Benjamin Appel was born in New York City. He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania and New York University. He had a variety of jobs before he became a writer. |
Titles and year of publication:
1) Brain Guy (Also published as: The Enforcer [1972]) | 1934 |
2) Four Roads to Death (Also published as: Gold and Flesh [1972]) | 1935 |
3) The Power-House | 1939 |
4) The Dark Stain | 1943 |
5) But Not Yet Slain | 1947 |
6) Hell's Kitchen (Also published as: Alley Kids [1956]) | 1952 |
7) Plunder | 1952 |
8) Dock Walloper (short stories) | 1953 |
9) Sweet Money Girl | 1954 |
10) Life and Death of a Tough Guy (Also published as: Teen-Age Mobster [1957]) | 1955 |
11) The Raw Edge | 1958 |
12) The Funhouse (Also published as: The Death Master [1974]) | 1959 |
13) A Big Man, A Fast Man | 1961 |
14) A Time of Fortune | 1963 |
15) The Devil and W. Kaspar | 1977 |
16) Brain Guy/Plunder | 2005 |
17) Sweet Money Girl/Life and Death of a Tough Guy | 2009 |