Crime Fiction IV: A Comprehensive Bibliography 1749-2000
by Allen J. Hubin


Addenda to the Revised Edition.

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                                  (with many thanks as usual to John Herrington)


AHRENS, F. G. Delete. (No clear indication that this is the real name of Walter Brugge-Vallon, in CFIV.)
 
ALVERSON, CHARLES (ELGIN). 1935-2020. Died in the village of Parage in Serbia. (Adding the middle name and death date and place for the author of three novels in CFIV.)

ANDREWS, C. C. Said to be Miss C. C. Andrews, also said to be the pseudonym of Catherine March, born in Zimbabwe and then living in England. (Adding information about the author of the 1907 novel “The House of Murgatroyd” in CFIV, and a further title linked to this byline.)
Wedded Hands. Stevens, 1887

ANDREWS, R. D. Linking this entry in CFIV to ANDREWS, (CHARLES) ROBERT D(OUGLAS HARDY), 1903-1976. (Connecting two entries for the same author.)

ANDREWS, SARAH [SARAH ANDREWS BROWN]. 1951-2019. Died with her family in a plane crash in Chadron, Nebraska. (Adding the death date and place for the author of six novels in CFIV.)

ANSTEY, JOHN. Pseudonym. (Adding a byline and title not in CFIV.)
    The Jockey’s Betrayal. Federation pb, 1927 (This was reprinted as “When Crook Meets Crook” (1931) as by John Artey, separately listed in CFIV, and then as “Unmasked” (1936) as by A. J. Harte, also separately listed in CFIV.)

ARBUTHNOT, K(ATHLEEN) P(HYLLIS). Born Kathleen Phyllis Sheppard in London; married Hugh F. Arbuthnot in 1928; died in Wiltshire, England. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1936 novel “…And Hang Him” in CFIV.)

ARESBYS, THE. Helen Rose Bamberger, 1888-1940, and Raymond Steven Bamberger, 1877-1957. (Adding the corrected dates for the co-authors of three novels in CFIV under the joint pseudonym.)

BACZEWSKI, JANICE K. J. 1947-2011. Died in Everett, Washington. (Adding the corrected birth year and death date and place for the author of the 1995 novel “Winter of the Raven” in CFIV under the pseudonym Janice Kay Johnson.)

BAKER, LEDRU (SHOOPMAN), JR. (Adding a title for the author of three novels in CFIV.)
    Brute Madness. Novel Book pb, 1963

BAMBERGER, HELEN ROSE. 1888-1940. Born in Ohio; buried in Arlington, Virginia. (Adding the corrected dates and biographical details for the co-author with husband Raymond S(teven) Bamberger of three novels in CFIV under the joint pseudonym The Aresbys, and one, “The Crystal Pagoda”, 1930, under the pseudonym Helen Berger.)

BAMBERGER, RAYMOND S(TEVEN). 1877-1957. Born in Louisville, Kentucky; served in U.S. Army, 1898-1941; died in New Canaan, Connecticut; married Helen Rose Bamberger (1888-1940) in Riverside, California. (Adding corrected dates and biographical details for the co-author with his wife of three novels in CFIV under the joint pseudonym The Aresbys.)

BARNETT, PAUL. 1949-2020. Died in Hewitt, New Jersey. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1994 novel “Judge Dredd: The Hundredfold Problem” in CFIV under the pseudonym John Grant.)

BAULSIR, EDITH. 1886-1951. (Correcting the birth date, from her gravestone, of the author of the 1921 novel “Within These Walls” in CFIV.)

BEATON, M. C.  Marion C. Gibbons, 1936-2019. (Adding the death date of the author of numerous titles in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

BERGER, HELEN. Helen Rose Bamberger, 1888-1930. (Adding the corrected dates for the author of the 1930 novel “The Crystal Pagoda” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

BILLINGS, CAROL. 1935-2018. (Adding the real name and dates of the author of the 1967 novel “The Cruel Legacy” in CFIV under the pseudonym Laura Hope Hudson.)
 
BLOXHAM, PETER. Journalist is Sheffield, England, in 1950s/1960; died in Paignton, Devon. (Adding a corrected entry—no middle name—for the author of two novels in CFIV.)

BLUM, (DR.) RICHARD H(OSMER ADAMS). 1927-2016. He was last living in Redwood City, California, and the death date from a findagrave entry has strangely resisted confirmation. (Adding the apparent death date and place for the author of the 1968 novel “Death and Festivals” in CFIV.)

BOJER, JOHANN. 1872-1956. Novelist and dramatist. (Adding a byline and title not in CFIV.)
    -The Power of a Lie. Heinemann, 1908 [Norway] (Translation of “Troens Magt”, 1905, Norway.) Film: Universal, 1922 (scw: Charles Kenyon; dir: George Archainbaud)
 
BOLTON, GUY REGINALD. 1882-1979. Birth registered Hertfordshire as St. George Guy R. Bolton. (Correcting the birth year and adding biographical details for the author of three titles in CFIV.)
 
BOLTON, SIDNEY. At the time was said to be the pseudonym of a woman writer from Cambridge. (Adding information about the identity of the author of the 1892 novel “Lord Wastwater” in CFIV.)

BOOKLUCK, LAURIE [LAWRENCE MICHAEL BOOKLUCK]. 1929-    . (Adding the full name and birth date of the co-author with Debra Adelaide of the 1993 title ”Headlines” in CFIV.)

BOUCHIER, WILLIAM (WALLACE). 1884-1943. A journalist born in Lancashire, England, and died in London. (Adding a more likely prospect as author of three 1930s novels in CFIV.)

BOYNE, WALTER J(AMES). 1929-2020. Wikipedia has him living in Ashburn, Virginia, but peoplefinders has him more recently in Silver Spring, Maryland. (Adding the death date and information about the place of death for the author of the 1989 novel “-Trophy of Eagles” in CFIV.)

BOYNTON, JUDY. Lived on Mercer Island, Washington, for three decades (up to 1980); member of writers organizations including MWA; author of a commissioned biography of Seattle pioneer Laurence Colman and a Lorimar video, “Echoes in Crimson”; otherwise untraceable in bibliographic references, so probably the pseudonym of Joan Mary Boynton, 1917-2011, born Joan Mary Bliss in Los Angeles and married to Robert Louis Boynton in 1935 and died in Mercer Island. (Adding information about the author of the 1980 novel “Guardian of Innocence” in CFIV.)

BRADLEY, A(RTHUR)  W(ILLIAM). 1871-1925. Born in Dagenham, Essex, England; died in London. (Adding the full name and dates and biographical details for the author of four titles in CFIV.)

BRANDON,  MARGARET. 1860-1951. Born in London as Constance Margaret Brandon; actress and song writer; married to and divorced from Charles Adolphe Becker; then married to Clement Scott; died in Surrey as Margaret C. Scott. (Adding dates and biographical details for the author of the 1892 novel “Hypnotized” in CFIV.)

BRAY, ARTHUR. Pseudonym of (Arthur) Vivian Brew Mulhallen, 1874-1942; born and died in Wicklow, Ireland; lived most of his life in the town of Bray. (Adding the real name and biographical details for the author of the 1913 novel “The Clue of the Postage Stamp” in CFIV.)

BRENNER, MARLENE. Born Marlene Scommodau in New York; married Francis E. Shea in 1936 and then Arthur Brenner in 1947; died in Los Angeles. (Adding biographical details for the author of five plays in CFIV.)

BRENT, LYNTON WRIGHT. Actor and writer; born in Chicago; died in Los Angeles. (Adding biographical details for the author of five novels in CFIV.)

