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About Robert J Randisi
Robert J. Randisi is an American author who writes in the detective and Western genres. He has authored more than 500 published books and has edited more than 30 anthologies of short stories. Booklist magazine said he "may be the last of the pulp writers."

He co-founded and edited Mystery Scene magazine and co-founded the American Crime Writers League. He founded The Private Eye Writers of America in 1981, where he created the Shamus Award.

He co-wrote mystery novels with soap opera actress Eileen Davidson.
 
Series
Eye In The RingThe Steinway CollectionFull ContactSeparate Cases
Hard LookStand-UpBeaten to a Pulp
 
No Exit from BrooklynThe Dead of BrooklynThe End of Brooklyn
 
Soldiers of Barrabas
26. The Barrabas Edge (1988)
 
Alone With the DeadIn the Shadow of the ArchBlood on the ArchEast of the Arch
Arch Angels
 
Murder is the Deal of the DayThe Masks Of Auntie LaveauSame Time, Same Murder
 
Widowmaker Trilogy
1. Invitation to a Hanging (2003)
2. Turnback Creek (2004)
Invitation to a HangingTurnback Creek
 
Leaving EpitaphVengeance CreekPearl River Junction
 
Everybody Kills Somebody SometimeLuck Be a Lady, Don't DieHey There (You with the Gun in Your Hand)You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Kills You
I'm a Fool to Kill YouFly Me to The MorgueIt Was a Very Bad YearYou Make Me Feel So Dead
 
Texas Hold'em Mysteries (with Vince Van Patten)
The Picasso Flop (2007)
The Picasso Flop
 
Butler's WagerDenver DrawTexas Bluff
 
Double the BountyThe LawmanBeauty and the BountyBounty on a Baron
 
Music City Mystery
1. The Session Man (2012)
The Session Man
 
Bullets and LiesThe Reluctant Pinkerton
 
Rocky Mountain KillCommanche Come-On
 
Chinatown ChanceThe Oklahoma Score
 
Series contributed to
Dangerous GamesMidnight ManTotal Recall
 
The Night Stalker Casebook
 
Anthology series
The Early Years of Famous DetectivesFirst Appearances of Classic Private EyesFirst Appearances of Classic Amateur Sleuths
 
Anthologies edited
The Eyes Have It: The First Private Eye Writers of America AnthologyMean Streets: The Second Private Eye Writers of American AnthologyAn Eye for Justice: The Third Private Eye Writers of America AnthologyJustice for Hire: The Fourth Private Eye Writers of America Anthology
Deadly AlliesDeadly Allies 2: The Private Eye Writers of America and Sisters in Crime : Collaborative AnthologyThe Eyes Still Have It: The Shamus Award-Winning StoriesFor Crime Out Loud
Lethal LadiesHear the FearLethal Ladies IIHow the West Was Read
Tin StarThe Shamus GameMystery StreetMayhem in the Midlands
White HatsBoot HillMost WantedBlack Hats
High Stakes: 8 Sure-Bet Stories of Gambling and CrimeMurder and All That JazzGreatest Hits: Original Stories of Hitmen, Hired Guns, and Private EyesHollywood and Crime: Original Crime Stories Set During the History of Hollywood
The Shamus Winners Volume II: 1996-2009
 
Non fiction
Writing the Private Eye Novel
 
Anthologies containing stories by Robert J Randisi
White House HorrorsThe UFO Files
 
Short stories
The President's Mind (1996)
Quick (1997) (with Marthayn Pelegrimas)
Closed: Due to Curiosity (1998) (with Marthayn Pelegrimas)


Robert J Randisi recommends
The Accomplice
The Accomplice (2007)
(Accomplice , book 1)
Marcus Galloway
"Marcus Galloway is an amazing talent."



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