Bill Pronzini
1943-
Pseudonyms: Robert Hart Davis (with Jeffrey Miner Wallmann), Jack Foxx, William Jeffrey (with Jeffrey Miner Wallmann) and Alex Saxon
 

William John Pronzini was born in Petaluma, California. He also writes under the pseudonyms 'Jack Foxx' and 'Alex Saxon'. He also writes together with Jeffrey Miner Wallmann under the joint pseudonyms 'Robert Hart Davis' and 'William Jeffrey'. Together with his wife Marcia Muller, he writes the 'Carpenter and Quincannon' series featuring a man and woman detective agency in late nineteenth century San Francisco. He is the creator of the 'Nameless Detective', a private detective.

 

Titles and year of publication:  

'Nameless Detective' Novels
 1) The Snatch  1971
 2) The Vanished  1973
 3) Undercurrent  1973
 4) Blowback  1977
 5) Twospot (with Collin Wilcox)  1978
 6) Labyrinth  1980
 7) Hoodwink (Shamus Award)  1981
 8) Scattershot  1982
 9) Dragonfire  1982
10) Bindlestiff  1983
11) Casefile (short stories)  1983
12) Quicksilver  1984
13) Nightshades  1984
14) Double (with Marcia Muller)  1984
15) Bones  1985
16) Deadfall  1986
17) Shackles  1988
18) Jackpot  1990
19) Breakdown  1991
20) Quarry  1992
21) Epitaphs  1992
22) Demons  1993
23) Hardcase  1995
24) Sentinels  1996
25) Spadework (short stories)  1996
26) Illusions  1997
27) Boobytrap (Shamus Award)  1998
28) Crazybone  2000
29) Bleeders  2001
30) Spook  2002
31) Scenarios (short stories)  2003
32) Nightcrawlers  2005
33) Mourners  2006
34) Savages  2007
35) Fever  2008
36) Schemers  2009
37) Betrayers  2010
38) Camouflage  2011
39) Hellbox  2012
40) Femme (novella)  2012
41) Kinsmen (novella)  2013
42) Nemesis  2013
43) Strangers  2014
44) Vixen  2015
45) Zigzag (novellas and short stories)  2016
46) Endgame  2017
'Carpenter and Quincannon' Novels
 1) The Bughouse Affair (with Marcia Muller)  2013
 2) The Spook Lights Affair (with Marcia Muller)  2013
 3) The Body Snatchers Affair (with Marcia Muller)  2015
 4) The Plague of Thieves Affair (with Marcia Muller)  2016
 5) The Dangerous Ladies Affair (with Marcia Muller)  2017
 6) The Bag of Tricks Affair  2018
 7) The Flimflam Affair  2019
 8) The Stolen Gold Affair  2020
 9) The Paradise Affair  2021
Other Novels
 1) The Stalker  1971
 2) Panic  1972
 3) Snowbound  1974
 4) Games  1976
 5) The Running of Beasts (with Barry N. Malzberg)  1976
 6) Acts of Mercy (with Barry N. Malzberg)  1977
 7) Nightscreams (with Barry N. Malzberg)  1979
 8) A Killing in Xanadu (short stories)  1980
 9) Prose Bowl  1980
10) Masques  1981
11) The Cambodia File  1981
12) The Gallows Land  1983
13) Starvation Camp  1984
14) The Eye (with John Lutz)  1984
15) Quincannon  1985
16) San Francisco  1985
17) Beyond the Grave (with Marcia Muller)  1986
18) The Lighthouse (with Marcia Muller)  1987
19) The Last Days of Horse-Shy Halloran  1987
20) Small Felonies (short stories)  1988
21) Graveyard Plots (short stories)  1988
22) The Hangings  1989
23) Firewind  1989
24) The Texans  1989
25) The Best Western Stories of Bill Pronzini (short stories)  1990
26) Stacked Deck (short stories)  1991
27) Day of the Moon  1993
28) With an Extreme Burning  1994
29) Blue Lonesome  1996
30) A Wasteland of Strangers  1997
31) Carpenter & Quincannon, Professional Detective Services (short stories)  1998
32) Nothing But the Night  1999
33) Oddments: A Short Story Collection (short stories)  2000
34) Night Freight (short stories)  2000
35) In an Evil Time  2001
36) Step to the Graveyard Easy  2002
37) Burgade's Crossing  2003
38) Problems Solved (with Barry N. Malzberg) (short stories)  2003
39) The Alias Man  2004
40) Quincannon's Game  2005
41) The Crimes of Jordan Wise  2006
42) The Other Side of Silence  2008
43) The Hidden  2010
44) The Violated  2017
45) The Peaceful Valley Crime Wave  2019
46) Small Felonies 2 (short stories)  2022
As 'Robert Hart Davis' (with Jeffrey Miner Wallman)
 1) Charlie Chan in the Pawns of Death  2002
 2) Charlie Chan in the Temple of the Golden Horde  2002
As 'Jack Foxx'
 1) The Jade Figurine  1972
 2) Dead Run  1975
 3) Freebooty  1975
 4) Wildfire  1978
As 'William Jeffrey' (with Jeffrey Miner Wallman)
 1) Day of the Moon  1983
As 'Alex Saxon'
 1) A Run in Diamonds  1973

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