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Bill Pronzini Bill Pronzini (born April 13, 1943) is an American writer of detective fiction. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. Pronzini is ...
, American writer.


Novels

*''The Stalker'' (1971) *''Panic'' (1972) *''The Jade Figurine'' (1972) *''Snowbound'' (1974) *''Dead Run'' (1975) *''Freebooty'' (1976) *''Games'' (1976) *''The Running of Beasts'' (1976) (with Barry N. Malzberg) *''Acts of Mercy'' (1977) (with Barry N. Malzberg) *''Wildfire'' (1978) *''Night Screams'' (1979) (with Barry N. Malzberg) *''A Killing in Xanadu'' (1980) *''Prose Bowl'' (1980) (with Barry N. Malzberg) *''The Cambodia File'' (1981) (with Jack Anderson) *''Masques'' (1981) *''Duel at Gold Buttes'' (1981) (with Jeffrey M. Wallmann) *''Border Fever'' (1983) (with Jeffrey M. Wallmann) *''Day of the Moon'' (1983) (with Jeffrey M. Wallmann) *''The Gallows Land'' (1983) *''The Eye'' (1984) (with John Lutz) *''Starvation Camp'' (1984) *''The Lighthouse'' (1986) (with Marcia Muller) *''The Last Days of Horse-Shy Halloran'' (1987) *''Firewind'' (1989) *''The Hangings'' (1989) *''With an Extreme Burning (aka The Tormentor)'' (1994) *''Blue Lonesome'' (1995) *''A Wasteland of Strangers'' (1997) *''Nothing But the Night'' (1999) *''In an Evil Time'' (2001) *''Step to the Graveyard Easy'' (2002) *''The Alias Man'' (2004) *''The Crimes of Jordan Wise'' (2006) *''The Other Side of Silence'' (2008) *''The Hidden'' (2010) *''The Violated'' (2017) *''Give-A-Damn Jones'' (2018) *''The Peaceful Valley Crime Wave'' (2019) ;Carpenter and Quincannon Mysteries #''Quincannon'' (1985) #''Beyond the Grave'' (1986) (with Marcia Muller) #''Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services'' (1998, short stories) #''Quincannon's Game'' (2005) #''The Bughouse Affair'' (2013) (with Marcia Muller) #''The Spook Lights Affair'' (2013) (with Marcia Muller) #''The Body Snatchers Affair'' (2015) (with Marcia Muller) #''The Plague of Thieves Affair'' (2016) (with Marcia Muller) #''The Dangerous Ladies Affair'' (2017) (with Marcia Muller) #''The Bags of Tricks Affair'' (2018) #''The Flimflam Affair'' (2019) #''The Stolen Gold Affair'' (2020) #''The Paradise Affair'' (2021) ;Nameless Detective #''The Snatch'',
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1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
) #''The Vanished'',
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1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
) #''Undercurrent'', Random House, (
1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
) #''Blowback'', Random House, (
1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...
) #''Twospot'', Putnam, (
1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
), (with Collin Wilcox) #''Labyrinth'', St. Martin's, (
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
) #''Hoodwink'', St. Martin's, (
1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...
) #''Scattershot'', St. Martin's, (
1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...
) #''Dragonfire'', St. Martin's, (
1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...
) #''Bindlestiff'', St. Martin's, (
1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...
) #''Case File'' (short stories), St. Martin's, (
1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...
) #''Quicksilver'', St. Martin's, (
1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
) #''Nightshades'', St. Martin's, (
1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
) #''Double'', St. Martin's, (
1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
), (with
Marcia Muller Marcia Muller (born September 28, 1944) is an American author of mystery and thriller novels. Muller has written many novels featuring her ''Sharon McCone'' female private detective character. ''Vanishing Point'' won the Shamus Award for '' ...
) #''Bones'', St. Martin's, (
1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...
) #''Deadfall'', St. Martin's, (
1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...
) #''Shackles'', St. Martin's, (
1988 1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the Morris worm, 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United State ...
) #''Jackpot'', Delacorte, (
1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...
) #''Breakdown'', Delacorte, (
1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...
) #''Quarry'', Delacorte, (
1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...
) #''Epitaphs'', Delacorte, (
1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...
) #''Demons'', Delacorte, (
1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...
) #''Hardcase'', Delacorte, (
1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
) #''Spadework'' (short stories),
Crippen & Landru Crippen & Landru Publishers is a small publisher of mystery fiction collections, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1994 by husband and wife Sandi and Douglas G. Greene in Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk ( ) is an indepen ...
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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
) #''Sentinels'',
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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
) #''Illusions'', Carroll & Graf, (
1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...
) #''Boobytrap'', Carroll & Graf, (
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
) #''Crazybone'', Carroll & Graf, (
2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
) #''Bleeders'', Carroll & Graf, (
2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
) #''Spook'', Carroll & Graf, (
2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...
) #''Scenarios'' (short stories), Forge Books, (
2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
) #''Nightcrawlers'', Forge Books, (
2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
) #''Mourners'', Forge Books, (
2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...
) #''Savages'', Forge Books, (
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
) #''Fever'', Forge Books, (
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
) #''Schemers'', Forge Books, (
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
) #''Betrayers'', Forge Books, (
2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
) #''Camouflage'', Forge Books, (
2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
) #''Hellbox'', Forge Books, (
2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
) #''Kinsmen'', (novella), Cemetery Dance Publications, (
2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
) #''Femme'', (novella), Cemetery Dance Publications, (
2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
) #''Nemesis'', Forge Books, (
2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
) #''Strangers'', Forge Books, (
2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
) #''Vixen'', Forge Books, (
2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
) #''Zigzag'' (collection) Forge Books, (
2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
) #''Endgame'', Forge Books, (
2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
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Short story collections

