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Michael Avallone

Michael Avallone, né le à New York et mort le à Los Angeles en Californie, est un écrivain américain de roman policier.

Michael Avallone
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The Tall Dolores par Michael Avallone, 1954
Alias
Mike Avallone, Mile Avalione, Mike Avalone, Mark Dane, Steve Michaels, Edwina Noone, Priscilla Dalton, John Patrick, Jeanne-Anne dePre, Dorothea Nile, Sidney Stuart, Nick Carter, Troy Conway, Dora Highland, Stuart Jason, Vance Stanton, Max Walker, Lee Davis Willoughby
Naissance
New York, Drapeau des États-Unis États-Unis
Décès
Los Angeles, Californie, Drapeau des États-Unis États-Unis
Activité principale
Auteur
Langue d’écriture Anglais américain
Genres

Biographie

Michael Avallone grandit dans le Bronx avec ses seize frères et sœurs. Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il sert en Europe et obtient le grade de sergent. Après la guerre, il se consacre à l’écriture.

Écrivain prolifique, il utilise, outre son patronyme, dix-huit pseudonymes, dont plusieurs féminins, et écrit plusieurs centaines de nouvelles, romans, novélisations dans les genres policier, gothique, aventure, science-fiction, western, érotisme, espionnage, fantastique.

Dans son premier livre publié en 1953, The Tall Dolores, il crée le personnage de Ed Noon, un détective privé new-yorkais, qui apparaît dans quarante-quatre romans et une vingtaine de nouvelles.

Sous le pseudonyme de Nick Carter, un nom-maison, il signe des romans d'espionnage.

De 1962 Ă  1965, il Ă©dite le bulletin de la Mystery Writers of America.

Ĺ’uvre

SĂ©rie Ed Noon
  • The Tall Dolores, 1953
  • The Spitting Image, 1953
  • Dead Game, 1954
  • Violence in Velvet, 1956
  • The Case of The Bouncing Betty, 1956
  • The Alarming Clock, 1957
  • The Case of The Violent Virgin, 1957
  • The Crazy Mixed-Up Corpse, 1957
  • The Voodoo Murders, 1957
  • Meanwhile Back at the Morgue, 1960
  • The Living Bomb, 1963
  • There is Something About a Dame, 1963
  • The Bedroom Bolero, 1963
  • Lust is No Lady, 1964
    • Pan partout, SĂ©rie noire no 1046, 1966 ; rĂ©Ă©dition, CarrĂ© noir no 490, 1983
  • The Fat Death, 1966
  • The February Doll Murders, 1967
  • Assassins Don't Die in Bed, 1968
  • The Horrible Man, 1968
    • Nid de frelons, SĂ©rie noire no 1245, 1969
  • The Flower-Covered Corpse, 1968
    • Le Cadavre aux fleurs, Un mystère, 3e sĂ©rie, no 48, 1970 ; rĂ©Ă©dition, Punch no 141, 1971
  • Ed Noon, Private Eye, 1969
  • The Assassins Don’t Die in Bed, 1969
    • Une belle nuit pour mourir, Un mystère, 3e sĂ©rie, no 40, 1969
  • The Doomsday Bag, 1969
  • Death Dives Deep, 1970
  • Little Miss Murder, 1971
  • The Fat Death, 1971
  • The Ultimate Client, 1971
  • The Bolero Murders, 1972
  • The Living Bomb, 1972
  • Shoot It Again, Sam, 1972
  • London, Bloody London, 1972
  • The Girl in the Cockpit, 1972
  • The Alarming Clock, 1973
  • Kill Her, You'll Like It, 1973
  • Killer on the Keys, 1973
  • The Hot Body, 1973
  • The X-Rated Corpse, 1973
  • The Walking Wounded, 1973
  • And Then There Was Noon, 1973
  • The Moon Maiden, 1974
  • The Rubbed-Out Star, 1974
  • The Big Stiffs, 1977
  • Dark on Monday, 1978
  • High Noon at Midnight, 1988
  • Since Noon Yesterday, 1989

Autres romans signés Michael Avallone
  • All the Way Home, 1960
  • Women in Prison, 1961
  • Stag Stripper, 1961
  • The Little Black Book, 1961
  • Sinners in White, 1962
  • Flight Hostess Rogers, 1962
  • Never Love a Call Girl, 1962
  • The Platinum Trap, 1962
  • Sex Kitten, 1962
  • All the Way, 1962
  • Lust at Leisure, 1963
  • The Doctor's Wife, 1963
  • And Sex Walks in, 1963
  • The Man From Avon, 1967
  • The Coffin Things, 1968
    • Orgies funĂ©raires, SĂ©rie noire no 1281, 1969 ; rĂ©Ă©dition, CarrĂ© noir no 345, 1980
  • The Incident, 1968
    • L'Incident, Un mystère, 2e sĂ©rie, no 87, 1968
  • The Killing Star, 1969 autre titre The Blue-Eyed Monster
    • Le Monstre aux yeux bleus, SĂ©rie noire no 1305, 1968
  • Missing !, 1969
  • The Doctors, 1970
  • A Bullet for Pretty Boy Floyd, 1970
  • When Were You Born ?, 1972
    • SidĂ©romancie, SĂ©rie noire no 1475, 1972
  • The Satan Sleuth #1 : Fallen Angel, 1974
  • The Satan Sleuth #2 : The Werewolf Walks Tonight, 1974
  • The Satan Sleuth #3: Devil, Devil, 1975
  • Carquake, 1977
  • CB Logbook of the White Knight, 1977
  • Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen, 1981
  • Mitzi, 1997

