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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American novelist (1933–2008)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Richard Stark" redirects here. 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Westlake</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Donald_Westlake_LOC.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Westlake at home in the 1980s"><img alt="Westlake at home in the 1980s" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Donald_Westlake_LOC.jpg/220px-Donald_Westlake_LOC.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="324" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Donald_Westlake_LOC.jpg/330px-Donald_Westlake_LOC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Donald_Westlake_LOC.jpg/440px-Donald_Westlake_LOC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="695" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:1.4em;">Westlake at home in the 1980s</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Donald Edwin Westlake<br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1933-07-12</span>)</span>July 12, 1933<br />New York City, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Died</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">December 31, 2008<span style="display:none">(2008-12-31)</span> (aged 75)<br />Mexico</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Pen name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname" style="line-height:1.4em;">John B. Allan, Judson Jack Carmichael, Curt Clark, Timothy J. Culver, J. Morgan Cunningham, Richard Stark, Edwin West, among others</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;">Novelist</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Crime_fiction" title="Crime fiction">crime fiction</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable works</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Parker_(Stark_novels_character)" title="Parker (Stark novels character)">Parker series</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Dortmunder" title="John Dortmunder">John Dortmunder series</a>, <i>God Save the Mark</i>, screenplay for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Grifters_(film)" title="The Grifters (film)">The Grifters</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable awards</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Edgar Award">Edgar Awards</a> for Best Novel (1968), Best Short Story (1990) and Best Motion Picture Screenplay (1991)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mystery_Writers_of_America" title="Mystery Writers of America">Mystery Writers of America</a> <a href="/wiki/MWA_Grand_Master_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MWA Grand Master Award">Grand Master</a> (1993)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Signature</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Donald_Westlake_signature_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Donald_Westlake_signature_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Donald_Westlake_signature_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Donald_Westlake_signature_%28cropped%29.jpg/225px-Donald_Westlake_signature_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Donald_Westlake_signature_%28cropped%29.jpg/300px-Donald_Westlake_signature_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1976" data-file-height="374" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Donald Edwin Westlake</b> (July 12, 1933 – December 31, 2008) was an American writer with more than one hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit. He specialized in <a href="/wiki/Crime_fiction" title="Crime fiction">crime fiction</a>, especially <a href="/wiki/Caper_story" title="Caper story">comic capers</a>, with an occasional foray into <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a> and other genres. Westlake created two professional criminal characters who each starred in a long-running series: the relentless, <a href="/wiki/Hardboiled" title="Hardboiled">hardboiled</a> <a href="/wiki/Parker_(Stark_novels_character)" title="Parker (Stark novels character)">Parker</a> (published under the pen name <b>Richard Stark</b>), and <a href="/wiki/John_Dortmunder" title="John Dortmunder">John Dortmunder</a>, who featured in a more humorous series.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a three-time <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Edgar Award">Edgar Award</a> winner and, alongside <a href="/wiki/Joe_Gores" title="Joe Gores">Joe Gores</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_L._DeAndrea" title="William L. DeAndrea">William L. DeAndrea</a>, was one of few writers to win Edgars in three different categories (1968, Best Novel, <i>God Save the Mark</i>; 1990, Best Short Story, "Too Many Crooks"; 1991, Best Motion Picture Screenplay, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Grifters_(film)" title="The Grifters (film)">The Grifters</a></i>). In 1993, the <a href="/wiki/Mystery_Writers_of_America" title="Mystery Writers of America">Mystery Writers of America</a> named Westlake a <a href="/wiki/MWA_Grand_Master_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MWA Grand Master Award">Grand Master</a>, the highest honor bestowed by the society.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_E._Westlake&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Westlake was born in <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooklyn, New York">Brooklyn</a>, New York, the son of Lillian (Bounds) and Albert Joseph Westlake,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was raised in <a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany</a>, New York. </p><p>Westlake wrote constantly in his teens, and after 200 rejections, his first short story sale was in 1954. Sporadic short story sales followed over the next few years, while Westlake attended Champlain College (a now defunct college created in the post WWII GI Bill boom) of <a href="/wiki/Plattsburgh,_New_York" title="Plattsburgh, New York">Plattsburgh</a>, New York,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Binghamton_University" title="Binghamton University">Binghamton University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Binghamton,_New_York" title="Binghamton, New York">Binghamton</a>, New York. He also spent two years in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>. </p><p>Westlake moved to New York City in 1959, initially to work for a literary agency while writing on the side. By 1960, he was writing full-time. His first novel under his own name, <i>The Mercenaries</i>, was published in 1960; over the next 48 years, Westlake published a variety of novels and short stories under his own name and a number of pseudonyms. </p><p>He was married three times, the final time to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Westlake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abigail Westlake (page does not exist)">Abigail Westlake</a> (also known as Abby Adams Westlake and Abby Adams), a writer of nonfiction (her two published books are <i>An Uncommon Scold</i> and <i>The Gardener's Gripe Book</i>). The couple moved from New York City to <a href="/wiki/Ancram,_New_York" title="Ancram, New York">Ancram</a> in upstate New York in 1990. </p><p>Westlake died of a <a href="/wiki/Myocardial_infarction" title="Myocardial infarction">heart attack</a> on December 31, 2008, while on the way to a New Year's Eve dinner in <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, where he and his wife were on vacation.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pseudonyms">Pseudonyms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_E._Westlake&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Pseudonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to writing consistently under his own name, Westlake published under several <a href="/wiki/Pseudonyms" class="mw-redirect" title="Pseudonyms">pseudonyms</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-biblio_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biblio-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the order they debuted: </p> <ul><li><b>Rolfe Passer</b>: An early Westlake story was published under this name in <i>Mystery Digest</i> in 1958. Rolfe Passer was actually the assistant editor of the magazine at the time. It is not known why the story was published under Passer's name; frequent Westlake collaborator <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Block" title="Lawrence Block">Lawrence Block</a> has suggested "editorial incompetence".</li> <li><b>Richard Stark</b>: Westlake's best-known continuing pseudonym was that of Richard Stark. The Stark pseudonym was notable both for the sheer amount of writing credited to it (far more than any other except Westlake's real name itself), as well as for Stark's particular style of writing, which was colder, darker, less sentimental, and less overtly humorous than Westlake's usual prose. For a period in the late 1960s, the popularity of the <a href="/wiki/Parker_(Stark_novels_character)" title="Parker (Stark novels character)">Parker series</a> made Stark's name more well-known and more lucrative for Westlake than his real name. According to Westlake, he chose the name "Richard Stark" for actor <a href="/wiki/Richard_Widmark" title="Richard Widmark">Richard Widmark</a>, whose performance in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Kiss_of_Death_(1947_film)" title="Kiss of Death (1947 film)">Kiss of Death</a></i> impressed Westlake: "part of the character's fascination and danger is his unpredictability. He's fast and mean, and that's what I wanted the writing to be: crisp and lean, no fat, trimmed down ... <i>stark</i>." Westlake described the difference between Stark's style and his usual style in a 2001 article for the <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Times_Book_Review" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times Book Review">New York Times Book Review</a></i>: "Stark and Westlake use language very differently. To some extent they're mirror images. Westlake is allusive, indirect, referential, a bit rococo. Stark strips his sentences down to the necessary information."