BRENTANO, LOWELL. Graduated from Harvard and joined the family publishing firm; author of plays, movie scripts, articles and novels; died in New York City. (Adding further biographical details for the co-author with Fulton Oursler of the 1926 play “The Spider” in CFIV.)

BREW MULHALLEN, (ARTHUR) VIVIAN. 1874-1942. (Adding the real name and dates of the author of the 1913 novel “The Clue of the Postage Stamp” in CFIV under the pseudonym Arthur Bray.)

BRILEY, JOHN (RICHARD). 1925-2019. Died in England. (Adding the death date and place for the author of two novels in CFIV.)

BRITTON, ANNE. 1929-1976. Born in Croydon, England; married Eric Bruton in 1950 but retained her maiden name, and died in 1976. (Adding biographical details for the co-author with Barry Cork identified in the Catherine Dillon entry in New Addenda)
   
BROWN, CARNABY. Pseudonym of Christopher G. Johnson; see also: Nat Easton. (Correcting the real name of the author of two novels in CFIV.)

BRUEGGE-VALLON [BRUGGE-VALLON], WALTER. Delete reference to F. G. Ahrens; no sign of the author or book in the German national library, but the copyright register has him living in Schierstein am Rhein, Germany, in 1913. (Adding information about the 1914 novel “That Strange Affair” and its author in CFIV.)

BRYSON, MADELENE (S.). Born in Boston, Massachusetts, as Madelene Rose Sullivan; a schoolteacher; married Edward N. Bryson; died in Quincy, Massachusetts. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1977 novel “The Hitch-Hike Murders” in CFIV.)
 
BUCHANAN, MADELEINE SHARPS. [Born Madeleine Twining Sharps]. 1886-1940. (Confirming the birth year of the author of six novels in CFIV.)

BUCKLEY, RAMSDEN. Might have been Reginald Ramsden Buckley, 1883-1919, who also wrote under that name, rather than the 1870-1922 Ramsden Buckley cited in CFIV. (Adding another possibility for the authorship of the 1899 collection “A Mistaken Identity.”)

BULLOCK, LOTTE. She was born Charlotte Sara Schneller in Berlin, was a refugee in England and married Michael Bullock in Abergavenny in 1941; died in London. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1970 novel “Aquarius Angel” in CFIV.)

BUNN, THOMAS. (Correcting the series character in the 1977 novel in CFIV.)
    Closet Bones. Delete SC Jack Bodine

BURDEN, PAT. She was born in Birmingham, England, and lives in Herefordshire. (Adding biographical details for the author of four novels in CFIV.)

BURDEN, PETER (HENRY). Born in Surrey, England; living in Ludlow, Shropshire. (Adding the middle name and correcting biographical details for the author in CFIV for the 1990 novel “Warrior’s Son” and eight novels ghostwritten under the name John Francome.)

BURNS, MARY LOVELAND. 1895-1967. Died in New Jersey. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1944 novel “Murder at Crawford Notch” in CFIV.)

BURNS, RICHARD. Pseudonym of Fay Goldie, 1904-1993. (Adding the real name of the author of the 1943 novel in CFIV and its setting.)
    The Broadvlei Mystery. [Rhodesia]

CABOT, ISABEL. Isabel Capeto, 1925-2018. (Adding the death date of the author of four novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

CADDY, LEONARD H(ENRY). 1929-2020. Born in Stevning, Sussex, England; died in Brighton. (Adding the death date and place and biographical details for the author of the 1981 play “Jekyll and Hyde” in CFIV.)
 
CALDWELL, BETTY [BETTY CALDWELL JOHNSTON]. Possibly the Betty Louise Caldwell born in 1938 who married Robert Osteen in 1959 and then Donald D. Johnston in 1970; was living in South Carolina, then New Jersey, now Hilton Head, South Carolina. (Adding possible identity of the author of the 1981 novel “The Vanderleigh Legacy” in CFIV.)

CALL, VELVA L. Born Velva Lois Jenkins in Lind, Wisconsin; married Robert Acker in the 1940s and then Franklin O. Call, in 1955; died in Cary, North Carolina. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1986 title “Who Killed the Quarterback” in CFIV under the pseudonym Val Call.)

CALNAN, T(HOMAS) D(ANIEL). 1915-1981. Died in Zinal, Switzerland. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1973 novel “The Reluctant Spy” in CFIV.)

CAPETO, ISABEL. 1925-2018. Graduate of St. Anne’s School of Nursing, with a B.S. from Providence College; retired from St. Anne’s as a registered nurse and assistant hospital administrator; born and died in Fall River, Massachusetts. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of four novels in CFIV under the pseudonym Isabel Cabot and one under her own name.)
 
CHESNEY, MARION. Marion C. Gibbons, 1936-2019. (Adding the death date of the author of two novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

CHESTER, SARAH.  Marion C. Gibbons, 1936-2019. (Adding the death date of the author of the 1989 novel “Dancing on the Wind” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

CLARK, (HERBERT) EDWARD. 1911-1977. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland; died in Surrey, England. (Adding the corrected name, dates and biographical details for the author of the 1973 novel “The Best Will Always Do” in CFIV.)

CLARK, MARY HIGGINS. 1927-2020. Died in Naples, Florida. (Adding the death date and place for the author of numerous titles in CFIV.)

CLEMENTS, COLIN (CAMPBELL). Died in Philadelphia. (Adding the place of death for the co-author of 9 titles in CFIV.)
 
COPPEN, W. J. Newspapers in the 1880s/1890s refer to such a person as manager of the Premier Cycling Club, but the actual manager was William Isaac Coppen, 1839-1902, who might have been (despite the middle name problem) the author of the 1880 cycling collection “Romances of the Wheel” under the byline W. J. C. An Old Rider.)
 
CORDEUX, KATE MARION. 1861-1962. Born in Bristol, England, and died in Watford. (Adding the corrected dates and biographical details for the author of two novels in CFIV under the pseudonym Daniel Dormer.)

CREW, TERESA AMMONS. 1954-   . Born Teresa Lynn Ammons in Gastonia, North Carolina; has a Ph.D. in creative writing; living in Fort Mill, South Carolina. (Adding the real name and biographical details for the author of the 1997 play “Murder at Morose Place” in CFIV under the pseudonym Teresa Huffstetler.)

CRONIN. BRENDON LEO. Thus was his birth registered; apparently Michael and T. M. were not birth names, though his son-in-law has claimed Michael Brendon Leo Cronin was his full name; Brendon is sometimes spelled Brendan; the son-in-law also indicated Cronin was educated at Queen’s College, Dublin, and served in the Royal Air Force, the provost branch and the special branch. Pseudonym: M. E. Miles, q.v. (Adding further information about the author also in CFIV as Michael Cronin and David Miles.)

CRONIN, MICHAEL. Pseudonym: M. E. Miles. (Adding a further pseudonym for the author of numerous titles in CFIV.)

DALTON, MORAY. (Adding series character information for several titles.)
    The Body in the Road. SC: Hermann Glide
    Death in the Cup. SC: Hermann Glide
    The Night of Fear. SC (also): Hermann Glide

DAWN, CONRAD. (Adding a title for an author not in CFIV, possibly Conrad (William) Dawn, 1933-2002.)
    Too Much Broad. Novel Book pb, 1961

DEXTER, JOHN. (Adding a title for the house name in CFIV with 6 novels.)
    Nylon Passport. Ember Library, pb, 1966 [Buenos Aires] (by Arthur Jean Cox, 1929-2016)

DONALD, STUART. The author once lived in Lerwick on the Shetland Island, and the 1936-2000 dates in CFIV may not be correct. (Adding a note on the author of two novels in CFIV.)

