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ABBOTT, BRUCE. Robert William Sewall, 1915-1987. (Adding the full name and dates for the author of the 1970 novel “The Sign of the Scorpion” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

ALLEN, ROBERT A(RTHUR). 1946-    . (Correcting the birth year of the author and adding the setting of the 1981 play in CFIV.)
    The House of Agatha Mystrie. [Montana]

ALLEN, (ALBERT THOMAS) TREVOR. 1891-1983. Born and died in London, England. (Adding the full name and dates for the author of the 1934 novel “Jade Elephants” in CFIV.)

ALLEN, WILL. Pseudonym of a retired naval commander, a noted authority on piracy. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1935 novel “Contraband Cruises” in CFIV.)

ALLERTON, MARK. (Adding a new title for an author with numerous titles in CFIV.)
    The Knight’s Move. Odhams, 1919 [England, Scotland]

ALLINGTON, A(NDREW) M(ARK?). 1961(?)-    . (Adding the probable full name and birth year of the author of the 2000 novel “No Recriminations” in CFIV.)

ALLWRIGHT, MICHAEL. South African writer. (Adding a biographical detail for the author of the 1968 novel in CFIV and its setting.)
    The Roundabout. [South Africa]

ALMHAIN. (Adding the settings of the 1888 novel in CFIV.)
    The Jewels of Prince de Janville. [England, Australia]

ALONSO, RICARDO [LUIS RICARDO ALONSO]. 1929-2015. Died in Latitz, Pennsylvania. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1972 translation “The Candidate” in CFIV.)

ALONZO, BONNY. Retired AT&T account executive in Pittsburgh; not a pseudonym. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 2000 novel “Snow Ghosts” in CFIV.)

ALSOP, ALFRED. 1844-1892(?). (Adding dates for the author of the 1882 collection “Driven from Home and other life stories” by A Delver in CFIV under Anonymous.)

ALTON, GARETH. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline and adding titles for the author of the 1958 novel “Betrayed” in CFIV.)
    -Bride from the Sea. Amalgamated pb, 1959
    -The Secret of Meadow Farm. Amalgamated pb, 1958

ALVAREZ, MARGARET. 1940-   . (Adding the birth year of the author of the 2000 novel “-Glimpse of Death” in CFIV.)

AMATO, WILLIAM F. Born in Chicago; worked in Chicago’s nightclub district for 15 years; founded a construction company in 1975; began writing in 1995; living in Las Vegas. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 2000 novel “Dangerous Influence” in CFIV.)

AMINO, LOU. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline for two 1950s novels in CFIV.)

AMURE, LARRY [BAMIDELE OLUSOLA LAWRENCE AMURE]. (Adding the full name of the author of the 1998 novel “The Wrong Move” in CFIV.)

ANCILLA, S. M. A person of this name was born in Poland in 1889 and was living in Chicago in 1940; may have died in 1956. (Adding biographical possibilities for the author of the 1931 title “The Mystery Window” in CFIV.)

ANDERS, DONNA (CAROLYN). 1936-   . Born in Tacoma, Washington; living in Mill Creek, Washington. (Correcting the birth date of the author of three novels in CFIV, where the byline was wrongly given as a pseudonym.).
 
ANDERS, K(ATIE) T. 1942-2009. Died in Upperville, Virginia. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1985 novel “Legacy of Fear” in CFIV.)

ANDERSEN, COURTNEY (J.?). 1969(?)-    . (Adding the possible birth year of the author of the 1984 pastiche “The Adventure of the Boxing Day Murder” in CFIV.)

ANDERSON, DENNIS. Graduate in journalism from Los Angeles Pierce College in 1977; novelist and night editor for Associated Press; living in Palmdale and then Lancaster, California. (Adding biographical details for the author of two novels in CFIV under the pseudonym Jack Merek.)

ANDERSON, DOUGLAS. Has an undergraduate degree in history from the University of Texas and an M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts; on the humanities faculty of Medaille College in Buffalo, New York. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1993 novel “First and Ten” in CFIV.)

ANDERSON, GARY. 1947-    . (Adding the birth year of the author of a 2000 novel in CFIV, and the series character and setting of that novel.)
    Deadly Assets. [St. Paul, Minnesota] SC: Tony Stiles, also in subsequent novels

ANDERSON, GEORGE (B.?). 1908(?)-1985(?). (Adding possible dates and middle initial for the author of the 1970 novel “The Sit-In” in CFIV.)
 
ANDERSON, GREG. (Adding a note on the 2000 novel in CFIV.)
    Laria. Apparently never published, as no trace of a copy can now be found.

ANDERSON, GUS CARR. 1909-2002. Graduate of the University of Idaho Law School; a judge in Idaho; died in Bannock, Idaho. (Deleting the question mark on the death date and adding biographical details for the author of the 1990 novel “...As They Do Unto Me” in CFIV.)
 
ANDERSON, HARRY WALTER. 1870-1932(?). (Adding a probable death date for the author of two 1906 titles in CFIV under the pseudonym Vivian Gray.)

ANDERSON, IAN (STUART). 1930-2013. (Correcting the middle name and adding the dates for the author of several novels in CFIV.)

ANDERSON, JOHN STEVEN. (Adding a series character for the 2000 novel in CFIV.)
    Conjuror. SC: Conjuror, also in subsequent novels

ANDERSON, R. A(LEXANDER). (Adding a further title for the author of four plays in CFIV.)
    Ring Around the Corpse, with Everett (C.) Marston, 1903-1970. Eldridge pb, 1968 (1-act play.)

ANDERSON, REX(FORD BRESSIE). 1936-2015. Died in Houston, Texas. (Correcting the birth year and adding the full name and death year for the author of three novels in CFIV.)

ANDERSON, VIRGINIA (S.). 1949-    . Has a Master’s in English from the University of South Florida and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin; taught for 17 years as an Associate Professor of English at a regional campus of Indiana University; new retired and living in Indiana. (Adding the birth year and biographical details for the author of three novels in CFIV.)
 
ANDRE, ALIX. 1909-    . Daughter of a textile industrialist in France. (Adding the birth year and biographical details for the author of numerous novels in CFIV.)

ANDREAE, CHRISTINE (EWING). 1942-    . (Correcting the birth year and adding the maiden name of the author of four novels in CFIV.)

ANDREWS, CAROLYN. Carolyn F. Hanlon, 1940-2013. (Adding the death date of the author of the 1996 novel “The Marriage Curse” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

ANDREWS, MARK. (Adding the setting of the 1976 novel in CFIV.)
    Body Rub. [New York City]

ANDREWS, PATRICK (EDWARD). Author of more than 50 novels; living most recently in Colorado, California and Florida. (Adding the middle name and biographical details for the author of numerous novels in CFIV under this byline and pseudonyms Cliff Garnett and John Lansing.)

ANDREWS, PETER J. (Adding a note on the 1958 novel in CFIV.)
    Hoods Incorporated. Probably never published, as no trace can now be found.

ANDREWS, PHIL(IP). 1945-    . (Adding the full first name and birth year for the author of two 1999-2000 novels in CFIV.)
 
ANDREWS, (CHARLES) ROBERT D(OUGLAS HARDY). (Giving the full name and adding a further title for the author of the 1930 novel in CFIV, and adding a film version of it.)
    One Girl Found. Grosset, 1930 [Chicago]
    -Three Girls Lost. Film: Fox, 1931 (scw: Bradley King; dir: Sidney Lanfield)

ANGSTROM, CHRIS(TOPHER). 1973-    . (Adding the birth date for the author of the 2000 novel “Devil’s Doorknob” in CFIV.)

ANGUS, WILLIAM. (Adding a note about the 1977 novel in CFIV.)
    Murder in Mallorca. Althought the U.S. copyright was apparently registered, no trace of the book can now be found.

ANSELL, DEREK (C.). 1929-    . (Correcting the birth year of the author of the 1999 novel “The Whitechapel Murders”, as given wrongly in New Addenda Part 3.)

ANSON, DAPHNE. 1927-2016. (Adding the death date for the author of the 2000 novel “Family Portraits” in CFIV.)

ANSON, LINDSAY. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline for three 1938-1940 novels in CFIV.)

ANTHONY, ISABELLE. (Adding the first name of the author of the 1933 novel “Playing with Fire” in CFIV.)

ANTHONY, MICHAEL. 1930-    . (Correcting the birth date of the author of the 1981 novel “All That Glitters” in CFIV.)

ANTHONY, PAUL. (Adding a second novel for the author of the 1996 title” The Fragile Peace” in CFIV, and the series character in both.)
    Bushfire. Hamilton pb, 1999 SC: Billy Boyd
    The Fragile Peace. SC: Billy Boyd

APPLEFORD, DAVID (ALAN RONALD). 1955-    . Born in Thurrock, Essex, England; living in Phoenix, Arizona; conducts an on-line magazine, “Valley Screen and Stage”. (Adding the birth date and biographical details for the author of the 1983 play “Ladies of Iniquity” in CFIV.)