<sup id="cite_ref-Westlake2014_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Westlake2014-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stark debuted in 1959, with a story in <i>Mystery Digest</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-thrillingdetective.com_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thrillingdetective.com-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four other Stark short stories followed through 1961, including "The Curious Facts Preceding My Execution",<sup id="cite_ref-thrillingdetective.com_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thrillingdetective.com-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> later the title story in Westlake's first short-story collection. Then, from 1962 to 1974, sixteen novels about the relentless and remorseless professional thief <a href="/wiki/Parker_(Stark_novels_character)" title="Parker (Stark novels character)">Parker</a> and his accomplices (including larcenous actor <a href="/wiki/Alan_Grofield" title="Alan Grofield">Alan Grofield</a>) appeared and were credited to Richard Stark. After <i>Butcher's Moon</i> in 1974, Westlake unexpectedly found himself unable to tap into what he called Stark's "personality." Despite repeated attempts to bring him back, Westlake was unsatisfied. Years later, when Westlake had been hired to write the screenplay for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Grifters_(film)" title="The Grifters (film)">The Grifters</a>,</i> director <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Frears" title="Stephen Frears">Stephen Frears</a> was so impressed by its lean, cold attitude that he insisted that the screenplay had been written by Stark, not Westlake, and even tried to get Stark's name officially credited as the writer. Westlake said that "I got out of that one by explaining Richard Stark wasn't a member of the <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America" title="Writers Guild of America">Writer's Guild</a>. I don't think he's a joiner, actually." Stark was inactive until 1997, when Westlake once again began writing and publishing Parker novels under Stark's name beginning with <i>Comeback</i>. The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Press" title="University of Chicago Press">University of Chicago</a> began republishing the Richard Stark novels in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Alan Marshall</b> (or <b>Alan Marsh</b>): Westlake acknowledged writing as many as 28 paperback soft-porn titles from 1959 to 1964 under these names; titles include <i>All My Lovers, Man Hungry, All About Annette, Sally, Virgin's Summer, Call Me Sinner, Off Limits</i>, and three featuring the character of Phil Crawford: <i>Apprentice Virgin</i>, <i>All the Girls Were Willing</i>, and <i>Sin Prowl</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-efanzine_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-efanzine-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Westlake was not the only author to work under Marshall's name, claiming: "The publishers would either pay more for the names they already knew or would only buy from (those) names…so it became common practice for several of us to loan our names to friends…. Before…the end of 1961…six other people, friends of mine, published books as Alan Marshall, with my permission but without the publishers' knowledge." Two novels published in 1960 by <a href="/wiki/Midwood_Books" title="Midwood Books">Midwood Books</a> were co-authored by Westlake and <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Block" title="Lawrence Block">Lawrence Block</a> (who used the pen-name "Sheldon Lord") and were credited to "Sheldon Lord and Alan Marshall": <i>A Girl Called Honey</i>, dedicated to Westlake and Block, and <i>So Willing</i>, dedicated to "Nedra and Loretta," who were (at that time) Westlake and Block's wives.<sup id="cite_ref-efanzine_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-efanzine-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>James Blue</b>: one-shot pseudonym, used as a third name circa 1959 when both Westlake and Stark already had stories in a magazine issue. In actuality, the name of Westlake's cat.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Ben Christopher</b>: one-shot pseudonym for a 1960 story in <i>77 Sunset Strip</i> magazine, based on the characters from the <a href="/wiki/77_Sunset_Strip" title="77 Sunset Strip">TV show of the same name</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thrillingdetective.com_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thrillingdetective.com-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>John Dexter</b>: a house pseudonym used by Nightstand Books for the work of numerous authors. The very first novel credited to John Dexter is a soft-core work by Westlake called <i>No Longer A Virgin</i> (1960)</li> <li><b>Andrew Shaw</b>: pseudonym used by Westlake and Lawrence Block for their 1961 collaborative soft-core novel <i>Sin Hellcat</i>. Like John Dexter (above), "Andrew Shaw" was a house pseudonym used by a wide variety of authors.</li> <li><b>Edwin West</b>: <i>Brother and Sister, Campus Doll, Young and Innocent</i>, all 1961; <i>Strange Affair</i>, 1962; <i>Campus Lovers</i>, 1963,<sup id="cite_ref-biblio_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biblio-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> one 1966 short story.<sup id="cite_ref-thrillingdetective.com_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thrillingdetective.com-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>John B. Allan</b>: <i>Elizabeth Taylor: A Fascinating Story of America's Most Talented Actress and the World's Most Beautiful Woman</i>, 1961, biography.<sup id="cite_ref-biblio_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biblio-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Don Holliday</b>: pseudonym used by Westlake for two collaborative soft-core novels (with various authors, including <a href="/wiki/Hal_Dresner" title="Hal Dresner">Hal Dresner</a> and Lawrence Block) in 1963/64.<sup id="cite_ref-efanzine_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-efanzine-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Curt Clark</b>: debuted in 1964 with the short story "Nackles". Novel: <i>Anarchaos</i>, 1967, science fiction.<sup id="cite_ref-biblio_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biblio-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Barbara Wilson</b>: one co-authored novel with <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Janifer" title="Laurence Janifer">Laurence Janifer</a> (<i>The Pleasures We Know</i>, 1964); Janifer also used this name for at least one solo novel with no involvement from Westlake.<sup id="cite_ref-biblio_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biblio-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Tucker Coe</b>: five mystery novels featuring the character of Mitch Tobin: <i>Kinds of Love, Kinds of Death</i>, 1966; <i>Murder Among Children</i>, 1967; <i>Wax Apple</i> and <i>A Jade in Aries</i>, both 1970; <i>Don't Lie to Me</i>, 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-biblio_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biblio-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>P. N. Castor</b>: pseudonym used for one 1966 short story co-authored with Dave Foley.<sup id="cite_ref-thrillingdetective.com_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thrillingdetective.com-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Timothy J. Culver</b>: <i>Ex Officio</i>, 1970, thriller.<sup id="cite_ref-biblio_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biblio-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>J. Morgan Cunningham</b>: <i>Comfort Station</i>, 1971, humor. Cover features the <a href="/wiki/Blurb" title="Blurb">blurb</a>, "I wish I had written this book! – Donald E. Westlake."<sup id="cite_ref-biblio_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biblio-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Samuel Holt</b>: four mystery novels featuring the character of Sam Holt, 1986-1989: <i>One of Us is Wrong</i> and <i>I Know a Trick Worth Two of That</i>, both 1986; <i>What I Tell You Three Times is False</i>, 1987; <i>The Fourth Dimension is Death</i>, 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-biblio_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biblio-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Westlake used the Holt pseudonym as an experiment to see if he could succeed as an author under a new name; he was dismayed when his publisher revealed the true identity of "Holt" simultaneously with the release of the first book. Westlake subsequently delivered all four books he had contracted for as Holt, but abandoned plans to write at least two further books in the series.</li> <li><b>Judson Jack Carmichael</b>: <i>The Scared Stiff</i>, 2002, mystery; UK editions dropped the pseudonym.</li></ul> <p>Westlake sometimes made playful use of his pseudonyms in his work: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Dortmunder" title="John Dortmunder">John Dortmunder</a> and associates plan a kidnapping based on a mythical Richard Stark/Parker novel in Westlake's <i>Jimmy The Kid</i>. Stark himself makes an appearance in the novel.</li> <li>Richard Stark's character of Parker has ID that gives his name as "John B. Allan".</li> <li>In the film version of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Grifters_(film)" title="The Grifters (film)">The Grifters</a></i> (for which Westlake wrote the screenplay), a key scene takes place at the firm of Stark, Coe and Fellows. Westlake explains the in-joke in the film's DVD commentary track, noting that he wrote books as "Richard Stark, Tucker Coe and some other fellows." Westlake had been asked to write the script for <i>The Grifters</i> using the pen-name "Richard Stark" as an in-joke, but insisted on using his own name.</li> <li>A character in Timothy J. Culver's <i>Ex Officio</i> works for Coe-Stark Associates.</li> <li>In the Mitch Tobin novel <i>A Jade in Aries</i>, Tobin phones a friend, who briefly mistakes Tobin for somebody named Don Stark.</li></ul> <p>Additionally, Westlake conducted a mock "interview" with Richard Stark, Tucker Coe and Timothy J. Culver in an article for the non-fiction book <i>Murder Ink: The Mystery Reader's Companion</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writing_style">Writing style</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_E._Westlake&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Writing style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Donald Westlake was known for the great ingenuity of his plots and the audacity of his gimmicks. Westlake's most famous characters include the hard-boiled criminal <a href="/wiki/Parker_(Stark_novels_character)" title="Parker (Stark novels character)">Parker</a> (appearing in fiction published under the Richard Stark pseudonym) and Parker's comic flip-side <a href="/wiki/John_Dortmunder" title="John Dortmunder">John Dortmunder</a>. Westlake was quoted as saying that he originally intended what became <i>The Hot Rock</i> to be a straightforward Parker novel, but "It kept turning funny," and thus became the first John Dortmunder novel. </p><p>Most of Donald Westlake's novels are set in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. In each of the Dortmunder novels, there is typically a foray into a particular city neighborhood. He wrote just two non-fiction books: <i>Under an English Heaven</i>, regarding the unlikely 1967 Anguillan "revolution", and a biography of <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor" title="Elizabeth Taylor">Elizabeth Taylor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-biblio_6-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biblio-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Westlake was an occasional contributor to <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction_fanzines" class="mw-redirect" title="Science fiction fanzines">science fiction fanzines</a> such as <i><a href="/wiki/Xero_(SF_fanzine)" title="Xero (SF fanzine)">Xero</a></i>, and used <i>Xero</i> as a venue for a harsh announcement that he was leaving the <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a> field.