DONNE, MAXIM. Pseudonym of Elizabeth Magda MacFarlane, 1919-1996. (Adding the real name and dates of the author of two 1960s novels in CFIV.)

DORMER, DANIEL Kate Marion Cordeux, 1861-1962. (Adding the corrected dates for the author of two novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

DUKE, MADELAINE. Pseudonym of Elizabeth Magda MacFarlane, nee Herzog, formerly Harling, 1919-1996; born in the Ukraine, came to England by 1939; married Ronald G. Harling in 1940 in Hampshire; then doctor Alexander MacFarlane in Scotland in 1948; moved to Sussex and then Spain, where she died; qualified as a doctor. (Adding corrected biographical details for the author of 5 novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

DUNCAN, W(ILLIAM) GLENN. 1940-2019. Died in Australia. (Adding the death date and place for the author of six novels in CFIV.)

EASTON, NAT. Pseudonym of Christopher G. Johnson, who once lived in Lydd on Sea, Kent, England. (Correcting the identity of the author of 11 novels in CFIV under the pseudonym; see also: Carnaby Brown.)

FLEISCHER, LEONORE. Born Leonore S. Glickman in New York; married Lawrence Fleischer in New York in 1955. (Adding biographical details for the author of four titles under this name in CFIV and others under pseudonyms.)

FONTANA, D(OROTHY) C(ATHERINE). 1939-2019. This television screenwriter and story editor was born in New Jersey and died in Los Angeles. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of the 1974 novelization “The Questor Tapes” in CFIV.)

FORREST, H. J. Elinor Caroline Hussey, 1941-2017. (Adding the death date of the author of two novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

FOWLER, HELEN (MARJORIE). (Adding the U.S. edition of a 1961 novel in CFIV.)   
The Blazing Straw. Macmillan, 1962

GARNETT, HENRIETTA (CATHERINE VANESSA). 1945-2019. Died in Sussex, England. (Adding the death date and place for the author in CFIV for the 1986 novel “-Family Skeletons.”

GAT, DIMITRI (VSEVOLOD). (Adding a note about the 1983 novel in CFIV.)
    Nevsky’s Demon. This was withdrawn by the publisher because it was a plagiarization of John D. MacDonald’s “The Dreadful Lemon Sky”.

GIBBONS, MARION C. 1936-2019. Died in the Cotswolds, England. (Adding the death date and place for the author of numerous tiles in CFIV under several bylines.)

GLYNN, A(NTHONY) A(RTHUR). 1929-2019. Died in England. (Adding the death date of the author of two novels in CFIV under house names.)

GOFF, JERRY M(ARTIN), JR. (Adding a further title for the author with numerous novels in CFIV.)
    The Grateful Mistress. Merit pb, 1960

GOLDIE, FAY. 1904-1993. Probably born in South Africa; died in London, England. (Adding the real name and dates and biographical details for the author of the 1943 novel “The Broadvlei Mystery” in CFIV under the pseudonym Richard Burns.)

GOLDMAN, RAYMOND LESLIE. 1895-1959. (Confirming the death date in Nashville, Tennessee, of the author of 9 novels in CFIV.)

GORDON, FRITZ. Fred(erick) G(ordon) Jarvis, Jr., 1930-2015. (Adding the death date of the co-author with Robert F. Van Beever of two 1960s novels in CFIV under the joint pseudonym.)
 
GOVAN, ALLAN (TURNBULL?). 1877(?)-1938(?). (Adding the probable middle name and dates of the person born in Scotland and died there in Pittenween, Fife, and listed in CFIV for the 1944 anthology, “Pearls of Death and other stories”, which as such doesn’t qualify for inclusion in the bibliography.)

GRADY, FRANK P. 1903-1947(?). Former truck driver and professional ball player; received degrees at Fordham University and taught there and at a NYC high school. (Adding biographical details and birth year and probable death year of the author of the 1937 novel “Sergeant Death” in CFIV.)

GRANT, JOHN. Paul Barnett, 1949-2020. (Adding the death date of the author of the 1994 novel “Judge Dredd: The Hundredfold Problem” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

GRAVES, HILDAGARD BARMETTLER BUCKETTE. 1926-    . Living in Elk, California. (Correcting the birth year in Switzerland and adding the residence of the author of three novels in CFIV under the pseudonym Mara Rostov.)
 
GRAY, OSCAR.      -1930. Died in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France. (Adding the death date and place for the author of two 1920s novels in CFIV.)

GREENFIELD, JOHN. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of a pamphlet in CFIV and correcting its publication date.)
    Death in the Library. Kangaroo pb, 1943

GROSSO, SONNY [SALVATORE GROSSO]. 1930-2020. Died in New York City. (Adding the death date and place for the co-author with Philip Rosenberg of the 1978 novel “Point Blank” in CFIV.)

HADDAM, JANE. Orania Papazoglou, 1951-2019. (Adding the death date of the author of numerous titles in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

HARDINGE, REX. (Adding information about two novels in CFIV.)
    Murder on the Veld. SC: Major Moffat and son Dan (a reissue of Hardinge’s 1947 novel “The Secret of the Veld” with the characters changed)
    The Secret of the Sheba. SC: Major Moffat and son Dan (a reissue of one of Hardinge’s Sexton Blake novels, possibly “The Case of the Stolen Mine”, with the characters changed)
 
HARRELL, MARK D. Career Special Forces Officer; served in Korea, Fort Bragg, and Bad Toelz, Germany; in 1992 serving in the 3rd Battalion 12TH Special Forces Group (Airborne) and living in California. (Adding biographical details for the author of four novels in CFIV.)

HARTSHORNE. (Dr.) Richard H(osmer Adams) Blum, 1927-2016. (Adding the apparent death date of the author of three novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

HEALEY, BEN(JAMIN JAMES). 1908-1993.  Died in Wandsworth, London, England. (Adding the corrected death date and place for the author of 13 novels in CFIV.)

HEINEMANN, LARRY (CURTISS). 1944-2019. Died in Bryan, Texas. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1992 novel “Cooler by the Lake” in CFIV.)

HEWLETT, (HENRY) WILLIAM. 1878-1956. Died in Northwood, Middlesex, England. (Adding the death date and place for the author of 11 novels in CFIV.)

HILL, DOROTHY (ELIZABETH). Was first married 1903-1915 to Harold Edward Monro. (Adding a further biographical note for the author of the 1938 novel “The Big Spy Plot” in CFIV.)

HOLT, LEYDEN. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline for the 1954 novel “Murder at Sea” in CFIV.)

HOLZER, ERIKA. 1935-2019. Died in Palm Desert, California. (Adding the death date and place for the author of two novels in CFIV.)

HOPPER, ELAINE (ANN). Born in Cincinnati, Ohio; has a degree in accounting and an MBA from Nova Southeastern University; also writes under pseudonyms Renee Austin and Kristi Davitt; living in Coral Springs, Florida. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1999 novel “-Double Dare” in CFIV.)

HOME-GALL, WILLIAM BOLINBROKE. Pseudonym: Home Goal. (Adding a further pseudonym for the author in CFIV under the pseudonyms Bash Kenny, Martin Mowbray and Steve Sunderland.)
 
HOME GOAL. Pseudonym of William Bolinbroke Home-Gall, 1894-1982. (Adding the real name of the author of six titles in CFIV.)

HOOD, CHRISTOPHER. (Adding a further title for the author of the 1971 novel “The Mullenthorpe Thing” in CFIV.)
    -Banana Cat. Secker, 1985 [Swansea, Wales]

HOOD, DAVID. Studied physics at Oxford; earned an MBA; worked as a research scientist and racing car driver. (Adding biographical details for the author of two novels in CFIV.)