Romans signés Priscilla Dalton
  • Dark Cypress, 1964
  • The Silent, Silken Shadows, 1965
  • The Victorian Crown, 1965
  • Heirloom of Tragedy, 1965
  • The Second Secret, 1966

Roman signés Nick Carter
  • The China Doll, 1964
    • La PoupĂ©e chinoise, Un mystère no 748, 1965
  • Saigon, 1964
    • Ă€ SaĂŻgon, Un mystère no 758, 1965
  • Run, Spy, Run, 1964
    • Il court, il court l’espion, Un mystère no 765, 1966

Romans signés Edwina Noone
  • Corridor of Whispers, 1965

Romans signés Troy Conway
  • The Big Freak-Out, 1968
  • Last Licks, 1968
  • Keep It Up Rod !, 1968
  • The Billion Dollar Snatch, 1968
  • A Hard Act to Follow, 1968
  • The Wham ! Bam ! Thank You Ma'am Affair, 1968
  • It's Getting Harder All the Time, 1969
  • Just a Silly Millimeter Longer, 1969
  • I'd Rather Fight Than Swish, 1969
  • A Good Peace, 1969
  • It's What's Up Front That Counts, 1969
  • The Cunning Linguist, 1970
  • Turn the Other Sheik, 1970
  • Will the Real Rod Please Stand Up ?, 1970
  • The Harder You Try, The Harder It Gets, 1971
  • Come One, Come All, 1973
  • I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing, 1973

Romans signés Stuart Jason
  • Black Hercules, 1969
  • Black Love, 1969
  • Black Lord, 1971
  • Black Prince, 1972
  • Butcher #6 : Kill Time1973
  • Butcher #9 : Sealed With Blood, 1973
  • Black Emperor, 1976

Romans signés Lee Davis Willoughby
  • The Gunfighters, 1981
  • Red Roses Forever, 1983

Roman signé du nom maison Max Walker
  • The Last Escape, 1970

Novélisations
  • Shock Corridor, 1963
    • Shock corridor, SĂ©rie noire no 1028, 1966 (publiĂ© Ă  l’origine avec la signature de Samuel Fuller, CarrĂ© noir no 338, 1980 (publiĂ© avec la mention « version romancĂ©e par MichaĂ«l Avallone »)
  • Station Six-Sahara, 1964
  • The Man From U.N.C.L.E. #1: The Thousand Coffins Affair, 1965
    • L’Affaire des mille cercueils, TĂ©lĂ©-Mystère no 3, 1967
  • The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. #1: The Birds Of A Feather Affair, 1966
  • The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. #2: The Blazing Affair, 1966
  • Kaleidoscope, 1966
  • The Felony Squad, 1967
    • Flash au Far-West, SĂ©rie noire no 1193, 1968
  • Madame X, 1967
  • Mannix, 1968
  • Hawaii Five-O, 1968
  • Krakatoa East of Java, 1969
  • Hawaii 5-0 : Terror In The Sun, 1969
  • Hornets' Nest, 1970
  • One More Time, 1970
  • Beneath the Planet of the Apes, 1970
  • The Partridge Family, 1970
  • The Partridge Family #2 :The Haunted Hall, 1970
  • The Partridge Family #3: Keith, The Hero, 1970
  • The Partridge Family #4: Love Comes to Keith Partridge, 1973
  • Cannonball Run, 1981
  • Woman Called Golda, 1982
    • Une femme nommĂ©e Golda, J'ai lu no 1853, 1985
  • Friday the Thirteenth Part III

Recueils de nouvelles
  • Tales of the Frightened, 1963
  • Where Monsters Walk, 1978
  • Five Minute Mysteries, 1978

Nouvelles de la série Ed Noon
  • A Bullet for Big Nick, 1949
  • The Ten Percent Kill, 1961
  • Open Season on Cops, 1962
  • The Case of the Arabella Nude, 1963
  • Trouble at Travers Pharmacy, 1964
  • A Letter from Ed Noon, 1965
  • Violin Solo for a Corpse, 1974
  • Bartree Has Escaped Today !, 1978
  • The Circus Catch, 1978
  • The Cop Dodge Game, 1978
  • The Coronet Club Caper, 1978
  • The Dead Secretary, 1978
  • The Fairfax Kill, 1978
  • The Fatal Killing, 1978
  • The French Jewel Heist, 1978
  • The Great Zampa Hoax, 1978
  • Inside-the-Park Homicide, 1978
  • The Last Weekend, 1978
  • The Real Gone Horn, 1978
  • Who Killed Burlesque ?, 1978
  • Minute Mystery, 1980
  • You Can't Kiss a Corpse, 1981
  • Conversation While Prying, 1984

