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Gilbert John "Gil" Brewer (November 20, 1922 – January 9, 1983) was an American writer of crime novels and short stories. Born on November 20, 1922, in
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, he was the son of Gilbert Thomas Brewer and Ruth Wilhelmina Olschewske. Brewer's father was a writer who also published under the name Gil Brewer, specializing in air adventure stories. The older Brewer is most often remembered for having written "Gorilla of the Gas Bags," the cover story for the rare June 1929 issue of ''Zeppelin Stories.'' After leaving the army at the end of
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, Brewer joined his family, who had settled in
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. There he met Verlaine in 1947 and married her soon after. Brewer started by writing serious novels, but soon turned to pulp paperbacks after a sale to Gold Medal Books in 1950, and afterwards specialized in fast-paced crime novels with a dose of soft-core sexuality. At one point, he had five books on the stands simultaneously. His best-selling book was ''13 French Street'' (1951), which sold over a million copies.David Rachels (2018). , PunkNoirMagazine.com, accessed October 20, 2021 Unwilling to promote himself, his career took a turn for the worse after a mental breakdown, and a long decline into alcoholism. Brewer died on January 9, 1983.


Works

This list does not include most of the many stories where Brewer was published under pseudonyms such as Elaine Evans, Connie Everett, Eric Fitzgerald, Morgana Hill, Jack Holland, Dee Laye, Marc Mixer, Bailey Morgan, Luke Morgann, Frank Sebastian, Alex Sexton, Anita Sultry, Viola Vixen, and more.


Novels

Published as by Gil Brewer. Reprints.


Short story collections

* ''Redheads Die Quickly and Other Stories'' (
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– October 7, 2012) * ''Redheads Die Quickly and Other Stories: Expanded Edition'' (Stark House – March 2019) * ''Death Is a Private Eye: Unpublished Stories of Gil Brewer'' (Stark House – August 2019) * ''Die Once–Die Twice: More Unpublished Stories of Gil Brewer'' (Stark House – January 2020) * ''Death Comes Last: The Rest of the 1950s'' (Stark House – November 2021)


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