John Dunning (writer)
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John Dunning (born January 9, 1942) is an American writer of detective fiction. He is known for his series featuring Clifford "Cliff" Janeway, which takes books as its theme.
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[edit] Life
He was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1942, and moved to his father's home town of Charleston, South Carolina, at the age of 3. In 1964 he left his parents' home and moved to Denver, Colorado, where, after a time working as a stablehand at a horseracing track, he got a job at a newspaper, The Denver Post. In 1970 he left the newspaper and took up writing novels, while pursuing a variety of jobs. Partly due to trouble with his publishers, in 1981 he stopped writing and opened a store specializing in second-hand and rare books, but urged on by his fellow authors, he returned to the world of novels in 1992 with Booked to Die (winner of the Nero Wolfe Award). Dunning also hosted a weekly radio show called "Old-Time Radio", and he has written two reference books about the history of radio programming. He currently lives with his wife, Helen, in Denver.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Cliff Janeway novels
- Booked to Die (1992) ISBN 0-684-19383-3
- The Bookman's Wake (1995) ISBN 0-684-80003-9
- The Bookman's Promise (2004) ISBN 0-7432-4992-5
- The Sign of the Book (2005) ISBN 0-7432-5505-4
- The Bookwoman's Last Fling (2006) ISBN 0-7432-8945-5
[edit] Other detective novels
- The Holland Suggestions (1975) ISBN 0-672-52110-5
- Looking for The Ginger North (1980) ISBN 0-449-14317-1 (paperback only)
- Two O'Clock Eastern Wartime (2001) ISBN 0-7432-0195-7
[edit] Other novels
- Denver (1980) ISBN 0-8129-0870-8
- Deadline (1981) ISBN 0-671-00352-6
[edit] Nonfiction
- Tune in Yesterday: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, 1925-1976 (1976) ISBN 0-13-932616-2
- On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (1998) ISBN 0-19-507678-8
