 Parnell Hall was born in Culver City, California. He was an author, private detective, and part-time actor. He also wrote under the pseudonym 'J.P. Hailey'. He is the creator of:
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Titles and year of publication:
| 'Stanley Hastings' Novels | |
| 1) Detective | 1987 |
| 2) Murder | 1988 |
| 3) Favor | 1988 |
| 4) Strangler | 1989 |
| 5) Client | 1990 |
| 6) Juror | 1990 |
| 7) Shot | 1991 |
| 8) Actor | 1993 |
| 9) Blackmail | 1994 |
| 10) Movie | 1995 |
| 11) Trial | 1996 |
| 12) Scam | 1997 |
| 13) Suspense | 1998 |
| 14) Cozy | 2001 |
| 15) Manslaughter | 2002 |
| 16) Hitman | 2007 |
| 17) Caper | 2010 |
| 18) Stakeout | 2013 |
| 19) Safari | 2014 |
| 20) A Fool for a Client | 2015 |
| 21) Oh, What a Tangled Lanyard We Weave (e-story) | 2017 |
| 'Puzzle Lady' Novels | |
| 1) A Clue for the Puzzle Lady | 1999 |
| 2) Last Puzzle & Testament | 2000 |
| 3) Puzzled to Death | 2001 |
| 4) A Puzzle in a Pear Tree | 2002 |
| 5) With This Puzzle, I Thee Kill | 2003 |
| 6) And a Puzzle to Die On | 2004 |
| 7) Stalking the Puzzle Lady | 2005 |
| 8) You Have the Right to Remain Puzzled | 2006 |
| 9) The Sudoku Puzzle Murders | 2008 |
| 10) Dead Man's Puzzle | 2009 |
| 11) The Puzzle Lady vs. The Sudoku Lady | 2010 |
| 12) The KenKen Killings | 2011 |
| 13) $10,000 in Small, Unmarked Puzzles | 2012 |
| 14) Arsenic and Old Puzzles | 2013 |
| 15) NYPD Puzzle | 2014 |
| 16) Puzzled Indemnity | 2015 |
| 17) Presumed Puzzled | 2016 |
| 18) A Puzzle To Be Named Later | 2017 |
| 19) The Purloined Puzzle | 2018 |
| 20) Lights! Camera! Puzzles! | 2019 |
| 'Steve Winslow' Novels (as 'J.P. Hailey') | |
| 1) The Baxter Trust | 1988 |
| 2) The Anonymous Client | 1989 |
| 3) The Underground Man | 1990 |
| 4) The Naked Typist | 1990 |
| 5) The Wrong Gun | 1992 |
| 6) The Witness Cat (e-story) (as Parnell Hall) | 2013 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) Smooth Operator (with Stuart Woods) | 2016 |
| 2) Barely Legal (with Stuart Woods) | 2017 |
| 3) The Money Shot (with Stuart Woods) | 2018 |
| 4) Skin Game (with Stuart Woods) | 2019 |
| 5) Bomb Shell (with Stuart Woods) | 2020 |
| 6) Chasing Jack | 2020 |