
Lawrence Block
aka
Ben Christopher, Jill Emerson, Chip Harrison, Paul Kavanagh, Sheldon Lord, John Warren Wells
About Lawrence Block
A Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, Lawrence Block is a four-time winner of the Edgar Allan Poe and Shamus Awards, as well as a recipient of prizes in France, Germany, and Japan. The author of more than fifty books and numerous short stories, he is a devout New Yorker who spends much of his time traveling.
Series
Evan Tanner
1. The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep (1966)
2. The Cancelled Czech (1966)
3. Tanner's Twelve Swingers (1967)
4. Two for Tanner (1967)
aka The Scoreless Thai
5. Tanner's Tiger (1968)
6. Here Comes a Hero (1968)
aka Tanner's Virgin
7. Me Tanner, You Jane (1970)
8. Tanner on Ice (1998)
1. The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep (1966)
2. The Cancelled Czech (1966)
3. Tanner's Twelve Swingers (1967)
4. Two for Tanner (1967)
aka The Scoreless Thai
5. Tanner's Tiger (1968)
6. Here Comes a Hero (1968)
aka Tanner's Virgin
7. Me Tanner, You Jane (1970)
8. Tanner on Ice (1998)
Chip Harrison (with Chip Harrison (Lawrence Block))
3. Make Out with Murder (1974)
aka Five Little Rich Girls
No Score (1970)
Chip Harrison Scores Again (1971)
The Topless Tulip Caper (1975)
A.K.A. Chip Harrison: Make Out With Murder / Topless Tulip Caper (omnibus) (1983)
Introducing Chip Harrison: No Score / Chip Harrison Scores Again (omnibus) (1984)
The Affairs of Chip Harrison (omnibus) (2001)
3. Make Out with Murder (1974)
aka Five Little Rich Girls
No Score (1970)
Chip Harrison Scores Again (1971)
The Topless Tulip Caper (1975)
A.K.A. Chip Harrison: Make Out With Murder / Topless Tulip Caper (omnibus) (1983)
Introducing Chip Harrison: No Score / Chip Harrison Scores Again (omnibus) (1984)
The Affairs of Chip Harrison (omnibus) (2001)
Matthew Scudder
1. The Sins of the Fathers (1976)
2. Time to Murder and Create (1979)
3. In the Midst of Death (1976)
4. A Stab in the Dark (1981)
5. Eight Million Ways to Die (1982)
6. When the Sacred Ginmill Closes (1986)
7. Out on the Cutting Edge (1989)
8. A Ticket to the Boneyard (1990)
9. A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (1991)
10. A Walk Among the Tombstones (1992)
11. The Devil Knows You're Dead (1993)
12. A Long Line of Dead Men (1994)
13. Even the Wicked (1996)
14. Everybody Dies (1998)
15. Hope to Die (2001)
16. All the Flowers Are Dying (2005)
17. A Drop of the Hard Stuff (2011)
The Matt Scudder Mysteries (omnibus) (1997)
The Night and The Music (2011)
A Moment of Wrong Thinking (2012)
A Candle for the Bag Lady (2012)
Let's Get Lost (2012)
Looking for David (2012)
The Merciful Angel of Death (2012)
One Last Night at Grogan's (2012)
Out the Window (2012)
1. The Sins of the Fathers (1976)
2. Time to Murder and Create (1979)
3. In the Midst of Death (1976)
4. A Stab in the Dark (1981)
5. Eight Million Ways to Die (1982)
6. When the Sacred Ginmill Closes (1986)
7. Out on the Cutting Edge (1989)
8. A Ticket to the Boneyard (1990)
9. A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (1991)
10. A Walk Among the Tombstones (1992)
11. The Devil Knows You're Dead (1993)
12. A Long Line of Dead Men (1994)
13. Even the Wicked (1996)
14. Everybody Dies (1998)
15. Hope to Die (2001)
16. All the Flowers Are Dying (2005)
17. A Drop of the Hard Stuff (2011)
The Matt Scudder Mysteries (omnibus) (1997)
The Night and The Music (2011)
A Moment of Wrong Thinking (2012)
A Candle for the Bag Lady (2012)
Let's Get Lost (2012)
Looking for David (2012)
The Merciful Angel of Death (2012)
One Last Night at Grogan's (2012)
Out the Window (2012)
Bernie Rhodenbarr
1. Burglars Can't Be Choosers (1977)
2. The Burglar in the Closet (1978)
3. The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling (1979)
4. The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza (1980)