*''Graveyard Plots'' (1985) *''Small Felonies'' (1988) *''The Best Western Stories of Bill Pronzini'' (1991) *''Stacked Deck'' (1991) *''Criminal Intent 1'' (1993) *''Carmody's Run (A Short Novel Plus Three)'' (1993) *''Duo'' (with Marcia Muller) (1998) *''Carpenter and Quincannon: Professional Detective Services'' (1998) *''Sleuths'' (1999) *''Oddments'' (2000) *''More Oddments'' (2001) *''All the Long Years (Western Stories)'' (2001) *''Problems Solved'' (with Barry N Malzberg) (2003) *''Burgade's Crossing'' (2003) *''On Account of Darkness and Other SF Stories'' (with Barry N Malzberg) (2004) *''Coyote and Quarter-Moon'' (2006) *''Crucifixion River (Western Stories)'' (with Marcia Muller) (2007) *''Dago Red'' (2010) *''The Cemetery Man'' (2014) *''Zigzag'' (2016) *''A Little Red Book of Murder Stories'' (2016) *''Small Felonies 2'' (2022) *''High Concepts (Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories)'' (2023) *''Cream of the Crop: Best Mystery & Suspense Stories of Bill Pronzini'' (2024) *''The Hanging Man and Other Western Stories'' (2024)


As William Hart Davis

*''Charlie Chan in The Pawns of Death'' (with Jeffrey Wallmann) (2002)


As Jack Foxx

*''The Jade Figurine'' (1972) *''Incident in Three Crossings'' (Short Story) (1974) *''Dead Run'' (1975) *''Freebooty'' (1976) *''Wildfire'' (1978)


As William Jeffrey

*''Duel at Gold Buttes'' (1981) (with Jeffrey Wallmann) *''Border Fever'' (1983) (with Jeffrey Wallmann) *''Day of the Moon'' (1983) (with Jeffrey Wallmann)


As Alex Saxon

*''A Run in Diamonds'' (1973) *''The Dying Time'' (1999)


Non-fiction

*''Gun in Cheek: An Affectionate Guide to the Worst in Mystery Fiction'' (1982) *''1001 Midnights'' (1986) (with Marcia Muller) *''Son of Gun in Cheek: An Affectionate Guide to More of the "Worst" in Mystery Fiction'' (1987) *''Six Gun in Cheek: An Affectionate Guide to the "Worst" in Western Fiction'' (1997)