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literary_crossovers">Literary crossovers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_E._Westlake&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Literary crossovers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Westlake and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Gores" title="Joe Gores">Joe Gores</a> wrote the same encounter between two of their characters from different perspectives in two different novels. In chapter 18 of Gores' 1972 novel <i>Dead Skip</i>, San Francisco detective Dan Kearney meets Westlake's amoral thief <a href="/wiki/Parker_(Stark_novels_character)" title="Parker (Stark novels character)">Parker</a> while looking for one of Parker's associates. The sequence is described from Parker's viewpoint in the 1972 book <i>Plunder Squad</i>, which Westlake wrote under the pseudonym Richard Stark. Gores hints further at the connection between the two books by referring to Parker's associates as "the plunder squad." Additionally, earlier in the novel, the book's protagonist Larry Ballard is described as being a reader only of Richard Stark novels.<sup id="cite_ref-Gores1972_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gores1972-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gores and Westlake also wrote a shared chapter in Westlake's <i>Drowned Hopes</i> and Gores' <i>32 Cadillacs</i>, having the characters in those books influenced by the same event.<sup id="cite_ref-Gores2009_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gores2009-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Westlake2015_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Westlake2015-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Motion_pictures_and_television">Motion pictures and television</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_E._Westlake&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Motion pictures and television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Donald_E._Westlake" title="Special:EditPage/Donald E. 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Several of Westlake's novels have been made into motion pictures: 1967's <i><a href="/wiki/Point_Blank_(1967_film)" title="Point Blank (1967 film)">Point Blank</a></i> (based on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hunter_(Stark_novel)" title="The Hunter (Stark novel)">The Hunter</a></i>) with <a href="/wiki/Lee_Marvin" title="Lee Marvin">Lee Marvin</a> as Parker (changed to Walker); <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mise_%C3%A0_sac&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mise à sac (page does not exist)">Mise à sac</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mise_%C3%A0_sac" class="extiw" title="fr:Mise à sac">fr</a>]</span></i> (based on <i>The Score</i>) with <a href="/wiki/Michel_Constantin" title="Michel Constantin">Michel Constantin</a> as Parker (changed to Georges), also in 1967; 1968's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Split_(film)" title="The Split (film)">The Split</a></i> (from the book <i>The Seventh</i>) with <a href="/wiki/Jim_Brown" title="Jim Brown">Jim Brown</a> as Parker (changed to McClain); <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hot_Rock_(film)" title="The Hot Rock (film)">The Hot Rock</a></i> in 1972 with <a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a>; <i><a href="/wiki/Cops_and_Robbers_(1973_film)" title="Cops and Robbers (1973 film)">Cops and Robbers</a></i> in 1973; <i><a href="/wiki/The_Outfit_(1973_film)" title="The Outfit (1973 film)"><i>The Outfit</i></a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Robert_Duvall" title="Robert Duvall">Robert Duvall</a> as Parker (changed to Macklin), also in 1973; <i><a href="/wiki/Bank_Shot" title="Bank Shot">Bank Shot</a></i> in 1974 with <a href="/wiki/George_C._Scott" title="George C. Scott">George C. Scott</a>; <i><a href="/wiki/The_Busy_Body_(film)" title="The Busy Body (film)">The Busy Body</a></i> (with an "all-star cast") in 1967; <i><a href="/wiki/Slayground" title="Slayground">Slayground</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Peter_Coyote" title="Peter Coyote">Peter Coyote</a> as Parker (changed to Stone) in 1983; <i><a href="/wiki/Why_Me%3F_(1990_film)" title="Why Me? (1990 film)">Why Me?</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Lambert" title="Christopher Lambert">Christopher Lambert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Lloyd" title="Christopher Lloyd">Christopher Lloyd</a>, and <a href="/wiki/J._T._Walsh" title="J. T. Walsh">J. T. Walsh</a> in 1990; <i><a href="/wiki/Payback_(1999_film)" title="Payback (1999 film)">Payback</a></i> in 1999, the second film made from <i>The Hunter</i>, with <a href="/wiki/Mel_Gibson" title="Mel Gibson">Mel Gibson</a> as Parker (changed to Porter); <i><a href="/wiki/What%27s_the_Worst_That_Could_Happen%3F" title="What's the Worst That Could Happen?">What's the Worst That Could Happen?</a></i> in 2001 with <a href="/wiki/Martin_Lawrence" title="Martin Lawrence">Martin Lawrence</a> as Dortmunder (changed to Kevin Caffery); <a href="/wiki/Costa_Gavras" class="mw-redirect" title="Costa Gavras">Constantin Costa-Gavras</a> adapted <i>The Ax</i> for the European screen in 2005, to great critical and public acclaim – entitled <i><a href="/wiki/Le_Couperet" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Couperet">Le Couperet</a></i>, the film takes place in France and Belgium rather than the novel's setting of New England; <i><a href="/wiki/Parker_(2013_film)" title="Parker (2013 film)">Parker</a></i> in 2013, based on <i>Flashfire</i>, with <a href="/wiki/Jason_Statham" title="Jason Statham">Jason Statham</a> as Parker. </p><p>In his introduction to one of the short stories in <i>Thieves' Dozen</i>, Westlake mentioned legal troubles with Hollywood over his continued use of the Dortmunder novel characters; the movie studios attempted to assert that he had sold the rights to the characters to them permanently as a result of the Redford film.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The novel <i>Jimmy the Kid</i> has been adapted three times: in Italy as <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Come_ti_rapisco_il_pupo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Come ti rapisco il pupo (page does not exist)">Come ti rapisco il pupo</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_ti_rapisco_il_pupo" class="extiw" title="it:Come ti rapisco il pupo">it</a>]</span></i> in 1976; in the U.S. as <i><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_the_Kid" title="Jimmy the Kid">Jimmy the Kid</a></i> in 1982, starring <a href="/wiki/Gary_Coleman" title="Gary Coleman">Gary Coleman</a>; and in Germany as <i>Jimmy the Kid</i> in 1998, starring <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Knaup" title="Herbert Knaup">Herbert Knaup</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The novel <i>Two Much!</i> has been adapted twice: in France as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Twin_(1984_film)" title="The Twin (1984 film)">Le Jumeau</a></i> (<i>The Twin</i>) in 1984; and in the U.S. as <i><a href="/wiki/Two_Much" title="Two Much">Two Much</a></i> in 1995, starring <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Banderas" title="Antonio Banderas">Antonio Banderas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Melanie_Griffith" title="Melanie Griffith">Melanie Griffith</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jean-Luc_Godard" title="Jean-Luc Godard">Jean-Luc Godard</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Made_in_U.S.A._(1966_film)" title="Made in U.S.A. (1966 film)">Made in U.S.A.</a></i> in 1966 was an extremely loose adaptation of <i>The Jugger</i>. Neither the film's producer nor Godard purchased the rights to the novel, so Westlake successfully sued to prevent the film's commercial distribution in the United States.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>His novel <i><a href="/wiki/Memory_(Westlake_novel)" title="Memory (Westlake novel)">Memory</a></i>, published posthumously in 2010, was adapted into the upcoming film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Actor_(upcoming_film)" title="The Actor (upcoming film)">The Actor</a></i>, directed by <a href="/wiki/Duke_Johnson_(director)" title="Duke Johnson (director)">Duke Johnson</a> and starring <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Holland" title="André Holland">André Holland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gemma_Chan" title="Gemma Chan">Gemma Chan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Westlake was himself a screenwriter. His script for the 1990 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Grifters_(film)" title="The Grifters (film)">The Grifters</a>,</i> adapted from the novel by <a href="/wiki/Jim_Thompson_(writer)" title="Jim Thompson (writer)">Jim Thompson</a>, was nominated for an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Writing_Adapted_Screenplay" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay">Academy Award</a>. Westlake adapted Jim Thompson's work in a straightforward manner, but Westlake the humourist played on Thompson's name later that year in the Dortmunder novel <i>Drowned Hopes</i> by featuring a character named "Tom Jimson" who is a criminal psychopath. Westlake also wrote the screenplay for the film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Stepfather_(1987_film)" title="The Stepfather (1987 film)">The Stepfather</a></i> (from a story by Westlake, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Garfield" title="Brian Garfield">Brian Garfield</a> and Carolyn Lefcourt), which was popular enough to inspire two sequels and a remake, projects in which Westlake was not involved.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1987 Westlake wrote the teleplay <i>Fatal Confession</i>, a pilot for the TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Father_Dowling_Mysteries" title="Father Dowling Mysteries">Father Dowling Mysteries</a></i> based on the novels by <a href="/wiki/Ralph_McInerny" title="Ralph McInerny">Ralph McInerny</a>. He also appeared in a small role (as the mystery writer Rich Vincent) in the third-season episode, "The Hardboiled Mystery."