APPLETON, BARRY JOHN. 1944(?)-    . (Adding the probable birth date of the author of the 1984 novel “A Walking Shadow” in CFIV.)

ARGENT, SOPHIE. 1853-1910. Born in India; died in Steyning, Sussex, England. (Adding the dates and biographical details for the author of the 1884 novel “Settling Day” in CFIV.)

ARLETT, S. C. Possibly Stanley Charles Arlett, 1904-    ; death not traced. (Adding information about the author of the 1939 novel”-150,000 Pounds and Red Rosa” in CFIV.)
    
ARLON, JILL(IAN MARIE). 1940-     . Born Jillian Marie Betts in Birmingham, England; married Deke Arlon (born Anthony Howard Wilson) in 1969. (Adding the full name, birth year, and biographical details for the author of the 1995 TV novelization “Circles of Deceit” in CFIV.) 

ARMOUR, TOBY. Dancer and choreographer; has received several fellowships on choreography and play writing; living in East Haven, Connecticut. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1973 novel “Blood Tells” in CFIV.)

ARMSTRONG, ANDREW J. (Adding the setting of the 1887 novel in CFIV.)
    -Through the Shadows. [Scotland]

ARMSTRONG, ARCHIE (EUSTACE?). 1874(?)-1927(?). (Adding a possible middle name and dates of the author of the 1897 novel in CFIV, and its setting.)
    -Under the Circumstances. [England]

ARMSTRONG, DAVID. Ref: CA. (Adding a reference citation for the author of four novels in CFIV.)

ARMSTRONG, DOUG. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline for three novels in CFIV.)

ARMSTRONG, T(IMOTHY) J. Born in Essex, England; studied Modern Languages at Oxford and Philosophy at London University; head of modern languages at King’s School, Canterbury. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1995 novel “Walter and the Resurrection of G” in CFIV.)

ARNCLIFFE, ANDREW. Peter N(orman) Walker, 1936-2017. (Adding the death date of the author of the 1985 novel “Murder After the Holidays” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

ARNOLD, ANDREW W(ILLIAM?). 1858(?)-1951(?). (Adding a possible middle name and dates for the author of the 1899 collection “The Attack on the Farm, and other stories” in CFIV.)

ARNOLD, CATHERINE. Theresa Sandberg-Arnston, 1939-2016. (Adding the death date of the author of four novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

ARNOLD, DOUGLAS (VICTOR). 1954-    . Has degrees in English Literature and English Language studies; living in Whitleigh, Plymouth, Devon, England. (Adding the middle name, birth year and biographical details for the author of the 1995 novel “Finders Keepers” in CFIV, and its reprint title.)
    Finders Keepers. Also published as: Ninety Days. YouWriteOn, 2008

ARNOLD, WALTER T(HOMAS?). 1846(?)-1902(?). (Adding a possible middle name and dates for the author of the 1899 novel “The Abbey Road Mystery” in CFIV, and the setting of the novel.)
    The Abbey Road Mystery. [London]

ARNOT, ALLEN. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of the 1912 novel “The Dempsey Diamonds” in CFIV.)

ARTHUR, BUDD. Herbert Arthur, Jr., 1928-2010. Born in New York City; lived also in Chicago; served in the U.S. Army;  began as a journalist and became a public relations executive; died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Adding the death date and place and further biographical details for the author of two novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)
 
ARTHUR, FRANCIS. (Adding the setting of the 1889 novel in CFIV.)
    The Touch of a Vanished Hand. [England]

ARTHUR, HERBERT, JR. 1928-2010. Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Adding the death date and place for the author of two novels in CFIV under the pseudonym Budd Arthur.)

ARVAY, HARRY. 1925-    . (Correcting the birth year of the author of numerous titles in CFIV.)

ARVIN, REED (R.). 1956-    . (Correcting the birth year of the author of the 2000 novel “The Will” in CFIV.)
 
ASCOT, LEE. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of the 1964 novel “Odd Number” in CFIV.)

ASCOT, TERENCE. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of the 1930 novel “A Blackmailed Stable” in CFIV.)

ASHBY, BRIAN (A.). 1930(?)-    . (Adding the probable birth year of the author of the 1996 novel “Who Goes There?” in CFIV.)

ASHLEY, LANE. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of the 1940 novel “Skeletons’ Holiday” in CFIV.)

ASHTON, AIMEE. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of the 1932 novel “In the Power of the Yellow Man” in CFIV.)

ASHTON, MARK. George Harry Humphrey, 1922-2017. (Adding the death date of the author of  seven novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

ASHTON-JONES, ADRIAN. (Adding a series character to the 1998 novel in CFIV.)
    Take One Pirate Spyman... SC: Peter Jameson

ASHWOOD-COLLINS, ANNA. Reporter in New York City for many years. (Adding author details and a series character in the 1989 novel in CFIV.)
    Deadly Resolutions. SC: Abby Doyle, also in “Red Roses for a Dead Trucker” (2002)

ASKEY, DEREK C. 1925-    . (Adding the birth year for the author of two 1970s novels in CFIV, and the reprint title of one of them.)
     The Goat and the Tiger. Also published in 2013 as “The 4th Wednesday”

ASPINALL, TRICIA [PATRICIA BARBARA LANGTON ASPINALL]. 1947-    . Has degrees in English literature and education; has taught English in various schools; spent 17 years with the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate; living in Suffolk, England. (Adding the full name, birth year and biographical details for the author of the 1999 title “The House by the Sea” in CFIV.)

ASTLIN, DICK. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of the 1989 novel “Dead Man’s Profits” in CFIV.)

ASTON, ELIZABETH ANN EDMONDSON. 1948-2016. Died in Oxford, England. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 2000 novel “Losing Larry” in CFIV under the pseudonym Elizabeth Pewsey.)

ATHERTON, DIANE. (Adding a further title for the author of three novels in CFIV.)
    Death in Her Hands. Pearson, 1950s
 
ATHOL, JUSTIN. Pseudonym of Thomas Sidney Denham, 1906-1968. (Adding the real name and dates of the author of four titles in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

ATKINS, ANNE. (Adding another title and a more specific setting for the 1998 novel in CFIV.)
    A Fine and Private Place. [Cambridge, England]
    On Our Own. Sceptre, 1996 [Cambridge, England]

ATKINS, LINDA Y(ORK). (Adding a series character for the 2000 novel in CFIV.)
    Absence of Reason. SC: Hilary Adams, also in subsequent novels

ATKINSON, DON. Born on the southern tip of Ontario, Canada; served in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for 20 years, mostly in Security Service; then went to Customs Intelligence with Revenue Canada, then its Internal Affairs Division; after retiring in 1996 formed his own security consulting business. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1996 novel “Nations Within” in CFIV.)
 
ATKINSON, (REV.) J(OHN) C(HRISTOPHER). 1814-1900. Born in Goldhanger, Essex, England; spent his early years in the study of birds; took degrees at St. John’s College, Cambridge; presented with the living at Danby, Yorkshire, where he spent the remainder of his life. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of the 1870 novel ”Lost, or What Became of a Slip from Honour Bright” in CFIV.)
 
ATTWOOD, JOHN H. (Adding information about the 1996 title in CFIV.)
    Gold Spinner. Although several sites list the book, no actual copies are offered, and no copy is in a British library, so probably it was never actually published.

ATWOOD, RUSSELL (L.). 1964-    . Born in Westfield, Massachusetts; attended the American University of Washington D.C.; moved to New York City where he was managing editor of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. (Adding the birth year and biographical details for the author of the 1999 novel “East of E” in CFIV.)

AUBERT, ROSEMARY. 1946-   . (Correcting the birth date of the author of two 1990s novels in CFIV.)

AUSTIN, ALAN. Published a book of photographs, “Los Angeles Afternoons”; has lived in the Los Angeles area, later in Zephyr Cove, Nevada. (Adding biographical details for the author of two 2000 novels in CFIV.)

AUSTIN, LILIAN EDNA. 1882-1955. Born and died in Ontario, Canada. (Correcting the birth year and adding the death year and biographical details for the author of the 1931 collection “Shudders” in CFIV.)

AUSTIN, MARILYN. (Adding a further title for the author of two novels in CFIV.)
    A Dream for Tomorrow. Avalon, 1980

AUSPITZ, ROBB. Born in Philadelphia; graduate of Beaver College; personal computer and networking consultant; living in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1999 novel “Bad Timing” in CFIV, and the setting of that novel.)
    Bad Timing. [Philadelphia]
    
AUTUMN, AGNESE. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of the 1930 novel “The Gold and Copper Delamonds” in CFIV.)

AXELROD, STEVEN. Has an MFA in writing from Vermont College of the Fine Arts; living on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 2000 novel “Paranoid” in CFIV.)

AYLOTT, BOB. 1948-    . Born in Aberdeen, Scotland; a photographer. (Correcting the birth date and adding biographical details for the author of the 1973 novel “-Cry for Tomorrow” in CFIV.)

