Genre: Fiction, Nonfiction, Mystery, Visual/Performing Arts, Autobiography/Biography, Law

Audience: Adult

Published Works:

Publish and Perish, NY: Putnam, 1975, London: Hale, 1977; Corrupt and Ensnare, NY: Putnam, 1978, London: Hale, 1979; The 120-Hour Clock, NY: Walker, 1986; The Ninety-Million Dollar Mouse, NY: Walker, 1987

EDITED -- The Mystery Writers Art, Bowling Green, OH: Popular Press, 1971; Nightwebs: A Collection of Stories by Cornell Woolrich, NY: Harper, 1971, London: Gollanez, 1973; Carnival of Crime by Frederic Brown, Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1985; Better Mousetraps by John Lutz, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1988; Mr President--Private Eye, NY: Ballantine, 1988; Little Boxes of Bewilderment by Jack Ritchie, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1989.

CO-EDITED -- The Good Old Stuff by John D. MacDonald, NY: Harper, 1982; Exeunt Murderers: The Best Mystery Stories of Anthony Boucher, Carbondale: Southern Illinois Univesity Press, 1983; Buffet for Unwelcome Guests: The Best Short Stories of Christianna Brand, Carbondale: SIU Press, 1983; More Good Old Stuff by John D. MacDonald, NY: Knopf, 1984; The Best of Ellery Queen, NY: Beaufort, 1985; Hitchcock in Prime Time, NY: Avon, 1985; Darkness at Dawn: Early Suspense Classics by Cornell Woolrich, Carbondale: SIU Press, 1985; Leopold's Way by Edward D. Hoch, Carbondale, SIU Press, 1985; The Adventures of Henry Turnbuckle: Detective Comedies by Jack Ritchie, Carbondale: SIU Press, 1987; Death on Television: The Best of Henry Slesar's Alfred Hitchcock Stories, Carbondale: SIU Press, 1989

Also numerous short stories have been published in anthologies and in magazines including Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.

Have any works been translated into other languages? Yes

Awards: Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award for criticism, 1975 and 1989

Speaking Engagements:

Author accepts.
Fee for speaking: Yes

Contact Information:

Contact author directly at: 3700 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis 63108-3412