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. The 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 (1972)
14. The Scarlet Ruse (1973)
15. The Turquoise Lament (1973)
16. The Dreadful Lemon Sky (1974)
17. The Empty Copper Sea (1978)
18. The Green Ripper (1979)
19. Free Fall in Crimson (1981)
20. Cinnamon Skin (1982)
21. The Lonely Silver Rain (1985)
Travis McGee Omnibus: Quick Red Fox, Deadly Shade of Gold and Bright Orange for the Shroud (omnibus) (1982)
1. The Deep Blue Good-By (1964)
2. Nightmare in Pink (1964)
3. A Purple Place for Dying (1964)
4. The 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 (1972)
14. The Scarlet Ruse (1973)
15. The Turquoise Lament (1973)
16. The Dreadful Lemon Sky (1974)
17. The Empty Copper Sea (1978)
18. The Green Ripper (1979)
19. Free Fall in Crimson (1981)
20. Cinnamon Skin (1982)
21. The Lonely Silver Rain (1985)
Travis McGee Omnibus: Quick Red Fox, Deadly Shade of Gold and Bright Orange for the Shroud (omnibus) (1982)
Novels
The Brass Cupcake (1950)
Ballroom of the Skies (1951)
Judge Me Not (1951)
Planet of the Dreamers (1951)
aka Wine of the Dreamers
Weep for Me (1951)
Murder for the Bride (1951)
The Damned (1952)
Cancel All Our Vows (1953)
The Neon Jungle (1953)
The Soft Touch (1953)
Dead Low Tide (1953)
Area of Suspicion (1954)
Contrary Pleasure (1954)
All These Condemned (1954)
A Bullet for Cinderella (1955)
aka On The Make
Cry Hard, Cry Fast (1955)
Border Town Girl (1956)
Murder in the Wind (1956)
aka Hurricane
You Live Once (1956)
April Evil (1956)
Death Trap (1957)
The Empty Trap (1957)
A Man of Affairs (1957)
Cape Fear (1957)
aka The Executioners
The Price of Murder (1957)
The Deceivers (1958)
Clemmie (1958)
The Crossroads (1959)
Please Write for Details (1959)
The Beach Girls (1959)
Deadly Welcome (1959)
The Only Girl in the Game (1960)
Slam the Big Door (1960)
The End of the Night (1960)
One Monday We Killed Them All (1961)
Where Is Janice Gantry? (1961)
A Flash of Green (1962)
The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything (1962)
A Key to the Suite (1962)
I Could Go On Singing (1963)
On the Run (1963)
The Drowner (1963)
The Last One Left (1967)
No Deadly Drug (1968)
Condominium (1977)
One More Sunday (1984)
Barrier Island (1986)
Ballroom of the Skies (1951)
Judge Me Not (1951)
Planet of the Dreamers (1951)
aka Wine of the Dreamers
Weep for Me (1951)
Murder for the Bride (1951)
The Damned (1952)
Cancel All Our Vows (1953)
The Neon Jungle (1953)
The Soft Touch (1953)
Dead Low Tide (1953)
Area of Suspicion (1954)
Contrary Pleasure (1954)
All These Condemned (1954)
A Bullet for Cinderella (1955)
aka On The Make
Cry Hard, Cry Fast (1955)
Border Town Girl (1956)
Murder in the Wind (1956)
aka Hurricane
You Live Once (1956)
April Evil (1956)
Death Trap (1957)
The Empty Trap (1957)
A Man of Affairs (1957)
Cape Fear (1957)
aka The Executioners
The Price of Murder (1957)
The Deceivers (1958)
Clemmie (1958)
The Crossroads (1959)
Please Write for Details (1959)
The Beach Girls (1959)
Deadly Welcome (1959)
The Only Girl in the Game (1960)
Slam the Big Door (1960)
The End of the Night (1960)
One Monday We Killed Them All (1961)
Where Is Janice Gantry? (1961)
A Flash of Green (1962)
The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything (1962)
A Key to the Suite (1962)
I Could Go On Singing (1963)
On the Run (1963)
The Drowner (1963)
The Last One Left (1967)
No Deadly Drug (1968)
Condominium (1977)
One More Sunday (1984)
Barrier Island (1986)
Omnibus
Dreadful Lemon Sky / House on the Left Bank / Herald of Doom (1973) (with Gordon Ashe and 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)
Death Quotient : And Other Stories (2010)
Masters of Noir: Volume Three (2010) (with Lawrence Block and Ed McBain)
End of the Tiger: And Other Stories (1966)
Seven (1971)
Other Times Other Worlds (1978)
More Good Old Stuff (1984)
Death Quotient : And Other Stories (2010)
Masters of Noir: Volume Three (2010) (with Lawrence Block and Ed McBain)
Novellas
Non fiction
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 (1986)
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 (1986)
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." |  End of the Line (1981) (A.T.T. Baldwin Mystery) Shannon O'Cork "I like best pages 8, 85 and 183." |  Three With a Bullet (1985) (Jacob Asch, book 8) Arthur Lyons "Lyons writes with grace and energy." |
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