B., C. R.  Pseudonym of Charles Hull, possibly Charles Jerold Hull, 1820-1899. (Adding the possible full name and dates of the author of the 1894 novel “Redeemed” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

B., M. A. A. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline and adding the setting of the 1874 novel in CFIV.)
    Clouded in Mystery. [England]

BABICH, AMY JULIET. Has a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin. (Adding the middle name and biographical details for the author of the 1997 novel “After Math” in CFIV under the pseudonym Miriam Webster.)

BACAAR, JINA. Pseudonym of Jina Baccarelli, 1947-   ; living in Irvine, California.. (Adding the real name and birth year of the co-author with Ellis A. Cohen of the 1990 novel “-Avenue of the Stars” in CFIV.)

BACCARELLI, JINA. 1947-    . Pseudonym: Jina Bacaar, q.v. (Adding the real name and birth year of the co-author with Ellis A. Cohen of the 1990 novel “-Avenue of the Stars” in CFIV.)     

BACIA, JENNIFER (HILDA). (Adding a reprint edition of the 1988 novel in CFIV.)
    Shadow of Power. Also published in 2015 as “Indecent Ambition.”

BACON, DONALD. (Adding the setting of the 1988 novel in CFIV.)
    The Midnight Hour. [New York City]

BACZEWSKI, JANICE K. L. Graduate in history of Whitman College, with a master’s in library science from the University of Washington; has coauthored with her mother, Norma Tadlock Johnson, q.v.; living in Everett, Washington. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1995 novel “Winter of the Raven” in CFIV under her maiden name Janice Kay Johnson.)

BADCOCK, T(HOMAS) C. Born in Carbonear, Newfoundland, Canada; began as a school principal, then joined the Canadian Air Force; retired as a military logistics officer; living in St. John’s as Executive Director of the Physically Disabled Service Centre. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1993 novel “The Man Inside” in CFIV.)
 
BADE, TOM [THOMAS MICHAEL BADE]. 1946-2005. Died in New York City. (Adding the death date and place for the co-author with Robin Sherman of the 1993 novel “Star Baby” in CFIV under the joint pseudonym Robin St. Thomas.)

BAECKER, HEINZ-PETER. Delete; not the real name of the author who wrote under the pseudonym Peter Brighton, as indicated in CFIV; see instead Harry P. Jost, 1945-2015.

BAGG, ALBERT E. 1853-1935. (Adding the dates of the author of the 1874 title “Holcomb’s Retreat” in CFIV under the pseudonym Quigton Quigley.)

BAHADUR, HARSH. Lawyer in Delhi, India. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1977 novel “The Case of the Sprightly Widow” in CFIV.)

BAILEY, JO. Pseudonym of Joel Helgerson, 1950-    . (Adding the real name of the author of three 1990s novels in CFIV.)

BAILEY, MARK (ROGER). 1951-    . Born in Vermont; living in Claremont, California. (Adding the middle name, birth year and biographical details for the author of the 1977 novel “-Saint” in CFIV.)

BAILEY, MICHELE. 1951-    . (Adding the birth year of the author of three 1990s novels in CFIV.)

BAILEY, PHILLIP (NEAL). 1958-    . Living on the east coast of Florida. (Adding the middle name and birth year of the author of the 2000 novel “Soul Escape” in CFIV.)

BAILEY, RUSSELL (LYNN). Barber and hair stylist by day, avid writer at night; living in Dallas, Texas. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 2000 novel “Baby Mama Drama” in CFIV.)

BAILEY, STEPHEN. 1951-    . (Adding the birth year of the author of the 1981 novel “The Teddy Bear” in CFIV.)

BAKER, ADAM LLOYD. Born in Gloucester, England, the son of a vicar; studied theology at London University; cinema projectionist in Cheltenham. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1998 novel “New York Graphic” in CFIV.)

BAKER, BETH. (Adding the setting of the 1890 novel in CFIV.)
    Mystery Evans. [Massachusetts]
 
BAKER, G(LADYS) LESLIE. 1893-1969. (Adding the first name and dates for the author of two titles in CFIV.)

BAKER, GORDON.  (Adding another title for the author of the 1946 novel “None So Blind” in CFIV.)
    And Wait the Issue. Newman Walsey, 1943 [France]

BAKER, KEVIN (BREEN). Ref: CA. (Add the middle name and reference citation for the author of the 1999 novel” Dreamland” in CFIV.)

BAKER, KEVIN. 1939-    . (Deleting the middle name and reference citation for the author of the 1996 novel “The Corpse in the Gold Bikini” in CFIV.)
 
BAKER, LAURA (S,). (Adding the setting of the 1998 novel in CFIV.)
    -Stargazer. [Arizona]

BAKER, LISE (SAFIA). Private detective in California. (Correcting the biographical details for the author of the 2000 novel “The Loser’s Club” in CFIV.)

BAKER, NANCY.  Graduate in English from the University of Toronto; marketing manager for Canadian Living magazine; living in Markham, Ontario. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1993 novel “-The Night Inside” in CFIV.)

BAKER, SUSAN (PATRICIA). Ref: CA. (Adding a reference citation for the author of the 1989 novel “My First Murder” in CFIV.)

BAKER, VERNON HAROLD.  Formerly with the Royal Australian Navy and Merchant Service; retired as Pacific Island Master and Australian Coastal Ship Master; experienced relieving lighthouse keeper, plantation manager and customs officer. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 2000 novel “Murder on the Maiden Voyage” in CFIV under the pseudonym Vernon Kildea.)

BAKKER, KIT [KATHERYN G. BAKKER). 1946-2004. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana; died in Fayetteville, Arkansas; an attorney. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of the 1985 novel “Sea Treasure” in CFIV.)

BALCOMBE, TERRY. Born and living in Dartford, Kent, England. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1998 novel “Men of Death” in CFIV.)

BALDWIN, AUDREY/AUDRY (MARY). 1900-1972. Born in Hooton, Victoria, Australia; typist/secretary and daughter of Melbourne doctor and prolific writer Gerald Robert Baldwin; died in Melbourne; name spelled Audrey in birth and death registrations but Audry on her grave marker and both ways on electoral rolls. (Adding dates and biographical details for the co-author with J. M. Walsh of the 1929 collection “The Week-End Crime Book” in CFIV.)

BALDWIN, ISAAC (NEWTON). 1844(?)-1927(?). (Adding a probable middle name and dates for the author of the 1892 title “The Wonderful Adventures and Horrible Disclosures of a Louisville Policeman” in CFIV.)
 
BALDWIN, JOHN. Ref: CA. (Adding a reference citation for the author of two novels in CFIV.)

BALDWIN, MARTIN T(UTTLE?). 1872(?)-1958(?). (Adding a possible middle name for the author of the 1952 play collection “George Washington and other 1-act plays” in CFIV, as well as the dates of the person with those three names.)

BALDWIN, R(OY) A(LVIN). 1895-1940. Born in Half Rock, Missouri; served in the Texas state legislature; died in Staton, Texas. (Correcting the dates and adding biographical details for the author of the 1929 novel “Santi” in CFIV.)

BALDWIN, RICHARD L.  Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan; has graduate and post graduate degrees from Western Michigan University and a doctorate from Kansas University; had a long career in special education; author of more than 20 books; living in Haslett, Michigan. (Adding biographical details for the author of three novels in CFIV, published by his own company.)
 
BALL, FRANK. (Adding the setting of the 1909 collection in CFIV.)
    A Miniature Mutiny and other sea yarns. [ship]

BALLINASLOE. Frederick Taylor, 1825(?)-1890(?). (Adding possible dates for the author of the 1861 title ”Confessions of a Horse Toper” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)
 
BALNAVE, JAMES (GORDON?). 1919(?)-1991(?). The person with these dates was born in Scotland and died in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. (Adding biographical details for the author and the setting of the 1980 novel in CFIV.)
    Lynch’s Law. [England]

BANBURY, G(EORGE) A(LEXANDER) LETHBRIDGE. 1853-1912. Born in Tipperary, Ireland; died in Mauritius, where he had been Receiver General; the Lethbridge part of his name is not given in official records, and he presumably adopted it at some point from his mother, Elizabeth Lethbridge Rackett. (Adding biographical details and the death date of the author of the 1890 novel “The Lumley Wood Mystery” in CFIV.)

BANKS, BARBARA. 1928-    . (Adding the birth year of the author of the 1977 novel “Dragonseeds” in CFIV.)

BANNER, DEREK (C.). 1980-    . (Adding the birth year of the author of the 1998 novel ”Bloody Sunday in Copenhagen” in CFIV.)

BANNERMAN, W(ILLIAM?) B(RUCE?). 1886(?)-1950(?). (Adding the possible full name and dates for the author of four novels in CFIV.)

BANVILLE, (WILLIAM) JOHN. (Adding the first U.S. edition of the 1970 collection in CFIV.)
    Long Lankin. Knopf, 2013

BARBER, BRUCE (AUBREY). 1952-    . Living in Stratford, Ontario. (Adding the birth year and biographical detail for the co-author with Virgil Burnett of two novels in CFIV under the joint pseudonym Bevan Amberhill.)