5. The Burglar Who Painted like Mondrian (1983)
6. The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams (1994)
7. The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart (1995)
8. The Burglar in the Library (1997)
9. The Burglar in the Rye (1999)
10. The Burglar on the Prowl (2004)
The Burglar Who Dropped in on Elvis (1999)
The Bernie Rhodenbarr Mysteries: Volume One (omnibus) (2011)
Like a Thief in the Night (2011)
The Bernie Rhodenbarr Mysteries (2011)
The Bernie Rhodenbarr Mysteries: Volume Two (omnibus) (2011)
1. Burglars Can't Be Choosers (1977)
2. The Burglar in the Closet (1978)
3. The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling (1979)
4. The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza (1980)
5. The Burglar Who Painted like Mondrian (1983)
6. The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams (1994)
7. The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart (1995)
8. The Burglar in the Library (1997)
9. The Burglar in the Rye (1999)
10. The Burglar on the Prowl (2004)
The Burglar Who Dropped in on Elvis (1999)
The Bernie Rhodenbarr Mysteries: Volume One (omnibus) (2011)
Like a Thief in the Night (2011)
The Bernie Rhodenbarr Mysteries (2011)
The Bernie Rhodenbarr Mysteries: Volume Two (omnibus) (2011)
Keller
1. Hit Man (1998)
2. Hit List (2000)
3. Hit Parade (2006)
4. Hit and Run (2008)
5. Hit Me (2013)
Keller's Adjustment (2012)
Keller on the Spot (2013)
Keller's Horoscope (2013)
Keller's Therapy (2013)
1. Hit Man (1998)
2. Hit List (2000)
3. Hit Parade (2006)
4. Hit and Run (2008)
5. Hit Me (2013)
Keller's Adjustment (2012)
Keller on the Spot (2013)
Keller's Horoscope (2013)
Keller's Therapy (2013)
Ehrengraf for the Defense
1. The Ehrengraf Defense (2012)
2. The Ehrengraf Presumption (2012)
3. The Ehrengraf Experience (2012)
4. The Ehrengraf Appointment (2012)
5. The Ehrengraf Riposte (2012)
6. The Ehrengraf Obligation (2012)
7. The Ehrengraf Alternative (2012)
8. The Ehrengraf Nostrum (2012)
9. The Ehrengraf Affirmation (2012)
10. The Ehrengraf Reverse (2012)
11. The Ehrengraf Settlement (2012)
Ehrengraf For the Defense (2012)
1. The Ehrengraf Defense (2012)
2. The Ehrengraf Presumption (2012)
3. The Ehrengraf Experience (2012)
4. The Ehrengraf Appointment (2012)
5. The Ehrengraf Riposte (2012)
6. The Ehrengraf Obligation (2012)
7. The Ehrengraf Alternative (2012)
8. The Ehrengraf Nostrum (2012)
9. The Ehrengraf Affirmation (2012)
10. The Ehrengraf Reverse (2012)
11. The Ehrengraf Settlement (2012)
Ehrengraf For the Defense (2012)
Kit Tolliver Stories
Clean Slate (2013)
If You Can't Stand the Heat (2013)
You Can Call Me Lucky (2013)
Clean Slate (2013)
If You Can't Stand the Heat (2013)
You Can Call Me Lucky (2013)
Novels
Kept (1960) (with Sheldon Lord (Lawrence Block))
The Specialists (1960)
Death Pulls a Doublecross (1961)
aka Coward's Kiss
The Case of the Pornographic Photos (1961)
aka Markham / You Could Call it Murder
Mona (1961)
aka Sweet Slow Death / Grifter's Game
The Sisterhood (1963) (with Sheldon Lord (Lawrence Block))
aka Women in Love
Warm and Willing (1964) (with Jill Emerson (Lawrence Block))
Enough of Sorrow (1965) (with Jill Emerson (Lawrence Block))
The Girl with the Long Green Heart (1965)
Deadly Honeymoon (1967)
After the First Death (1969)
Such Men Are Dangerous (1969) (with Paul Kavanagh (Lawrence Block))
Threesome (1970) (with Jill Emerson (Lawrence Block))
Ronald Rabbit Is a Dirty Old Man (1971)
The Triumph of Evil (1972) (with Paul Kavanagh (Lawrence Block))
Sensuous (1972) (with Jill Emerson (Lawrence Block))
The Trouble with Eden (1973) (with Jill Emerson (Lawrence Block))
Not Comin' Home to You (1974) (with Paul Kavanagh (Lawrence Block))
A Week As Andrea Benstock (1975) (with Jill Emerson (Lawrence Block))
Ariel (1979)
Code of Arms (1981) (with Harold King)
