Richard Deming

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Richard Deming (born April 25, 1915 in Des Moines , Iowa , USA ; † September 5, 1983 in Ventura , California , USA ) was an American writer.

Life

Deming grew up in St. Louis ( Missouri ) and studied there at the Washington University and received his doctorate at the State University in Iowa City in literary history. He was in the Army from 1941 to 1945 , then secretary to the Red Cross until 1950 . He wrote short stories and 57 detective novels .

Deming served on the board of the Mystery Writers of America from 1976 to 1983 .

He married Ruth DuBois in 1948 and had two daughters.

Works (selection)

  • 1953: Tweak the Devil's Nose . Rinehart, New York
→ as hand-picked to die . Spivak, New York 1956
→ German Bloody Dollars . Lehning, Hanover 1955
→ Eng. No suspicion fell on him . Desch, Munich, Vienna, Basel 1962
  • 1958: Dragnet: The Case of the Courteous Killer . Pocket Books, New York
→ dt. The case of the polite murderer . Heyne, Munich 1962
  • 1959: Dragnet: The Case of the Crime King . Pocket Books, New York
→ dt. The fall of the criminal king . Heyne, Munich 1963
  • 1959: Fall Girl . Zenith, New York
→ as Walk a Crooked Mile . Boardman, London 1959
→ German. On the wrong track . Desch, Munich, Vienna, Basel 1962
  • 1960: Hit and Run . Pocket Books, New York
→ German one after the other . Desch, Munich, Vienna, Basel 1965
  • 1961: Vice Cop . Belmont, New York
→ dt. In the mask of the playboy . Desch, Munich 1965
  • 1962: The Careful Man . WH Allen, London
→ Eng. The last myrtle wreath . Heyne, Munich 1967
  • 1962: Body for Sale . Pocket Books, New York
→ dt. You are too clever, baby! Bastei-Verlag Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1972
  • 1963: Anything But Saintly . Pocket Books, New York
→ dt. The call girl . Desch, Munich 1966
  • 1964: Death of a Pusher . Pocket Books, New York
→ Eng. Speak to me about murder . Heyne, Munich 1966
  • 1964: This Game of Murder . Monarch, Derby, Connecticut 1963
→ German Deadly Games . Desch, Munich 1966

literature

  • Armin Arnold u. a. (Ed.): Reclams Kriminalromanführer . Reclam, Stuttgart 1978, p. 134
  • Art Scott: Richard Deming . In: John M. Reilly (ed.): Twentieth-Century Crime And Mystery Writers . St. James Press, London 1985, pp. 256-259

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personal data
SURNAME Deming, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American short story and detective novel writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Des Moines , Iowa , USA
DATE OF DEATH 5th September 1983
Place of death Ventura , California , USA