About John D MacDonald
John D MacDonald was born in Sharon, Pa, and educated at the Universities of Pennsylvania, Syracuse and Harvard, where he took an MBA in 1939. After war service in the Far East he wrote hundreds of stories for the pulps and over seventy novels, including the 21 in the Travis McGee sequence.
Series
Travis McGee
1. The Deep Blue Good-By (1964)
2. Nightmare in Pink (1964)
3. A Purple Place for Dying (1964)
4. Quick Red Fox (1964)
5. A Deadly Shade of Gold (1965)
6. Bright Orange for the Shroud (1965)
7. Darker Than Amber (1966)
8. One Fearful Yellow Eye (1966)
9. Pale Gray for Guilt (1968)
10. The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper (1968)
11. Dress Her in Indigo (1969)
12. The Long Lavender Look (1970)
13. A Tan and Sandy Silence (1971)
14. The Scarlet Ruse (1973)
15. The Turquoise Lament (1973)
16. The Dreadful Lemon Sky (1975)
17. The Empty Copper Sea (1978)
18. The Green Ripper (1979)
19. Free Fall in Crimson (1981)
20. Cinnamon Skin (1982)
Travis McGee Omnibus: Quick Red Fox, Deadly Shade of Gold and Bright Orange for the Shroud (omnibus) (1982)
21. Lonely Silver Rain (1984)
1. The Deep Blue Good-By (1964)
2. Nightmare in Pink (1964)
3. A Purple Place for Dying (1964)
4. Quick Red Fox (1964)
5. A Deadly Shade of Gold (1965)
6. Bright Orange for the Shroud (1965)
7. Darker Than Amber (1966)
8. One Fearful Yellow Eye (1966)
9. Pale Gray for Guilt (1968)
10. The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper (1968)
11. Dress Her in Indigo (1969)
12. The Long Lavender Look (1970)
13. A Tan and Sandy Silence (1971)
14. The Scarlet Ruse (1973)
15. The Turquoise Lament (1973)
16. The Dreadful Lemon Sky (1975)
17. The Empty Copper Sea (1978)
18. The Green Ripper (1979)
19. Free Fall in Crimson (1981)
20. Cinnamon Skin (1982)
Travis McGee Omnibus: Quick Red Fox, Deadly Shade of Gold and Bright Orange for the Shroud (omnibus) (1982)
21. Lonely Silver Rain (1984)
Novels
The Brass Cupcake (1950)
Murder for the Bride (1951)
Planet of the Dreamers (1951)
Weep for Me (1951)
Ballroom of the Skies (1951)
Judge Me Not (1951)
Damned (1952)
Dead Low Tide (1953)
The Neon Jungle (1953)
Cancel All Our Vows (1953)
The Soft Touch (1953)
Contrary Pleasure (1954)
All These Condemned (1954)
Area of Suspicion (1954)
Bullet for Cinderella (1955)
Cry Hard, Cry Fast (1955)
April Evil (1956)
Murder in the Wind (1956)
aka Hurricane
Border Town Girl (1956)
You Live Once (1956)
Death Trap (1957)
Man of Affairs (1957)
Price of Murder (1957)
Cape Fear (1957)
aka The Executioners
Empty Trap (1957)
Clemmie (1958)
Deceivers (1958)
Crossroads (1959)
Deadly Welcome (1959)
Beach Girls (1959)
End of the Night (1960)
Slam the Big Door (1960)
Only Girl in the Game (1960)
One Monday We Killed Them All (1961)
Where Is Janice Gantry? (1961)
A Flash of Green (1962)
Key to the Suite (1962)
The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything (1962)
The Drowner (1963)
I Could Go On Singing (1963)
On the Run (1963)
Last One Left (1967)
No Deadly Drug (1968)
Wine of the Dreamers (1968)
Condominium (1977)
One More Sunday (1984)
Barrier Island (1986)
Please Write for Details (1991)
Murder for the Bride (1951)
Planet of the Dreamers (1951)
Weep for Me (1951)
Ballroom of the Skies (1951)
Judge Me Not (1951)
Damned (1952)
Dead Low Tide (1953)
The Neon Jungle (1953)
Cancel All Our Vows (1953)
The Soft Touch (1953)
Contrary Pleasure (1954)
