  Donald Edwin Westlake was born in Brooklyn. After serving in the U.S. Air Force, he started his writing career. He also wrote under the pseudonyms 'Curt Clark', 'Tucker Coe', 'Timothy J. Culver', 'Samuel Holt' and 'Richard Stark'. He lived with his wife, the writer Abby Adams, in New York State. Visit also this site. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 1) The Mercenaries (Also published as: The Smashers [1962]) | 1960 |
| 2) Killing Time (Also published as: The Operator [1964]) | 1961 |
| 3) 361 | 1962 |
| 4) Killy | 1963 |
| 5) Pity Him Afterwards | 1964 |
| 6) The Fugitive Pigeon | 1965 |
| 7) The Busy Body | 1966 |
| 8) The Spy in the Ointment | 1966 |
| 9) God Save the Mark (Edgar Award) | 1967 |
| 10) The Curious Facts Preceding My Execution (short stories) | 1968 |
| 11) Somebody Owes Me Money | 1969 |
| 12) Who Stole Sassi Manoon? | 1969 |
| 13) The Hot Rock | 1970 |
| 14) I Gave at the Office | 1971 |
| 15) Bank Shot | 1972 |
| 16) Cops and Robbers | 1972 |
| 17) Gangway! (with Brian Garfield) | 1973 |
| 18) Help I Am Being Held Prisoner | 1974 |
| 19) Jimmy the Kid | 1974 |
| 20) Brothers Keepers | 1975 |
| 21) Two Much! Evans | 1975 |
| 22) Dancing Aztecs (UK Title: A New York Dance [1979]) | 1976 |
| 23) Enough! Evans (novelets) | 1977 |
| 24) Nobody's Perfect | 1977 |
| 25) Castle in the Air | 1980 |
| 26) Kahawa | 1982 |
| 27) Why Me? | 1983 |
| 28) Levine (short stories) | 1984 |
| 29) High Adventure | 1985 |
| 30) Good Behavior | 1986 |
| 31) High Jinx (with Abby Westlake) | 1986 |
| 32) Transylvania Station (with Abby Westlake) | 1986 |
| 33) Trust Me on This | 1988 |
| 34) Sacred Monster | 1989 |
| 35) Tomorrow's Crimes (short stories) | 1989 |
| 36) Drowned Hopes | 1990 |
| 37) Don't Ask | 1993 |
| 38) Baby, Would I Lie? | 1994 |
| 39) Smoke | 1995 |
| 40) What's the Worst That Could Happen? | 1996 |
| 41) The Ax | 1997 |
| 42) The Hook | 2000 |
| 43) Bad News | 2001 |
| 44) Put a Lid on It | 2002 |
| 45) Money for Nothing | 2003 |
| 46) The Scared Stiff | 2003 |
| 47) The Road to Ruin | 2004 |
| 48) Thieves' Dozen | 2004 |
| 49) Watch Your Back! | 2005 |
| 50) What's So Funny? | 2007 |
| As 'Curt Clark' | |
| 1) Anarchaos | 1967 |
| As 'Tucker Coe' | |
| 1) Kinds of Love, Kinds of Death | 1966 |
| 2) Murder Among Children | 1968 |
| 3) Wax Apple | 1970 |
| 4) A Jade in Aries | 1971 |
| 5) Don't Lie to Me | 1972 |
| As 'Timothy J. Culver' | |
| 1) Ex Officio (Also published as: Power Play [1971]) | 1970 |
| As 'Samuel Holt' | |
| 1) I Know a Trick or Two | 1986 |
| 2) One of Us Is Wrong | 1986 |
| 3) What I Tell You Three Times Is False | 1987 |
| 4) The Fourth Dimension Is Death | 1989 |
| As 'Richard Stark' | |
| 1) The Hunter (UK Title: Point Blank [1967]) | 1962 |
| 2) The Man with the Getaway Face (UK Title: The Steel Hit [1971]) | 1963 |
| 3) The Mourner | 1963 |
| 4) The Outfit | 1963 |
| 5) The Score (UK Title: Killtown [1971]) | 1964 |
| 6) The Jugger | 1965 |
| 7) The Handle (UK Title: Run Lethal [1972]) | 1966 |
| 8) The Seventh (UK Title: The Split [1969]) | 1966 |
| 9) The Damsel | 1967 |
| 10) The Green Eagle Score | 1967 |
| 11) The Rare Coin Score | 1967 |
| 12) The Black Ice Score | 1968 |
| 13) The Blackbird | 1969 |
| 14) The Dame | 1969 |
| 15) The Sour Lemon Score | 1969 |
| 16) Deadly Edge | 1971 |
| 17) Lemons Never Lie | 1971 |
| 18) Slayground | 1971 |
| 19) Plunder Squad | 1972 |
| 20) Butcher's Moon | 1974 |
| 21) Comeback | 1997 |
| 22) Backflash | 1998 |
| 23) Payback | 1999 |
| 24) Flashfire | 2000 |
| 25) Firebreak | 2001 |
| 26) Breakout | 2002 |
| 27) Nobody Runs Forever | 2004 |
| 28) Ask the Parrot | 2006 |
| 29) Dirty Money | 2008 |