BARBER, RON(ALD LEE). (Adding series characters for the 2000 novel in CFIV.)
    A Cup to Die For. SC: Rene Barberri, Dexter Piet, also in the 2013 novel “Signed, Sealed and Dead.”

BARCLAY, ALMAYER. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of the 1936 novel “The Man with the Glaring Eyes’ in CFIV.)

BARCLAY, WILFRID. (Adding a byline note for one of the three novels in CFIV.)
    Tracked Across the Seas. Note: The author’s name is spelled Wilfred Barclay on the dust jacket.)

BARCOMB, WAYNE A. 1933-2016. Born In North Adams, Massachusetts; graduate in political science from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst; served in the Counter Intelligence Corps in the U.S. Army; theatre reviewer and community theatre actor; moved to Sarasota where he wrote four novels; died in Sarasota, Florida. (Adding the death date and place and further biographical details for the author of the 2000 novel “Spin the Bottle” in CFIV.)
 
BARD, DANIEL (FREDERICK?) 1896(?)-1962(?). (Adding the possible middle name and dates for the author of the 1961 novelization” The Aquanauts” in CFIV; such a person was born in Minnesota, lived in Los Angels for some years, and died there.)

BARDEN, JEFF. Pseudonym of Joseph Bulmer? (Adding the possible real name of the author of the 1934 collection “By the Sounding Sea” in CFIV.)

BARITONE, AUGUST. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of the author of three 1980s novels in CFIV.)

BARKER, (ANTHONY) JOSEPH. 1929-2007(?). (Adding the possible death date of the author of the 1979 novel “Fourth at Junction” in CFIV.)

BARNARD, JACK. Pseudonym of Tom (Barnard) Taggart, 1908-1985, q.v. (Adding the real name and dates for the author of the 1943 play “Mumbo-Jumbo” in CFIV under the pseudonym, as well as the setting of the play.)
    Mumbo-Jumbo. [New England]

BARNARD, KEITH. 1942-    . (Adding the birth year of the author of two novels in CFIV.)

BARNES, DALLAS. (Adding a further title for the author of five novels in CFIV.)
    -Freedom Dance. Here’s Life, 1985

BARNES, JOHN A(LVAH JR.). Professional musician turned biomedical technician; living in Hays, North Carolina. (Adding updated biographical details for the author of two 2000 novels in CFIV.)
   
BARNES, LILLIAN. 1915-2006. Romance writer. Pseudonym: Jane Percy, q.v. (Adding the dates and the pseudonym, under which the 1989 novel in CFIV, “Phantom of Harley Grange,” was actually published.)

BARNES, ROBERT C(LAY?). 1936(?)-    . (Adding the possible middle name and birth year for the author of the 1982 novel “Silent Thunder” in CFIV.)

BARNETT, JAMES. 1920-1996. (Adding the death date of the author of six novels in CFIV.)

BARNETT, RAYMOND J(AMES). Graduate from Yale in Chinese History; served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam, then earned a Ph.D. in zoology at Duke University and taught biology at California State University, Chico, for 32 years. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1987 novel “Jade and Fire” in CFIV.)
 
BARNETT, T. L. (Adding the setting of the 2000 novel in CFIV.)
    Murder for the New Year. [West Virginia]

BARNEY, FRANCES. 1917(?)-2010(?). (Adding possible dates for the author of two novels in CFIV.)

BARNHARDT, WILTON. Ref: CA. (Adding a reference citation for the author of the 1993 novel “-Gospel” in CFIV.)

BARON, ADAM (HEATH). 1967-    . Now Director of Studies for the M.A. in Creative Writing at Kingston University, London, England. (Adding the middle name and birth year and updated biographical details for the author of two novels in CFIV.)

BARR, PAT(RICIA MIRIAM COPPING). Ref: CA. (Adding a reference citation for the author of the 1960 novel “The Andean Murders” in CFIV under the pseudonym Laurence Hazard.)

BARR, SUE HOLLISTER. Senior editor at a literary agency and creative writing teacher, living in Brooklyn, New York. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1992 novel “Twisted” in CFIV, as well as the setting of the novel.)
    Twisted. [1967]

BARRETT, MARIA. An equities broker turned novelist and article writer for magazines and newspapers; creative writing teacher. (Adding biographical details for the author of two novels in CFIV.)

BARRETT, VICTORIA. Vicki Hinze, 1954-    . (Correcting the birth year of the author of the 1997 novel “Festival” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

BARRY, BOB (ROBERT BARRY?). 1930(?)-2011(?). Nightclub entertainer, actor, theatrical agent and playwright. (Adding biographical details and possible dates for the author of the 1976 play “Murder Among Friends” in CFIV, as well as a TV movie version of it.)
    Murder Among Friends. TV movie (England), 1985 (dir: David Greene)
 
BARRY, DESMOND (A.). 1954-   . (Correcting the birth year of the author of the 2000 novel “The Chivalry of Crime” in CFIV.)

BARRY, JO HANNOLD. (Adding information about the 1959 novel in CFIV and its author.)
    Murder Mansion. Although the U.S. copyright was registered, no trace of the book or its author can be found.

BARRY, LORRETTA. 1899(?)-1984(?). (Adding possible dates for the author of the 1975 novel “Sudden Silence” in CFIV.)
    
BARRY, RAY. Pseudonym of Denis Talbot Hughes, 1917-2008. (Adding the real name of the author of a novel in CFIV and adding its publication date.)
    Death Dimension. Curtis Warren pb, 1952

BARTLEM, NEIL. Born in Chester, England; graduate of th University of Liverpool in English literature; editor and copywriter and public relations consultant. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1993 novel “Soccer Ace Gunned Down” in CFIV.)

BARTLETT, ALICE ELINOR BOWEN. 1848-1920. Born Alice Elinor Bowen in Delavan, Wisconsin; educated at the University of Wisconsin; married  J. M. D. Bartlett in 1876; writer for newspapers and magazines; lived for some years in Detroit, Michigan, where she died. (Adding dates and biographical details for the author of the 1904 novel “The Mystery of the Monogram” in CFIV as by Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Co.)

BARTON, FLORENCE. Born in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada; moved to the U.S. during the depression; 1957 graduate in veterinary medicine from Washington State University; practiced in Boston, Los Angeles and Lewiston, Idaho, before going to Penticton, British Columbia; turned to writing mysteries upon retirement. (Adding further biographical details for the author of the 1996 novel “The Evil That We Do” in CFIV under the pseudonym Anne Barton.)

BARTRAM, A(LBERT?) V(ICTOR?). 1897(?)-1976(?). (Adding the possible full name and dates for the author of the 1938 novel in CFIV, and the setting of that novel.)
    Purple Shadows. [Africa]

BASALT, COREY. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of the 1999 novel “-Avalanche” in CFIV,.)

BATES, CHRISTOPHER. ca.1955-    . Born in Georgia; has spent more than 30 years in the Far East; executive with a recruiting firm in Taiwan. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1993 novel “The Wave Man” in CFIV.)

BATISTA-OLIVIERI, ISRAEL. 1930-    . Born in Puerto Rico; educated there and in New York City; living in New York. (Correcting the birth year and adding biographical details for the author of the 1970 novel “Hurt Me No More: in CFIV.)

BAUMGARDNER, CATHIE L. 1954-2015. (Adding the death date for the author of the 2000 novel “The Lawman Gets Lucky” in CFIV under the pseudonym Cathie Linz.)

BONFIGLIOLI, KYRIL. (Adding a film based on the 1972 novel in CFIV.)
    Don’t Point That Thing at Me. Film: Oddlot, 2015, as Mortdecai (scw: Eric Aronson; dir; David Koepp)
 
BRIGHTON, PETER. Pseudonym of Harry P. Jost, 1945-2015. Born in Trier, Germany; died in Germany. (Correcting the real name of the author of the 1999 novel “The Death of a Smile” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

BURGIN, G(EORGE) B(ROWN). (Adding a novel for the author of six novels in CFIV.)
    -The Vision of Balmaine. Hutchinson, 1911

BUTLER, JEAN ROUVEROL. 1916-2017. Died in Wingdale, New York. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1974 novel “Storm Wind Rising” in CFIV under the pseudonym Jean Rouverol.)

CAVE, GEOFFREY (BARNETT). 1906-1988. Brother of Hugh (Barnett) Cave, q.v.
 
