John D. MacDonald

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John Dann MacDonald (born July 24, 1916 in Sharon , Pennsylvania , † December 28, 1986 in Milwaukee ) was an American writer . He has published a number of crime novels starring the hero Travis McGee , several science fiction novels, and hundreds of short stories from various genres.

Life

MacDonald graduated from Harvard University , the specialist business administration and graduated with MBA from. During the Second World War he served in the Far East for the American secret service OSS . There he wrote a short story in his spare time, which he sent to his wife for her pleasure. She allegedly submitted the story to a magazine which she immediately published without John MacDonald even knowing about the whole thing. In any case, upon his return from the war, MacDonald immediately began working full-time as a professional writer of detective , science fiction , and western stories for American pulp magazines . When the sale shape of the pocket book ( paperback ) had established itself in the US, he made it into the class of "real" novelists. His first long novel was called The Brass Cupcake from 1950.

The most famous of MacDonald's heroes was Travis McGee, who made his first appearance in the 1964 novel The Deep Blue Good-by . In the same year he received the renowned Grand prix de littérature policière for his novel A key to the suite . MacDonald McGee was last investigated in 1985, in The Lonely Silver Rain . Each of the 21 McGee novels has a color in the title. As a companion figure, McGee is supported by his sidekick "Meyer", a retired economist. McGee lives on his houseboat, Busted Flush , which he won in poker (hence the name) and which is anchored at F-18 in the Bahia Mar Marina in Fort Lauderdale .

MacDonald's admirers, among them Stephen King and Lee Child , emphasize that his novels offer not only the intelligent, coherent and suspenseful plot but also a precise insight into the society of Florida in the respective time context.

In addition to the McGee novels, John MacDonald also had great success with his novel The Executioners (1957). In 1962 the story was filmed under the title A Bait for the Beast ( Cape Fear ), a remake took place in 1991 as Cape Fear ( Cape Fear ).

Awards

bibliography

Travis-McGee series

  • The Deep Blue Good-by (1964)
    • Farewell in dark blue . Translated by Joachim Dörr. Rotbuch-Verlag, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-434-54015-6 (former title: A thousand blue tears , 1966).
  • Nightmare in pink. 1964.
    • Nightmare in pink . Translated by Joachim Dörr. Rotbuch-Verlag, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-434-54016-4 (former title: Alptraum in Rosarot , 1967).
  • A Purple Place for Dying (1964)
    • Death in the sun . Translated by Werner Gronwald. Heyne, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-453-10221-5 .
  • The Quick Red Fox. 1964.
    • Passion in red . Rotbuch-Verlag, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-434-54017-2 (former title: Red Lady black on white , 1966 or blackmailed! 1996).
  • A Deadly Shade of Gold (1965)
  • Bright Orange for the Shroud. 1965.
  • Darker than Amber. 1966.
    • Darker than amber . Translated by Werner Gronwald. Heyne, Munich 1967.
  • One Fearful Yellow Eye. 1966.
    • The yellow eyes . Translated by Werner Gronwald. Heyne, Munich 1967.
  • Pale Gray for Guilt. 1968.
    • Gray on a white vest . Heyne, Munich 1968.
  • The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper. 1968.
    • The girl in the brown package . Translated by Günther Hehemann. Heyne, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-453-00888-X .
  • Dress her in indigo. 1969.
    • The hippie in an indigo dress . Heyne, Munich 1970.
  • The Long Lavender Look. 1970.
    • The woman in the silver coffin . Heyne, Munich 1971.
  • A Tan and Sandy Silence (1971)
    • The blood-red silence . Translated by Günther Hehemann. Heyne, Munich 1973.
  • The Scarlet Ruse. 1972.
    • The trick is dirty gray . Translated by Willy Thaler. Heyne, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-453-10196-0 .
  • The Turquoise Lament. 1973.
    • Murder in turquoise . Translated by Willy Thaler. Heyne, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-453-10216-9 .
  • The Dreadful Lemon Sky. 1974.
  • The Empty Copper Sea. 1978.
  • The Green Ripper. 1979.
  • Free Fall in Crimson. 1981.
  • Cinnamon skin. 1982.
    • Cinnamon brown skin . Translated by Peter Rothammer. Heyne, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-453-10655-5 .
  • The Lonely Silver Rain. 1984.

