery and Suspense (1981) 6 copie
Inaugural [short story] — Autore — 4 copie
Proof of Guilt 3 copie
Dry Spell [short story] 3 copie
The Pulp Connection 3 copie
Skeleton Rattle Your Mouldy Leg 3 copie
Opening a Vein 2 copie
Cache and Carry 2 copie
The Giant book of short Crime Stories — A cura di — 2 copie
A Clone at Last 2 copie
How Now Purple Cow [short story] 2 copie
Schau mir in die Augen, Schnüffler. 13 Riesen- Stories. ( Schwarze Serie). (1995) — A cura di — 2 copie
The Arrowmont Prison Riddle 2 copie
Death of a Nobody 2 copie
Black Wind 2 copie
Invitation To Murder 1 copia
Something Wrong [short story] 1 copia
Souls Burning [short story] 1 copia
Do I Dare to Eat a Peach? 1 copia
Spook Lights Affair — A cura di — 1 copia
The Big Bite 1 copia
Memento Mori 1 copia
What Happened to Mary? 1 copia
The Pattern 1 copia
Bedeviled 1 copia
Words Do Not a Book Make 1 copia
Escape [short story] 1 copia
Die Totenuhr 1 copia
The Clincher [short story] 1 copia
Ein ganz besonderes Kaliber 1 copia
Here Comes Santa Claus 1 copia
A Lot On His Mind 1 copia
Nameless Detective series 1 copia
It's a Lousy World 1 copia
Paxton's World 1 copia
On the Nature of Time 1 copia
Possibilities 1 copia
The Pattern 1 copia
Bonecrack 1 copia
In der Kälte der Nacht 1 copia
Teuflische Pläne 1 copia
Gritos na Noite 1 copia
Deathlove [short fiction] 1 copia
I Don't Understand It 1 copia
A Craving for Originality 1 copia
Multiples 1 copia
Putting The Pieces Back 1 copia
Smuggler's Island 1 copia
Under the Skin 1 copia
Caught In The Act 1 copia
His Name Was Legion 1 copia
Rebound 1 copia
Peekaboo 1 copia
Two Weeks Every Summer 1 copia
The Hanging Man 1 copia
Black Lizard 1 copia
Changes 1 copia
Sanctuary 1 copia
The Space Killers 1 copia
The Prophecy 1 copia
Dödens diamanter 1 copia
Opere correlate
100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories (1993) — Collaboratore; Collaboratore; Collaboratore — 210 copie
Murder on the Menu: Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery, Volume 1 (1984) — Collaboratore — 194 copie
Era meglio se stavo a casa! : i grandi scrittori raccontanoi loro peggiori viaggi (1994) — Collaboratore — 177 copie
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Be Read with the Door Locked (1975) — Collaboratore — 166 copie
A Century of Great Western Stories-An Anthology of Western Fiction (2000) — Collaboratore — 104 copie
Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy, Volume 7: Magical Wishes (1891) — Collaboratore — 91 copie
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense (2006) — Collaboratore — 72 copie
Murder by the Book: Literary Mysteries from Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1995) — Collaboratore — 67 copie
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: First Annual Collection (2000) — Collaboratore — 59 copie
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Second Annual Collection (2001) — Collaboratore — 48 copie
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Third Annual Collection (2002) — Collaboratore — 43 copie
Between the Dark and the Daylight and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year (2009) — Collaboratore — 42 copie
All but Impossible! An Anthology of Locked Room and Impossible Crime Stories by Members of the Mystery Writers of… (1981) — Collaboratore — 29 copie
The Eyes Have It: The First Private Eye Writers of America Anthology (1984) — Collaboratore — 16 copie
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: First Annual Edition (1992) — Collaboratore — 16 copie
Justice for Hire: The Fourth Private Eye Writers of America Anthology (1990) — Collaboratore — 12 copie
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1978, Vol. 55, No. 5 (1987) — Collaboratore — 12 copie
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1982, Vol. 63, No. 5 (1982) — Collaboratore — 12 copie
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Second Annual Edition (1993) — Collaboratore — 12 copie
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition (1994) — Collaboratore — 10 copie
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition (1998) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition (1996) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition (1997) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
Killers of the Mind: A Collection of Stories by the Mystery Writers of America (1974) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror (2019) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Crimes and Misfortunes: The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Killer Crimes 2 copie
La rivista di Alfred Hitchcock n.6 — Autore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Pronzini, William John
- Altri nomi
- Davis, William Hart
Foxx, Jack
Jeffrey, William
Saxon, Alex - Data di nascita
- 1943-04-13
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Petaluma, California, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Petaluma, California, USA (birth)
- Istruzione
- Santa Rosa Junior College
- Attività lavorative
- detective novelist
anthologist
journalist - Relazioni
- Muller, Marcia (wife)
- Organizzazioni
- Petaluma Argus-Courier
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Grand Prix de la Litterature Policiere (best crime novel - Snowbound ∙ 1988)
Shamus Award (The Eye for Lifetime Achievement ∙ 1987)
MWA Grand Master (2008)
The Eye (Lifetime Achievement Award, PWA 1987) - Breve biografia
- William John Pronzini was born in Petaluma, California. He has been married three times. The first marriage was with Laura Patricia Adolphson, (1965 to 1967; divorce); the second was with Brunhilde Schier, July 28, 1972 (separated December 1985; divorce a couple years later). He married Marcia Muller (also a mystery writer) in 1992. They have collaborated on three novels: Beyond the Grave (1986), The Lighthouse, (1987); and Double (1984), a Nameless Detective novel, as well as on numerous anthologies. In 1987 he won The Eye, which is the Lifetime Achievement Award presented by The Private Eye Writers of America. It is a more exclusive version of their Shamus Award. He has been nominated three times by the Mystery Writers of America for an Edgar Award, and received their Grand Master designation in May of 2008.