HOOPER, AL(AN) K. 1930-2018. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; died in Seattle, Washington. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of the 2000 novel “Martial Law in Yakima” in CFIV.)

HOPKINS, L(INTON) C(OOKE). 1872-1943. (Adding the full name and dates for the author and publication information for 1992 title in CFIV.)
    The Weirdly Thrilling Adventures of the Lost Bathing Suit. First published in 1908

HOPKINSON, JAMES (CUMMING). 1916-2001. Born In Glasgow, Scotland; flautist with symphony orchestras in London, New Zealand an Melbourne, Australia; died in Perth, Western Australia. (Adding the dates and biographical details for the author of the 1997 novel “The Passing Show” in CFIV.)

HOPWOOD, JIM. Former reporter with the Decatur (Illinois) Herald. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1980 novel in CFIV and its setting.)
    Death Rides the Rails. [Illinois]

HORAN, KEITH. 1893(?-1964(?). (Adding possible dates for the author of the 1946 novel “The Squid” in CFIV.)

HORTON, FOREST W(INDHAM), JR. (“WOODY”).  1930-2017. Born in California; had degrees from the University of California at Berkeley, and UCLA, and a doctorate from the University of Lausanne; served in the Army (counterintelligence); then was employed in information technology by a series of government agencies; died in Washington D.C. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of the 1980 novel “The Technocrats” in CFIV.)

HORWICH, HAROLD (H.). 1914-   ?. No record of death (his wife died in 2009; London Registry) and his last sighting was in London. (Adding information about the author of the 1986 novel “Two of a Kind” in CFIV, and adding a further title.)
    -Twice Bitten. Hale, 1985 [France]

HOTCHNER, A(ARON) E(DWARD). 1917-2020. Died in Westport, Connecticut. (Correcting the birth year and adding the death date and place of the author of three titles in CFIV.)

HOUGHTON, DENNIS. (Adding the setting of the 1985 novel in CFIV.)
    -The Cerberus Gambit. [24 A.D.]

HOVLAND, BONNIE L. 1940-    . Living in Winlock, Washington. (Confirming the birth year and adding the residence of the author of the 1975 novel “The Shadows of Cliffside” in CFIV under the pseudonym Bonnie Lee.)
 
HOWARD, GIL. G(ilbert) H(oward) Zitzelsberger, 1929-2017. (Adding the corrected full name and death date of the author of the 1999 novel “The Chaos Chip” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

HOWARD, RICHARD. Reported to be the pseudonym of Shaun Hutson, 1958-   , but denied by him. (Adding information about the authorship of four novels in CFIV.)

HOWE, ARTHUR A. A person of this name was born in 1902 and died in 1972 in Orleans, Massachusetts. (Adding probable dates for the author of the 1963 novel “I Wanted the Killer” in CFIV, and adding a further title.)
    Sin-Drome. Vega pb, 1966

HOWELL, JEAN. One source suggests the author of two novels was the actress Jean Cameron Howell, 1927-1996. (Adding possible identification of the author of two 1980s novels in CFIV.)

HOWELL, WAYNE (ALEXANDER). 1942-2000. Graduate of the University of Western Ontario Medical School; medical advisor for Health and Welfare Canada in Ottawa; lived in St. George, Ontario but died in Ottawa. (Adding the full name, dates and biographical details for the author of the 1991 novel “The Bacchus Club Mystery” in CFIV.)

HOYLE, TREVOR. Pseudonym of Trevor Smith, 1940-    . Born and still living in Rochdale, Lancashire, England. (Adding the real name and biographical details for the author of six novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)
 
HOYT, DON(ALD EDWARD). 1926-2008. Executive with Southern California Gas Company, then editor of “Seacoast Magazine” and founder of a travel agency; died in Oceanside, California. (Adding the full name, dates and biographical details for the co-author with Arthur Moore of the 1970 novel “Death is a Drag” in CFIV.)

HOYT, TAMARA L(EA). Born in Kingston, Pennsylvania; graduate in English and creative writing from King’s College; screenwriter and novelist; living in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1995 novel “Whitecrest” in CFIV.)

HUDSON, AMBROSE. A person of this name died in 1896 at age 71 in Edmonton, England. (Adding possible information about the author of the 1855 novel “Jonathan WIld; or, The Thieftaker’s Daughter” in CFIV.)
 
HUDSON, JANIS REAMS. Born in California, raised in Colorado; living in Oklahoma; writer of over 40 novels. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1995 novel “Thick as Thieves” in CFIV.)

HUDSON, LAURA HOPE. Pseudonym of Carol Billings, 1935-2018, poet and playwright and lifelong resident of Manhattan, New York. (Adding the real name and dates and biographical details for the author of the 1967 novel “The Cruel Legacy” in CFIV.)

HUFF, AFTON PATRICIA (WALKER). 1926-2014. Died in Noble, Oklahoma. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1972 novel “The Key to Hawthorn Heath” in CFIV.)

HUFFSTETLER, TERESA. Pseudonym of Teresa Ammons Crew, 1954-    . (Adding the real name of the author of the 1997 play “Murder at Morose Place” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)
 
HUGHART, BARRY. 1934-2019. Died in Tucson, Arizona. (Adding the death date and place for the author of three novels in CFIV.)

HUGHES, ALISON. Pseudonym of Doris Mary Oliver, 1925-1990. (Adding the middle name and dates of the author of the 1982 novel “Appointment with Danger” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

HUGHES, MARY ELLEN. 1941-    . Ref: CA. Living in Gambrills, Maryland. (Correcting the birth year and adding a reference citation for the author  of the 2000 novel “Resort to Murder” in CFIV.)

HUGHES, RICHARD (EDWARD). (Correcting the title of the 1994 novel in CFIV.)
    Isla Grande.

HUGHES, SEAN. 1965-2017. Died in London, England. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1997 novel “-The Detainees” in CFIV.)
 
HUGHES, WILDA EILEEN. 1925-1988. Born in East St. Louis, Illinois; Society Editor at Alton (Illinois) Telegraph; also worked for the San Francisco Chronicle and was public relations director for the Cutter Laboratories; died in Pebble Beach, California. (Adding the full name, dates, and biographical details for the author of the 1987 novel “-The House at Spindrift Point” in CFIV under the pseudonym Lindsay Logan.)

HULME, AUDREY. (Adding the setting of the 1959 novel in CFIV.)
    Lawyer’s Folly. [England]

HUMBLOT, PIERRE. 1928-2018. Born in Paris; died in Levallois-Perret, France. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1979 novel “Come Kill with Me” in CFIV under the pseudonym Fred Kassak.)
 
HUMPHREYS, JAMES (WILLIAM). 1930-2003. (Adding the middle name and dates of the author of the 1981 novel “Through the Eyes of a Pig” in CFIV.)

HUNT, ALETHIA. Apparently the pseudonym of an Eleanor Hewson, under which name a novel was also published by Hale in 1987. (Adding the real name of the author of four 1980s novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

HUNT, CHRIS. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of the 1987 novel “Mignon” in CFIV.)

HUNTER, (WILLIAM) DAVID. (Adding a further title and series character for the author of three novels in CFIV.)
    Homicide Games. SC: Sgt. Doyle Griffin
    The Jigsaw Man. Rutledge Hill, 1991 [Tennessee] SC: Sgt. Doyle Griffin
    A Whiff of Garlic. SC: Sgt. Doyle Griffin

HUNTER, HARRIET. (Adding a series character in both books in CFIV.)
    A Case for Punishment. SC: Inspector Slade
    Inclination to Murder. SC: Inspector Slade

HUSSEY, ELINOR CAROLINE. 1941-2017. Died in Dublin, Ireland. (Adding the death date and place for the author of two 1990s titles in CFIV under the pseudonym H. J. Forrest.)