Into the Night (1987) (with Cornell Woolrich)
Random Walk (1988)
The Perfect Murder: Five Great Mystery Writers Create the Perfect Crime (1991) (with Sarah Caudwell, Tony Hillerman and Jack Hitt)
Batman's Helpers (1999)
The Lost Cases of Ed London (2001)
Cinderella Sims (2002)
Small Town: A Novel of New York (2003)
Lucky at Cards (2007)
A Diet of Treacle (2008)
Killing Castro (2008)
April North (2010)
Community of Women (2010) (with Sheldon Lord (Lawrence Block))
A Girl Called Honey (2010) (with Donald E Westlake)
Grifter's Game (2010)
A Madwoman's Diary (2010) (with Jill Emerson (Lawrence Block))
Sin Hellcat (2010) (with Donald E Westlake)
So Willing (2010) (with Donald E Westlake)
Thirty (2010) (with Jill Emerson (Lawrence Block))
You Could Call It Murder (2010)
Candy (2011) (with Sheldon Lord (Lawrence Block))
Carla (2011) (with Sheldon Lord (Lawrence Block))
A Strange Kind of Love (2011) (with Sheldon Lord (Lawrence Block))
Getting Off (2011) (with Jill Emerson (Lawrence Block))
69 Barrow Street (2012) (with Sheldon Lord (Lawrence Block))
Strange Embrace (2012) (with Ben Christopher (Lawrence Block))
The Specialists (1960)
Death Pulls a Doublecross (1961)
aka Coward's Kiss
The Case of the Pornographic Photos (1961)
aka Markham / You Could Call it Murder
Mona (1961)
aka Sweet Slow Death / Grifter's Game
The Sisterhood (1963) (with Sheldon Lord (Lawrence Block))
aka Women in Love
Warm and Willing (1964) (with Jill Emerson (Lawrence Block))
Enough of Sorrow (1965) (with Jill Emerson (Lawrence Block))
The Girl with the Long Green Heart (1965)
Deadly Honeymoon (1967)
After the First Death (1969)
Such Men Are Dangerous (1969) (with Paul Kavanagh (Lawrence Block))
Threesome (1970) (with Jill Emerson (Lawrence Block))
Ronald Rabbit Is a Dirty Old Man (1971)
The Triumph of Evil (1972) (with Paul Kavanagh (Lawrence Block))
Sensuous (1972) (with Jill Emerson (Lawrence Block))
The Trouble with Eden (1973) (with Jill Emerson (Lawrence Block))
Not Comin' Home to You (1974) (with Paul Kavanagh (Lawrence Block))
A Week As Andrea Benstock (1975) (with Jill Emerson (Lawrence Block))
Ariel (1979)
Code of Arms (1981) (with Harold King)
Into the Night (1987) (with Cornell Woolrich)
Random Walk (1988)
The Perfect Murder: Five Great Mystery Writers Create the Perfect Crime (1991) (with Sarah Caudwell, Tony Hillerman and Jack Hitt)
Batman's Helpers (1999)
The Lost Cases of Ed London (2001)
Cinderella Sims (2002)
Small Town: A Novel of New York (2003)
Lucky at Cards (2007)
A Diet of Treacle (2008)
Killing Castro (2008)
April North (2010)
Community of Women (2010) (with Sheldon Lord (Lawrence Block))
A Girl Called Honey (2010) (with Donald E Westlake)
Grifter's Game (2010)
A Madwoman's Diary (2010) (with Jill Emerson (Lawrence Block))
Sin Hellcat (2010) (with Donald E Westlake)
So Willing (2010) (with Donald E Westlake)
Thirty (2010) (with Jill Emerson (Lawrence Block))
You Could Call It Murder (2010)
Candy (2011) (with Sheldon Lord (Lawrence Block))
Carla (2011) (with Sheldon Lord (Lawrence Block))
A Strange Kind of Love (2011) (with Sheldon Lord (Lawrence Block))
Getting Off (2011) (with Jill Emerson (Lawrence Block))
69 Barrow Street (2012) (with Sheldon Lord (Lawrence Block))
Strange Embrace (2012) (with Ben Christopher (Lawrence Block))
Omnibus
Collections
Sometimes They Bite (1983)
Like a Lamb to the Slaughter: Stories (1984)
Some Days You Get the Bear: Stories (1993)
By the Dawn's Early Light: and Other Stories (1994)
Death Wish and Other Stories (1994)
One Night Stands: Early Stories (1999)
The Collected Mystery Stories (1999)
Enough Rope: Collected Stories (2002)
One Night Stands and Lost Weekends (2008)
Hellcats and Honeygirls (2009) (with Donald E Westlake)
Masters of Noir: Volume Three (2010) (with Ed McBain and John D MacDonald)
Like a Lamb to the Slaughter: Stories (1984)