All These Condemned (1954)
Area of Suspicion (1954)
Bullet for Cinderella (1955)
Cry Hard, Cry Fast (1955)
April Evil (1956)
Murder in the Wind (1956)
aka Hurricane
Border Town Girl (1956)
You Live Once (1956)
Death Trap (1957)
Man of Affairs (1957)
Price of Murder (1957)
Cape Fear (1957)
aka The Executioners
Empty Trap (1957)
Clemmie (1958)
Deceivers (1958)
Crossroads (1959)
Deadly Welcome (1959)
Beach Girls (1959)
End of the Night (1960)
Slam the Big Door (1960)
Only Girl in the Game (1960)
One Monday We Killed Them All (1961)
Where Is Janice Gantry? (1961)
A Flash of Green (1962)
Key to the Suite (1962)
The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything (1962)
The Drowner (1963)
I Could Go On Singing (1963)
On the Run (1963)
Last One Left (1967)
No Deadly Drug (1968)
Wine of the Dreamers (1968)
Condominium (1977)
One More Sunday (1984)
Barrier Island (1986)
Please Write for Details (1991)
Omnibus
Dreadful Lemon Sky / House on the Left Bank / Herald of Doom (1973) (with Gordon Ashe, Velda Johnston)
Free Fall in Crimson / Nose for It / Seasons of Death (1980) (with Aaron Marc Stein and M K Wren)
Time and Tomorrow (1980)
Free Fall in Crimson / Nose for It / Seasons of Death (1980) (with Aaron Marc Stein and M K Wren)
Time and Tomorrow (1980)
Collections
The Good Old Stuff (1961)
End of the Tiger: And Other Stories (1966)
Seven (1971)
Other Times Other Worlds (1978)
More Good Old Stuff (1984)
End of the Tiger: And Other Stories (1966)
Seven (1971)
Other Times Other Worlds (1978)
More Good Old Stuff (1984)
Anthologies containing stories by John D MacDonald
Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales (1963)
Best SF: 1969 (1969)
aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 3
Alfred Hitchcock Presents : A Month of Mystery Book 2 (1970)
The Master's Choice Book 2 (1979)
Science Fiction of the Fifties (1979)
Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense (1981)
The Great SF Stories 10: 1948 (1983)
A Treasury of American Horror Stories (1985)
Time Wars (1986)
Dangerous Vegetables (1998)
Best SF: 1969 (1969)
aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 3
Alfred Hitchcock Presents : A Month of Mystery Book 2 (1970)
The Master's Choice Book 2 (1979)
Science Fiction of the Fifties (1979)
Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense (1981)
The Great SF Stories 10: 1948 (1983)
A Treasury of American Horror Stories (1985)
Time Wars (1986)
Dangerous Vegetables (1998)
Short stories
| They Let Me Live (1947) | |||
| A Child Is Crying (1948) | |||
| Ring Around the Redhead (1948) | |||
| She Cannot Die (1948) | |||
| A Time for Dying (1948) | |||
| Amphiskios (1949) | |||
| Murder in Mind (1949) | |||
| Breathe No More (1950) | |||
| Check Out at Dawn (1950) | |||
| Dead on the Pin (1950) | |||
| Death Writes the Answer (1950) | |||
| From Some Hidden Grave (1950) | |||
| Miranda (1950) | |||
| Spectator Sport (1950) | |||
| A Trap for the Careless (1950) | |||
| The White Fruit of Banaldar (1951) | |||
| Murder for Money (1952) | |||
| Noose for a Tigress (1952) | |||
| Hangover (1956) | |||
| The Legend of Joe Lee (1964) | |||
| The Annex (1968) | |||
| Homicidal Hiccup (1979) |
Books about John D MacDonald
John D MacDonald recommends
 The Killing Game (1978) Ron Faust "A strong, tough novel with that flavour of inevitability that seasons the good ones." |
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