Gilman, George G.

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GILMAN, George G.

GILMAN, George G. Also writes as Frank Chandler, David Ford, Terry Williams Harknett, Jane Harman, Joseph Hedges, William M. James, Charles R. Pike, William Pine, James Russell, Thomas H. Stone, William Terry. British, b. 1936. Genres: Mystery/Crime/Suspense, Westerns/Adventure, Travel/Exploration, Ghost Writer. Career: Freelance writer, 1972-. Copyboy, Reuters, 1952; clerk, Newspaper Features Ltd., 1952-54; typist, Reuters Comtelburo, 1956-57; publicity asst. 20th-Century Fox, 1957-58; ed., Newspaper Features Ltd., 1958-61; reporter and features ed., National News-agent, 1961-72, all London. Publications: WESTERNS. EDGE SERIES: The Loner, 1972; Ten Thousand Dollars, American (in U.S. as Ten Grand), 1972; Apache Death, 1972; Killer's Breed, 1972; Blood on Silver, 1972; The Blue, the Grey, and the Red (in U.S. as Red River), 1973; California Killing, 1973, in U.S. as California Kill, 1974; Seven Out of Hell (in U.S. as Hell's Seven), 1973; Bloody Summer, 1973; Vengeance Is Black, 1973, in U.S. as Black Vengeance, 1974; Sioux Uprising, 1974; The Biggest Bounty (in U.S. as Death's Bounty), 1974; A Town Called Hate, 1974, in U.S. as The Hated, 1975; The Big Gold, 1974, in U.S. as Tiger's Gold, 1975; Blood Run (in U.S. as Paradise Loses), 1975; The Final Shot, 1975; Vengeance Valley, 1975; Ten Tombstones to Texas, 1975, in U.S. as Ten Tombstones, 1976; Ashes and Dust, 1976; Sullivan's Law, 1976; Rhapsody in Red, 1976; Slaughter Road, 1977; Echoes of War, 1977; The Day Democracy Died, 1977, in U.S. as Slaughterday, 1978; Violence Trail, 1978; Savage Dawn, 1978; Eve of Evil, 1978; The Living, the Dying, and the Dead, 1978; Waiting for a Train (in U.S. as Towering Nightmare), 1979; The Guilty Ones, 1979; The Frightened Gun, 1979; The Hated, 1979, in U.S. as Red Fury, 1980; A Ride in the Sun, 1980; Death Deal, 1980; Two of a Kind: Edge Meets Steele, 1980; Town on Trial, 1981; Vengeance at Ventura, 1981; Massacre Mission, 1981; The Prisoners, 1981; Montana Melodrama, 1982; Matching Pair: Edge Meets Adam Steele, 1982; The Killing Claim, 1982; Bloody Sunrise, 1982; Arapaho Revenge, 1983; The Blind Side, 1983; House on the Range, 1983; The Godforsaken, 1982; Edge Meets Steele No. 3 Double Action, 1984; The Moving Cage, 1984; School for Slaughter, 1985; Revenge Ride, 1985; Shadow of the Gallows, 1985; A Time for Killing, 1986; Brutal Border, 1986; Hitting Paydirt, 1986; Backshot, 1987; Uneasy Riders, 1987; Doom Town, 1987; Dying Is Forever, 1987; The Desperadoes, 1988; Terror Town, 1988; The Breed Woman, 1989; The Rifle, 1989. ADAM STEELE SERIES: The Violent Peace, 1974, in U.S. as Rebels and Assassins Die Hard, 1975; The Bounty Hunter, 1974; Hell's Junction, 1974; Valley of Blood, 1975; Gun Run, 1975; The Killing Art, 1975; Cross-Fire, 1975; Comanche Carnage, 1976; Badge in the Dust, 1976; The Losers, 1976; Lynch Town, 1976; Death Trail, 1977; Bloody Border, 1977; Delta Duel, 1977; River of Death, 1977; Nightmare at Noon, 1978; Satan's Daughters, 1978; The Hard Way, 1978; The Tarnished Star, 1979; Wanted for Murder, 1979; Wagons East, 1979; The Big Game, 1979; Fort Despair, 1979; Manhunt, 1980; Steele's War: The Woman, The Preacher, The Storekeeper, The Stranger, 4 vols., 1980-81; The Big Prize, 1981; The Killer Mountains, 1982; The Cheaters, 1982; The Wrong Man, 1982; The Valley of the Shadow, 1983; The Runaway, 1983; Stranger in a Strange Town, 1983; The Hellraisers, 1984; Canyon of Death, 1985; High Stakes, 1985; Rough Justice, 1985; The Sunset Ride, 1986; The Killing Strain, 1986; The Big Gunfight, 1987; The Hunted, 1987; Code of the West, 1987; The Outcasts, 1987; The Return, 1988; Trouble in Paradise, 1988; Going Back, 1989; The Long Shadow, 1989. THE UNDERTAKER SERIES: Black as Death, 1981; Destined to Die, 1981; Funeral by the Sea, 1982; Three Graves to a Showdown, 1982; Back from the Dead, 1982; Death in the Desert, 1982. AS WILLIAM TERRY, NOVELIZATIONS OF SCREENPLAYS: A Town Called Bastard, 1971; Hannie Caulder, 1971; Red Sun, 1972; (as Frank Chandler) A Fistful of Dollars, 1972. AS CHARLES R. PIKE: JUBAL CADE SERIES: The Killing Trail, 1974; Double Cross, 1974; The Hungry Gun, 1975. AS WILLIAM M. JAMES: APACHE SERIES: The First Death, 1974; Duel to the Death, 1974; Fort Treachery, 1975; Sonora Slaughter, 1976; Blood on the Tracks, 1977; All Blood Is Red, 1977; The Best Man, 1979. CRIME NOVELS AS TERRY HARKNETT: The Benevolent Blackmailer, 1962; The Scratch on the Surface, 1962; Invitation to a Funeral, 1963; Dead Little Rich Girl, 1963; The Evil Money, 1964; The Man Who Did Not Die, 1964; Death of an Aunt, 1967; The Two-Way Frame, 1967; The Softcover Kill, 1971; Promotion Tour, 1972; Crown series: The Sweet and Sour Kill, Macao Mayhem, Bamboo Shoot-Out, 3 vols, 1974-75. AS WILLIAM TERRY: Once a Copper, 1965; The Weekend Game, 1972. AS WILLIAM PINE: The Protectors, 1967. AS JANE HARMAN: W.I.T.C.H., 1971. AS THOMAS H. STONE: Dead Set, 1972; One Horse Race, 1972; Stopover Murder, 1973; Black Death, 1973; Squeeze Play, 1973. AS JOSEPH HEDGES: Funeral Rites, 1973; Arms for Oblivion, 1973; The Chinese Coffin, 1974; The Gold-Plated Hearse, 1974; Rainbow-Coloured Shroud, 1974; Corpse on Ice, 1975; The Mile-Deep Grave, 1975; Mexican Mourning, 1975; The Stainless Steel Wreath, 1975; The Chauffeur-Driven Pyre, 1976. NONFICTION: (as Terry Harknett) The Caribbean, 1972; (as James Russell) The Balearic Islands, 1972; (as David Ford) Cyprus, 1973. GHOSTWRITER: The Hero, by Peter Haining, 1973; The Savage, and Doomsday Island, both by Alex Peters, 1979. Address: Spring Acre, Springhead Rd, Uplyme, Lyme Regis, Dorset DT7 3RJ, England. Online address: terry.harknett@btinternet.com

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