HUSTON, JAMES W(EBB). 1953-2016. Died in La Jolla, California. (Adding the death date and place for the author of three novels in CFIV.)
 
HUTCHINSON, A(RTHUR) S(TUART) M(ENTETH). 1879-1971. Born in India; newspaper editor and novelist; died in Sussex, England. (Adding an author and title not in CFIV.)
-It Happened Like This. Joseph, 1943; Duell, 1942                                                                             

HUTCHINSON, MARY JANE. (Adding a reprint byline for the author of a 1981 novel in CFIV.)
    Doomsday Festival. This was listed in her CA entry as published by Avon in 1983, but is not traceable as such, though reprinted as by Mary Foster Hutchinson. Create Space, 2019
    Red Ice. Also published as by Mary Foster Hutchinson. Create Space, 2017

HUTTON, W(ILLIAM?) RICHARD. Pseudonym: Johnnie James, q.v.. (Adding a pseudonym for the author of several novels in CFIV.)

HYLAND, WILLIAM GEORGE, JR. Graduate of the University of Alabama, with a J.D. from Samford University Cumberland School of Law; lawyer in Florida; living Palm Harbor. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1995 novel “The Black Chamber” in CFIV.)
 
IAKOVOU, JUDY [JUDITH M. KERLEY IAKOVOU]. Ref: CA. (Adding a reference citation for the co-author with husband Takis Iakovou of three novels in CFIV.)

IBARGUEN, EDUARDO [EDUARDO IBARGUEN-SOCCHIA M.D.]. Pediatric gastroenterologist in San Antonio, Texas. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1995 novel “Deadly Research” in CFIV.)

IBBETSON, E(RNEST) F(REDERICK ILFORD). 1888-1966. (Adding the death date of the author of the 1930 play “The Dias” in CFIV.)

IGEIN, (ABUDU) JOHN. 1960-    . Director, producer and screenwriter; has a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology. (Adding corrected information about the author of the 2000 novel “Code 419 House Arrest” in CFIV under the pseudonym Hollywood John.)

IKE, (VINCENT) CHUKWUEMEKA. 1931-2020. Died in Nnewi, Nigeria. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1980 title “Expo ‘77” in CFIV.)

INGALLS, RACHEL (HOLMES). 1940-2019. Died in London, England. (Adding the death date and place for the author of six collections and one novel in CFIV.)

INGRAHAM, PRENTICE. 1843-1904. Born and died in Mississippi. (Adding the dates and biographical details for the author of the 1891 dime novel “The Jew Detective; or, The Beautiful Convict” in CFIV.)

INGRAM, KRISTEN JOHNSON. 1931-2019. Born in Phoenix, Arizona; married Maxwell O. Schramm and then Ronald Ingram; had a B.A. in philosophy at Arizona State and studied music in San Diego; was an art and piano teacher, keynote speaker, pianist and song writer; died in Idaho Falls, Idaho. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of the 1998 novel “Angel in the Senate” in CFIV.)

ION, DR. WATTS. (Adding information on the authorship of the 1980 collection in CFIV.)
    The Adventures of Sheerluck Ohms. Some sites identify Robert L. Fish, 1912-1981, as the author, but this may represent confusion with Fish’s Sherlockian parodies about Schlock Homes.)

IRSFELD, JOHN H(ENRY). (Adding further titles for the author of the 1987 novel “Rat’s Alley” in CFIV.)
    -Coming Through. Putnam, 1975 [Texas]
    Little Kingdoms. Putnam, 1976 [Texas]

IRVINE, IAN. Ref: CA. (Adding a reference citation for the author of the 2000 novel “The Last Albatross” in CFIV.)

IVERSON, MARC (EDWARD). 1957-2012. Born in Los Angeles; graduate of the University of Southern California; served in the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserve; then a financial advisor with Merrill Lynch; died in Belmont, California. (Adding the dates and biographical details for the author of two 1990s novels in CFIV.)

IYER, (NATHAN) ANDREW. (Adding the setting of the 1995 novel in CFIV.)
    Domino Run. [London]

IZAAK. Pseudonym. (identifying the byline of the 2000 novel “Trouble Circles” in CFIV.)
   
JACKSON, ACE. (Correcting the title of the 1949 novel in CFIV.)
    There’s Danger, Miss Minden.

JACKSON, EVERATT. (Adding the setting of the 1975 novel in CFIV.)
    The Road to Hell. [England]

JACKSON, HOWARD. 1900-1966. (Adding the dates, according to the British Museum, of the author of the 1946 novel “Soho Pay Off” in CFIV.)

JACKSON, JAMES O. Was Moscow bureau chief for Time Magazine. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1986 novel “Dzerzhinsky Square” in CFIV.)

JACKSON, JON. (Adding the settings of two novels in CFIV.)
     Golden President. [Hawaii]
     Snow Bullets. [California]

JACKSON, MARY E(MMA?). [MARY EMMA JACKSON KIRKLAND?] 1848(?)-1928(?). Lived in Staunton, Kansas, at the time of the book. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1881 novel in CFIV and its setting.)
    The Spy of the Osawatomie; or, The Mysterious Companions. [Kansas]
   
JACKSON, ROBERT. Ref: CA. (Adding a reference citation for the author of numerous novels in CFIV.)

JACOBS, HARVEY (JAY). 1930-2017. Died in New York. (Adding the death date and place for the author of two novels in CFIV.)

JACOBS, STEVE. Born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa; lawyer, journalist, bookseller; lately sub-editor of the Straits Times of Singapore in Sydney, Australia. (Adding biographical details for the author of two 1990s novels in CFIV.)

JACOVSKY, MARILYN. Artist, consultant, clinical psychiatrist with a Ph.D. from City University of New York. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1999 novel “Irregulars” in CFIV.)

JACQUES, CLIVE. Born in Hertford, England; has a degree in construction management and diploma in Advanced Film and Television Production; scriptwriter for video programs and children’s stories; living in Bedfordshire. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1993 novel “Funeral for a Friend” in CFIV.)

JAGODA, ROBERT (EUGENE). 1923-2018. Died in Kingston, New York. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1977 novel “A Friend in Deed” in CFIV.)
 
JAKOB, KUNIGUNDE. Apparently married to Dr. Horst Leicher and died with him in Germany in 2017 at age 90. (Adding information about the author of two 1990s collections in CFIV.)

JAMES, BOB. (Adding information about the 1992 novel in CFIV.)
    Outside Chance. No copies available and no listing in any British library.

JAMES, GEOFFREY. (Adding the setting of the 1906 novel in CFIV.)
    At Break of Dawn. [England]

JAMES, HALLAM. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of the 1944 novel “Fair-Isle Jumper Mystery” in CFIV.)

JAMES, JOHN. 1917-    . (Adding the birth year given by one British Library for the author of two 1960s plays in CFIV.)

JAMES, JOHNNY. Correct to: JAMES, JOHNNIE. Pseudonym of W(illiam?) Richard Hutton, q.v. (Correcting author information for the 1946 novel “Dead Men Tell” in CFIV.)

JAMES, KENNAWAY. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of the 1929 novel “The Boon Beck Mystery” in CFIV.)
 