CAVE, HUGH (BARNETT). Adding a collection of stories not in CFIV.
    The Death Head’s March. Black Dog pb, 1998 ss: The Death-Head’s March, by Geoffrey (Barnett) Cave, 1906-1988; Four Doomed Men, by Geoffrey (Barnett) Cave, 1906-1988; The Jumping Well, by Geoffrey (Barnett) Cave, 1906-1988; Step Softly, Sahib!, by Hugh Cave [India]

CHANCE, JOHN NEWTON. (Adding a film version of the 1956 novel in CFIV.)
    The Last Seven Hours. Film: Unifilm, 1962, as Crosstrap (scw: Philip Wrestler; dir: Robert Hartford Davis)
 
CHRISTIE, AGATHA. (Adding French tv movie versions.)
    Cards on the Table. TV movie: Francis, 2014, as Cartes sur Table (scw: Sylvie Simon; dir: Eric Woreth)
    A Caribbean Mystery. TV movie: France, 2016, as Albert Major Poulait Trop (scw: Jeanne le Guillou, Bruno Degu; dir: Eric Woreth)
    Hallowe’en Party. TV movie: France, 2014, as Muertre a la Kermesse  (scw: Jean-Luc Gaget; d ir: Eric Woreth)
    Hickory Dickory Dock. TV movie: France, 2015, as Pension Vanilos (scw: Sylvie Simon; dir: Eric Woreth)
    Mrs. McGinty’s Dead. TV movie: Francis 2015, as Mademoiselle MacGinty Ist Mort (scw: Thierry Debroux; dir: Eric Woreth)
    The Murder at the Vicarage. TV movie: France, 2016, as L’Affaire Protheroe (scw: Pierre Linhart; dir: Olivier Panchot)
    A Murder Is Announced. TV movie: France, 2015, as Murder Party (scw: Sylvie Simon dir: Eric Woreth)
    Murder Is Easy. TV movie: France, 2015, as Un Muertre Est-Il Facile? (scw: Jean-Luc Gaget; dir: Marc Angelo)
    Murder on the Links. TV movie: France, 2014, as Le Crime ne Paie Pas (scw: Thierry Debroux; dir: Marc Angelo)
    The Mysterious Affair at Styles. TV movie: France, 2016, as Le Mysterieuse Affaire de Styles (scw: Pierre Linhart; dir: Eric Woreth)
    The Pale Horse. TV movie: France, 2016 as Le Cheval Pale (scw: Silvie Simon; dir: Olivier Panchot)
    Three Blind Mice. TV movie: France, 2015, based on ss “The Adventure of Johnny Waverly”: L’Etrange Enlevement du Petit Bruno (scw: Jean-Luc Gaget; dir; Eric Woreth)

CLEAVER, DIANE. Born in Birmingham, England; became U.S. citizen in 1976; had a career in publishing before forming her own literary agency. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1978 novel “Sherbourne’s Folly” in CFIV under the pseudonym Nora Barry.)

COLE, G(EORGE) D(OUGLAS) H(OWARD) AND MARGARET (ISABEL POSTGATE) COLE. (Correcting the form of publication of the 1948 title in CFIV.)
    In Peril of His Life. Locke hc
 
CORAM, CHRISTOPHER. Peter N(orman) Walker, 1936-2017. (Adding the death date for the author of eight novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

CULLEN, (JEAN) JOHN T(HOMAS). Born in Nurnberg, West Germany, son of a U.S. Army soldier and a Luxembourg expat working for the U.S. Army; spent 15 years in New England, earning a B.A. in English at University of Connecticut, Storrs; served five years in the U.S. army; earned additional degrees in Business Administration and Computer Information Systems; publisher of Clocktower Books; author of more than 30 books; living in San Diego, California. (Adding biographical details for the author of one title under this byline and two under the pseudonym John Argo, all in CFIV.)

DALLAS, DUNCAN. (Adding the settings of the 1909 novel in CFIV.)
    I.L.F. (International League of Freedom) [London, Venezuela, Italy]

DAVIS, PATRICIA (TALBOT). 1923-2017. Journalist, editor, book reviewer; born and married as Mary Patricia Talbot;.married to editor and publisher B. Dale Davis for 48 years; author of 14 romance novels; died in Cape May, New Jersey. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of the 1990 novel “A Treacherous Heart” in CFIV under the pseudonym Violet Hamilton.)

DEFORD, (BENJAMIN) FRANK(LIN III). 1938-2017. Died in Key West, Florida. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1986 novel “The Spy in the Deuce Court” in CFIV.)

DENHAM, THOMAS SIDNEY. 1906-1968. Pseudonym: Justin Atholl, q.v. (Adding the real name of the author of  four titles in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

DETROIT AND CLEVELAND NAVIGATION CO. Alice Elinor Bowen Bartlett, 1848-1920. (Adding the corrected real name and dates of the author of the 1904 novel “The Mystery of the Monogram” in CFIV under this byline.)

DREW, RONALD. (Adding a new byline and title, not in CFIV.)
    -The Phantom Car. Cooke, 1925

DUNMORE, HELEN. 1952-2017. Died in Bristol, England. (Adding the death date and place for the author of two 1990s novels in CFIV.)

EDWARDS, IRENE. Living in Abertillery, Monmouthshire, Wales in the 1970s. (Adding biographical details for the author of seven 1970s novels in CFIV under the pseudonym Elisabeth Barr.)

EVERSON, LESTER. Pseudonym of Rev. Harold M(art) Porter, 1879-1935. (Adding a new byline and title not in CFIV.)
    -A Bishop’s Unbending. Robert Scott, 1916 [England]

FERRIS, TOM. Peter N(orman) Walker, 1936-2017. (Adding the death date for the author of the 1969 novel “Espionage for a Lady” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

FORD, G(ERALD) M(OODY). (Adding the middle name of the author of six novels in CFIV.)

GANNON, MICHAEL (VALENTINE). 1927-2017. Ref: CA. Born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma; died in Gainesville, Florida. (Adding the reference citation, death date and biographical details for the author of the 1994 novel “Secret Missions” in CFIV.)

GIBBS, HENRY CHARLES HAMILTON. Cosmo Hamilton became his real name in 1898 and was used as his byline, which is therefore not a pseudonym. (Correcting the relationship between the two names.)

GODWIN, FELIX. 1941-2015. Born in England; died in New Market, Alabama. (Adding a new byline and titles not in CFIV.)
    Mission to Samarkand. Hutchinson, 1964 SC: Captain John Hunter
    The Towers of Pain. Jarrolds, 1966 SC: Captain John Hunter
 
GRAHAM, M. P.
    Black Opal Mystery. (Author), 1949 [New York City, past]

GRANBECK, MARILYN (RUTH). Born Marilyn Ruth Podest in 1927, married Robert Granbeck in 1959; divorced in 1972; married Morrice Henderson in 1979; he died in 1986. (Clarifying the relationships between her bylines–a 1977 novel as Granbeck, and five titles as M. R. Henderson.)

GRAY, VIVIAN. Harry Walter Anderson, 1870-1932(?). (Adding a probable death date for the author of two 1906 titles in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

GREENWALD, HARRY J. 1904-1986. Born Henry Gruenwald in Paddington, London, England; became Henry Jack Greenwald on London electoral rolls, though the middle name later disappeared; died as Henry Jack Greenwald in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. (Adding the birth year and biographical details for the author of two 1981 novels in CFIV.)

GREENWOOD, ALLEN. Adding note on title/byline in CFIV.
    Death to a Tenor. If a book under this title/byline exists, which cannot now be demonstrated, the byline is almost certainly a pseudonym of Fred(erick John) MacIsaac, 1886-1940. The story exists, published in Detective Fiction Weekly in 1935 as by Fred MacIsaac.
 
GREGG, ANDY [ANDREW KERR GREGG]. 1929-2004. Died in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1984 play “The Family Jewels” in CFIV.)

GREY, EVE. Delete entry. (Deleting the byline and 1934 title “The Time of the Borealis”–a children’s book–in CFIV.)

GRIFFITHS, DAVID ARTHUR. (Deleting the possible death date in New Addenda Part 3 for the author of the 1951 novel “Lulu” in CFIV under the pseudonym Brett Vane.)

GRIFFITHS, P(ATRICIA) M(ARY). Born Patricia Mary Briggs; married Eric P. Anderson in 1948; in New Zealand in the 1950s where she married John Griffiths in 1955; back in the U.K. in 1959 and still there in 1971; husband granted New Zealand citizenship in 1977; no further sign of her. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1966 novel “Time of the Year for Spiders” in CFIV.)

GRIFFITHS, SALLY (W. M.). (Adding middle initials for the author of the 1968 novel “Winter Day in a Glasshouse” in CFIV.)

GRIMSHAWE, HELENA. ca.1875-1934. Born in Burnley, Lancashire, the daughter of Henry Grimshawe, ca.1843-1903, q.v.; died in Lancashire. (Adding the dates and biographical details for the author of the 1896 novel “-Trapped by Avarice” in CFIV.)

GRIMSHAWE, HENRY. ca.1843-1903. Born in Lancashire; died in Scotland; last name apparently sometimes spelled Grimshaw. (Adding the dates and biographical details for the author of the 1896 novel “-Doctor Forenti” in CFIV.)

GRUBER, HELMUT (H.). 1928-2014. Died in New York City. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1979 novel “The Temptation of Adam” in CFIV.)

GUNN, VIRGINIA S. 1929-1990. Born Virginia Anne Swanson in Oak Park, Illinois; died in Pittsburgh. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of the 1980 novel “The Wayward Season” in CFIV.)