Anthologies

*''Tricks and Treats'' (1976) (with Joe Gores) *''Midnight Specials'' (1977) *''Mystery Writers' Choice'' (1977) (with Joe Gores) *''Dark Sins, Dark Dreams: Crime in Science Fiction'' (1978) (with Barry N Malzberg) *''The End of Summer: Science Fiction of the Fifties'' (1979) (with Barry N Malzberg) *''Shared Tomorrows'' (1979) (with Barry N Malzberg) *''Night Screams'' (1979) (with Barry N Malzberg) *''Werewolf!'' (1979) *''Bug-Eyed Monsters'' (1980) (with Barry N Malzberg) *''The Edgar Winners'' (1980) *''Voodoo!'' (1980) *''Mummy! A Chrestomathy of Cryptology'' (1980) *''The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural'' (1981) (with Martin H Greenberg & Barry N Malzberg) *''Creature!: A Chrestomathy of Monstery'' (1981) *''Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense'' (1981) (with Martin H Greenberg & Barry N Malzberg) *''The Arbor House Necropolis'' (1981) *''The Giant Book of Horror Stories'' (1981) (with Martin H Greenberg & Barry N Malzberg) *''The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense'' (1982) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Specter!'' (1982) *''Arbor House Treasury of Detective and Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps'' (1983) *''The Web She Weaves'' (1983) (with Marcia Muller) *''The Mystery Hall of Fame: An Anthology of Classic Mystery and Suspense Stories Selected by Mystery Writers of America'' (1984) *''The Western Hall of Fame: An Anthology of Classic Western Stories Selected by the Western Writers of America'' (1984) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Child's Ploy'' (1984) (with Marcia Muller) *''The Outlaws'' (1984) *''The Reel West'' (1984) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Witches' Brew: Horror and Supernatural Stories by Women'' (1984) (with Marcia Muller) *''13 Short Mystery Novels'' (1985) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Chapter and Hearse'' (1985) (with Marcia Muller) *''The Cowboys'' (1985) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''The Ethnic Detectives: Masterpieces of Mystery Fiction'' (1985) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''The Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories'' (1985) *''Dark Lessons: Crime And Detection On Campus'' (1985) (with Marcia Muller) *''She Won the West'' (1985) (with Marcia Muller) *''The Warriors'' (1985) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Deadly Arts'' (1985) (with Marcia Muller) *''The Second Reel West'' (1985) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Murder in the First Reel'' (1985) (Martin H Greenberg & Charles G Waugh) *''Wickedest Show on Earth'' (1985) (with Marcia Muller) *''Women Sleuths'' (1985) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Mystery in the Mainstream: An Anthology of Literary Crimes'' (1986) (with Martin H Greenberg & Barry N Malzberg) *''Tales of the Dead'' (1986) *''Great Modern Police Stories'' (1986) *''Railroaders'' (1986) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Steamboaters'' (1986) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''The Third Reel West'' (1986) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''The Cattlemen'' (1986) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Tales of Mystery'' (1986) *''101 Mystery Stories'' (1986) *''Wild Westerns'' (1986) *''Prime Suspects'' (1987) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Manhattan Mysteries'' (1987) (with Martin H Greenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh) *''Horse Soldiers'' (1987) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Uncollected Crimes'' (1987) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Suspicious Characters'' (1987) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''The Gunfighters'' (1987) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''13 Short Detective Novels'' (1987) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Criminal Elements'' (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Cloak and Dagger: A Treasury of 35 Great Espionage Stories'' (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''The Texans'' (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Best of the West: Stories That Inspired Classic Western Films'' (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Homicidal Acts'' (1988) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Felonious Assaults'' (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Kill or Cure: Suspense Stories About the World of Medicine'' (1989) (with Marcia Muller) *''More Wild Westerns'' (1989) *''Californians'' (1989) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''The Arizonans'' (1989) *''Deadly Doings'' (1989) *''Best of the West 3: More Stories That Inspired Classic Western Films'' (1990) *''The Northerners'' (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''The Best of the West II: The Stories That Inspired Classic Western Films'' (1990) *''The Northwesterners'' (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Christmas Out West'' (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Crime and Crime Again: Unexpected Mystery Stories by the World's Great Writers'' (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg & Barry N Malzberg) *''Classic Tales of Horror and the Supernatural'' (1991) *''A Treasury of Civil War Stories'' (1991) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''A Treasury of World War II Stories'' (1991) *''Combat!: Great Tales of World War II'' (1992) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Night Freight'' (1992) *''Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural'' (1994) (with Martin H Greenberg & Barry N Malzberg) *''Great Tales of the West'' (1994) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Hard-boiled'' (1994) (with Jack Adrian) *''A Century of Mystery: 1980-1989'' (1997) (with Marcia Muller) *''Giant Book of Private Eye Stories'' (1997) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Giant Book of Short Crime Stories'' (1997) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Giant Book of War Stories'' (1997) (with Martin H Greenberg) *''Detective Duos'' (1997) (with Marcia Muller) *''Duo'' (1998) (with Marcia Muller) *''Heading West'' (1999) *''Pure Pulp'' (1999) (with Ed Gorman)


Short fiction

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