JAMES, KENNETH. (Adding the contents of the 1983 and 1977 play collections in CFIV.)
    Inspector Thackeray Arrives. Airport Kidnap \ The Electronic Eye \ Inspector Thackeray Arrives 
    Inspector Thackeray Calls. Death at Hilltop Cottage \ The Driver Didn’t Stop \ The Game of Chess \ The Quiet Thief \ The Train Robbers

JAMES, MARTIN. Pseudonym of Martin Vaughn-James, 1943-2009. Born in Bristol, England; went to Australia and studied fine arts in Sydney; eventually moved to Brussels, Belgium; artist and novelist. (Adding the real name, dates and biographical details for the author of two novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

JAMES, ROBIN.     -1995. (Adding the apparent death date, from British library listings, of the author of two novels in CFIV.)

JAMES, STUART. (Adding the setting of the 1992 novel in CFIV.)
    Death Games. [Nice, France]

JAMES, THOMAS P(OWER). ca.1835-  . Born in Massachusetts; a printer in Brattleboro, Vermont and in Nashua, New Hampshire; last seen working as a reporter in Boston in the 1890s. (Adding further information about the author of 1873 novel “The Mystery of Edwin Drood—Complete” in CFIV.)

JANCATH, MATTHEW. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of the 1977 novel “Seatag” in CFIV.)

JANES, HUGH (STEVEN). Born in Surrey, England. (Adding the middle name and birth place of the screenwriter and author of two plays in CFIV.)

JARREAU, LESLIE. The 1944?-2004? dates given in CFIV are those of a retired Louisiana truck driver and butcher and not likely those of the author of the 1982 novelization “Hanky Panky” in CFIV. 

JARVIS, EDWARD. Was living in Woodward Green, Essex, England, at the time of the book, and apparently died before 2011. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1969 novel “The Big Fix” in CFIV.)

JARVIS, FRED(ERICK) G(ORDON), JR. 1930-2015. Died in New York City. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1971 novel “Murder at the Met” in CFIV.)

JAVITT, JONATHAN C. A doctor in Chevy Chase, Maryland. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 2000 novel “Covered Lives” in CFIV.)

JAY, DAVID. (Adding to the setting of the 1999 novel in CFIV.)
    The Crow Man Cometh. [1960s]

JAYE, LAWRENCE. A person of this name, Lawrence Lee Jaye, was born in Coryell, Texas, in 1909, and died in Temple, Texas, in 1969. (Adding a probably unlikely candidate for the author of the 1953 British publication “Exit Johnnie Cavan” in CFIV.)

JEFFREYS, J. G. Ben(jamin James) Healey, 1908-1993. (Adding the corrected death date of the author of 8 novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

JELF, JAY. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of the 1909 novel “-The Enterprise of Ella” in CFIV.)

JENKINS, PRISCILLA. (Adding to the setting of the 1983 novel in CFIV.)
    Black Wedding. [England]

JENKS, J(ANICE) MAXINE. A lawyer in Austin, Texas. (Adding biographical details for the author of “Baptism by Murder” in CFIV under the pseudonym Jan Maxwell.)

JENNINGS, BRENDA LEE. 1940-2018. Born in Pennsylvania; died in Virginia Beach, Virginia. (Adding the death date and place for the author of two novels in CFIV.)

JENNINGS, G(EORGE) L(ANCELOT). 1882-1967. Born in Droitwich, Worcestershire, England; was editor of the Westmorland Gazette.; died in Okehampton, Devon. (Adding the full name, dates and biographical details for the author of the 1936 novel “Murder at the Lakes” in CFIV, and adding a further title.)
Peter Gigic. London: John Heritage The Unicorn Press, 1936 [Czechoslovakia]
 
JETMUNDSEN, NORMAN. Born in Mobile, Alabama; graduate in English from Sewanee with a law degree from the University of Alabama and a master’s degree from Oxford; Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Vulcan Materials Company; living in Montgomery, Alabama. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1999 novel “The Soulbane Stratagem” in CFIV.)

JIGGS, R. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of the 1933 title “-The Ghostly Warnings” in CFIV.)

JOHN, HOLLYWOOD. (Abudu) John Igein, 1960-    . (Adding the corrected name and birth year of the author of the 2000 novel “Code 419 House Arrest” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

JOHNS, CORRY. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of the 1992 novel “The Dhofar Dilemma” in CFIV.)

JOHNS, LARRY [LAURENCE ERNEST JOHNS]. 1939-   . Born Laurence Ernest Ovenden in Newport, Monmouthshire, England; name changed by deed poll in 1961. (Adding the correct birth date and further biographical information for the author of six novels in CFIV.)

JOHNSON, BRAD(LEY THOMAS). Native of Chicago; 1989 graduate of Eastern Michigan University; was
co-owner of Dynamic Perspective, a global consulting firm; living in Crystal Lake, Illinois. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1998 novel “The Bird That Flies Highest” in CFIV.)

JOHNSON, CHRISTINE [CHRISTINE JOHNSON SUPPES]. Author, editor, fashion stylist, jewelry designer, President of Gravure at Home; living in Palo Alto, California. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1985 novel “Clinic” in CFIV.)

JOHNSON, COLIN (THOMAS). 1938-2019. Died in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1965 novel “Wild Cat Falling” in CFIV.)

JOHNSON, D(ON) E. 1934(?)-    . Served in the Army in Germany in WWII; has a B.A. in German and an M.A. in Industrial Design from the University of Iowa; living in Madison, Wisconsin. (Adding the first name and approximate birth year and biographical details for the author of the 2000 novel “The Martinique Diversion” in CFIV.)

JOHNSON, DAN(IEL PATRICK). 1950-    . (Adding the full name of the author of the 2000 novel “The Millenniumn Ring” in CFIV.)

JOHNSON, DOLORES. 1949-2010. Journalist who worked on newspapers in Oregon, California, Wyoming and Colorado; died in Aurora, Colorado. (Adding the death date and further biographical details for the author of five novels in CFIV.)

JOHNSON, (ANNA) DOROTHY (PHILIPPA). 1890-1954. (Adding the death date of the author of four novels in CFIV.)

JOHNSON, EVELYN KIMBALL. (Adding a further title for the author of the 1884 novel “Tangles Unravelled” in CFIV.)
    -An Errand Girl. Dillingham, 1889 [New York City]

JOHNSON, GREG. Ref: CA. (Adding a reference citation for the author of the collection “-I Am Dangerous” in CFIV.)

JOHNSON, JAMES A(LLEN). 1956-    . (Adding the middle name and birth year for the author of the 1999 novel “Best-Seller” in CFIV.)

JOHNSON, JANICE KAY. Janice K. J. Baczewski, 1947-2011. (Adding the corrected birth year and death date for the author of the 1995 novel “Winter of the Raven” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

JOHNSON, JILLY. Born Jilly Gosden in Australia; came to England with family in 1962; living in Hertfordshire. (Adding further biographical details for the author of the 1997 novel “Playing for Love” in CFIV.)

JOHNSON, JOHN A(LLEN). 1933-2016. Born in Arkansas; died in Alameda, California. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 2000 novel “-Haley” in CFIV.)

JOHNSON, JOHN W(ILLIAM). Born in Minneapolis; earned a B.A. at St. Olaf College and a Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota in 1974; professor of history and head of the department at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls. (Adding biographical details for one of the contributors to the 1999 round-robin title “16,000 Suspects” in CFIV.) 

JOHNSON, KENNETH RAYNER. 1942-2011. (Adding the death date of the author of the 1977 novelization “Blue Sunshine” in CFIV.)