Single novels

  • The Brass Cupcake. 1950.
    • The glowing fingers . Heyne, Munich 1969 (former title: Dark Passions , 1954).
  • Murder for the Bride. 1951.
  • Judge Me Not. 1951.
  • Weep for Me. 1951.
  • Wine of the Dreamers. 1951.
    • Planet of the dreamers. Translated by Jesco von Puttkamer. Pabel (Utopia Grossband # 39), 1956. Also: Moewig (Terra Extra # 39), 1964. Further translation by Wulf H. Bergner . Heyne SF&F # 3166, 1969.
  • The Damned. 1952.
  • Dead low tide. 1953.
  • The Neon Jungle. 1953.
  • Cancel All Our Vows. 1953.
  • All These Condemned. 1954.
  • Area of ​​Suspicion. 1954.
  • Contrary Pleasure. 1954.
  • A Bullet for Cinderella (1955, also as On the Make )
    • Once to hell and back . Translated by Werner Gronwald. 2nd Edition. Heyne, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-453-10182-0 .
  • Cry Hard, Cry Fast (1956)
  • April Evil. 1956.
    • Bad April . Translated by Günther Hehemann. 3. Edition. Heyne, Munich 1968.
  • Border Town Girl (1956, also as Five Star Fugitive )
  • Murder in the Wind (1956, also as Hurricane )
    • The house of the thirteen . Translated by Beate Esther von Schwarze. Heyne, Munich 1964.
  • You Live Once (1956, also as You Kill Me )
  • Death trap. 1957.
    • Ten days and one night. 2nd Edition. Heyne, Munich 1969.
  • The Price of Murder. 1957.
    • Annoying witnesses . Heyne, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-453-10507-9 (EA Munich 1969, translated by Robby Remmers).
  • The Empty Trap. 1957.
  • A Man of Affairs (1957)
  • The Deceivers. 1958.
  • Clemmie. 1958.
  • The Executioners (1958, also as Cape Fear )
    • Cape of fear . Heyne, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-453-05550-0 (former title: Köder für die Bestie , 1960).
  • Soft touch. 1958.
    • Like a tiger in the night. 2nd Edition. Heyne, Munich 1973 (translated by Gisela Stege).
  • Deadly Welcome. 1959.
  • The Beach Girls. 1959.
  • Please write for details. 1959.
  • The Crossroads. 1959.
    • The Mexican marriage . Goldmann, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-442-05420-6 (translated by Tony Westermayr).
  • Slam the Big Door. 1960.
    • The last resort. 2nd Edition. Heyne, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-453-02511-3 (translated by Walter Ahlers).
  • The only girl in the game. 1960.
    • Paradise of the deceived . Heyne, Munich 1967.
  • The end of the night. 1960.
    • The light flickered four times . Translated by Günther Hehemann. Heyne, Munich 1970.
  • Where is Janice Gantry? 1961.
    • Bad Dreams Bungalow . Heyne, Munich 1965 (translated by Fritz Moeglich).
  • One Monday We Killed Them All. 1961.
    • Death came on Monday . Heyne, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-453-10576-1 (EA Munich 1973; translated by Jutta von Sonnenberg).
  • Ballroom of the Skies. 1952.
    • Ruler of the galaxy. Heyne SF&F # 3092, 1967.
  • The Girl, The Gold Watch and Everything (1962)
    • The girl, the gold watch and all the rest . Heyne, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-453-06604-9 (former title: Flucht in die Rote Welt , 1970).
  • A Key to the Suite (1962)
  • A Flash of Green (1962)
  • I Could Go On Singing (1963, novel version)
  • On the run. 1963.
  • The Drowner. 1963.
    • Madonna of the Seven Sins . Heyne, Munich 1966.
  • The last one left. 1966.
  • Condominium. 1977.
  • One More Sunday. 1984.
  • Barrier Island. 1986.

Collections

  • End of the Tiger and Other Stories. 1966.
  • S * E * V * E * N (1971)
  • Other Times, Other Worlds (1978)
  • The good old stuff. 1982.
  • Two. 1983.
  • More Good Old Stuff. 1984.
  • The Annex and Other Stories. 1987.

