Ed,
I have some basic information about Charles W.Runyon; but as
you had contacts with his agent I suppose you know this
already. Anyway, just in case:
- born in 1928 in Sheridan (Missouri) - death: 1987
- after his studies (university level- Missouri, Indiana and
even in Munich) -finished in 1954, he was editor for
oil companies
- start to write fiction in 1960, mainly short stories at
first (SF and mystery) for Manhunt, Alfred Hitchcock
Magazine, Michael Shayne, Fantasy and Science
Fiction, Fantastic, Super Science Fiction
- seems to be today a writer better known by the SF fans (one
of his famous SF novels is Pig World -1971-
wherein America is led by a right wing
dictator)
- wrote more than 20 novels (but I have not the complete
list)
- as far as I know, "The Prettiest Girl I Ever Killed" is
considered as a minor classic
- he ghost wrote some Ellery Queen novels :"The Last Score"
(1964) "The Killer Touch" (1965) "Kiss and
Kill" (1969)
I have the titles of some of his short stories, mainly SF-
but I suppose it does not really help here.
Well, as you can see it, all this is not very much..
E.Borgers HARD-BOILED MYSTERIES http://
www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
ejgorman99@aol.wrote :
> I'm writing introductions to the first Three-fer for
Stark House--three Gold
> Medal books in a single trade pb for less than
twenty dollars. Two of the
> books are slick but dark Park Avenue Tramp by
Fletcher Flora and a stunning Jim
> Thompsonesque novel by Charles Runyon, The Prettiest
Girl I Ever Killed. I'm
> having a problem gathering background info on these
guys. I was supposed to hear
> from Mrs. Flora but none of my e mails have been
returned. Barry Malzberg was
> kind enough to do a very entertaining and
informative interview not only about
> being Runyon's agent but about the pb field in
general. Still, if anybody
> knows anything about these men, please send it
along
>
>
>
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