Charles W. Runyon

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Charles West Runyon (born June 4, 1928 in Sheridan , Missouri ; died June 8, 2015 in Cedar Park , Texas ) was an American writer who wrote in the genres of science fiction , thriller, and horror .

Life

Runyon was the son of the teacher couple Monte C. Runyon and Nina Runyon, nee West. He studied from 1948 at the University of Missouri , from 1950 to 1951 at the University of Munich , then until 1952 at Indiana University and finally again until 1955 at the University of Missouri. He then worked as an editor for the Sinclair Pipe Line until 1957 and for Standard Oil until 1960 . From 1960 he was a freelance writer.

In 1958, a first story First Man in a Satellite was published in the Pulp magazine Super-Science Fiction and in 1960 Runyon's first novel, the thriller The Anatomy of Violence, was published by Ace Books . This was followed by a series of erotically tinged thrillers under the pseudonym Mark West, some crime novels as Ellery Queen , as well as other thrillers and science fiction novels, whereby he was mostly called "Charles W. Runyon" in science fiction and as in thrillers "Charles Runyon" or "Charles Runyon, Jr." drew.

The novel Power Kill was awarded the Best Book of the Year Award by the Missouri Writers Guild in 1973 , and the novel was also nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the same year . The horror novel Soulmate (1974), in which a prostitute becomes a victim of obsession, has been translated into German as The Bride of the Parasite .

Runyon had been married to Ruth Phillips since 1955 and had a son with her (born 1958). Runyon died in 2015 at the age of 87.

bibliography

Novels
  • The Anatomy of Violence (1960)
  • Office Affair (1961, as Mark West)
  • His Boss' Wife (1962, as Mark West)
  • Object of Lust (1962, as Mark West)
  • The Death Cycle (1963, also as The Naked Bums , 1964)
  • Color Him Dead (1963, also as The Incarnate , 1977)
  • The Last Score (1964, as Ellery Queen)
  • The Killer Touch (1965, as Ellery Queen)
  • The Prettiest Girl I Ever Killed (1965)
  • Bloody Jungle (1966)
  • The Black Moth (1967)
  • Kiss and Kill (1969, as Ellery Queen)
  • No Place to Hide (1970)
  • Pig World (1971)
  • Power Kill (1972)
  • Ames Holbrook, Deity (1972)
  • Something Wicked (1973)
  • Soulmate (1974)
    • English: The bride of the parasite. Translated by Walter Brumm. Pabel (Demon Killer # 4), 1975.
  • I, Weapon (1974)
  • To Kill a Dead Man (1976)
  • Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1977)
  • Gypsy King (1979)
Short stories
  • First Man in a Satellite (1958, SF&F)
  • Solution Tomorrow (1959, SF&F)
  • Hangover Manhunt (1960, thriller)
  • Remember Me, Peter Shepley (1960, SF&F)
  • The Last Kill (1961, thriller)
  • The Possessive Female (1961, Thriller)
  • Sales Pitch (1961, thriller)
  • The Death Gimmick (1962, thriller)
  • The Naked Bums (1964, thriller)
  • Never Kiss a Killer (1965, Thriller)
  • Happiness Squad (1967, SF&F)
  • The Youth Addicts (1967, SF&F)
  • The Waiting Room (1969, thriller)
  • There Must Be More Than This (1969, Thriller)
  • Sweet Helen (1969, SF&F)
  • The Appointment (1970, thriller)
  • Cycle Death Run (1970, thriller)
  • Dream Patrol (1970, SF&F)
  • Soulmate (1970, SF&F)
  • The Dead Survive (1974, thriller)
  • A Good Head for Murder (1974, thriller)
  • Once There Were Cows (1974, SF&F)
  • The Company of Brave, Rich Men (1975, thriller)
  • An Act of Simple Kindness (1975, thriller)
  • Noomyenoh (1975, SF&F)
  • Terminal (1975, SF&F)
  • In Case of Danger, Prsp the Ntxivbw (1975, SF&F)
    • German: In case of danger the Ntxivbw prspn! In: Manfred Kluge (Ed.): Death of a Samurai. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3537, 1977, ISBN 3-453-30430-6 .
  • Death Is My Passenger (1976, thriller)
  • Brain Diver (1976, SF&F)
  • The Sitter (1976, SF&F)
  • Daughter of the Vine (1977, SF&F)
  • Metafusion (1977, SF&F)
  • The Liberation of Josephine (1978, SF&F)

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personal data
SURNAME Runyon, Charles W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Runyon, Charles West (full name); Runyon, Charles (alternative spelling); Runyon, Charles Jr. (alternative spelling); Queen, Ellery (pseudonym); West, Mark (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Sheridan , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 2015
Place of death Cedar Park , Texas