Short stories and short stories

  • The Sign of the Cross (Breezy Stories, October 1945, vol. 55, # 8)
  • Conversation on Deck (The American Courier, January 1946)
  • The Game (The American Courier, February 1946)
  • Cash on the Coffin! (Detective Tales, May 1946)
  • Tiger (Doc Savage [NY: Street & Smith Publications], 1946, vol. 28, # 4, as Peter Reed)
  • A Handful of Death (Doc Savage, June 1946, as Peter Reed)
  • Blame Those Who Die (Short Stories, June 25, 1946)
  • Bury the Pieces! (Dime Mystery, July 1946)
  • The Flying Elephants (Short Stories, July 10, 1946)
  • Interlude in India (Story Magazine, July – August 1946)
  • The Dry Mouth of Danger (Doc Savage, August 1946)
  • The Dead Dream (The Shadow, September 1946)
  • Justice in the Sun (Doc Savage, October 1946)
  • Female of the Species (Dime Detective, October 1946)
  • Get Dressed for Death (Mammoth Mystery, October 1946)
  • The Little People (Doc Savage, November 1946)
  • The Scarred Hand (Doc Savage, November 1946, as John Wade Farrell; also as I Accuse Myself in More Good Old Stuff , 1984)
  • The Startled Face of Death (Doc Savage, November 1946, as Scott O'Hara)
  • The Whispering Knives (The Shadow, November 1946)
  • Coward in the Game (Short Stories, November 25, 1946)
  • Private War (Doc Savage, December 1946)
  • You Got to Have a Good Lip (Esquire, December 1946)
  • Redheads Won't Wait (The Shadow, December 1946, as Peter Reed)
  • I Ain't So Dumb (The Shadow, December 1946, as Robert Henry)
  • A Bat in the Hall (The Shadow, December 1946)
  • Muddy Gun (Best Stories, January 1947)
  • The Hands of an Artist (The Shadow, January 1947)
  • The Fixed Smile of Death (The Shadow, January 1947, as Robert Henry)
  • The Bright Flash of Vengeance (The Shadow, January 1947, as Peter Reed)
  • Eight Dozen Agents (Doc Savage, January 1947)
  • Hole in None (Liberty, Jan. 4, 1947)
  • Dead to the World (Dime Detective, February 1947, also called No Business for an Amateur )
  • Bonded in Death (Doc Savage, February 1947, as Harry Rieser)
  • The Deadly Game of Darts (Doc Savage, February 1947)
  • The Anonymous Letter (The Shadow, February – March 1947)
  • Backlash (The Shadow, February – March 1947, as Peter Reed)
  • Nor Iron Bars (Doc Savage, March – April 1947)
  • You've Got to Be Cold (The Shadow, April – May 1947; also as The Night Is Over in More Good Old Stuff , 1984)
  • The Notched Ears (Best Stories, May 1947)
  • The Pay-Off (Cosmopolitan, May 1947)
  • Suicidal Journey (Dime Detective, June 1947)
  • Crooked Circle (Fight Stories (?), After June 1947)
  • The Pendans Box (Bluebook, July 1947)
  • They Let Me Live (Doc Savage, July – August 1947; also in Good Old Stuff , 1982)
  • To Cut the Cards (Doc Savage, July – August 1947, as Peter Reed)
  • North on the Parkway (Esquire, August 1947)
  • Never Marry Murder (The Shadow, August – September 1947, as Peter Reed)
  • Manhattan Horse Opera (Black Mask, September 1947, also as Heads I Win, Tails You Lose , Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, vol. 21, # 115, June 1953)
  • Design for Dying (Dime Detective, September 1947)
  • The Chinese Pit (Doc Savage, September – October 1947)
  • Oh, give me a hearse! (Dime Detective, October 1947; also as A Place to Live in More Good Old Stuff , 1984)
  • Begin Again (Liberty, November 1947)
  • My Mission Is Murder (Dime Detective, November 1947; also as Death For Sale in More Good Old Stuff , 1984)
  • Or the World Will Die (Doc Savage, November – December 1947)
  • Second Visitor (Doc Savage, November – December 1947, as Peter Reed)
  • Worse Than Murder (Doc Savage, November – December 1947, as Henry Rieser)
  • That Old Gray Train (Super Sports, November - 1947)
  • What About Alice? (The Sign, December 1947)
  • Big John Fights Again (Super Sports, December 1947)
  • Punch Your Way Home (Sports Fiction, December 1947?)
  • Murder in Mind (Mystery Book Magazine, Winter 1947, vol. 6, # 2; also in The Good Old Stuff , 1982)
  • Even Up the Odds (Street & Smith's Detective Story Magazine, January 1948)
  • Come Die with Me! (New Detective, January 1948)
  • Cosmetics (Astounding Science Fiction, February 1948)
  • The Pastel Production Line (Bluebook, February 1948)
  • Pickup (Cosmopolitan, February 1948)
  • High Walls of Hate (Dime Detective, February 1948; also as The High Gray Walls of Hate in More Good Old Stuff , 1984)
  • With Soul So Dead (Dime Detective, March 1948)
  • One Vote for Murder (New Detective, March 1948)
  • Her Black Wings (Shock, March 1948)
  • High Dive to Oblivion (Dime Detective, April 1948)
  • The Corpse Rides at Dawn (Ten-Story Western, April 1948; also in Western of the 40s: Classics from the Great Pulps (ed.): Damon Knight, 1977)
  • With Malise toward all! (Detective Tales [Toronto: Popular Publications, Inc.] 1948, vol. 40, # 4, as John Lane)
  • The Spiralled Myth (Spectator Club, April 1948)
  • The Mechanical Answer (Astounding Science Fiction, May 1948)
  • Death Sleeps Here! (New Detective, May 1948)
  • Blood of the Vixen (Shock, May 1948)
  • Satan's Angel (Shock, May 1948, as Scott O'Hara)
  • The Cold Trail of Death (Doc Savage, May – June 1948)
  • The Tin Suitcase (Doc Savage, May – June 1948, as Peter Reed; also as She Cannot Die in The Good Old Stuff , 1982)
  • Homicidal Hiccup (Detective Tales, June 1948, also in Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Master's Choice Random House, 1979)
  • Call Your Murder Signals! (Dime Detective, June 1948)
  • Venomous Lady (Shock, July 1948)
  • Sepulcher of the Living (Shock, July 1948, as Scott O'Hara)
  • So Sorry (Sports Fiction, July 1948)
  • Cavaliers Make Good Corpses (Dime Detective, August 1948)
