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Gunard Hjertstedt (March 28, 1904 - January 9, 1969), better known by pen name Day Keene, was an American novelist, short story writer and radio and television scriptwriter. Keene wrote over 50 novels and was the head writer for radio soap operas '' Little Orphan Annie'' and ''
Kitty Keene, Inc. ''Kitty Keene, Inc.'' is an old-time radio soap that ran from 1937 to 1941, featuring a female private detective. It first aired on CBS and later on Mutual Broadcasting System, Mutual. Kitty was played by Beverley Younger, Gail Henshaw and Fran C ...
'' Several of his novels were adapted into movies, including '' Joy House'' (MGM, 1964) and ''Chautauqua'', released as '' The Trouble with Girls'' (MGM, 1969).


Bibliography


Novels

* ''Framed in Guilt'' (aka ''Evidence Most Blind''), 1949 * ''Farewell to Passion'' (aka ''The Passion Murders''), 1951 * ''My Flesh Is Sweet'', 1951 * ''Love Me and Die'', 1951 * ''To Kiss or Kill'', 1951 * ''Hunt the Killer'', 1952 * ''About Doctor Ferrel'', 1952 * ''Home Is the Sailor'', 1952 * ''If the Coffin Fits'', 1952 * ''Naked Fury'', 1952 * ''Wake Up to Murder'', 1952 * ''Mrs. Homicide'', 1953 * ''Strange Witness'', 1953 * ''The Big Kiss-Off'', 1954 * ''There Was A Crooked Man'', 1954 * ''Death House Doll'', 1954 * ''His Father's Wife'', 1954 * ''Homicidal Lady'', 1954 * ''Joy House'', 1954 * ''Notorious'', 1954 * ''Sleep with the Devil'', 1954 * ''Who Has Wilma Lathrop?'', 1955 * ''The Dangling Carrot'', 1955 * ''Murder on the Side'', 1956 * ''Bring Him Back Dead'', 1956 * ''It's a Sin to Kill'', 1958 * ''Passage to Samoa'', 1958 * ''Dead Dolls Don't Talk'', 1959 * ''Dead in Bed'', 1959 * ''Moran's Woman'', 1959 * ''Miami 59'', 1959 * ''So Dead My Lovely'', 1959 * ''Take a Step to Murder'', 1959 * ''Too Black for Heaven'', 1959 * ''Too Hot to Hold'', 1959 * ''The Brimstone Bed'', 1960 * ''Chautauqua'', 1960 * ''Payola'', 1960 * ''World Without Women'' (with Leonard Pruyn), 1960 * ''Seed of Doubt'', 1961 * ''Bye, Baby Bunting'', 1963 * ''LA 46'', 1964 * ''Carnival of Death'', 1965 * ''Chicago 11'', 1966 * ''Acapulco Gpo'', 1967 * ''Guns Along the Brazos'', 1967 * ''Southern Daughter'', 1967 * ''Live Again, Love Again'', 1970 * ''Wild Girl'', 1970


Collections

* ''This is Murder, Mr. Herbert, and Other Stories'', 1948 * ''League of the Grateful Dead and Other Stories'', 2010Kevin Burton Smith
"Day Keene,"The Thrilling Detective Website
retrieved February 5, 2018.


References


External links


"Becoming Day Keene: The Pre-Pulp Career of Gunard Hjertstedt"
by Cullen Gallagher, at the
Los Angeles Review of Books The ''Los Angeles Review of Books'' (''LARB'' is a literary review magazine covering the national and international book scenes. A preview version launched on Tumblr in April 2011, and the official website followed one year later in April 2012. ...
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Keene, Day 1904 births 1969 deaths 20th-century American male writers 20th-century pseudonymous writers American mystery writers Novelists from Illinois Pulp fiction writers Writers from Chicago