<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Westlake wrote an early draft of the 1999 James Bond film <i><a href="/wiki/The_World_Is_Not_Enough" title="The World Is Not Enough">The World Is Not Enough</a></i>, which was later scrapped because of difficulties in filming in the script's original setting in China. Westlake adapted the script into the novel <i>Forever and a Death</i>, which was published posthumously in 2017 by <a href="/wiki/Hard_Case_Crime" title="Hard Case Crime">Hard Case Crime</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CrimeReads2018_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CrimeReads2018-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Westlake wrote an unproduced screenplay adapting the <a href="/wiki/Dashiell_Hammett" title="Dashiell Hammett">Dashiell Hammett</a> crime novel <i><a href="/wiki/Red_Harvest" title="Red Harvest">Red Harvest</a></i>, which changed the story considerably to refocus the ending on solving the original murder for which the detective had been hired, which is solved relatively early in the original book and which Westlake felt made the detective's continuing involvement in the story hard to justify.<sup id="cite_ref-CrimeReads2018_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CrimeReads2018-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Westlake co-wrote the story for the pilot of the ill-fated 1979 TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Supertrain" title="Supertrain">Supertrain</a></i> with teleplay writer <a href="/wiki/Earl_W._Wallace" title="Earl W. Wallace">Earl W. Wallace</a>; Westlake and Wallace shared "created by" credit.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2022, <a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety (magazine)</a> reported that <a href="/wiki/Robert_Downey,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Downey, Jr.">Robert Downey, Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shane_Black" title="Shane Black">Shane Black</a> were working together on multiple movie and television projects for <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazon Studios">Amazon Studios</a> based on the Parker series.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An adaptation of Westlake's novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ax_(novel)" title="The Ax (novel)">The Ax</a></i> is currently in production by the South Korean director <a href="/wiki/Park_Chan-wook" title="Park Chan-wook">Park Chan-Wook</a> under the title <i><a href="/wiki/No_Other_Choice" title="No Other Choice">No Other Choice</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_E._Westlake&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Novels">Novels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_E._Westlake&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>The following table can be sorted to show Westlake's novels in chronological order,<br />or arranged alphabetically by title, or by publisher, or by author credit, or by series.<br /> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Publisher</th> <th>Author Credit</th> <th>Series</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1959 </td> <td><i>All My Lovers</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Midwood_Books" title="Midwood Books">Midwood Books</a> </td> <td>Alan Marshall </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959 </td> <td><i>Backstage Love</i> </td> <td>Midwood Books </td> <td>Alan Marshall </td> <td>Phil Crawford </td> <td>Also published as <i>Apprentice Virgin</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959 </td> <td><i>Man Hungry</i> </td> <td>Midwood Books </td> <td>Alan Marshall </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959 </td> <td><i>Sally</i> </td> <td>Midwood Books </td> <td>Alan Marshall </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td><i>All About Annette</i> </td> <td>Midwood Books </td> <td>Alan Marshall </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td><i>All the Girls Were Willing</i> </td> <td>Midwood Books </td> <td>Alan Marshall </td> <td>Phil Crawford </td> <td>Later printed as <i>What Girls Will Do</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td><i>A Girl Called Honey</i> </td> <td>Midwood Books </td> <td>Alan Marshall & Sheldon Lord </td> <td> </td> <td>A collaboration between Westlake and Lawrence Block </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td><i>The Mercenaries</i> </td> <td>Random House </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td>Also published in the UK as <i>The Smashers</i>. Republished in 2009 under Westlake's preferred title, <i>The Cutie</i>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td><i>So Willing</i> </td> <td>Midwood Books </td> <td>Alan Marshall & Sheldon Lord </td> <td> </td> <td>A collaboration between Westlake and Lawrence Block </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td><i>Virgin's Summer</i> </td> <td>Midwood Books </td> <td>Alan Marshall </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td><i>The Wife Next Door</i> </td> <td>Midwood Books </td> <td>Alan Marshall </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961 </td> <td><i>Call Me Sinner</i> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nightstand_Books&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nightstand Books (page does not exist)">Nightstand Books</a> </td> <td>Alan Marshall </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961 </td> <td><i>Passion's Plaything</i> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedside_Books&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bedside Books (page does not exist)">Bedside Books</a> </td> <td>Alan Marshall </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961 </td> <td><i>Off Limits</i> </td> <td>Bedside Books </td> <td>Alan Marshall </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961 </td> <td><i>Brother and Sister</i> </td> <td>Monarch Books </td> <td>Edwin West </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961 </td> <td><i>Campus Doll</i> </td> <td>Monarch Books </td> <td>Edwin West </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td><i>Young and Innocent</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monarch_Books" title="Monarch Books">Monarch Books</a> </td> <td>Edwin West </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961 </td> <td><i>Killing Time</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Random_House" title="Random House">Random House</a> </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td>Later published by Blackbird Books as <i>The Operator</i> in 2023. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hunter_(Stark_novel)" title="The Hunter (Stark novel)">The Hunter</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pocket_Books" title="Pocket Books">Pocket Books</a> </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td>Later published as <i>Point Blank</i> and <i>Payback</i>. First appearance of master thief Parker. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=361_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="361 (novel) (page does not exist)">361</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Random_House" title="Random House">Random House</a> </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962 </td> <td><i>Strange Affair</i> </td> <td>Monarch Books </td> <td>Edwin West </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963 </td> <td><i>Killy</i> </td> <td>Random House </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963 </td> <td><i>Sin Prowl</i> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corinth_Publications&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Corinth Publications (page does not exist)">Corinth Publications</a> </td> <td>Alan Marshall </td> <td>Phil Crawford </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963 </td> <td><i>Campus Lovers</i> </td> <td>Monarch Books </td> <td>Edwin West </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_with_the_Getaway_Face" title="The Man with the Getaway Face">The Man with the Getaway Face</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pocket_Books" title="Pocket Books">Pocket Books</a> </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td>Also published in the UK as <i>Steel Hit</i>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Outfit_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Outfit (novel) (page does not exist)">The Outfit</a></i> </td> <td>Pocket Books </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Mourner_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Mourner (novel) (page does not exist)">The Mourner</a></i> </td> <td>Pocket Books </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Score_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Score (novel) (page does not exist)">The Score</a></i> </td> <td>Pocket Books </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td>Also published in the UK as <i>Killtown</i>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964 </td> <td><i>Pity Him Afterwards</i> </td> <td>Random House </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td><i>The Fugitive Pigeon</i> </td> <td>Random House </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Jugger_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Jugger (novel) (page does not exist)">The Jugger</a></i> </td> <td>Pocket Books </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Seventh_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Seventh (novel) (page does not exist)">The Seventh</a></i> </td> <td>Pocket Books </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td>Later published as <i>The Split</i>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><i>The Busy Body</i> </td> <td>Random House </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Handle_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Handle (novel) (page does not exist)">The Handle</a></i> </td> <td>Pocket Books </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td>Also published in the UK as <i>Run Lethal</i>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><i>The Spy in the Ointment</i> </td> <td>Random House </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><i>Kinds of Love, Kinds of Death</i> </td> <td>Random House </td> <td>Tucker Coe </td> <td>Mitchell Tobin </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><i>Murder Among Children</i> </td> <td>Random House </td> <td>Tucker Coe </td> <td>Mitchell Tobin </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Damsel_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Damsel (novel) (page does not exist)">The Damsel</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Macmillan_Publishers" title="Macmillan Publishers">Macmillan Publishers</a> </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Grofield </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Rare_Coin_Score_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Rare Coin Score (novel) (page does not exist)">The Rare Coin Score</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fawcett_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Fawcett Books">Fawcett Books</a> </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><i>God Save the Mark</i> </td> <td>Random House </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td>Edgar Award winner for Best Novel </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><i>Philip</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Y._Crowell_Co." title="Thomas Y. Crowell Co.">Thomas Y. Crowell Co.