GUTHRIE, ROBERT V(ERUS). 1926-2015. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania; died in Scotland; professor of sociology at Memphis Sate University and author of many works on aspects of sociology. (Adding the dates and biographical details for the author of two self-published golf-related works in CFIV.)

HACKER, DONALD. 1933-2011. Born in Monmouthshire; died in Somerset, England. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of the 1987 novel “Beneath the Low Light” in CFIV.)

HACKER, MARY (LOUISE). 1908-1996.  Born in London, England; married Basil L. Page in 1933 but used her maiden name in writing; died in Surrey. (Adding the dates and biographical details for the author of two novels in CFIV.)

HACKETT, WALTER ANTHONY. 1909-1995. Born in Providence, Rhode Island; war correspondent in World War II; free-lance newspaper writer; moved to Boston in 1978 and died there. (Correcting the death date and adding biographical details for the author of two plays in CFIV.)

HAIG, (ELIZA) IRENE. 1908-2003. Born Eliza Irene Seymour in Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada; married John McLean Haig, 1907-1962; died in Belleville, Ontario. (Adding the dates and further biographical details for the co-author with John Haig of the 1957 collection “Mystery of the Elms; and Condemned” in CFIV.)

HAIG, J(OHN McLEAN). 1907-1962, Born in Northumberland, Ontario; died in Belleville, Ontario. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the co-author with wife Irene Haig of the 1957 collection “Mystery of the Elms; and Condemned” in CFIV.)

HAIM, VICTOR. 1935-   . French playwright, journalist, screenwriter and actor. (Adding the corrected birth year and biographical details for the co-author with Victor Vicas of the 1971 play ”The Impromptu Impostor” in CFIV.)

HALBROOK, MICHAEL. 1914-1976. Born Michael Halbreich; name legally changed to Halbrook in 1939; died in Fulham, London, England. (Adding the dates and further biographical details for the author of the 1947 novel “Once Upon a Crime” in CFIV under the pseudonym Michael Hall.)

HALEY, RICHARD. 1934-    . Born in Bradford, Yorkshire; living in Woking, Surrey. (Adding the birth date and biographical details for the author of five novels in CFIV.)

HALL, ANGUS (H.). 1932-2009. Died in Devon, England. (Adding the death date and place for the author of numerous novels in CFIV.)

HALL, JOHN MAXWELL, 1884-1966. Born in Kempshot, Jamaica; colonial administrator and judge who wrote about North Borneo; died Wynnum, Queensland, Australia.  (Adding the corrected name, birth date, and biographical details for the author of the 1950 collection “Makan Siap: Table Tales of North Borneo” in CFIV.)

HALL, MICHAEL. Michael Halbrook, 1914-1976. (Adding the dates for the author of the 1947 novel “Once Upon a Crime” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

HALL, (FREDERICK ARTHUR) PATRICK. 1932-2007. Died in Stockbridge, England. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1969 novel “The Power Sellers” in CFIV.)

HALLOWS, JOHN. 1932-2009. Went to Australia later in life and died there. (Adding the death date and place and further biographical details for the author of the 1989 novel “The Andros Passage” in CFIV.)

HALSEY, HELEN NORWOOD. ca.1863-1941(?). Born in New Jersey; editor of authors’ manuscripts; may have died in Brooklyn, New York. (Adding the corrected birth year and possible death year and biographical details for the author of the 1898 novel “The Child Witness” in CFIV.)
   
HAMILL, EDSON T. House name. (Identifying the byline and adding the real author of the 1975 title in CFIV.)
    The Sadist. (by Paul Hofrichter.)

HAMILTON, COSMO. Birth name Henry Charles Hamilton Gibbs, but this became his legal name in 1898. (Correcting the relationship between the two names.)

HAMILTON, LESLIE. 1899-    . Possibly Leslie Sanford Hamilton, born that year in Renfrew, Ontario. (Adding biographical information for the author of two 1941 titles in CFIV, and place of publication corrections for both of them.)
    Cherchez la Femme (Find the Woman). Beaver (Hamilton, Ontario)
    Rendezvous in Vienna. Beaver (Hamilton, Ontario)

HAMILTON, TRUDY (MAE?). 1921(?)-2010(?). (Adding the probable middle name and dates for the author of the 1947 novel “-For Promised Joy” in CFIV; if the information is correct she was born in Georgia and died in Florida.)

HAMILTON, VIOLET. Patricia (Talbot) Davis, 1923-2017. (Adding the death year for the author of the 1990 novel “A Treacherous Heart” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

HAMMOCK, CLAUDE STUART. 1876-1949. Born in Illinois; worked in advertising. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of the 1930 novel “Why Murder the Judge?” in CFIV.)

HAMMOND, PETER J.  (Deleting the 1923 birth date in CFIV for the author of the 1979 novel “Sapphire and Steel”.)

HAND, CHARLES (JAMES). 1979-1970. Journalist, theatrical agent, author and businessman; born in Liverpool, England; died in London. (Adding the middle name, dates and biographical details for the author of a 1930 collection and a 1955 play in CFIV.)

HANLEY, GEORGE C(YRIL). 1933-1999. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota; died in Oak Forest, Illinois. (Adding the dates and biographical details for the author of the 1997 book in CFIV, and the corrected title of that volume)
    The Bachelors’ Odyssey.

HANLEY, JACK. 1905-1963. Pseudonym: Gene Harvey, q.v. (Adding the dates and corrected pseudonym relationship for the author of the 1960 novel “-The Violated One” in CFIV)
 
HANLON, CAROLYN F. 1940-2013. Born in Detroit; earned an undergraduate degree at Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. and an M.A. in English Education at Syracuse University; high school teacher and adjunct faculty member at Syracuse University; author of over 42 romance novels; died in Syracuse, New York. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of the 1996 novel “The Marriage Curse” in CFIV under the pseudonym Carolyn Andrews.)

HANN, DONALD. Kenneth Malcolm Macaulay, 1927-1990. (Adding the full name and dates for the author of four novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

HANNA, STEVE. George Harry Humphrey, 1922-2017. (Adding the death date of the author of the 1983 novel “Angela” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

HANSEN, RAY A(LLEN). 1968-    . Project manager in the health insurance industry; living in Washington state, and active in a local drama group. (Adding the full name, birth year, and biographical details for the author of the 1999 novel “-The Ecklesia Project” in CFIV.)

HANSEN, RICHARD EARL. 1923-2016. Died in San Andreas, California. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 2000 novel “Little Horses of the Devil” in CFIV.)

HARDIN, (CHARLES) ROBERT. 1934-2010. Died in Yelapa, Mexico. (Adding the first name, death date and place for the author of the 1977 novel “Amateur Hour” in CFIV, as well as a series character in the novel.)
    Amateur Hour. SC: David Armstrong, also in subsequent (post-2000) novels

HARDY, JEAN. Born Jean Maree Hardy, an English choreographer working in Las Vegas who married Kirk Kerkorian in 1954, then Andrew Bullians; so the pseudonym of Jean Kerkorian Bullians; living in California. (Confirming the real name of the author of the 1995 novel “The Ring Master “ in CFIV under the pseudonym.)
      
HAREWOOD, FRED. 1864(?)-1940(?). (Adding possible dates for the co-author with R. Andom of the 1895 collection “The Fortune of a Spendthrift, and other items” in CFIV.)    

HARKER, CHARLES R(OBERT). 1856-1922. Died in Santa Cruz, California. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1900 novel “A Singular Sinner” in CFIV.)

HARMAN, JOHN. Ghostwriter, journalist in the UK and U.S., owner of a film production company, and scriptwriter. (Adding biographical details for the author of four novels in CFIV.)

HARNETT, CHARLES B(LANEY). 1930-2005. Born in Springfield, Illinois; died in Knoxville, Tennessee; served in the U.S. Air Force and worked in advertising. (Adding the full name, dates and biographical details for the co-author with Larry T. Maxim of the 1953 novel “No Time to Live” in CFIV.)

HARREX, ANNE CAMPBELL. Born in Tasmania; married to author and academic Sydney Church Harrex, who died in 2015; living in South Australia. (Adding biographical details for the author of two 1973 novels in CFIV under the pseudonym Marina Campbell.)

HARRIS, CHARLES (STANLEY HENRY FREDERICK). 1913(?)-   . (Adding the full name and possible birth year for the author of two 1950s novels in CFIV.)

HARRIS, CHARLES AVERY. A deceased Baltimore writer with the street name “Fingers”; no dates reliably found. (Adding biographical information for the author of five novels in CFIV.)

HARRIS, HELEN CHRISTY. 1916-2011(?). (Adding a better possibility for the death date of the author of the 1946 novelization “Mr. Ace” in CFIV.)

HARRIS, W(ALTER) ERIC. 1889-1978. Born in Ontario, Canada; died in Vancouver, British Columbia; a businessman who wrote plays. (Adding the dates and biographical details for the author of the l936 play “Twenty-Five Cents” in CFIV.)

