PRATHER, Richard Scott

PRATHER, Richard Scott. Also writes as David Knight, Douglas Ring. American, b. 1921. Genres: Mystery/Crime/Suspense. Career: Former Director, Mystery Writers of America. Creator of the fictional detective Shell Scott. Recipient, Life Achievement Award, The Private Eye Writers of America, 1986. Publications: Case of the Vanishing Beauty, 1950; Bodies in Bedlam, 1951; Everybody Had a Gun, 1951; Find This Woman, 1951; Way of a Wanton, 1952; Darling It's Death, 1952; Lie Down, Killer, 1952; Dagger of Flesh, 1952; (as David Knight) Pattern for Murder, 1952; (as Douglas Ring) The Peddler, 1952; Too Many Crooks, 1953; Always Leave 'em Dying, 1954; Pattern for Panic, 1954; Strip for Murder, 1955; The Wailing Frail, 1956; (as David Knight) Dragnet: Case No. 561, 1956; Have Gat, Will Travel (collection), 1957; Three's a Shroud (collection), 1957; Slab Happy, 1958; Take a Murder, Darling, 1958; Over Her Dear Body, 1959; (with Stephen Marlowe) Double in Trouble, 1959; Dance with the Dead, 1960; (ed.) The Comfortable Coffin (anthology), 1960; Shell Scott's Seven Slaughters (collection), 1961; Dig That Crazy Grave, 1961; Kill the Clown, 1962; Joker in the Deck, 1964; The Cockeyed Corpse, 1964; Dead Heat, 1964; The Trojan Hearse, 1964; Kill Him Twice, 1965; Dead Man's Walk, 1965; The Meandering Corpse, 1965; The Kubla Khan Caper, 1966; Gat Heat, 1967; The Cheim Manuscript, 1969; The Shell Scott Sampler, 1969; Kill Me Tomorrow, 1969; Shell Scott's Murder Mix, 1970; Dead-Bang, 1971; The Sweet Ride, 1972; The Sure Thing, 1975; The Amber Effect, 1986; Shellshock, 1987; Hot Rock Rumble and the Double Take, 1994. Address: 810 E Saddlehorn Rd, Sedona, AZ 86351-7419, U.S.A.