Some Days You Get the Bear: Stories (1993)
By the Dawn's Early Light: and Other Stories (1994)
Death Wish and Other Stories (1994)
One Night Stands: Early Stories (1999)
The Collected Mystery Stories (1999)
Enough Rope: Collected Stories (2002)
One Night Stands and Lost Weekends (2008)
Hellcats and Honeygirls (2009) (with Donald E Westlake)
Masters of Noir: Volume Three (2010) (with Ed McBain and John D MacDonald)
Plays
Novellas
Keller in Dallas (2009)
Catch & Release: A Story From the Dark Side (2011)
A Chance to Get Even (2011)
Dolly's Trash & Treasures: A Story From the Dark Side (2011)
Scenarios (2011)
Welcome to the Real World (2011)
Who Knows Where It Goes (2011)
Almost Perfect (2011)
As Dark as Christmas Gets (2011)
The Burglar Who Smelled Smoke (2011) (with Lynne Wood Block)
Headaches and Bad Dreams (2011)
In For a Penny (2011)
Sweet Little Hands (2011)
Terrible Tommy Terhune (2011)
Three in the Side Pocket (2011)
A Vision in White (2011)
You Don't Even Feel It (2011)
A Bad Night for Burglars (2011)
Like a Bone in the Throat (2011)
Collecting Ackermans (2013)
Catch & Release: A Story From the Dark Side (2011)
A Chance to Get Even (2011)
Dolly's Trash & Treasures: A Story From the Dark Side (2011)
Scenarios (2011)
Welcome to the Real World (2011)
Who Knows Where It Goes (2011)
Almost Perfect (2011)
As Dark as Christmas Gets (2011)
The Burglar Who Smelled Smoke (2011) (with Lynne Wood Block)
Headaches and Bad Dreams (2011)
In For a Penny (2011)
Sweet Little Hands (2011)
Terrible Tommy Terhune (2011)
Three in the Side Pocket (2011)
A Vision in White (2011)
You Don't Even Feel It (2011)
A Bad Night for Burglars (2011)
Like a Bone in the Throat (2011)
Collecting Ackermans (2013)
Series contributed to
Anthologies edited
Murder on the Run (1998)
Death Cruise: Crime Stories on the Open Seas (1999)
Master's Choice (1999)
Opening Shots (2000)
Great Mystery Series: 11 of the Best Mystery Short Stories from Alfred Hitchcock's And Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazines (2000) (with Mary Higgins Clark and Ralph McInerny)
Speaking of Lust (2001)
Speaking of Greed (2001)
Opening Shots Volume 2: More Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share their First Published Stories (2001)
Speaking of Wrath (2002)
Blood on Their Hands (2003)
Manhattan Noir 2: The Classics (2008)
Manhattan Noir (2012)
Death Cruise: Crime Stories on the Open Seas (1999)
Master's Choice (1999)
Opening Shots (2000)
Great Mystery Series: 11 of the Best Mystery Short Stories from Alfred Hitchcock's And Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazines (2000) (with Mary Higgins Clark and Ralph McInerny)
Speaking of Lust (2001)
Speaking of Greed (2001)
Opening Shots Volume 2: More Great Mystery and Crime Writers Share their First Published Stories (2001)
Speaking of Wrath (2002)
Blood on Their Hands (2003)
Manhattan Noir 2: The Classics (2008)
Manhattan Noir (2012)
Non fiction
The Wife Swap Report (1970) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
The Sex Therapists (1972) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
Beyond Group Sex: The New Sexual Life Styles (1972) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
Come Fly With Us (1972) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
Sex and the Stewardess (1972) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
Total Sexuality (1974) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print (1979)
Telling Lies for Fun and Profit (1981)
Write for Your Life (1986)
Spider, Spin Me a Web: A Handbook for Fiction Writers (1988)
After Hours: Conversations with Lawrence Block (1995)
Gangsters, Swindlers, Killers, and Thieves: The Lives and Crimes of Fifty American Villains (2004)
Step by Step: A Pedestrian Memoir (2009)
Introducing Myself & Others (2010)
Generally Speaking (2011)