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THE DEEP ONES: "The Girl With the Hungry Eyes" by Fritz Leiber in The Weird Tradition (Aprile 2016)
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The End of Summer : Science Fiction of the Fifties… di Barry N. And Bill Pronzini (Ed.) Malzberg
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A collection of classic horror and thriller tales by some very famous and some not so well known, including some overlooked stories by the famous. The Introduction is by Uncle Stevie, and briefly covers a lot of the same ground as did his non-fiction masterpiece on horror, [Danse Macabre]. The book is worth the price just for this missive on the inner workings of horror literature. Some of the names you'd expect: [[Edgar Allan Poe]], [[H. G. Wells]], [[H. P. Lovecraft]]. Others, not so: [[Winston Churchill]] with a thriller about a man overboard; [[Theodore Dreiser]] with a spiritualism tale.
Rather than capture all the stories, I'll hit what I thought were the high points:
The Squaw by [[Bram Stoker]], a tale of revenge from the most unlikely of characters, a cat. While this one has been largely lost to the world, no doubt owing partially to the less than politically correct title, it's chilling.
The Girl with the Hungry Eyes by Fritz Leiber, a vampire of a very different sort, and one that is imminently more frightening than most, especially the sparkly kind so popular these days.
Camps by Jack Dan, a man balances on the edge of death, dreaming of a life he didn't live in a concentration camp.
Sardonicus by Ray Russell, beware what you wish for, as the consequences may outstrip your expectations. A horribly disfigured man coerces a doctor to cure him, but the cure imprisons him beyond his original disfigurement.
The Oblong Room by Edward D. Koch, a police procedural that requires the gumshoe to expand his mind beyond the natural.
The Party by William F. Nolan, a fevered dream that cannot be escaped.
The Crate by Stephen King, this one bears a slight resemblance to [[Douglas Preston]]'s [The Relic]. Here, a man opens a long forgotten crate in a university research laboratory and unleashes a very hungry entity. But the twist here - after the beast eats a couple people, the man's friend realizes its utility in doing away with his shrew of a wife.
Highly Recommended!!!!!
4 1/2 bones!!!!!… (altro)
Rather than capture all the stories, I'll hit what I thought were the high points:
The Squaw by [[Bram Stoker]], a tale of revenge from the most unlikely of characters, a cat. While this one has been largely lost to the world, no doubt owing partially to the less than politically correct title, it's chilling.
The Girl with the Hungry Eyes by Fritz Leiber, a vampire of a very different sort, and one that is imminently more frightening than most, especially the sparkly kind so popular these days.
Camps by Jack Dan, a man balances on the edge of death, dreaming of a life he didn't live in a concentration camp.
Sardonicus by Ray Russell, beware what you wish for, as the consequences may outstrip your expectations. A horribly disfigured man coerces a doctor to cure him, but the cure imprisons him beyond his original disfigurement.
The Oblong Room by Edward D. Koch, a police procedural that requires the gumshoe to expand his mind beyond the natural.
The Party by William F. Nolan, a fevered dream that cannot be escaped.
The Crate by Stephen King, this one bears a slight resemblance to [[Douglas Preston]]'s [The Relic]. Here, a man opens a long forgotten crate in a university research laboratory and unleashes a very hungry entity. But the twist here - after the beast eats a couple people, the man's friend realizes its utility in doing away with his shrew of a wife.
Highly Recommended!!!!!
4 1/2 bones!!!!!… (altro)
Have you ever seen someone who looked so lonely that you were compelled to approach them? Jim Messenger has. In fact, he was so intrigued by a lonely looking woman at a diner that he follows her home... then embarks on a soul-searching journey across the desert to a town where he's not welcome. And all just to solve the mystery of the lonely woman. This book might be labeled a mystery, but it's more of a relationship book. As in, the relationships we form with strangers and our own loneliness.
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