  • Loser Take All (Sports Novels, August 1948)
  • Fatal Accident (The Shadow, Fall 1948, also called Never quite tough enough , Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [Holyoke, MA: Davis Publications, Inc.] 1966, vol. 47, # 4)
  • The Case of the Carved Model (Black Mask, September 1948)
  • Nicky and the Tin Finger (Blue Book, September 1948)
  • Red-Headed Bait (Detective Tales, September 1948)
  • Scene of the Crime (Detective Tales, September 1948, as Scott O'Hara)
  • Just a Kill in the Dark (New Detective, September 1948)
  • Trial by Fury (New Detective, September 1948, as Scott O'Hara)
  • Tune in on Station Homicide (New Detective, September 1948, as Peter Reed; also as A Time for Dying In The Good Old Stuff , 1982)
  • Dance of a New World (Astounding Science Fiction, September 1948)
  • Runaway Cleats (Sports Novels, September 1948)
  • Thunder King (Sports Novels, September 1948, as Scott O'Hara)
  • Shenadun (Startling Stories, September 1948)
  • Deep Death (Doc Savage, September – October 1948)
  • My Husband Dies Slowly (Dime Detective, October 1948)
  • They Never Quit (Sports Fiction, October 1948)
  • Death Is the Answer (Thrilling Detective, October 1948)
  • That Mess Last Year (Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1948)
  • School for the Stars (Astounding Science Fiction, October 1948)
  • Blonde Bait for the Murder Master (Crack Detective Stories, November 1948)
  • The Gentle Killer (All Sports, November 1948)
  • Glory Blaster (Sports Novels, November 1948)
  • Ring Around the Redhead (Startling Stories, November 1948)
  • No Grave Has My Love (Dime Detective, December 1948)
  • Buzz-Saw Belter (New Sports, December 1948)
  • A Child Is Crying (Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1948)
  • Successful Season (?, 1948-?)
  • When You Got a Pigeon (The Shadow, December 1948 – January 1949)
  • Hot-Seat on the Aisle (Detective Tales, January 1949)
  • Damsels of the Deep (Dime Detective, January 1949)
  • Take the Bum Out! (Fifteen Sports Stories, January 1949)
  • Three's a Shroud (New Detective, January 1949; also in Saint Detective Magazine [NY: King-Size Publications, Inc.] 1956, vol. 5, # 2; also as Verdict in More Good Old Stuff , 1984)
  • Flaw (Startling Stories, January 1949; also as Fatal Flaw Redbook, 1985, vol. 165, # 6)
  • The Great Stone Death (Weird Tales, January 1949)
  • Blackmail Breeds Bullets (All-Story Detective, February 1949)
  • Killer's Nest (Detective Tales, February 1949; also as Neighborly Interest in More Good Old Stuff , 1984)
  • A Coffin a Day (FBI Detective, February 1949)
  • Fight, Scrub, Fight! (New Sports, February 1949)
  • Killing All Men! (Black Mask, March 1949; also as Deadly Damsel in More Good Old Stuff , 1984)
  • Kiss the Corpse Goodbye (Black Mask, March 1949, as Scott O'Hara)
  • I'll Drown You in My Dreams (Dime Detective, March 1949)
  • Danger - Death Ahead! (New Detective, March 1949)
  • Last Chance Cleats (Sports Novels, March 1949)
  • A Corpse in His Dreams (Mystery Book, Spring 1949; also in More Good Old Stuff , 1984)
  • The Widow Wouldn't Weep (All-Story Detective, April 1949)
  • His Own Funeral (Detective Tales, April 1949, as John Lane)
  • The Corpse Belongs to Daddy (Dime Detective, April 1949)
  • Loot for the Unlucky Lady (FBI Detective, April 1949)
  • Death Quotient (Super Science Stories, April 1949)
  • All Our Yesterdays (Super Science Stories, April 1949, as John Wade Farrell)
  • Delusion Drive (Super Science Stories, April 1949, as Peter Reed)
  • Murder in One Syllable (Black Mask, May 1949)
  • You'll Never Escape (Dime Detective, May 1949; also as State Police Report That ... in More Good Old Stuff , 1984)
  • Get Out of Town (New Detective, May 1949)
  • Immortality (Startling Stories, May 1949)
  • Somebody Has to Do the Job (Toronto Star Weekly, May 14, 1949)
  • But Not to Dream (Weird Tales, May 1949)
  • You Remember Jeanie (Crack Detective Stories, May 1949; also in More Good Old Stuff , 1984)
  • Three Strikes - You're Dead! (All-Story Detective, June 1949)
  • Too Many Sinners (Dime Detective, June 1949)
  • Make Mine Murder! (FBI Detective, June 1949)
  • Like a Keepsake (Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1949)
  • Death Is a Lap Ahead (Adventure, July 1949)
  • Tank-Town Matador (Argosy, July 1949)
  • Heritage of Hate (Black Mask, July 1949, also as Triple Cross , Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine # 125, April, 1954; also as Secret Stain in More Good Old Stuff , 1984)
  • Swing-Time Sucker (Detective Tales, July 1949)
  • A Corpse-Maker Goes Courting (Dime Detective, July 1949; also as Unmarried Widow in More Good Old Stuff , 1984)
  • The Glory Punch (Fifteen Sports Stories, July 1949)
  • Bye, Bye, Backfield (Fifteen Sports Stories, July 1949, as John Wade Farrell)
  • The Thunder Road (Fifteen Sports Stories, July 1949, as Peter Reed)
  • Blue Water Fury (Fifteen Sports Stories, July 1949, as Scott O'Hara; also as The Big Blue in End of the Tiger and Other Stories , 1966; also in The Hilton Bedside Book , Vol. 7, Chicago, 1968)
  • The Cold, Cold Ground (New Detective, July 1949)
  • The Hunted (Super Science Stories, July 1949)
  • Bedside Murder (Mystery Book Magazine, Summer 1949, vol. 8, # 3)
  • Trojan Horse Laugh (Astounding Science Fiction, August 1949)
  • Looie Follows Me (Collier's, August 27, 1949)
  • What Makes Sammy Laugh? (Detective Tales, August 1949)
  • Amphiskios (Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1949)
  • Poor Little Rich Corpse (Detective Tales, September 1949)
  • Murder Run-Around (Dime Detective, September 1949)
  • Mad About Murder (Dime Detective, September 1949, as Scott O'Hara)
