Henry Denker

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Henry Denker (born November 25, 1912) is a U.S. novelist and playwright. Denker is a lawyer by training, which shows in many of his works.

Seventeen of his novels—more than by any other author—have been selected and published by Reader's Digest Condensed Books. For ten years he was writer, director, and producer of the acclaimed radio television series The Greatest Story Ever Told.

[edit] Partial bibliography

[edit] Novels

I'll Be Right Home, Ma (1949)
My Son, the Lawyer (1950)
God's Selfless Men (1952)
Salome, Princess of Galilee (1953)
Time Limit! (1956)
That First Easter (1959)
Give us Barabbas (1961)
The Director (1971)
The Kingmaker (1972)
A Place for the Mighty (1973)
The Physicians (1975)
The Experiment (1977)
The Starmaker (1977)
The Scofield Diagnosis (1977)
The Actress (1978)
Error of Judgement (1979)
Horowitz and Mrs. Washington (1979)
The Warfield Syndrome (1982)
Outrage (1982) (about vigilantism) [1]
Healers (1983)
Kincaid (1984)
Kate Kincaid (1985)
Robert, My Son (1985)
Judge Spencer Dissents (1986)
The Choice (1987) (family crisis triggered by a child being diagnosed with leukemia)
The Judgment (1988)
The Retreat (1988) (about alcoholism)
A Gift of Life (1989) (about a heart transplant)
Payment in Full (1991)
Doctor on Trial (1992)
Mrs. Washington And Horowitz, Too (1993)
Labyrinth (1994) (legal thriller about multiple personalities)
This Child Is Mine (1995) (battle over custody of a child)
To Marcy, with Love (1996)
A Place for Kathy (1997) (about a 12 year-old girl whose mother is diagnosed with HIV)
Clarence (2001) (told from the point of view of a Golden Retriever)
Cla$$ Action (2005) (lawyers about to take over all other industries) [2]