The Liar's Bible: A Handbook for Fiction Writers (2011)
The Liar's Companion: A Field Guide for Fiction Writers (2011)
Afterthoughts (2011)
3 Is Not a Crowd (2012) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
Different Strokes (2012) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
The Male Hustler: 7 Midnight Cowboys Tell Their Stories (2012) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
Doing It!: Going Beyond the Sexual Revolution (2012) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
The Taboo Breakers: Shock Troops of the Sexual Revolution (2012) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
Wide Open (2012) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
The Sex Therapists (1972) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
Beyond Group Sex: The New Sexual Life Styles (1972) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
Come Fly With Us (1972) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
Sex and the Stewardess (1972) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
Total Sexuality (1974) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print (1979)
Telling Lies for Fun and Profit (1981)
Write for Your Life (1986)
Spider, Spin Me a Web: A Handbook for Fiction Writers (1988)
After Hours: Conversations with Lawrence Block (1995)
Gangsters, Swindlers, Killers, and Thieves: The Lives and Crimes of Fifty American Villains (2004)
Step by Step: A Pedestrian Memoir (2009)
Introducing Myself & Others (2010)
Generally Speaking (2011)
The Liar's Bible: A Handbook for Fiction Writers (2011)
The Liar's Companion: A Field Guide for Fiction Writers (2011)
Afterthoughts (2011)
3 Is Not a Crowd (2012) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
Different Strokes (2012) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
The Male Hustler: 7 Midnight Cowboys Tell Their Stories (2012) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
Doing It!: Going Beyond the Sexual Revolution (2012) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
The Taboo Breakers: Shock Troops of the Sexual Revolution (2012) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
Wide Open (2012) (with John Warren Wells (Lawrence Block))
Anthologies containing stories by Lawrence Block
The Master's Choice Book 1 (1979)
Monsters in Our Midst (1993)
The King Is Dead: Tales of Elvis Post-Mortem (1994)
Night Screams (1996)
The Best of the Best (1997)
Monsters in Our Midst (1993)
The King Is Dead: Tales of Elvis Post-Mortem (1994)
Night Screams (1996)
The Best of the Best (1997)
Short stories
| Make a Prison (1958) | |||
| Nothing Short of Highway Robbery (1977) | |||
| Hot Eyes, Cold Eyes (1978) | |||
| How Would You Like It? (1993) | |||
| The Tulsa Experience (1993) | |||
| The Burglar Who Dropped in on Elvis [short story] (1994) | |||
| Headaches and Bad Dreams (1997) |
Awards
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Links to other websites
| lawrenceblock.com |
Lawrence Block recommends
The Specialty of the House: And Other Stories (1967) Stanley Ellin "Ellin consistently wrote the best mystery stories of his time." | A Fine Red Rain (1987) (Inspector Rostnikov, book 5) Stuart M Kaminsky "Porfiry Rostnikov is a treasure." | First Kill All the Lawyers (1988) (Samantha Adams, book 1) Sarah Shankman "Right on target... A rollicking good read." |
Dead Pan (1992) (Jocelyn O'Roarke, book 4) Jane Dentinger "Jocelyn O'Rourke is bright, sophisticated, gorgeous, tough-minded, funny, and very good company." | See No Evil (1998) (Marti MacAlister, book 6) Eleanor Taylor Bland "She's anything but bland... sharp and sassy and right on the money." | Gangsters and Gold Diggers: Old New York, the Jazz Age, And the Birth of Broadway (2003) Jerome Charyn "The richest imagination in contemporary American letters." |
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