</a> </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><i>Anarchaos</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ace_Books" title="Ace Books">Ace Books</a> </td> <td>Curt Clark </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Green_Eagle_Score_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Green Eagle Score (novel) (page does not exist)">The Green Eagle Score</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fawcett_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Fawcett Books">Fawcett Books</a> </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td><i>Who Stole Sassi Manoon?</i> </td> <td>Random House </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Black_Ice_Score_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Black Ice Score (novel) (page does not exist)">The Black Ice Score</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fawcett_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Fawcett Books">Fawcett Books</a> </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Sour_Lemon_Score_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Sour Lemon Score (novel) (page does not exist)">The Sour Lemon Score</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fawcett_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Fawcett Books">Fawcett Books</a> </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td><i>Somebody Owes Me Money</i> </td> <td>Random House </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td><i>Up Your Banners</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lancer_Books" title="Lancer Books">Lancer Books</a> </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Dame_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Dame (novel) (page does not exist)">The Dame</a></i> </td> <td>Macmillan Publishers </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Grofield </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Blackbird_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Blackbird (novel) (page does not exist)">The Blackbird</a></i> </td> <td>Macmillan Publishers </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Grofield </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td><i>Wax Apple</i> </td> <td>Random House </td> <td>Tucker Coe </td> <td>Mitchell Tobin </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td><i>The Hot Rock</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster" title="Simon & Schuster">Simon & Schuster</a> </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td>Dortmunder </td> <td>Originally planned as a non-comic Parker novel; introduces John Dortmunder </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td><i>Ex Officio</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Evans" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Evans">M. Evans</a> </td> <td>Timothy J. Culver </td> <td> </td> <td>Also published under the title <i>Power Play</i>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td><i>Adios Scheherazade</i> </td> <td>Simon & Schuster </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td>Builds on Westlake's experiences writing soft-core porn. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td><i>A Jade in Aries</i> </td> <td>Random House </td> <td>Tucker Coe </td> <td>Mitchell Tobin </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lemons_Never_Lie_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lemons Never Lie (novel) (page does not exist)">Lemons Never Lie</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/World_Publishing_Company" title="World Publishing Company">World Publishing Company</a> </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Grofield </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td><i>I Gave at the Office</i> </td> <td>Simon & Schuster </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deadly_Edge_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deadly Edge (novel) (page does not exist)">Deadly Edge</a></i> </td> <td>Random House </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Slayground_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Slayground (novel) (page does not exist)">Slayground</a></i> </td> <td>Random House </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><i>Bank Shot</i> </td> <td>Simon & Schuster </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td>Dortmunder </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><i>Cops and Robbers</i> </td> <td>M. Evans </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><i>Don't Lie to Me</i> </td> <td>Random House </td> <td>Tucker Coe </td> <td>Mitchell Tobin </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plunder_Squad_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Plunder Squad (novel) (page does not exist)">Plunder Squad</a></i> </td> <td>Random House </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td>Crosses over with the 1972 <a href="/wiki/Joe_Gores" title="Joe Gores">Joe Gores</a> novel <i>Dead Skip</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td><i>Comfort Station</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Signet_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Signet Books">Signet Books</a> </td> <td>J. Morgan Cunningham </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td><i>Gangway!</i> </td> <td>M. Evans </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Garfield" title="Brian Garfield">Brian Garfield</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Butcher%27s_Moon_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Butcher's Moon (novel) (page does not exist)">Butcher's Moon</a></i> </td> <td>Random House </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td><i>Help, I Am Being Held Prisoner</i> </td> <td>M. Evans </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td><i>Jimmy the Kid</i> </td> <td>M. Evans </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td>Dortmunder </td> <td>Includes chapters from an otherwise non-existent novel by Richard Stark entitled <i>Child Heist</i>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><i>Two Much</i> </td> <td>M. Evans </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><i>Brothers Keepers</i> </td> <td>M. Evans </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><i>Dancing Aztecs</i> </td> <td>M. Evans </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td>A shortened version, lacking one of the sub-plots, was published in 1976 as <i>A New York Dance</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td><i>Nobody's Perfect</i> </td> <td>M. Evans </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td>Dortmunder </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td><i>Castle in the Air</i> </td> <td>M. Evans </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td><i>Kahawa</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Viking_Press" title="Viking Press">Viking Press</a> </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983 </td> <td><i>Why Me?</i> </td> <td>Viking Press </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td>Dortmunder </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984 </td> <td><i>A Likely Story</i> </td> <td>Penzler Books </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td><i>High Adventure</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mysterious_Press" title="Mysterious Press">Mysterious Press</a> </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td><i>Good Behavior</i> </td> <td>Mysterious Press </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td>Dortmunder </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td><i>One of Us Is Wrong</i> </td> <td>Tor Books </td> <td>Samuel Holt </td> <td>Sam Holt </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td><i>I Know a Trick Worth Two of That</i> </td> <td>Tor Books </td> <td>Samuel Holt </td> <td>Sam Holt </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td><i>What I Tell You Three Times Is False</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Doherty_Associates" class="mw-redirect" title="Tom Doherty Associates">Tom Doherty Associates</a> </td> <td>Samuel Holt </td> <td>Sam Holt </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><i>Trust Me on This</i> </td> <td>Mysterious Press </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td>Sara Joslyn </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td><i>Sacred Monster</i> </td> <td>Mysterious Press </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td><i>The Fourth Dimension Is Death</i> </td> <td>Tom Doherty Associates </td> <td>Samuel Holt </td> <td>Sam Holt </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td><i>Drowned Hopes</i> </td> <td>Mysterious Press </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td>Dortmunder </td> <td>Crosses over with the 1992 Joe Gores novel <i>32 Cadillacs</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><i>The Perfect Murder: Five Great Mystery Writers Create the Perfect Crime</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/HarperCollins" title="HarperCollins">HarperCollins</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Hitt" title="Jack Hitt">Jack Hitt</a> with <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Block" title="Lawrence Block">Lawrence Block</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Caudwell" title="Sarah Caudwell">Sarah Caudwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Hillerman" title="Tony Hillerman">Tony Hillerman</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/Peter_Lovesey" title="Peter Lovesey">Peter Lovesey</a>, Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Collaborative_fiction" title="Collaborative fiction">Collaborative novel</a>, devised and edited by Hitt. Westlake contributes two chapters. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><i>Humans</i> </td> <td>Mysterious Press </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><i>Don't Ask</i> </td> <td>Mysterious Press </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td>Dortmunder </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td><i>Baby, Would I Lie?</i> </td> <td>Mysterious Press </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td>Sara Joslyn </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i>Smoke</i> </td> <td>Mysterious Press </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i>What's the Worst That Could Happen?