JOHNSON, LOUIS OMOTAYO. (Adding the setting of the 1981 novel in CFIV.)
    Black Maria. [Nigeria]

JOHNSON, SHEILA. 1937-    . (Adding the birth year given in British library entries for the author of four novels in CFIV.)

JOHNSON, STEPHEN. 1955-    . Born in Lancashire, England; contributor to Gramophone and The Independent, living in London. (Adding the birth year and biographical details for the author of the 1988 novel “Dawn’s Early Light” in CFIV.)

JOHNSON, STEVE NEIL. 1956(?)-   . Born in Seattle; lived in New York City for some years before moving to Los Angeles. (Adding biographical details for the author of two novels in CFIV.)

JOHNSON, WILHELMINA. 1778(?)-1857(?). (Adding possible dates for the author of the 1839 title “The Ranger of the Tomb” in CFIV.)
 
JOHNSTON, J(OHN) M. 1937-2018. Born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; graduate of Florida State University with a M.A. in creative writing from the University of Maryland; became interested in computers while working in the Coast Guard and was an instructor at the University of Maryland Computer Center and at Catholic University; an active grape grower who for almost 30 years owned and operated Copernica Vineyards in Westminster, Maryland, where he died. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of two novels in CFIV.)

JOHNSTON, MADELEINE. 1880-1953. (Adding the death date of the author of two 1938 novels in CFIV.)

JOHNSTON, OWEN DEAN, JR. 1910-1985. Born and died in Mt. Airy, Pennsylvania. (Correcting the birth year and confirming the death of the author of the 1978 novel “The Death of the Good Samaritan” in CFIV.)

JOHNSTON, ROBERT. 1867-1923. (Confirming the birth date of the author of the 1904 novel “The Peril of an Empire” in CFIV.)

JONES, CHERRY (VERONICA GLYN) CALVERT. 1918-1981. Born in Colchester, England; died in York. (Adding the dates and biographical details for the author of the 1980 novel “Proud Cis” in CFIV.)

JONES, DONALD. 1941-    . (Adding the birth year as given by British libraries for the author of the 1991 novel in CFIV, and its series character.)
    The Calling of the Key. SC: John Williams (also in 2019 sequel “Nemesis’s Revenge”}

JONES, DOUGLAS (M., III). Born in San Bernardino, California; has degrees in philosophy from UC Irvine and UCLA; former editor of Canon Press; teacher of philosophy at colleges in Idaho. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 2000 novel “Dutch Color” in CFIV.)

JONES, EDWARD R(ICHARD). 1943-2008. Born in Richmond, Virginia; died in Washington. (Adding the full name, dates and biographical details for the author of three novels in CFIV.)

JONES, FRED(ERICK ALFRED). 1916-1991. (Adding the full name and dates of the author of the 1984 novel “The Man on the Landing” in CFIV.)

JONES, (JOHN) GRAHAM. 1930-2017. (Adding the death date of the author of the 1984 play ”The Terrorist” in CFIV.)

JONES, TERRY [TERENCE GRAHAM PARRY JONES]. 1942-2020. Died in London, England. (Adding the death date and place for the co-author with Michael Palin of two play collections in CFIV.)

JUDGE, MICHAEL (EDWARD). 1913-1994. (Adding the dates and middle name of the author of four 1980s novels in CFIV.)

JUST, WARD S(WIFT). 1935-2019. Died in Plymouth, Massachusetts. (Adding the death date and place for the author of three novels in CFIV.)

KASSAK, FRED. Pierre Humblot, 1928-2018. (Adding the death date of the author of the 1976 novel “Come Kill with Me” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

KEEFFE, BARRIE (COLIN). 1945-2019. Died in London, England. (Adding the corrected last name spelling and death date and place for the author of the 1979 play “Sus” in CFIV.)
 
KENT, NORA. (Adding a further title for the author of three novels in CFIV.)
    Vendetta in Connemara. Hale, 1968  [Ireland]

KNIGHT, MALCOLM. (Adding a title for the author of four novels in CFIV.)
    -Perverted Nymph. Merit pb, 1962

LAUREN, BILL. (Adding a title for the author with seven novels in CFIV.)
    Wild Pursuit. Merit pb, 1961
 
LEARNING, WALTER (JOHN). 1938-2020. Died in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. (Adding the death date and place for the co-author with Alden Nowlan of two 1970s plays in CFIV.)

LEE, BONNIE. Bonnie L. Hovland, 1940-    . (Confirming the birth year of the author of the 1975 novel “The Shadows of Cliffside” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

LEHRER, JIM [JAMES CHARLES LEHRER]. 1934-2020. Died in Washington D.C. (Adding the death date and place for the author of 8 novels in CFIV, and adding a series character.)
    Blue Hearts. SC: Charles Avenue Henderson
    Purple Dots. SC: Charles Avenue Henderson
 
LEIBEE, LOUIS. The only person of this name was Louis (or Lewis) George Leibee, born in Los Angeles in 1912 and dying in Fresno in 1998. (Adding further details about the probable author of the 1959 novel “Prayer of a Chance” in CFIV.)

LEIGHTON, WING. The publisher’s archive reports this to be the pseudonym of a Mrs. Gammie, about whom nothing definite is known. (Adding details about the author of the 1944 novel “Whistle Me Over the Water” in CFIV.)

LEVEILLE, GARY H(AROLD}. 1956-    . Living in St. Augustine, Florida. (Confirming the birth year and adding the middle name and residence of the co-author with Gwen Hunter of two novels in CFIV under the joint pseudonym of Gary Hunter.)

LEYLAND, ERIC (ARTHUR). 1911-2000. (Correcting the death date of the author of numerous titles in CFIV.)

LIEBELER, VIRGINIA MAYER. Born Virginia Mary Mayer in Great Falls, Montana; married Rae Liebeler (1896-1976) in 1922; died in Tamarac, Florida; Jean Mayer Liebeler seems to have been her preferred name rather than a pseudonym. (Adding further biographical details for the author of the 1944 novel “You the Jury” in CFIV.)
 
LINDSAY, KATHLEEN (MARY). Had a number of short marriages but appears to have reverted to her maiden name after each one; amazingly prolific (as many as 900 volumes); died in South Africa. (Adding biographical details for the author of novels in CFIV under this name as well as the pseudonyms Hugh Desmond, Elizabeth Fenton, Nigel MacKenzie and Mary Richmond.)

LOGAN, LINDSAY. Pseudonym of Wilda Eileen Hughes, 1925-1988, q.v. (Adding the real name and dates for the author of the 1987 novel “-The House at Spindrift Point” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

LOGAN, MARGARET. 1936-2017. Born in China; graduate of Westhampton College, University of Richmond (Virginia); taught at Boston University; lived for many years in Southampton, New York; died in hospice care in Pennsylvania. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of five novels in CFIV.)

McCARTHY, EDWARD V(INCENT), JR. (Adding the middle name of the author of the 1975 novel “The Pied Piper of Helfenstein” in CFIV.)

MacFARLANE, ELIZABETH MAGDA. 1919-1996. (Adding the real name of the author 5 novels in CFIV under the pseudonym Madelaine Duke, q.v., and two under the pseudonym Maxim Donne.)

McGAHAN, ANDREW (DAVID). 1966-2019. Died in Melbourne, Australia. (Adding the middle name and death date and place for the author of the 2000 novel “Last Drinks” in CFIV.)

MAKIN, WILLIAM JAMES. 1893-1944. (Correcting the birth year of the author of numerous titles in CFIV.)

MARSHALL, SIDNEY (SCHUTZ). 1910-1977. (Adding the middle name and confirming the birth date in Illinois and death date in Los Angeles for the author of the 1941 novel “Some Like It Hot” in CFIV.)