  • Six Points to Remember (Fifteen Sports Stories, September 1949)
  • Dead - As in Darling (New Detective, September 1949)
  • A Condition of Beauty (Startling Stories, September 1949)
  • Minion of Chaos (Super Science Stories, September 1949)
  • The Miniature (Super Science Stories, September 1949, as Peter Reed)
  • Blue Stars for a Dead Lady (Detective Tales, October 1949)
  • Target for Tonight (Dime Detective, October 1949)
  • Last Rendezvous (Dime Mystery, October 1949)
  • Warrant for an Old Flame (FBI Detective, October 1949)
  • A Young Man of Promise (Argosy, November 1949)
  • The Durable Corpse (Dime Detective, November 1949)
  • Run the Man Down (Fifteen Sports Stories, November 1949)
  • Hang the Man High! (Fifteen Western Tales, November 1949)
  • Half Past Mayhem (New Detective, November 1949)
  • Appointment for Tomorrow (Super Science Stories, November 1949)
  • The Sleepers (Super Science Stories, November 1949, as John Wade Farrell)
  • Love, Inc. (Today's Woman, November 1949)
  • Case of the Burning Blonde (Detective Tales, December 1949)
  • Take a Powder, Galahad! (Dime Detective, December 1949)
  • Nine Coffins for Rocking H (Dime Western, December 1949)
  • Moonlit Sport (The American Magazine, January 1950)
  • Swing and Slay (Dime Detective, January 1950)
  • Stand Up and Slug! (Fifteen Sports Stories, January 1950)
  • Stop, Look - and Die! (New Detective, January 1950)
  • The First One (Startling Stories, January 1950)
  • Spin, Devil! (Super Science Stories, January 1950, as John Wade Farrell)
  • Spectator Sport (Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1950)
  • The Filly from Philly (Toronto Star Weekly, Feb.25, 1950)
  • Man-Stalk (Argosy, March 1950)
  • The Judas Chick (Detective Tales, March 1950, [vol. 44, # 4]; also as A Trap for the Careless in The Good Old Stuff , 1982)
  • A corpse on me! (Dime Detective, March 1950)
  • Fall Guy (New Detective, March 1950)
  • The Ultimate One (Super Science Stories, March 1950)
  • The Sitting Duck (Detective Tales, April 1950)
  • Blood on the Midway (Dime Detective, April 1950, as Scott O'Hara)
  • Pigskin Patsy (Fifteen-Story Detective, April 1950)
  • The Plunder Five (New Sports, April 1950)
  • Journey for Seven (Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1950)
  • Portrait of a Murderess (Detective Book Magazine, Spring 1950)
  • Breathe No More, My Lovely (Detective Tales, May 1950; also as Breathe No More in The Good Old Stuff , 1982)
  • The Long, Red Night (Detective Tales, May 1950, as John Lane)
  • Night Watch (Detective Tales, May 1950, as Scott O'Hara; also as Check Out at Dawn in The Good Old Stuff , 1982)
  • Yes, Sir, That's My Slay-Babe! (Dime Detective, May 1950)
  • Vanguard of the Lost (Fantastic Adventures, May 1950)
  • Money Green (Fifteen Sports Stories, May 1950)
  • This One Will Kill You (New Detective, May 1950; also as Death Writes the Answer in The Good Old Stuff , 1982)
  • Wine of the Dreamers (Startling Stories, May 1950, magazine version of the novel Wine of the Dreamers , 1951)
  • By the Stars Forgot (Super Science Stories, May 1950)
  • Gift of Darkness (Super Science Stories, May 1950, as Peter Reed)
  • College-Cut Kill (Dime Detective, June 1950) (novelette)
  • Sir Lancelot's Crime Wave (Dime Detective, June 1950, as Scott O'Hara)
  • Dead on the Pin (Mystery Book, summer 1950; also in The Good Old Stuff , 1982)
  • Jukebox Jungle (Black Mask, July 1950)
  • Run, Sister, Run! (Detective Tales, July 1950)
  • Dead Men Don't Scare (Dime Detective, July 1950)
  • Five Star Fugitive (Dime Detective, July 1950, as Scott O'Hara; also as Border Town Girl in Border Town Girl , Popular Library, June 1956)
  • Half-Past Eternity (Super Science Stories, July 1950)
  • Escape to Fear (Super Science Stories, July 1950, as Peter Reed)
  • Make One False Move (Argosy, August 1950)
  • His Fatal Fling (Dime Detective, August 1950)
  • The Lady Is a Corpse! (Detective Tales, September 1950; also as From Some Hidden Grave in The Good Old Stuff , 1982)
  • Exit Smiling (Dime Detective, September 1950)
  • The Homesick Buick (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine # 82, September 1950)
  • Too Early to Tell (Adventure, October 1950)
  • Miranda (Fifteen Mystery Stories, October 1950; also in The Good Old Stuff , 1982)
  • Shadow on the Sand (Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1950)
  • The Paw of the Cat (Detective Tales, November 1950)
  • Tri-Kill Cutie (Dime Detective, November 1950)
  • For Murder - or Worse (New Detective, November 1950)
  • Final Mission (Planet Stories, November 1950)
  • The Big Contest (Worlds Beyond, December 1950, also as The Contest )
  • I Love You (Occasionally) (This Week, December 31, 1950)
  • Death for the Asking (Detective Fiction, January 1951)
  • Susceptibility (Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1951)
  • Hand from the Void (Super Science Stories, January 1951)
  • Destiny Deferred (Super Science Stories, January 1951, as John Wade Farrell)
  • Over My Dead Body! (Detective Tales, February 1951)
  • The Curse of the Star (Short Stories, February 1951)
  • Get Thee Behind Me (Detective Fiction, March 1951)
  • Case of Nerves (Detective Tales, March 1951)
  • The Deadliest Game (Detective Tales, April 1951)
  • Death Is My Comrade (New Detective, April 1951)
  • Salute to Courage (Fifteen Sports Stories, April 1951)
  • Violence Inherited (Detective Fiction, May 1951)
  • Nothing Must Change (Redbook, June 1951)
  • Escape to Chaos (Super Science Stories, June 1951)
  • Cosmic Knot (Super Science Stories, June 1951, as Peter Reed)
  • Path of Glory (Adventure, July 1951)
  • Lay Me Down and Die (Detective Fiction, July 1951)