</i> </td> <td>Mysterious Press </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td>Dortmunder </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ax_(novel)" title="The Ax (novel)">The Ax</a></i> </td> <td>Mysterious Press </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comeback_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Comeback (novel) (page does not exist)">Comeback</a></i> </td> <td>Mysterious Press </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Backflash_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Backflash (novel) (page does not exist)">Backflash</a></i> </td> <td>Mysterious Press </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><i>The Hook</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warner_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Books">Warner Books</a> </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td>Published in the UK as <i>Corkscrew</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flashfire_(2000_novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Flashfire (2000 novel) (page does not exist)">Flashfire</a></i> </td> <td>Mysterious Press </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td>Also published as Parker, movie tie-in<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Firebreak_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Firebreak (novel) (page does not exist)">Firebreak</a></i> </td> <td>Warner Books </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><i>Bad News</i> </td> <td>Warner Books </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td>Dortmunder </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><i>Put a Lid on It</i> </td> <td>Warner Books </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breakout_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Breakout (novel) (page does not exist)">Breakout</a></i> </td> <td>Mysterious Press </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><i>The Scared Stiff</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carroll_%26_Graf_Publishers" title="Carroll & Graf Publishers">Carroll & Graf Publishers</a> </td> <td>Judson Jack Carmichael </td> <td> </td> <td>Published in the UK as by Donald E. Westlake </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td><i>Money for Nothing</i> </td> <td>Mysterious Press </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><i>The Road to Ruin</i> </td> <td>Mysterious Press </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td>Dortmunder </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nobody_Runs_Forever_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nobody Runs Forever (novel) (page does not exist)">Nobody Runs Forever</a></i> </td> <td>Mysterious Press </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td><i>Watch Your Back!</i> </td> <td>Mysterious Press </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td>Dortmunder </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ask_the_Parrot_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ask the Parrot (novel) (page does not exist)">Ask the Parrot</a></i> </td> <td>Mysterious Press </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><i>What's So Funny?</i> </td> <td>Warner Books </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td>Dortmunder </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirty_Money_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dirty Money (novel) (page does not exist)">Dirty Money</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grand_Central_Publishing" title="Grand Central Publishing">Grand Central Publishing</a> </td> <td>Richard Stark </td> <td>Parker </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td><i>Get Real</i> </td> <td>Grand Central Publishing </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td>Dortmunder </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Memory_(Westlake_novel)" title="Memory (Westlake novel)">Memory</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hard_Case_Crime" title="Hard Case Crime">Hard Case Crime</a> </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td>Written in the early 1960s, published posthumously. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><i>The Comedy Is Finished</i> </td> <td>Hard Case Crime </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td>Written in the early 1980s, published posthumously. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td><i>Forever and a Death</i> </td> <td>Hard Case Crime </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td>Written in 1998, published posthumously. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td><i>Call Me a Cab</i> </td> <td>Hard Case Crime </td> <td>Donald E. Westlake </td> <td> </td> <td>Written c. 1977/78, previously only published in a significantly shorter version in <a href="/wiki/Redbook" title="Redbook">Redbook</a> in 1978. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Collections">Collections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_E._Westlake&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Collections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Curious Facts Preceding My Execution</i> (1968)</li> <li><i>Enough</i> ("A Travesty" & "Ordo") (1977) - reissued as <i>Double Feature</i> by Hard Case Crime in 2020</li> <li><i>Levine</i> (1984)</li> <li><i>Tomorrow's Crimes</i> (1989), includes the novel <i>Anarchaos</i></li> <li><i>Horse Laugh and Other Stories</i> (1991)</li> <li><i>The Parker Omnibus, Volume 1</i> (1997), published in UK, containing <i>The Man with the Getaway Face,</i> <i>The Outfit,</i> and <i>The Deadly Edge.</i></li> <li><i>The Parker Omnibus, Volume 2</i> (1999), published in UK, containing <i>The Split</i> (alternate name for <i>The Seventh</i>), <i>The Score,</i> and <i>The Handle.</i></li> <li><i>A Good Story and Other Stories</i> (1999)</li> <li><i>Thieves' Dozen</i> (2004), a collection of ten Dortmunder short stories and one related story.</li> <li><i>Transgressions</i> (2005), Ed McBain-edited collection of 10 novellas, including Westlake's Dortmunder novella "Walking Around Money"</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-fiction">Non-fiction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_E._Westlake&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Non-fiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Elizabeth Taylor: A Fascinating Story of America's Most Talented Actress and the World's Most Beautiful Woman</i> (1961, as "John B. Allan")</li> <li><i>Under an English Heaven</i> (1972)</li> <li><i>The Getaway Car: A Donald Westlake Nonfiction Miscellany</i> (2014) <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780226121819" title="Special:BookSources/9780226121819">9780226121819</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Produced_screenplays">Produced screenplays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_E._Westlake&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Produced screenplays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Cops_and_Robbers_(1973_film)" title="Cops and Robbers (1973 film)">Cops and Robbers</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hot_Stuff_(1979_film)" title="Hot Stuff (1979 film)">Hot Stuff</a></i> (1979) co-written with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Kane_(screenwriter)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael Kane (screenwriter) (page does not exist)">Michael Kane</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Stepfather_(1987_film)" title="The Stepfather (1987 film)">The Stepfather</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Why_Me%3F_(1990_film)" title="Why Me? (1990 film)">Why Me?</a></i> (1990) – based on Westlake's novel, co-written with Leonard Maas, Jr. (pseudonym of <a href="/wiki/David_Koepp" title="David Koepp">David Koepp</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Grifters_(film)" title="The Grifters (film)">The Grifters</a></i> (1990) – based on the novel by Jim Thompson</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ripley_Under_Ground_(film)" title="Ripley Under Ground (film)">Ripley Under Ground</a></i> (2005) – based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith, co-written with <a href="/wiki/William_Blake_Herron" title="William Blake Herron">William Blake Herron</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unpublished/unproduced_works"><span id="Unpublished.2Funproduced_works"></span>Unpublished/unproduced works</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_E._Westlake&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Unpublished/unproduced works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Score</i> (1965–1967) – screenplay based on Westlake's Richard Stark novel (later adapted as Alain Cavalier's <i>Mise à sac</i>)</li> <li><i>Murder at the Vanities</i> (1990–1991) – mystery stage musical; libretto by Westlake, music and lyrics by Donald Oliver & David Spencer<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>God's Pocket</i> (1996–1997) – screenplay based on the <a href="/wiki/Pete_Dexter" title="Pete Dexter">Pete Dexter</a> novel (later adapted as <i><a href="/wiki/God%27s_Pocket_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="God's Pocket (film)">God's Pocket</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-hgar-srv3.bu.edu_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hgar-srv3.bu.edu-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Maximum Bob</i> – screenplay based on the <a href="/wiki/Elmore_Leonard" title="Elmore Leonard">Elmore Leonard</a> novel (later adapted as a TV series, <i><a href="/wiki/Maximum_Bob_(TV_series)" title="Maximum Bob (TV series)">Maximum Bob</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-hgar-srv3.bu.edu_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hgar-srv3.bu.edu-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Arms of Nemesis</i> – screenplay based on the novel by <a href="/wiki/Steven_Saylor" title="Steven Saylor">Steven Saylor</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Absolute Faith</i> – original screenplay co-written with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghasem_Ebrahimian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ghasem Ebrahimian (page does not exist)">Ghasem Ebrahimian</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Red Harvest</i> – screenplay based on the novel by <a href="/wiki/Dashiell_Hammett" title="Dashiell Hammett">Dashiell Hammett</a><sup id="cite_ref-CrimeReads2018_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CrimeReads2018-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_E._Westlake&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Westlake has been acknowledged by many writers and fans of crime fiction as one of the masters of the genre. </p><p>The central villain of <a href="/wiki/Stephen_King" title="Stephen King">Stephen King</a>'s novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dark_Half" title="The Dark Half">The Dark Half</a></i>, George Stark, was named in honor of Richard Stark. King telephoned Westlake personally to ask permission. King's own "Richard Bachman" pseudonym was also partly named for Stark: King had been reading a Richard Stark novel at the time he chose the pen name.