Harry Whittington (February 4, 1915 – June 11, 1989) was an American mystery novelist and one of the pioneers of the paperback novel. Born in Ocala, Florida, he worked in government jobs before becoming a writer. His reputation as a prolific writer of

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novels is supported by his writing of 85 novels in a span of twelve years (as many as seven in a single month) mostly in the

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, suspense,

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, and

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genres. In total, he published over 200 novels. Seven of his writings were produced for the screen, including the television series '' Lawman'' (1958-1962). His reputation as 'The King of the Pulps' is shared with author H. Bedford-Jones. Eight of Whittington's hardboiled noir novels were republished by Stark House Press.

Pseudonyms

Whittington was published both under his own name, and with several

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s: # Ashley Carter # Curt Colman # John Dexter # Tabor Evans # Whit Harrison # Robert Hart-Davis # Kel Holland # Harriet Kathryn Myers # Suzanne Stephens # Blaine Stevens # Clay Stuart # Hondo Wells # Harry White # Hallam Whitney # Henri Whittier # J. X. Williams # William Vaneer

Bibliography

Novels

as Harry Whittington

*Vengeance Valley (1947) *Her Sin (1947) *Slay Ride For A Lady (1950) *The Brass Monkey (1951) *Call Me Killer (1951) *Fires That Destroy (1951) *The Lady Was A Tramp (aka ''Murder At Midnight'') (1951) *Married To Murder (1951) *Murder Is My Mistress (1951) *Drawn To Evil (1952) *Forever Evil (1952) *Mourn The Hangman (1952) *Satan's Widow (aka ''Dear Deadly Past'') (1952) *Body And Passion (1952) *Girl On Parole (1952) *Savage Love (1952) *Swamp Kill (1952) *So Dead My Love (aka ''Let's Count Our Dead'') (1953) *Vengeful Sinner (aka ''Die, Lover'') (1953) *Sinner's Club (aka ''Teen-Age Jungle'') (1954) *You'll Die Next (1954) *Love Cult (1954) *The Naked Jungle (1955) *One Got Away (1955) *Saddle the Storm (1955) *Brute In Brass (aka ''Forgive Me, Killer'') (1956) *Desire In The Dust (1956) *Girl On Sin Street (1956) *The Humming Box (aka A ''Package Of Murder'') (1956) *Saturday Night Town (1956) *A Woman On The Place (1956) *Across That River (1957) *Man In The Shadow (1957) *One Deadly Dawn (1957) *Play For Keeps (1957) *Temptations Of Valerie (1957) *Trouble Rides Tall (1958) *Web Of Murder (1958) *Backwoods Tramp (aka ''A Moment To Prey'') (1959) *Halfway To Hell (1959) *Shack Road Girl (1959) *Strange Bargain (1959) *Strangers On Friday (1959) *A Ticket To Hell (1959) *Lust for Love (1959) *Naked Lust (1959)(credited to Shep Shepard who may be Harry Whittington) *Connolly's Woman (1960) *The Devil Wears Wings (1960) *Guerrilla Girls (1960) *Heat Of Night (1960) *Hell Can Wait (1960) *Rebel Woman (1960) *A Night For Screaming (1960) *Strip The Town Naked (1960) *Vengeance Is the Spur (1960) *Nita's Place (1960) *God's Back Was Turned (1961) *Journey Into Violence (1961) *A Woman Possessed (1961) *Desert Stake-Out (1961)(sometimes credited to Whittington pseudonym Hondo Wells) *A Trap for Sam Dodge (1961) *The Young Nurses (1961) *69 Babylon Park (1962) *A Haven For The Damned (1962) *Hot As Fire, Cold As Ice (1962) *Wild Sky (1962) *Cora Is A Nympho (1963) *Don't Speak To Strange Girls (1963) *Drygulch Town & Prairie Raiders(1963) (two novels in one volume) *Cross The Red Creek (1964) *The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) *Hangrope Town (1964) *Wild Lonesome (1965) *The Dooms day Affair (1965) (part of the Man From U.N.C.L.E. television series) *Valley of Savage Men (1965) *Doomsday Mission (1967) *Burden's Mission (1968) *Treachery Trail (1968)(part of the "Bonanza" television series) *Charro (1969) *High Fury (1970) *Rampage (1978) *Heat of Night (2012) Omnibus *Drawn to Evil / The Scarlet Spade (1952) (with Eaton Goldthwaite) *Night for Screaming / Any Woman He Wanted (2006) *To Find Cora / Like Mink Like Murder / Body and Passion (2009) *Rapture Alley / Winter Girl / Strictly for the Boys (2012) Collections *Pulp Masters: Stories (2001) (with Martin H. Greenberg and Ed Gorman) *The Dimes Of Harry Whittington Vol. 1 (2000) *The Dimes Of Harry Whittington Vol. 2 (2000) *The Dimes Of Harry Whittington Vol. 3 (2000)