HARRISON, F. BAYFORD. Correct to: HARRISON, J. BAYFORD. (Correcting the byline for the 1895 collection in CFIV and adding its setting.)
    A Good Copy and other stories. [England]

HARRISON, HERBERT. 1869-1944. Born in London, moved to Deal, Kent, and then to Canterbury in 1926; Councillor and then Mayor in Canterbury, where he died. (Adding the death date and further biographical details for the author of the 1923 novel “-Dick Munday” in New Addenda Part 3, as well as an additional title for that author.)
    The Braganza Necklace. Sampson Low, 1922 [England, 1800s]

HART, L(AURENCE?) H(AROLD?). 1910(?)-2003(?). (Adding the probable full name and dates for the author of four 1940s novels in CFIV; if he’s the author, he was born in Liverpool, England, and died in Cheshire, and was listed in the 1939 register as a short story writer.)
        
HARTZELL, JAMES E(DWARD, JR.). 1926-2004. Born in Helper, Utah; died in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of the 1984 novel “Beg Before You Die” in CFIV.)

HARVEY, GENE. Pseudonym of Jack Hanley, 1905-1963. (Correcting the real name of the author of the 1958 novel “Passion’s Slave” in CFIV.)

HARVEY, J. M. LEE. In connection with another title under this byline (D-Day Dodger), the author is identified as a 30 year old office worker when he enlisted in 1942. (Adding biographical details for the author of the novel ”The Clenched Fist Curate,” and correcting its publication date.
    The Clenched Fist Curate. Stockwell, 1996

HARVEY, MARION. Born in South America. (Adding a biographical detail for the author whose 1894-1982 dates and death place are in New Addenda Part 1 and who is in CFIV for seven titles.)
    
HARVEY, ROBERT. Prolific author of pseudonymous westerns in the 1990s. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1982 novel “Try Me Again” in CFIV, and correcting its publisher.)
    Try Me Again. Farnworth, 1982

HASTINGS, DOROTHY) G(RACE). 1911-1979. Died in Barton, Vermont. (Correcting the death date and adding the death place for the author of the 1944 novel “Death at the Depot” in CFIV.)

HAUSFELD, RUSSELL. Possibly Russell Gordon Hausfeld, 1923-1995, in the 1950s a manager for the Welfare of Aborigines Board in Australia and later a lecturer in anthropology. (Adding the possible full name, dates and biographical details for the author of two 1949 titles in CFIV under house names.)

HAWKER, BESSY (EDITH GRACE). 1871-1944. (Adding the middle names and confirming the dates of the author of the 1898 novel “Overlooked”, and a note about its nature.)
    -Overlooked. At most this novel is marginally criminous
         
HAWKES, G(EORGE) H(ERBERT). 1905.1997. A New South Wales newspaperman/editor. (Adding the full name and dates for the author of the 1947 title “Hand in Glove,” confirming its publication date, and adding a note about its contents.)
    Hand in Glove. This title may be straight reportage of a crime, with no novelized contents.
              
HAY, FREDERIC(K). ca.1836-1908. Born in Cornwall, England; lived in Hampshire for many years; died in Steyning, Sussex; fairly prolific playwright. (Adding dates and biographical details for the author of the 1868 play “Beautiful for Ever” in CFIV.)

HAY, W(ILLIAM) LAING. 1892-1960. Went to Ceylon in 1920 as an accountant; married there, then went to Australia before returning to England; avid golfer; died in Middlesex. (Adding the death date and further biographical details for the author of the 1931 novel “Who Cut the Colonel’s Throat?” in CFIV.)

HAYES, WILLIAM EDWARD. 1897-1967. Died in Birmingham, Alabama. (Adding the correct death year and place for the author of three 1930s novels in CFIV.)

HAYS, PETER. 1927-2016. Born in London; served with British Occupation Forces in Palestine; began medical studies, specializing in psychiatry; emigrated to Canada with his family in 1967, settling in Edmonton; taught psychiatry at the University of Albert Hospital for 30 years; died in Sooke, British Columbia. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of four novels in CFIV under the pseudonym Ian Jefferies.)

HAYWOOD, JOHN CAMPBELL. 1860-1943. Born in Nagade, India; served in the merchant navy; married Alice Gertrude Bradley Curtis in New York City in 1884; naturalized U.S. citizen in Pennsylvania in 1902; lived in Warren, Connecticut. (Adding the correct birth date and death date and biographical details for the author of the 1905 collection “Driftwood and other tales” in CFIV.)

HEARNE, ANTHONY. Correct to: HERN, (GEORGE) ANTHONY. 1916-1999. (Although various last name spellings are used in connection with Ian Fleming and James Bond newspaper strips, this appears to be the correct one, in CFIV for a 1990 graphic novel version of Fleming’s “Casino Royale”.)

HEATTER, BASIL. (Adding a title not in CFIV.)
    A Night Out. Popular Library, 1956 [Key West, Dry Tortugas]
 
HEAVEN, LOUISE PALMER. 1846-1922. Born in Cornwall, England; married Samuel Manual Heaven in Mexico in 1869, in the U.S. by 1881; died in the District of Columbia. (Adding the death date and place and biographical details for the author of the 1901 novel “-An Idol of Bronze” in CFIV.)    

HEFFERNAN, DEAN L. 1893-1964. (Correcting the birth year of the author of the 1932 novel “Murder at Sunset Gables” in CFIV.)

HELGERSON, JOEL. Pseudonym: Jo Bailey, q.v. (Adding the real name of the author of three 1990s novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

HELY, SARA [SARA ELENA HELY HUTCHINSON COLLINS]. 1930-2013. Died in Ayrshire, Scotland. (Adding the death date and place for the author of two novels in CFIV.)
 
HEMINGWAY, KENNETH (GEORGE). 1916-1993. A journalist; born in Lancashire, England; died in Sussex. (Adding the full name, dates and biographical details for the author of the 1954 novel “Murder Flight” in CFIV.)

HENDERSON, LAURENCE. 1928-2015. His dates were given in New Addenda #3; death took place in Rayleigh, Essex; his full name was Laurie Mckenzie Henderson, as given in the death record and probate index; he evidently used Laurence in writing and daily life. (Adding new information for the author of five novels in CFIV.)

HENDERSON, LAURIE MCKENZIE. 1928-2015. See: Laurence Henderson.

HENDRICKSEN, (MARY) LOUISE. Living in Kent, Washington. (Adding the first name and biographical detail for the author of three 1990s novels in CFIV.)

HENNIGAN, BRIAN. 1965-    . (Adding the birth year of the author of the 2000 novel “Patrick Robinson: A Tale of Adventure” in CFIV.)

HENRY, MARGARET (BERTHA McNAMARA). 1931-2016. Died in Brookfield, Queensland, Australia. (Adding the death date and place for the author of two 1960s titles in CFIV.)

HERNE, HUXLEY. (Adding a new byline and title, not in CFIV.)
    A Tangled Miracle. Nelson, 1936 [Connecticut]

HILL, JOHN and G. F. BACON. (Adding the setting of the 1897 novel in CFIV.)
    Dinah Fleet. [London]

HINZE, VICKI. 1954-    . (Correcting the birth year of the author of four novels in CFIV.)

HJORTSBERG, WILLIAM (REINHOLD).  1941-2017. Died in Livingston, Montana. (Adding the death date and place for the author of two novels in CFIV.)

HOSKEN, ALICE CECIL SEYMOUR. 1877(?)-1951. (Confirming the death date of the author of numerous titles in CFIV under the pseudonym Coralie Stanton.)

HUGHES, DENIS TALBOT. Pseudonym: Ray Barry, q.v. (Adding a further pseudonym for the author in CFIV.)

HUMPHREY, GEORGE HARRY. 1922-2017. Died in Eastbourne, England. (Adding the death date and place for the author of numerous titles in CFIV under four pseudonyms.)

JEFFERIES, IAN. Peter Hays, 1927-2016, (Adding the death date for the author of four novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

JOHNSON, DENIS. 1949-2017. Died in Gualala, California.. (Adding the death date and place for the author of four novels in CFIV.)

JOST, HARRY P. 1945-2015. Born in Trier, Germany; died in Germany. (Adding the real name and dates for the author of the 1999 novel “The Death of a Smile” in CFIV under the pseudonym Peter Brighton.)

KINNOCH, RONALD (GEORGE BARCLAY). 1911-1994. Born in Scotland; died in Los Angeles, California. (See Jack Roffey.)

LEWIS, TOM [THOMAS C. LEWIS]. (Adding the fuller name of the author of the 1981 novel “Rooftops” in CFIV.)

LINZ, CATHIE. Ref: CA. Cathie L. Baumgardner, 1954-2015. Died in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. (Adding the reference citation and death date and place for the author of the 2000 novel “The Lawman Gets Lucky” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)
 
LIVINGSTON, (ROBERT) ARMSTRONG (JR.). 1884-1948. Died in New York City. (Adding the death date and  place for the author of 14 titles in CFIV.)

