 Joseph Nicholas Gores was born in Rochester, Minnesota. He obtained a degree in English Literature from Notre Dame University and received a Masters degree in English Literature from Stanford University. He held several jobs and worked as a private investigator, a repro man, an assistant motel manager, just to name a few. He lived in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the creator of 'Dan Kearney and Associates', a crew of accomplished San Francisco repro men. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 'Dan Kearney and Associates' Novels | |
| 1) Dead Skip | 1972 |
| 2) Final Notice | 1973 |
| 3) Gone, No Forwarding | 1978 |
| 4) 32 Cadillacs | 1992 |
| 5) Contract Null & Void | 1996 |
| 6) Stakeout on Page Street and Other DKA Files (short stories) | 2000 |
| 7) Cons, Scams & Grifts | 2001 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) A Time of Predators (Edgar Award) | 1969 |
| 2) Interface | 1974 |
| 3) Hammett | 1975 |
| 4) Come Morning | 1986 |
| 5) Wolf Time | 1989 |
| 6) Mostly Murder (short stories) | 1992 |
| 7) Dead Man | 1993 |
| 8) Menaced Assassin | 1994 |
| 9) Speak of the Devil: 14 Tales of Crimes and Their Punishments (short stories) | 1999 |
| 10) Cases | 1999 |
| 11) Glass Tiger | 2006 |
| 12) Spade & Archer | 2009 |