<sup id="cite_ref-Stark1999_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stark1999-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Writer <a href="/wiki/Duane_Swierczynski" title="Duane Swierczynski">Duane Swierczynski</a> named his first-born son Parker, in honor of the Richard Stark character as well as <a href="/wiki/Spider-Man" title="Spider-Man">Spider-Man</a>'s secret identity, Peter Parker.<sup id="cite_ref-Swierczynski2008_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Swierczynski2008-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Swierczynski2009_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Swierczynski2009-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to Darwyn Cooke's graphic-novel adaptations of Parker, Cooke also homaged Westlake in his earlier work <i>Catwoman: Selena's Big Score</i> by giving one of the characters, an old flame and mentor of <a href="/wiki/Catwoman" title="Catwoman">Selina Kyle</a>, the name "Stark" as well as the face of <a href="/wiki/Lee_Marvin" title="Lee Marvin">Lee Marvin</a>, who played the Parker character in <i><a href="/wiki/Point_Blank_(1967_film)" title="Point Blank (1967 film)">Point Blank</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Seattle2011_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seattle2011-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PW2003_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PW2003-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_E._Westlake&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLee2009" class="citation news cs1">Lee, Jennifer 8 (January 1, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/books/02westlake.html">"Donald E. Westlake, Mystery Writer, Is Dead at 75 (Published 2009)"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331">0362-4331</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved January 1, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-biblio-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-biblio_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-biblio_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-biblio_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-biblio_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-biblio_6-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-biblio_6-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-biblio_6-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-biblio_6-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-biblio_6-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-biblio_6-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070404190315/http://www.donaldwestlake.com/wks_biblio.html">"Donald Westlake ~ Bibliography"</a>. 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"Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" and responses by <a href="/wiki/Frederik_Pohl" title="Frederik Pohl">Frederik Pohl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Donald_Wollheim" class="mw-redirect" title="Donald Wollheim">Donald Wollheim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harry_Warner,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Warner, Jr.">Harry Warner, Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Stiles" title="Steve Stiles">Steve Stiles</a> and others, reprinted in: Lupoff, Richard A., & Pat Lupoff. <i>The Best of </i>Xero<i>.</i> Tachyon Publications, 2004, pp. 120 <i>et seq.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Gores1972-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Gores1972_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGores1972" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gores" title="Joe Gores">Gores, Joe</a> (1972). "Chapter 18". <i>Dead Skip: A DKA File Novel</i>. 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(1966 film)">Made in U.S.A.</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Point_Blank_(1967_film)" title="Point Blank (1967 film)">Point Blank</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Split_(film)" title="The Split (film)">The Split</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Outfit_(1973_film)" title="The Outfit (1973 film)">The Outfit</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Slayground" title="Slayground">Slayground</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Payback_(1999_film)" title="Payback (1999 film)">Payback</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Parker_(2013_film)" title="Parker (2013 film)">Parker</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Play_Dirty_(upcoming_film)" title="Play Dirty (upcoming film)">Play Dirty</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">John Dortmunder series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Characters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Dortmunder" title="John Dortmunder">John Dortmunder</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hot_Rock_(film)" title="The Hot Rock (film)">The Hot Rock</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bank_Shot" title="Bank Shot">Bank Shot</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_the_Kid" title="Jimmy the Kid">Jimmy the Kid</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Why_Me%3F_(1990_film)" title="Why Me? 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(1990 film)">Why Me?</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Grifters_(film)" title="The Grifters (film)">The Grifters</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ripley_Under_Ground_(film)" title="Ripley Under Ground (film)">Ripley Under Ground</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other film adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Busy_Body_(film)" title="The Busy Body (film)">The Busy Body</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Twin_(1984_film)" title="The Twin (1984 film)">The Twin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Two_Much" title="Two Much">Two Much</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hook_(2004_film)" title="The Hook (2004 film)">The Hook</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Axe_(film)" title="The Axe (film)">The Axe</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Actor_(upcoming_film)" title="The Actor (upcoming film)">The Actor</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/No_Other_Choice" title="No Other Choice">No Other Choice</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Edgar_Allan_Poe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_Screenplay168" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Edgar_Allan_Poe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_Screenplay" title="Template:Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Edgar_Allan_Poe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_Screenplay" title="Template talk:Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Edgar_Allan_Poe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_Screenplay" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Edgar_Allan_Poe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_Screenplay168" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Edgar_Allan_Poe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_Screenplay_winners" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay winners">Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Paxton" title="John Paxton">John Paxton</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Veiller" title="Anthony Veiller">Anthony Veiller</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paxton" title="John Paxton">John Paxton</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Cady" title="Jerome Cady">Jerome Cady</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jay_Dratler" title="Jay Dratler">Jay Dratler</a>, Leonard Hoffman, and <a href="/wiki/Quentin_Reynolds" title="Quentin Reynolds">Quentin Reynolds</a> (1949)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Dinelli" title="Mel Dinelli">Mel Dinelli</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cornell_Woolrich" title="Cornell Woolrich">Cornell Woolrich</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Maddow" title="Ben Maddow">Ben Maddow</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Wilson_(writer)" title="Michael Wilson (writer)">Michael Wilson</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Wilson_(writer)" title="Michael Wilson (writer)">Michael Wilson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Otto_Lang_(film_producer)" title="Otto Lang (film producer)">Otto Lang</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Boehm" title="Sydney Boehm">Sydney Boehm</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Michael_Hayes" title="John Michael Hayes">John Michael Hayes</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hayes_(author)" title="Joseph Hayes (author)">Joseph Hayes</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Rose" title="Reginald Rose">Reginald Rose</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nedrick_Young" title="Nedrick Young">Nathan E. Douglas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harold_Jacob_Smith" title="Harold Jacob Smith">Harold Jacob Smith</a> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Lehman" title="Ernest Lehman">Ernest Lehman</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stefano" title="Joseph Stefano">Joseph Stefano</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Archibald_(playwright)" title="William Archibald (playwright)">William Archibald</a> and <a href="/wiki/Truman_Capote" title="Truman Capote">Truman Capote</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Stone_(writer)" title="Peter Stone (writer)">Peter Stone</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Farrell" title="Henry Farrell">Henry Farrell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lukas_Heller" title="Lukas Heller">Lukas Heller</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Dehn" title="Paul Dehn">Paul Dehn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guy_Trosper" title="Guy Trosper">Guy Trosper</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Goldman" title="William Goldman">William Goldman</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stirling_Silliphant" title="Stirling Silliphant">Stirling Silliphant</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Kleiner" title="Harry Kleiner">Harry Kleiner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alan_Trustman" title="Alan Trustman">Alan Trustman</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Costa-Gavras" title="Costa-Gavras">Costa Gavras</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Sempr%C3%BAn" title="Jorge Semprún">Jorge Semprún</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elio_Petri" title="Elio Petri">Elio Petri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ugo_Pirro" title="Ugo Pirro">Ugo Pirro</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Tidyman" title="Ernest Tidyman">Ernest Tidyman</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Shaffer_(writer)" title="Anthony Shaffer (writer)">Anthony Shaffer</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Perkins" title="Anthony Perkins">Anthony Perkins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Towne" title="Robert Towne">Robert Towne</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Rayfiel" title="David Rayfiel">David Rayfiel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Semple_Jr." title="Lorenzo Semple Jr.">Lorenzo Semple, Jr.