  • Common Denominator (Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1951)
  • Crime of Omission (Detective Tales, August 1951)
  • Death Runs in the Family (Dime Detective, August 1951)
  • Dateline - Death (New Detective, August 1951)
  • Who Stopped That Clock? (This Week, August 12, 1951)
  • The White Fruit of Banaldar (Startling Stories, September 1951)
  • Big League Busher (Sport Magazine (?), After September 1951)
  • Case of the Gorgeous Gams (Detective Tales, October 1951)
  • The Cloob from Glasgow (Fifteen Sports Stories, October 1951)
  • The Cardboard Star (The American Legion Magazine, December 1951)
  • The Girl Who Wanted Money (Dime Detective, December 1951)
  • The Man Who Died (Toronto Star Weekly, December 15, 1951)
  • Very Junior Miss (McCall's, January 1952)
  • Mr. Killer (Today's Woman, January 1952)
  • Hell's Belter (Fifteen Sports Stories, February 1952)
  • There Comes a Time (Redbook, February 1952)
  • The Feather Wrench (Toronto Star Weekly, Feb.2, 1952)
  • Betrayed (The American Magazine, March 1952, also in Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, 1964, vol. 15, # 2)
  • All That Blood Money Can Buy (Detective Tales, April 1952; also as Murder for Money in The Good Old Stuff , 1982)
  • The Man from Limbo (Dime Detective, April or March 1952)
  • My Brother's Widow (Collier's, March 15, 1952 - April 12, 1952, magazine version of the novel Area of ​​Suspicion , 1954)
  • Refund for Murder (Cosmopolitan, May 1952)
  • Delivery Boy War (Bluebook, August 1952)
  • Who's the Blonde? (Collier's, August 9, 1952)
  • Trap for a Tigress (Dime Detective, August 1952, vol. 67, # 3; also as Noose for a Tigress in The Good Old Stuff , 1982)
  • Hit and Run (Good Housekeeping, August 1952; see Hit and Run in The Saturday Evening Post, September 16, 1961; also in A Treasury of Modern Mysteries , 1973)
  • The Clay Pigeon Shoots Back! (New Detective, August 1952)
  • Elimination Race (Collier's, September 13, 1952)
  • Game for Blondes (Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1952)
  • The Doll (Cosmopolitan, November 1952)
  • Double Harness (Detective Story Magazine, November 1952)
  • Identification (Author's Guild Bulletin, after November 1952)
  • Incubation (in Future Tense , NY: Greenberg Publishers, December 1952)
  • He Knew a Broadway Star (This Week, December 14, 1952)
  • Dead on Christmas Street (Collier's, December 20, 1952)
  • A Good Judge of Men (Argosy, 1952?)
  • A Day in the Sun (Bluebook, February 1953)
  • Forever Yours (McCall's, February 1953)
  • Death's Eye View (New Detective, February 1953)
  • What Are the Symptoms, Dear? (This Week, February 22, 1953)
  • The Second Chance (Bluebook, March 1953)
  • Dead Reckoning (Detective Story Magazine, March 1953)
  • Suspicion Island (Cosmopolitan, May 1953)
  • Labor Supply (Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1953)
  • A Matter of Life and Death (This Week, June 14, 1953)
  • Finders Killers! (Detective Story Magazine, July 1953)
  • He's Not Talking to Me (?, July 1953)
  • A Coffin in His Dreams (Triple Detective, Fall 1953, vol. 9, # 3)
  • The Trouble with Erica (Cosmopolitan, September 1953)
  • The Innocent Victims (Blue Book, November 1953)
  • Night Fright (Cosmopolitan, November 1953)
  • Six Golden Pennies (Cosmopolitan, February 1954)
  • Flight of the Tiger (Collier's, March 5, 1954 - April 2, 1954)
  • She Tried to Make Her Man Behave (This Week, March 7, 1954)
  • The Big Gun (Bluebook, May 1954 [Dayton, OH: Bluebook McCall Corp.] vol. 99, # 1, 1954)
  • The Man Who Almost Blew His Top (This Week, May 30, 1954)
  • Built for Speed (Argosy, June 1954)
  • First Offense (Cosmopolitan, August 1954)
  • The Man Without a Home (This Week, August 22, 1954)
  • I Always Get the Cuties (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1954)
  • The Killer (Manhunt, January 1955)
  • There Hangs Death! (This Week, February 20, 1955; also in Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to be Read with the Door Locked , Random House, 1975)
  • Tournament (Bluebook, April 1955)
  • Deadly Victim (Cosmopolitan, April 1955, magazine version of You Live Once , 1956)
  • The Bear Trap (Cosmopolitan, May 1955)
  • Virus H (Bluebook, June 1955)
  • The Impulse (Cosmopolitan, June 1955)
  • In a Small Motel (Justice, July 1955, vol. 1, # 2)
  • Too Young to Marry (This Week, September 25, 1955)
  • Long Shot (Argosy, October 1955; also In Two , 1983)
  • Scared Money (Justice, October 1955)
  • Man on a High Ledge (Bluebook, November 1955)
  • Neon Jungle (Cavalier [Greenwich, CN: Fawcett Publications, Inc.] 1955, vol. 3, # 30)
  • Jail Bait (Argosy, January 1956; also In Two , 1983)
  • April Evil (Cosmopolitan, January 1956, magazine version of the novel)
  • The Unsuitable Girl (Collier's, February 3, 1956)
  • The Magic Valentines (This Week, February 5, 1956; also as The Fourteenth of February February 1953)
  • Enough to Cure the Blues (Bluebook, March 1956)
  • Don't Get Carried Away (Toronto Star Weekly, March 24, 1956)
  • The Fraud That Paid Off (This Week, April 22, 1956)
  • Squealer (Manhunt, May 1956)
  • The Men Women Marry (Collier's, June 1956)
  • Linda (in Border Town Girl , Popular Library, June 1956, also in Climax [NY: MacFadden Publications, Inc.] 1959)
  • Hangover (Cosmopolitan, July 1956)
  • Hurricane (Redbook, August 1956, magazine version of Murder in the Wind , 1956; also as Florida Keys in Hurricane Alley , Holiday, 1968, vol. 44, # 6)
  • A Criminal Mind (Cosmopolitan, November 1956)
  • Open Before Christmas (Woman's Home Companion, December 1956)
  • Death of a Dealer (This Week,? 1956)