MILES, DAVID. Pseudonym: M. E. Miles. (Adding a further pseudonym for the author of four 1960s novels in CFIV.)

MILES, M. E. Pseudonym of Brendon Leo Cronin, 1907-1987, q.v. (Adding the real name of the author of two 1930s novels in CFIV.)
 
MONTEILHET, HUBERT. 1928-2019. Died in Garlin, France. (Adding the death date and place for the author of 9 novels in CFIV.)

MONTGOMERY, HERB. (Adding a byline and title not in CFIV.)
    Don’t Tease Me! Merit pb, 1963 [France]
 
OLIVER, DORIS MARY. 1925-1990. Lived most of her life in Norton, Cleveland, England. (Adding the full name, dates and biographical details for the author of the 1982 novel “Appointment with Danger” in CFIV under the pseudonym Alison Hughes.)

PAAR, ANGELICA. Orania Papazoglou, 1951-2019. (Adding the death date of the author of the 1989 novel “Watcher in the Garden” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

PAPAZOGLOU, ORANIA. 1951-2019. Died in Watertown, Connecticut. (Adding the death date and place for the author of seven novels in CFIV.)

PARIS, ANN. Orania Papazoglou, 1951-2019. (Adding the death date of the author of two novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

PARSONS, ANTHONY. (Adding information about the 1955 title in CFIV.)
    Murder at the Red Cockatoo. SC: Rushton Carr (This was a reissue of Parson’s “The Mystery of the Red Cockatoo” with a different main character.)

PERTOT, SANDRA. Clinical psychologist in New South Wales, Australia. (Adding biographical details for the author in CFIV as Annie James for the 1996 novel “Death by Desire”.)

RANCE, JOSEPH. Pseudonym of Trevor Smith, 1940-    , q.v. (Correcting the real name of the co-author with Arei Kato of the 1980 novel “Bullet Train” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)
 
RESNICK, MIKE [MICHAEL DIAMOND RESNICK]. 1942-2020. Died in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Adding the death date and place for the author of 8 titles in CFIV.)

ROSTOV, MARA. Hildagard Barmettler Buckette Graves, 1926-   . (Correcting the birth year of the author of three novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

RYERSON, FLORENCE [FLORENCE RYERSON CLEMENTS]. May well have been born in Colorado in 1892; married playwright and screenwriter Harold Swayne Ryerson (1892-1965) in 1914 before Colin Campbell Clements in 1928; died in Mexico. (Adding further biographical details for the co-author of ten titles in CFIV.)

SAVILLE, ANDREW. (Identifying the same 1985 book in CFIV under two different titles.)
    Bergerac is Back.
    Bergerac: Crimes of the Season.

SCHUSTER, ANNE. 1947-2017. Writer and creative writing teacher; died in South Africa. (Adding biographical details and the death date and place for the co-author with Shirley Pendlebury of the 1999 novel “Classification Pending” in CFIV under the joint pseudonym Annie Irons.)

SHIMWELL, OLIVE MAUDE. Born Olive Maude Seers in Kings Norton, England; married John L. Shimwell in 1926; a teacher before her marriage; died in Newton Abbot, Devon. (Adding biographical details for the author of three novels in CFIV under the pseudonym Harriet Rutland.)

SHOESMITH, KATHLEEN A(NNE). 1938-2016. Died in Keighley, Yorkshire, England. (Adding the death date and place for the author of numerous titles in CFIV.)

SHULMAN, IRVING. (Adding a note on the 1961 title in CFIV.)
    The Roots of Fury, with Peggy Bristol. This may at least be largely non-fiction.

SMITH, TREVOR. 1940-    . Born and still living in Rochdale, Lancashire, England. (Adding the real name of the author of six novels in CFIV under the pseudonym Trevor Hoyle and “Bullet Train” under the pseudonym Joseph Rance.)

SPENCER, ELIZABETH. 1921-2019. Died in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1956 novel “-The Voice at the Back Door” in CFIV.)

STRANGEWAYS, MARK. Eric (Arthur) Leyland, 1911-2000. (Correcting the death date of the author of two novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)
 
STRATEMEYER, EDWARD. His birth record includes no middle initial, so that the commonly found middle L. must have been a later adoption. (Adding further biographical details for the author of numerous titles in CFIV.)

STURROCK, JEREMY. Ben(jamin James) Healey, 1908-1993. (Adding the corrected death date of the author of 7 novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

SULLIVAN, (EDWARD) ALAN. (Adding further titles for the author of three novels in CFIV under this byline.)
    -The Man at Lone Tree. Ward Lock, 1933
    The Verdict of the Sea. Hurst, 1927; Dutton, 1928 [ship]

TEED, G. H. (Adding information about two titles in CFIV.)
    Bottom of Suez. (This is Teed’s “The Great Canal Plot” with a different main character.)
    Crooks’ Vendetta. (This is Teed’s “Rogues of Ransom” with a different main character.)

TIBBITS, ANNIE O(LIVE). (Adding further titles for the author of three novels in CFIV.)
    The Devil’s Plaything. Federation, 1927
    Hunted Down. Weekly Telegraph pb, 1910

TRALINS, (SANDOR) ROBERT. (Adding a further title for the author in CFIV for 7 novels.)
    -Passion Potion! Novel Book pb, 1961

TREMAINE, JENNIE. Marion C. Gibbons, 1936-2019.  (Adding the death date of the author of the 1984 novel “Maggie” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

VAN VOOREN, MONIQUE. 1927-2020. Died in New York City. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1981 novel “Night Sanctuary” in CFIV.)

VAUGHN-JAMES, MARTIN. 1943-2009. (Adding the real name and dates of the author of two novels in CFIV under the pseudonym Martin James.)

VOLK, GORDON. (Adding a note on the undated novel in CFIV.)
    The Cliff Mill Mystery. Its existence cannot be demonstrated, so it’s probably a ghostly title.

WALLACE, WILLIAM (FOORD). 1882-1963. Born in Lincolnshire, England; a solicitor in Leicester, where he died. (Adding dates and biographical details for the author of the 1948 collection “Tales of Mystery and Crime” in CFIV.)

WEINER, ANDREW (SIMON). 1949-2019. Born in London, England; died in Toronto, Canada. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1987 novel “Station Gehenna” in CFIV.)

WHITNEY, E. G. Ben(jamin James) Healey, 1908-1993. (Adding the corrected death date of the author of the 1967 novel ”The Sleeping Cupid” in CFIV)

WHITNEY, JANET. 1889-1974. Born Eleanor L. Payne in Buckinghamshire, England; married American George Whitney in 1917 and moved to the U.S.; novelist about 19th century Quakers; died in Chester, Pennsylvania. (Adding a new byline and dates and biographical details for the author of novels not in CFIV.)
    -Intrigue in Baltimore. Harrap, 1952; Little, 1951 [Baltimore, Maryland, 1860]
    -Jennifer. Harrap, 1941; Morrow, 1941 [England, 1800s]
    -Not for Ransom. Hutchinson, 1959 [England, 1800s]
    -The Quaker Bride. Harrap, 1954; Little, 1954 [England, 1800s]

ZITZELSBERBGER, G(ILBERT) H(OWARD). 1929-2017. Born in Buffalo, New York; graduate of the University of Buffalo, Wayne State University and Detroit College of Law; history teacher in Michigan; practiced law in Riverview, Michigan, and in Bradenton, Florida, where he died. (Adding the corrected full name, death date, and biographical details for the author of the 1999 novel “The Chaos Chip” in CFIV under the pseudonym Gil Howard.)



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