Autres nouvelles
  • Aw, Let the Kid Hit, 1950
  • One More Miracle!, 1952
  • Better Off Dead, 1953
  • The Man Who Walked on Air, 1953
  • Headache Hurler, 1955
  • Aces Always Win, 1956
  • Accident Report, 1956
  • Vengeance Is a Long Shot, 1956
  • Last Place Clubs Don't Die, 1956
  • The Curse of Cleopatra, 1956
  • Breadwinners Don't Leaf, 1957
  • Power the Ball Plateward, 1957
  • The Man Who Thought He Was Poe, 1957
  • The Killer Was Anonymous, 1961
  • Dark on Monday, 1962
  • Murder Has Only One Act, 1962
  • MS. Found in a Attic, 1962
  • The Barking Dog, 1963
  • Beware the Bird, 1963
  • Call at Midnight, 1963
  • Children of the Devil, 1963
  • The Deadly Dress, 1963
  • Defilers of the Tombs, 1963
  • Don't Lose Your Head, 1963
  • The Fortune Teller, 1963
  • The Graveyard Nine, 1963
  • The Hand of Fate, 1963
  • Just Inside the Cemetery, 1963
  • The Ladder, 1963
  • The Man in the Raincoat, 1963
  • Mirror of Death, 1963
  • Another Beautiful Client, 1963
  • Never Kick a Black Cat, 1963
  • Nightmare !, 1963
  • The Phantom Soldier, 1963
  • Portrait in Hell, 1963
  • Say Good Night to Mr. Sporko, 1963
  • Some Things Shouldn't Be Seen, 1963
  • Terror in the Window, 1963
  • Theda Is Death, 1963
  • Tom, Dick and Horror, 1963
  • The Vampire Sleeps, 1963
  • Voice from the Grave, 1963
  • You Can Take It with You, 1963
  • Oliver's Twist, 1963
  • The Unguessable Bullet, 1963
  • Murder at the Ball Park, 1963
  • A Frame Has Four Sides, 1964
  • Camouflage, 1964
    • Un camouflage parfait, Le Saint dĂ©tective magazine no 121, mars 1965
  • The Gun Next Door, 1964
    • Aucun Problème, L'Anthologie du mystère no 18, 1974
  • The Scar, 1964
  • The Thing in Evening Dress, 1965
  • Murder the Leader, 1965
  • The Deadly Foxes, 1966
  • Seven of Intrex, 1966
    • Sept de l'Intrex, Le Saint dĂ©tective magazine no 142, dĂ©cembre 1966
  • Some People Kill People, 1966
  • Great Night for a Murder, 1966
  • Send a Man from Intrex, 1967
    • Envoyez un homme de l'Intrex, Le Saint dĂ©tective magazine no 145, mars 1967
  • Seven Miles from Intrex, 1967
    • Ă€ sept kilomètres de l'Intrex, Le Saint dĂ©tective magazine no 171, septembre 1967
  • The Ugly Penny Murder, 1968
  • Every Litter Bit Hurts, 1968
  • The Missing Gabriel Horn, 1969
  • Every Litter Bit Helps, 1970
  • Tec Titles: Or, The American Pun Mystery, 1970
  • The Dakar Diamond Caper, 1976
  • The Marquee Alibi, 1976
  • The Big Rig with Hotpants, 1977
  • The Boulevard Buffalo with the Gat, 1977
  • Escape from the Iron Bar Hotel, 1977
  • Heavy Traffic, Big Ten-Fours and Good Numbers, 1977
  • Jesse James on Four Baloneys, 1977
  • One of Our YL's Is Nowhere to Be Found, 1977
  • Saved by the Fly in the Sky, 1977
  • Perfect Crime, 1978
  • The Fourth Homer, 1979
  • The Little Dread Schoolhouse, 1980
  • Sweet Violets, 1980
  • Courtroom Killer, 1980
  • The Painting at the Wrights, 1981
  • MS. Found in a Crypt, 1981
  • Children of the Night, 1982
  • The Fatal Fraulein, 1988
  • Harm's Lullaby, 1992
  • House of Horror, 1995

Nouvelles signées Troy Conway
  • Come One, Come All, 1968
  • The Man-Eater, 1968
  • The Big Broad Jump, 1969
  • A Good Peace, 1969
  • Had Any Lately ?, 1969
  • I'd Rather Fight than Swish, 1969
  • The Blow-Your-Mind Job, 1970
  • The Cunning Linguist, 1970
  • All Screwed Up, 1971
  • The Penetrator, 1971
  • A Stiff Proposition, 1971

Nouvelle signée Mark Dane
  • White Legs, 1957

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