David L. Robbins (born July 4, 1950)Library of Congress authority record
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is an American author of English and

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descent. He writes both fiction and non-fiction. He has written over three hundred books under his own name and many

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s, among them: David Thompson, Jake McMasters,

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Franklin W. Dixon Franklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors who were part of a team that wrote The Hardy Boys novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate (now owned by Simon & Schuster). Dixon was also the writer attributed for the ''Ted ...

Ralph Compton Ralph Compton (April 11, 1934 – September 16, 1998) was an American writer of western fiction. A native of St. Clair County, Alabama, Compton stood six-foot-eight without his boots. He worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, ...

, Dean L. McElwain, J.D. Cameron and John Killdeer. He has written for the following series: ''

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'', ''

Mack Bolan Mack Bolan, alias '' The Executioner'', is a fictional character who has been serialized in 631 novels with sales of more than 200 million books. Created by Don Pendleton, Bolan made his first appearance on the printed page in ''The Execution ...

'', ''

Endworld Endworld is a series of post-apocalyptic novels written by David L. Robbins. The first book was published in 1986. As of 2021, there have been 31 novels written in the main series, along with three prequels and a crossover novel with his "Wilderne ...

'', ''Blade'', ''Wilderness'', '' White Apache'', ''

Davy Crockett David Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was an American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He is often referred to in popular culture as the "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Re ...

'', '' Omega Sub'' and '' The Hardy Boys Casefiles''. Robbins is a member of the

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, the

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, and

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Biography

Robbins was raised in

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. Until he was eight he lived in an outlying area of

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. Robbins spent many of his teen years on a farm owned by his

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great aunt and uncle in Pennsylvania Dutch country. Water was brought in from an outdoor pump, and they used an outhouse. At seventeen Robbins enlisted in the

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and became a sergeant. After his honorable discharge he attended college and went into broadcasting. He worked as an announcer and engineer and later as a program director at various radio stations. Later still he entered law enforcement and then took to writing full-time. At one time or another Robbins has lived in Pennsylvania, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Montana, Colorado and the Pacific Northwest. He spent a year and a half in Europe, traveling through France, Italy, Greece and Germany. He lived for more than a year in Turkey. His writing has been critically praised by the Pulp Rack, among others. He is known for two current long-running series. *''Wilderness'' is the generational saga of a Mountain Man and his Shoshone wife. Started in 1990 under his David Thompson pen name, the series has nearly eighty books to date. Robbins has since stopped using pen names on his own works, and WILDERNESS is now under his own name. *''Endworld'' is a science fiction series under his own name started in 1986. There are forty-two books, and it is still being published. His works have been published in nine languages. Robbins suffers from

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. His father had the same condition, and would isolate himself in a dark room for days at a time to recover. Robbins' eyes are extremely light sensitive, and for years he has worn custom prescription Aviator sunglasses to reduce the frequency of the attacks.

Bibliography

Single novels as David Robbins

* ''The Return Of The Virginian'' * ''Diablo'' * ''Blood Feud'' * ''Thunder Valley'' * ''Town Tamers'' * ''Angel l U: Let There Be Light'' * ''Ride To Valor'' * ''Badlanders'' * ''Guns on the Prairie'' * ''Angel U: Demigod'' * ''Hit Radio''

Endworld

Written as David Robbins

is a Scifi series launched in 1986 under the name David Robbins. The novels take place in a

post-apocalyptic Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of speculative fiction in which the Earth's (or another planet's) civilization is collapsing or has collapsed. The apocalypse event may be climatic, such as runaway climate change; astro ...

United States.

Blade

Blade is a 13 novel sequel to Endworld written as David Robbins. #''First Strike'' #''Outlands Strike'' #''Vampire Strike'' #''Pipeline Strike'' #''Pirate Strike'' #''Crusher Strike'' #''Terror Strike'' #''Devil Strike'' #''L.A. Strike'' #''Dead Zone Strike'' #''Quest Strike'' #''Death Master Strike'' #''Vengeance Strike''

Suspense

* ''Blood Cult''

Horror novels

Written as David Robbins * ''The Wereling'' * ''The Wrath'' * ''Spectre'' * ''Hell-O-Ween'' * ''Prank Night'' * ''Spook Night'' * ''A Girl, The End Of The World And Everything''

Movie adaptations

* ''Men Of Honor'' * ''Proof Of Life'' * ''Twisted''

Non-fiction

* ''Heavy Traffic''

Wilderness

Written as David Thompson

Giant Wilderness

* ''Hawken Fury'' * ''Season Of The Warrior'' * ''Prairie Blood'' * ''Ordeal'' * ''The Trail West'' * ''Frontier Strike'' * ''Spanish Slaughter''

White Apache

Written as: Jake McMasters * ''Hangman's Knot'' * ''Warpath'' * ''Warrior Born'' * ''Quick Killer'' * ''Blood Bath'' * ''Blood Treachery'' * ''Blood Bounty'' * ''The Trackers'' * ''Desert Fury'' * ''Hanged''

Davy Crockett

Written as: David Thompson * ''Homecoming'' * ''Sioux Slaughter'' * ''Blood Hunt'' * ''Mississippi Mayhem'' * ''Blood Rage'' * ''Comanche Country'' * ''Texican Terror'' * ''Cannibal Country''

Compton Novels

Written as Ralph Compton * ''Do Or Die'' * ''Nowhere, Tx'' * ''Bucked Out In Dodge'' * ''West Of Pecos'' * ''For The Brand'' * ''By The Horns'' * ''Rio Largo'' * ''A Wolf In The Fold'' * ''Bluff City'' * ''Blood Duel'' * ''Bullet For A Badman'' * ''Ride The Hard Trail'' * ''Fatal Justice'' *''The Evil Men Do'' *''Brother's Keeper'' *''The Law and the Lawless'' *''Texas Hills''

The Executioner

Written as

* #169: ''White Heat'' * #178: ''Black Hand'' * #191: ''Extreme Force'' * #199: ''Rogue Agent'' * #230: ''Deep Attack'' * #267: ''Invisible Invader'' * #294: ''Scorpion Rising'' * #313: ''Lockdown'' * #322: ''Time Bomb''

SuperBolans

Written as Don Pendleton * #44: ''Shock Tactic'' * #46: ''Precision Kill'' * #51: ''Thermal Strike'' * #61: ''Blood Feud'' * #68: ''Code of Conflict'' * #75: ''Evil Alliance'' * #82: ''War Load'' * #90: ''Age of War''

The Trailsman

Written as Jon Sharpe

Giant Trailsman

* ''Woodland Warriors'' * ''New Mexico Nightmare'' * ''Menagerie Of Malice'' * ''Island Devils'' * ''Idaho Blood Spur'' * ''Desert Duel'' (Feb. 07)

Mountain Majesty

* #7: ''Fire On The Prairie'' * #8: ''The Savage Land''

Preacher's Law

* #5: ''Slaughter At Ten Sleep''

Omega Sub

* #2: ''Command Decision'' * #4: ''Blood Tide'' * #5: ''Death Dive'' * #6: ''Raven Rising''

The Hardy Boys Casefiles

Written as:

*57: ''Terror on Track''

References

External links

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