  • The End of Her Life (Cosmopolitan, January 1957, magazine version of the novel Death Trap , 1957)
  • The Rabbit Gets a Gun (Manhunt, January 1957)
  • The Bullets Song (This Week, Jan 6, 1957)
  • The Heat of Money (Cosmopolitan, April 1957, magazine version of The Price of Murder , 1957)
  • The Giant Who Came to Our House (This Week, May 5, 1957)
  • A Romantic Courtesy (Cosmopolitan, July 1957)
  • The Executioners (Ladies Home Journal, October 1957 - November 1957, magazine version of the novel)
  • College Man (Cosmopolitan, February 1958)
  • Black Cat in the Snow (Manhunt, February 1958)
  • Taint of the Tiger (Cosmopolitan, March 1958, magazine version of The Soft Touch , 1958)
  • The Faithless (Redbook, May 1958, magazine version of The Deceivers , 1958)
  • The Knife, the Chain, and the Schoolyard (Ladies Home Journal, May 1958)
  • Man in a Trap (This Week, June 15, 1958) (EQMM, 1958?)
  • The Fast Loose Money (Cosmopolitan, July 1958)
  • Ultimate Surprise (Cosmopolitan, January 1959)
  • Crossroads (Cosmopolitan, June 1959, magazine version of the novel)
  • Honeymoon in the Off Season (Redbook, September 1959)
  • That Strangest Month of All (Family Circle, October 1959)
  • The Tug of Evil (Cosmopolitan, January 1960, magazine version of Slam the Big Door , 1960)
  • The Trap of Solid Gold (Ladies Home Journal, April 1960)
  • End of the Night (Cosmopolitan, May 1960, magazine version of the novel)
  • Where is Janice Gantry? (Cosmopolitan, December 1960, magazine version of the 1961 novel)
  • The Underwater Safari (Blue Book, 1960)
  • Travel Light and Travel Far (Cosmopolitan, January 1961)
  • Kitten on a Trampoline (The Saturday Evening Post, April 8, 1961)
  • A Young Man's Game (Argosy, May 1961)
  • Saturday's Child (McCall's, May 1961)
  • Double, Double (Golf, June 1961)
  • The Tempestuous Career of Molly Murdock (McCall's, July 1961)
  • Sing a Song of Terror (The Saturday Evening Post, September 9, 1961)
  • Hit and Run (The Saturday Evening Post, September 16, 1961; also in A Treasury of Modern Mysteries , 1973; see Hit and Run in Good Housekeeping, August 1952)
  • One Monday We Killed Them All (Cosmopolitan, Nov. 1961, magazine version of the novel)
  • An Island of Her Own (Redbook, February 1962)
  • Where the Body Lies (Cosmopolitan, August 1962, magazine version of the novel On the Run , 1963)
  • The Widow's Estate (Good Housekeeping, October 1962)
  • The Drowner (Cosmopolitan, January 1963, magazine version of the novel)
  • The Obvious Woman (The Saturday Evening Post, March 30, 1963)
  • Funny the Way Things Work Out (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1963)
  • End of the Tiger (This Week, October 20, 1963)
  • The Straw Witch (This Week, January 12, 1964)
  • Blurred View (This Week, Feb. 23, 1964)
  • The Loveliest Girl in the World (This Week, March 15, 1964)
  • Wild, Wonderful Old Man (This Week, March 29, 1964)
  • The Night Jamie Grew Up (This Week, May 24, 1964)
  • A Touch of Miss Mint (This Week, July 19, 1964)
  • A Matter of Trust (Redbook, August 1964)
  • The White Lie (This Week, August 2, 1964)
  • Eyewitness (Argosy, September 1964)
  • Cop rehearsal (Argosy, October 1964)
  • The Legend of Joe Lee (Cosmopolitan, October 1964)
  • Everglades (Venture [Des Moines: Cowles Magazine and Broadcasting Co.] 1965, vol. 2, # 1)
  • Bright Orange Shroud (Cosmopolitan, April 1965, magazine version by Travis McGee # 6)
  • Taste for Mischief (This Week, June 20, 1965)
  • Child Wife (This Week, August 29, 1965)
  • The Girl in the Yellow Suit (This Week, December 19, 1965)
  • Darker Than Amber (Cosmopolitan, April 1966, magazine version by Travis McGee # 7)
  • Funny Man (The Saturday Evening Post, May 21, 1966; also as Afternoon of the Hero in End of the Tiger and Other Stories , 1966)
  • The Quickest Way Home (This Week, June 19, 1966)
  • Triangle (Cavalier, September 1966)
  • One Fearful Yellow Eye (Cosmopolitan, Nov 1966, magazine version by Travis McGee # 8)
  • Quarrel (Playboy, May 1967)
  • The Last One Left (Argosy, July 1967, magazine version of the novel)
  • Little doll and the mousetrap (Rudder [Greenwich, CN: Fawcett Publications, Inc.] 1968, vol. 84, # 1)
  • The Annex (Playboy, May 1968)
  • The Reference Room (in With Malice Toward All , an Anthology of Mystery Stories by Members of the Mystery Writers of America, edited by Robert L. Fish [NY: GP Putnam's Sons, 1968])
  • Last chance to save the Everglades (Life, 1969, vol. 67, # 10)
  • Dear Old Friend (Playboy, April 1970)
  • Double Hannenframmis (Playboy, August 1970)
  • Parody of Spillane (The JDM Bibliophile, August 1970)
  • He Was Always a Nice Boy (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1971)
  • The Random Noise of Love (in S * E * V * E * N , Fawcett Gold Medal, April 1971)
  • The Willow Pool (in S * E * V * E * N , Fawcett Gold Medal, April 1971)
  • Woodchuck (in S * E * V * E * N , Fawcett Gold Medal, April 1971)
  • The Turquoise Lament (Cosmopolitan, March 1974, magazine version by Travis McGee # 15)
  • The Taste of Gravy (Playboy, June 1974)
  • The Dreadful Lemon Sky (Cosmopolitan, September 1975, magazine version by Travis McGee # 16)
  • Finding Anne Farley (in Best Detective Stories of the Year , 1978, also as Ring My Love with Diamonds )
  • Wedding Present (Antæus, Spring / Summer 1977, # 25/26)
  • A Terminal Case (New York, October 3, 1977)
  • Condominium (Book Digest, November 1977, magazine version of the novel)
  • Friend of the Family (September 1978)
  • The Accomplice (in Who Done It? Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, Spring 1980)
  • JR Eats Humble Pie (Panorama, September 1980)
  • The Lad Is Not for Burning (in Bred Any Good Rooks Lately? Doubleday 1986)

