Whit masterson

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Whit Masterson is the common pseudonym of the American writer H. William Miller , called Bill Miller (born May 11, 1920 in Garrett , Indiana , † August 21, 1961 in San Diego , California ) and Robert Allison Wade , called Bob Wade ( * June 8, 1920 in San Diego, California; † September 30, 2012 in San Carlos , California).

Live and act

Miller and Wade met during their violin lessons in 1920 and remained friends for the rest of their lives. After attending school together, they went to college together ( San Diego State University ). In 1942 they both volunteered for the Air Force . After the joint basic training, Wade completed his service in Europe and Miller was stationed in the Pacific region until the end of the war.

After the end of the Second World War , they were both able to return to California and began writing their first novel there. In the following year they were able to publish their debut novel Deadly Weapon with great success . Encouraged by this success, Miller and Wade wrote their novels together until Miller's death in August 1961. In addition to Whit Masterson , they also used their two family names as pseudonyms ( Wade Miller ) and of these, the anagrams Will Daemer and Dale Wilmer .

After that, Wade continued to write under their common pseudonym Whit Masterson , but then shifted more and more to writing scripts for television and cinema films.

Honors

  • 1988 Lifetime Achievement Award from Private Eye Writes of America (PWA)
  • 1998 San Diego Public Library Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2004 Ellen Nehr Award from the American Crime Writers League

Works

As Whit Masterson

stories
  • Suddenly, it's midnight. In: Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine , 1958. ISSN  0013-6328
  • The women in his life. Ellery Queen's 13th choice. A selection of new stories . 1958.
  • Invitation to an accident. In: Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. 1955.
  • The memorial tour. In: Ellery Queen (Ed.): 15th Annual . Random House, New York 1960.
  • Midnight caller. In: Manhunt. 1958.
  • A bad time of the day. In: Ellery Queen's Award / 11th series. Simon & Schuster, New York 1956.
  • The morning after. In: The Playboy Book of Crime and Suspense. HMH Publ., Chicago 1966.
  • We were picked as the odd ones. In: Edward Gorman (Ed.): American Pulp . Carroll & Graf, New York 1997, ISBN 0-7867-0461-6 .
Novels
  • Dead, she was beautiful . New York 1955.
    • German: death in the swimming pool . Heyne, Munich 1966.
  • Badge of evil . New York 1956.
  • A shadow in the wild . New York 1957.
    • German: Hunt for Janie . Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main 1964.
  • The dark fantastic . New York 1957.
    • German: Race with the black death . Pabel, Rastatt 1978 (EA Frankfurt am Main 1963)
  • Evil come, evil go . New York 1961.
    • German: password canary bird . Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main 1963.
  • 711 - Officer needs help . New York 1965.
    • German: The killer cop . Heyne, Munich 1966.
  • Play like your're dead . New York 1967.
    • German: My husband is crazy and sends my regards . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1971, ISBN 3-499-42176-3 .
  • The last one kills . New York 1969.
  • The great train hijack . New York 1976. (formerly The gravy train ).
  • Why she cries, I don't know . New York 1972.
  • The undertaker wind . New York 1973.
  • The man with two clocks . New York 1974.
  • Hunter of the blood . New York 1977.
  • The slow gallows . New York 1979.

As Wade Miller

Max Thursday cycle
  • Guilty bystander . New York 1947.
    • German: Anyone who puts himself in danger . Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main 1965.
  • Fatal step . New York 1948.
    • German: murder under the carousel . Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main 1961.
  • Uneasy street . New York 1948.
    • German: Blondes in the semi-darkness . Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main 1964.
  • Calamity fair . New York 1950.
    • German: business with fear . Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main 1962.
  • Murder Charge . New York 1950.
    • German: Party on the powder keg . Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main 11963.
  • Shoot to kill . New York 1951.
    • German: Hunt for the strangler . Ullstein Frankfurt am Main 1961.
Individual novels
  • The killer . New York 1951.
    • German: manhunt (= panther book. 2). Lehning Verlag, Hannover 1954, DNB 364400331 .
  • The Tiger's Wife . New York 1951.
    • German: Die Frau des Tigers (= Adventure-Taschenbuch. 9). Lehning Verlag, Hannover 1957, DNB 455331553 .
  • Kiss her goodbye . New York 1956.
    • German: Dangerous hug . Scherz, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-502-51151-9 (former title death cause love )
  • Kitten with a whip . New York 1959.
  • Sinner take all . New York 1960.
    • German: trap with gold rim . Scherz, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-502-51125-X (former title Tiefschlag ).
  • Nightmare cruise . New York 1961.
    • German: The uncanny journey (= The midnight books. 163). Desch, Munich 1963.

As Dale Wilmer

  • Memo for murder . New York 1951.
    • German: Alone with fear . Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main 1968, DNB 458559946 .
  • Dead fall . New York 1954.
    • German: The killer with the bald head . Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main 1965.

As Will Daemer

  • The case of the lonely lovers . New York 1951.

Film adaptations

  • Frank Tuttle (Director): Scream in the Night. 1956 (based on the novel All through the night )
  • Orson Welles (Director): Under the Sign of Evil . 1958 (based on the novel Badge of evil )
  • Buzz Kulik (Director): Password Canary. 1963 (based on the novel The yellow canary )
  • Buzz Kulik (Director): The killing shot. 1967 (based on the novel 711 - officer needs help )
  • Douglas Heyes (Director): The bold ones. 1969 (based on the novel The Game of Chance ).
  • John Llewellyn Moxey (Director): A Fatal Mistake. 1971.

literature

  • Jacques Baudou, Jean-Jacques Schleret: Le vrai visage du masque, Volume 1 . Futuropolis, Paris 1984, pp. 304-305.
  • Claude Mesplède, Jean-Jacques Schleret: Voyage au bout de la noire . Futuropolis, Paris 1982.
  • Claude Mesplède (ed.): Dictionnaire des littératures policières, Volume 2: J-Z . Édition Joseph K, Nantes 2007, ISBN 978-2-910686-45-1 , pp. 364–365, 885.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ For Great Britain the title Touch of evil was chosen .
  2. ↑ For Great Britain the title Killer with a badge was chosen .
  3. ↑ This novel was previously published in continuation in the Illustrierte Bunte .
  4. ↑ The title The Sargasso people was chosen for Great Britain .

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