as Ashleigh Carter

*The Sword of the Golden Stud (1977) *Panama (1978) *Against All Gods (1982) *The Outlanders (1983) *Embrace the Wind (1984) *A Darkling Moon (1985) ''Blackoaks Series'' *Master of Blackoaks (1977) (with Lance Horner) *Secret of Blackoaks (1980) *Heritage of Blackoaks (1981) *A Farewell to Blackoaks (1984) ''Falconhurst Series'' *Taproots of Falconhurst (1979) *Scandal of Falconhurst (1980) *Rogue of Falconhurst (1983) *Road to Falconhurst (1983) (with Lance Horner) *Miz Lucretia of Falconhurst (1985) *Mandingo Master (aka ''Mandingo Mansa'')(1986) *Falconhurst Fugitive (1988)

as Whit Harrison

*Swamp Kill (1951) *Body and Passion (aka ''Dear Deadly Past'') (1952) *Girl on Parole (1952) *Savage Love (1952) *Violent Night (aka ''Rogue Cop'') (1952) *Sailor's Weekend (1952) *Rapture Alley (1953) *Shanty Road (1953) *Army Girl (1953) *Strip the Town Naked (1960) *A Woman Possessed (1961)

as Harriet Kathryn Myers

*Small Town Nurse (1962) *Prodigal Nurse (1963)

as Blaine Stevens

*The Outlanders (1979 *Embrace the Wind (1982) *Island of Kings (1988)

as John Dexter

(John Dexter was a pen name used by many authors. These novels are believed to be written by Harry Whittington) *Isle of Sin (1961) *Passion Gang (1962) *Shame Dame (1963) *Flesh Curse (1964) *Pushover (1964) *Saddle Sinners (1964) *Sin Psycho (1964) *Lust Dupe (1964) *Sin Is Where You Find It (1965) *Baptism in Shame (1965) *Passion Ring (1965) *Remembered Sin (1965) *Sharing Sharon (1965) *Sin Fishers (1965) *The Wedding Affair (1965) *Passion Burned (1965) *Shame Union (1965) *The Shame Tigers (1966) *The Abortionists (1966) *The Sinning Room (1966) *Blood Lust Orgy (1966) *Chuck-A-Lust (1967)

as Kel Holland

*You'll Die Next! (1954) *Web of murder (1958) *The Strange Young Wife (1963) *The Tempted (1964) *Forgive Me, Killer (1987)

as Clay Stuart

*His Brother's Wife (1964)

as Hallam Whitney

*Backwoods Hussy (1952) *City Girl (1952) *Shack Road (1952) *Backwoods Shack (1953) *The Wild Seed (1956)

as J.X. Williams

*The Lust Sleepers (1964) *The Shame Hiders (1964) *Lust Farm (1964) *Flesh Avenger (1964) *Passion Flayed (1965) *Passion Hangover (1965) *Lust Buyer (1965) *Man Hater (1965) *Flesh Snare (1966) *Sisters in Sin (1966) *Baby face (1966) *Passion Cache (1966) *Parisian Passions (1966) *Saigon Sin-Spree (1967) *High School Harlots (1967)

as Harry White

*Shadow at Noon (1955)

as Curt Colman

*Flamingo Terrace (1965) *Flesh Mother (1965) *Hell Bait (1966) *The Taste of Desire (1966) *The Latent Lovers (1966) *Sinners after Six (1966) *Sin Deep (1966) *Sinsurance (1966) *Grim Peeper (1967) *Balcony Of Shame (1967) *Mask Of Lust (1967)

as Tabor Evans

(Tabor Evans was a pen name used by many authors who wrote the "Longarm" western series of books. These novels are known to be written by Harry Whittington) *Longarm On the Humboldt (1981) *Longarm and the Golden Lady (1981) *Longarm and the Blue Norther (1981) *Longarm in Silver City (1982) *Longarm in Boulder Canyon (1982) *Longarm in the Big Thicket (1982)

Film Adaptations

*Desire in the Dust (1960) *Black Gold (1962) based on a story by Harry Whittington. *Adiós gringo (1965) from the novel ''Adios (no novel by that name, assumed to be a story) *Dead in the Water (1991) from ''Web of Murder''

External links

Sources

Bio at bleekerbooks.com
20th-century American novelists American male novelists 1915 births 1990 deaths Pulp fiction writers People from Ocala, Florida Novelists from Florida 20th-century American male writers {{US-novelist-1910s-stub