Film adaptations

literature

Monographs
  • Etta C. Abrahams: Visions and values ​​in the action detective novel. A study of the works of Raymond Chandler , Kenneth Millar and John D. MacDonald . Dissertation, Michigan State University, Eas Lansing 1973.
  • Frank D. Campbell: John D. MacDonald and the colorful world of Travis MacGee . Borgo Press, San Bernardino, Calif. 1977, ISBN 0-89370-208-0 .
  • David Walker: John D. MacDonald . Hungarian Publ., New York 1982, ISBN 0-8044-2232-X .
  • Edgar W. Hirshberg: John D. MacDonald . Twayne, Boston, Mass. 1985, ISBN 0-8057-7440-8 .
  • Klaus Johansen: John D. MacDonald. En bibliografi . Bibliomanen, Odense 1995, ISBN 87-90011-69-4 .
  • Hugh Merrill: The red hot typewriter. The life and times of John D. MacDonald . Thomas Dunne Books, New York 2000, ISBN 0-312-20905-3 .
  • Lewis D. Moore: Meditations on America. John D. MacDonald's "Travis MacGee-Series" and other fiction . University Press, Bowling Green, Ohio 1994, ISBN 0-87972-663-6 .
  • Walter Shine, Jean Shine: A bibliography of the published works of John D. MacDonald. With selected bibliographical materials and critical essays . University Press, Gainesville, Fla. 1980.
  • Robin W. Winks: Mystery and suspense writers. The literature of crime, detection, and espionage. Volume 1: Margery Allingham to John D. MacDonald . Scribner, New York 1998, ISBN 0-684-80519-7 .
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personal data
SURNAME MacDonald, John D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES MacDonald, John Dann (full name); Farrell, John Wade (pseudonym); Henry, Robert (pen name); Lane, John (pseudonym); O'Hara, Scott (pen name); Reed, Peter (pseudonym); Rieser, Harry (pseudonym); Rieser, Henry (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Sharon, Pennsylvania , USA
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1986
Place of death Milwaukee , USA