</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Lehman" title="Ernest Lehman">Ernest Lehman</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Benton" title="Robert Benton">Robert Benton</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Goldman" title="William Goldman">William Goldman</a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Crichton" title="Michael Crichton">Michael Crichton</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Wambaugh" title="Joseph Wambaugh">Joseph Wambaugh</a> (1981)</li> <li>Jeffrey Alan Fiskin (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrie_Keeffe" title="Barrie Keeffe">Barrie Keeffe</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Potter" title="Dennis Potter">Dennis Potter</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Fuller" title="Charles Fuller">Charles Fuller</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Kelley_(screenwriter)" title="William Kelley (screenwriter)">William Kelley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Earl_W._Wallace" title="Earl W. Wallace">Earl W. Wallace</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._Max_Frye" title="E. Max Frye">E. Max Frye</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kouf" title="Jim Kouf">Jim Kouf</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Errol_Morris" title="Errol Morris">Errol Morris</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Waters_(screenwriter)" title="Daniel Waters (screenwriter)">Daniel Waters</a> (1990)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Donald E. Westlake</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Tally" title="Ted Tally">Ted Tally</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Tolkin" title="Michael Tolkin">Michael Tolkin</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebbe_Roe_Smith" title="Ebbe Roe Smith">Ebbe Roe Smith</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino" title="Quentin Tarantino">Quentin Tarantino</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_McQuarrie" title="Christopher McQuarrie">Christopher McQuarrie</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Bob_Thornton" title="Billy Bob Thornton">Billy Bob Thornton</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Hanson" title="Curtis Hanson">Curtis Hanson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Helgeland" title="Brian Helgeland">Brian Helgeland</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Frank" title="Scott Frank">Scott Frank</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elmore_Leonard" title="Elmore Leonard">Elmore Leonard</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Ritchie" title="Guy Ritchie">Guy Ritchie</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Gaghan" title="Stephen Gaghan">Stephen Gaghan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Simon_Moore_(writer)" title="Simon Moore (writer)">Simon Moore</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Nolan" title="Christopher Nolan">Christopher Nolan</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Condon" title="Bill Condon">Bill Condon</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Knight" title="Steven Knight">Steven Knight</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Jeunet" title="Jean-Pierre Jeunet">Jean-Pierre Jeunet</a> and <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9bastien_Japrisot" title="Sébastien Japrisot">Sébastien Japrisot</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Gaghan" title="Stephen Gaghan">Stephen Gaghan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Baer" title="Robert Baer">Robert Baer</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Monahan" title="William Monahan">William Monahan</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Gilroy" title="Tony Gilroy">Tony Gilroy</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_McDonagh" title="Martin McDonagh">Martin McDonagh</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Edgar_Allan_Poe_Award_for_Best_Novel40" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Edgar_Allan_Poe_Award_for_Best_Novel" title="Template:Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Edgar_Allan_Poe_Award_for_Best_Novel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel (page does not exist)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Edgar_Allan_Poe_Award_for_Best_Novel" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Edgar_Allan_Poe_Award_for_Best_Novel40" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe_Award_for_Best_Novel" title="Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel">Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Jay" title="Charlotte Jay">Charlotte Jay</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Chandler" title="Raymond Chandler">Raymond Chandler</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Millar" title="Margaret Millar">Margaret Millar</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Armstrong" title="Charlotte Armstrong">Charlotte Armstrong</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Lacy" title="Ed Lacy">Ed Lacy</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Ellin" title="Stanley Ellin">Stanley Ellin</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celia_Fremlin" title="Celia Fremlin">Celia Fremlin</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julian_Symons" title="Julian Symons">Julian Symons</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Creasey" title="John Creasey">J.J. Marric</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Pargeter" title="Edith Pargeter">Ellis Peters</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Ambler" title="Eric Ambler">Eric Ambler</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_le_Carr%C3%A9" title="John le Carré">John le Carré</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elleston_Trevor" title="Elleston Trevor">Adam Hall</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Freeling" title="Nicolas Freeling">Nicolas Freeling</a> (1967)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Donald E. Westlake</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Crichton" title="Michael Crichton">Jeffrey Hudson</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Francis_(author)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dick Francis (author)">Dick Francis</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maj_Sj%C3%B6wall" title="Maj Sjöwall">Maj Sjöwall</a> and Per Wahlöö (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Forsyth" title="Frederick Forsyth">Frederick Forsyth</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Kiefer" title="Warren Kiefer">Warren Kiefer</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hillerman" title="Tony Hillerman">Tony Hillerman</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Cleary" title="Jon Cleary">Jon Cleary</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Garfield" title="Brian Garfield">Brian Garfield</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Parker" title="Robert B. Parker">Robert B. Parker</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Hallahan" title="William H. Hallahan">William H. Hallahan</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Follett" title="Ken Follett">Ken Follett</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Maling" title="Arthur Maling">Arthur Maling</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Francis" title="Dick Francis">Dick Francis</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Bayer" title="William Bayer">William Bayer</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Boyer" title="Rick Boyer">Rick Boyer</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmore_Leonard" title="Elmore Leonard">Elmore Leonard</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Thomas_(author)" title="Ross Thomas (author)">Ross Thomas</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._R._Wright" title="L. R. Wright">L. R. Wright</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Rendell" title="Ruth Rendell">Barbara Vine</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Elkins" title="Aaron Elkins">Aaron Elkins</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_M._Kaminsky" title="Stuart M. Kaminsky">Stuart M. Kaminsky</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Lee_Burke" title="James Lee Burke">James Lee Burke</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Smith_(novelist)" title="Julie Smith (novelist)">Julie Smith</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Block" title="Lawrence Block">Lawrence Block</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Maron" title="Margaret Maron">Margaret Maron</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minette_Walters" title="Minette Walters">Minette Walters</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Willis_Walker" title="Mary Willis Walker">Mary Willis Walker</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Francis_(author)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dick Francis (author)">Dick Francis</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_H._Cook" title="Thomas H. Cook">Thomas H. Cook</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Lee_Burke" title="James Lee Burke">James Lee Burke</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Clark_(author)" title="Robert Clark (author)">Robert Clark</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Burke" title="Jan Burke">Jan Burke</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_R._Lansdale" title="Joe R. Lansdale">Joe R. Lansdale</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Jefferson_Parker" title="T. Jefferson Parker">T. Jefferson Parker</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._J._Rozan" title="S. J. Rozan">S. J. Rozan</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Rankin" title="Ian Rankin">Ian Rankin</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Jefferson_Parker" title="T. Jefferson Parker">T. 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