MACAULAY, KENNETH MALCOLM. 1927-1990. (Adding the full name and dates for the author of four novels in CFIV under the pseudonym Donald Hann.)

McCURTIN, PETER J. (Adding the real name of the author of the 1985 title in CFIV.)
    Somali Smashout. (by Paul Hofrichter.)

McMASTER, ALISON. Pseudonym of Marjorie/Margery Baker, possibly born in 1923; lived in Sussex; also published a number of romance novels; was a member of the Sussex Playwrights, who don’t reply to e-mail queries. (Adding biographical details for the author of two 1950s plays in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

MADDOX, LEE. George Harry Humphrey, 1922-2017. (Adding the death date of the author of two 1980s novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

MALONEY, SHANE. (Adding TV movies based on 1990s novels in CFIV.)
    The Brush Off. TV movie: Huntaway Films (Australia), 2004 (scw: John Clarke; dir: Sam Neill)
    Stiff. TV Movie: Huntaway Films (Australia), 2004 (scw & dir: John Clarke)

MARCH, MAXWELL. (Correcting the title of the 1935 novel in CFIV.)
    Rogues’ Holiday.

MARR, RICHARD. (Adding the setting of a 1940 novel in CFIV.)
    The Smith Slayer. [England]

MARSTON, EVERETT (C.). 1903-1970. (Adding the name and dates for the co-author with R. A(lexander) Anderson of the 1968 play “Ring Around the Corpse”.)

MATHER, ARTHUR (RICHARD). 1925-2017. Died in Melbourne, Australia. (Adding the death date and place for the author of seven titles in CFIV.)

MERCER, JUNE. (Adding the setting of the 1983 novel in CFIV.)
    Death-Line. [England]

MILLHISER, MARLYS (JOY). 1938-2017. Died in Boulder, Colorado. (Adding the death date and place for the author of nine novels in CFIV.)

NEWELL, AUDREY
    Who Killed Cavelotti? (Correcting the spelling of the 1930 novel in CFIV.)
 
ODLUM, JEROME. (Correcting the series character notation for a 1940 novel in CFIV.)
    Nine Lives Are Not Enough. Note: series character John Steele does not appear.

PAYNE, SIDNEY. (Adding a note on the title in CFIV.)
    Eyes of Evil. If a book under this title/byline exists, which cannot now be demonstrated, the byline is almost certainly a pseudonym of Fred(erick John) MacIsaac, 1886-1940. The story exists, published in Top Notch Magazine in1928 as by Fred MacIsaac.

PERCY, JANE. Pseudonym of Lillian Barnes, 1915-2006. (Adding the byline under which the 1989 novel “Phantom of Harley Grange” in CFIV as by Lillian Barnes, was actually published.)
    Phantom of Harley Grange. Stockwell, 1989
 
PEWSEY, ELIZABETH. Elizabeth Ann Edmondson Aston, 1948-2016. Adding the death date for the author of the 2000 novel “Losing Larry” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

PORTER, REV. HAROLD M(ART). 1879-1935. Pseudonym: Lester Everson, q.v.

QUIGLEY, QUIGTON. Albert W. Bagg, 1835-1935. (Adding the dates of the author of the 1874 title “Holcomb‘s Retreat” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

RATLEY, PERCY. (Adding a note on the title in CFIV.)
    The Seal of Satan. If a book under this title/byline exists, which cannot now be demonstrated, the byline is almost certainly a pseudonym of Fred(erick John) MacIsaac, 1886-1940. The story exists, published in Argosy in 1928 as by Fred MacIsaac..
 
REIFFEL, LEONARD. 1927-2017. Died in Chicago, Illinois. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1978 novel “The Contaminant” in CFIV.)

RHEA, NICHOLAS. Peter N(orman) Walker, 1936-2017. (Adding the death date for the author of some 32 novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

ROBERTSON, WILLARD. (Correcting the nature of the 1940 novel in CFIV.)
    Moontide. Not intended for younger readers

ROFFEY, JACK. (Adding a further play for the author of two plays in CFIV.)
    Justice Is a Woman, with Ronald (George Barclay) Kinnoch, 1911-1994. English Theatre Guild, 1967 (Play.) TV movie: ITV, 1969 (scw: Stanley Miller; dir: Joan Kemp-Welsh)

ROSSI, BRUNO. (Adding the real name of author of novels in CFIV.)
    Blood Bath. (by Russell Smith.)  Correct publication date to 1973
    Blood Oath. (by Russell Smith.)  Correct publication date to 1973
    No Quarter Given. (by Russell Smith.)

ROTHROCK, (HARRY) KEN(NETH). 1931-1981. Born in California; died in Los Angeles; also wrote for television.. (Adding the corrected name and dates and biographical details for the author of the 1976 novel “The Deadly Welcome” in CFIV, as well as the setting of the novel.)
    The Deadly Welcome. [Nevada]
 
ROUVEROL, JEAN. Jean Rouverol Butler, 1916-2017. (Adding the death date for the author of the 1974 novel “Storm Wind Rising” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)
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RYAN, CHRIS. Ref: CA. (Adding the reference citation for the author of five novels in CFIV under the pseudonym Colin Armstrong.)

SANDBERG-ARNSTON, THERESA. 1939-2016. Born Theresa Sicignano in Brooklyn, New York, daughter of lawyers; graduated from St. John’s University with a degree in pharmacy; after working as a pharmacist, returned to St. John’s for a JD in 1967; married Al Sandberg in 1969 and after divorce married Harrison Arnstron, 1936-1996, q.v.; died in Palm Harbor, Florida. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of four novels in CFIV under the pseudonym Catherine Arnold.)
 
SCOUGAL, TONY. Born in Southport, Lancashire, England; retired in 1999 as a detective inspector after 31 years in the police force. (Adding further biographical details for the author of the 1996 novel “The Fragile Peace” in CFIV under the pseudonym Paul Anthony.)

SEWALL, ROBERT WILLIAM. 1915-1987. Born in Pennsylvania; died in West Park, Ulster, New York; writer of pastiches and parodies. (Adding the full name, dates and biographical details for the author of the 1970 novel “The Sign of the Scorpion” in CFIV under the pseudonym Bruce Abbott.)

SHELYNN, JACK. George Harry Humphrey, 1922-2017. (Adding the death date of the author of nine novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

SHEPPARD, W. J. (Adding a new byline and title not in CFIV.)
    Flight from Fear. Skeffington, 1950 [England]
 
TAGGART, TOM (BARNARD). Pseudonym: Jack Barnard, q.v. (Adding a further pseudonym for the author of the 1943 play “Mumbo-Jumbo” in CFIV under the pseudonym, as well numerous plays in CFIV under his real name and the pseudonyms Bill Johnson, Ross MacRoss, Joseph Scott and Joseph Spalding.)
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TAYLOR, FREDERICK. 1825(?-1890(?). (Adding possible dates for the author of the 1861 title
”Confessions of a Horse Toper” in CFIV under the pseudonym Ballinasloe.)

TOWNEND, W(ILLIAM). 1881-1962. (Correcting the death date of the author of five titles in CFIV.)

TRAVIS, GERRY. (Adding series character in the 1957 novel in CFIV.)
    The Big Bite. SC: Paul Knox, also in “Stab in the Dark” as by Louis Trimble  

TRIEM, PAUL ELLSWORTH. Pulp writer who specialized in westerns and detective stories; born in Manchester, Iowa; died in Seattle, Washington. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1930 novel “Alias John Doe” in CFIV.)

TRIMBLE, LOUIS (PRESTON). (Adding a series character in the 1956 novel in CFIV.)
    Stab in the Dark. SC: Paul Knox, also in “The Big Bite” as by Gerry Travis

TROY, SIMON. (Adding series character corrections for novels in CFIV.)
    Drunkard’s End. Delete SC Inspector Charles Smith
    Tonight and Tomorrow. Delete SC Inspector Charles Smith

VALE, WILLIAM N. (Correcting the publication date of the 1925 novel in CFIV.)
    The Mystery of the Golconda. Cassell, 1927

WALKER, PETER N(ORMAN). 1936-2017. Died in Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, England. (Adding the death place and date for the author of some 28 novels in CFIV under this name, as well as others under pseudonyms.)

WAMBAUGH, JOSEPH. (Correcting the title of the 1993 TV movie in CFIV.)
    Fugitive Nights. TV movie: Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert
 
WEBB, JOYCE BEVINS. (Adding a new byline and title, not in CFIV; no trace of the author found except a note that in 1939 she was a clerk typist in the Customs and Excise Department, London.)
    The Clue in the Castle. Spring Books, 1961

WORTIS, EDWARD IRVING. Ref: CA. (Adding a reference citation for the author of the 1989 novel “The Man Who Was Poe” in CFIV under the pseudonym AVI.)

YORKE, MARGARET. (Adding the U.S. edition of the 1970 novel in CFIV.)
    Dead in the Morning. Bantam pb, 1982    

                                           

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