FOR THE SCREENS 
FILMS FROM BOOKS
WRITING AS DONALD WESTLAKE |
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NOVELS: |
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| The Mercenaries (aka The Smashers, The Cutie) |
1960 | Random House |
| Killing Time (aka The Operator) | 1961 | Random House |
| 361 | 1962 | Random House |
| Killy | 1963 | Random House |
| Pity Him Afterwards | 1964 | Random House |
| The Fugitive Pigeon | 1965 | Random House |
| The Busy Body | 1966 | Random House |
| The Spy in the Ointment | 1966 | Random House |
| God Save the Mark | 1967 | Random House |
| Philip | 1967 | Thomas Y. Crowell |
| Who Stole Sassi Manoon? | 1968 | Random House |
| Somebody Owes Me Money | 1969 | Random House |
| Up Your Banners | 1969 | Macmillan |
| The Hot Rock | 1970 | Simon & Schuster |
| Adios Scheherezade | 1970 | Simon & Schuster |
| I Gave at the Office | 1971 | Simon & Schuster |
| Bank Shot | 1972 | Simon & Schuster |
| Cops and Robbers | 1972 | M. Evans |
| Gangway (with Brian Garfield) | 1973 | M. Evans |
| Help I Am Being Held Prisoner | 1974 | M. Evans |
| Jimmy the Kid | 1974 | M. Evans |
| Brothers Keepers | 1975 | M. Evans |
| Two Much | 1975 | M. Evans |
| Dancing Aztecs | 1976 | M. Evans |
| Nobody’s Perfect | 1977 | M. Evans |
| Castle in the Air | 1980 | M. Evans |
| Kahawa | 1981 | Viking |
| Why Me? | 1983 | Viking |
| A Likely Story | 1984 | Penzler Books |
| Levine | 1984 | Mysterious Press |
| High Adventure | 1985 | Mysterious Press |
| Good Behavior | 1985 | Mysterious Press |
| High Jinx (with AbbyWestlake) | 1987 | Dennis McMillan |
| Transylvania Station (with Abby Westlake) | 1987 | Dennis McMillan |
| Trust Me on This | 1988 | Mysterious Press |
| Sacred Monster | 1989 | Mysterious Press |
| Drowned Hopes | 1990 | Mysterious Press |
| The Perfect Murder (with Block, Caudwell, Hillerman and Lovesey) | 1991 | HarperCollins |
| Humans | 1992 | Mysterious Press |
| Don’t Ask | 1993 | Mysterious Press |
| Baby, Would I Lie? | 1994 | Mysterious Press |
| Smoke | 1995 | Mysterious Press |
| What’s the Worst That Could Happen? | 1996 | Mysterious Press |
| The Ax | 1997 | Mysterious Press |
| The Hook | 2000 | Mysterious Press |
| Bad News | 2001 | Mysterious Press |
| Put a Lid on It | 2002 | Mysterious Press |
| Money for Nothing | 2003 | Mysterious Press |
| The Road to Ruin | 2004 | Mysterious Press |
| Watch Your Back! | 2005 | Mysterious Press |
| What’s So Funny? | 2007 | Grand Central Publishing |
| Get Real | 2009 | Grand Central Publishing |
| Memory | 2010 | Hard Case Crime |
| Hellcats and Honeygirls (with Lawrence Block) | 2010 | Subterranean Pres |
| The Comedy is Finished | 2012 | Hard Case Crime |
STORY COLLECTIONS: |
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| The Curious Facts Preceding My Execution | 1968 | Random House |
| Enough (containing A Travesty & Ordo) | 1977 | M. Evans |
| Tomorrow’s Crimes | 1989 | Mysterious Press |
| Horse Laugh and Other Stories | 1991 | Eurographica |
| A Good Story and Other Stories | 1999 | Five Star Press |
| Thieves’ Dozen | 2004 | Mysterious Press |
SHORT STORIES: |
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| Veronica | 1951 | The Vincentian |
| My Father’s Chair | 1951 | The Vincentian |
| Or Give Me Death | 1954 | Universe |
| The Blonde Lieutenant | 1957 | Rogue |
| The Arrest | 1958 | Manhunt |
| Fluorocarbons Are Here To Stay | 1958 | Science Fiction Stories |
| Everybody Killed Sylvia | 1958 | Mystery Digest |
| Matin’s Place | 1958 | Escapade |
| The Devil’s Printer | 1958 | Mystery Digest |
| Sinner or Saint | 1958 | Mystery Digest |
| Decoy for Murder | 1959 | Mystery Digest |
| Down-Payment for Murder (aka Death for Sale) | 1959 | Mystery Digest |
| And Then He Went Away | 1959 | Future |
| Journey to Death | 1959 | Mystery Digest |
| One On A Desert Island (aka One Man On A Desert Island) | 1959 | |
| Knife Fighter | 1959 | |
| The Best-Friend Murder (aka Intellectual Motivation) | 1959 | |
| An Empty Threat | 1960 | Manhunt |
| Travellers Far And Wee | 1960 | |
| Friday Night | 1960 | Tightrope |
| You Put On Some Weight (aka Fresh Out of Prison) | 1960 | Guilty Magazine |
| Elephant Blues | 1960 | 77 Sunset Strip Magazine |
| Anatomy of an Anatomy | 1960 | AHMM |
| Cat Killers | 1960 | Shock Magazine |
| Come Back, Come Back (aka Man On A Ledge) | 1960 | AHMM |
| Good Night! Good Night! | 1960 | AHMM |
| Man of Action | 1960 | Analog SF |
| Never Shake a Family Tree | 1961 | AHMM |
| They Also Serve | 1961 | Analog SF |
| Call Him Nemesis | 1961 | World of If |
| The Spy in the Elevator | 1961 | Galaxy |
| The Feel of the Trigger | 1961 | AHMM |
| Meteor Strike | 1961 | Amazing Stories |
| A Time to Die | 1962 | Saint Mystery Magazine |
| A Toast to the Damned | 1962 | Off Beat Detective Stories |
| Look Before You Leap | 1962 | Analog SF |
| Lock Your Door | 1962 | AHMM |
| The Earthman’s Burden | 1962 | Galaxy |
| The Sound of Murder | 1962 | AHMM |
| The Question | 1963 | F & SF |
| Just The Lady We’re Looking For | 1964 | EQMM |
| The Death of a Bum | 1965 | MSMM |
| The Letter | 1965 | MSMM |
| Stage Fright | 1965 | Saint Mystery Magazine |
| The Method | 1965 | AHMM |
| Paid in Full | 1965 | Swank |
| The Spoils System | 1965 | AHMM |
| The Sincerest Form of Flattery | 1966 | The Curious Facts… |
| Just One of Those Days | 1966 | This Week |
| The Mother of Invention Is Worth a Pound of Cure (aka The Mother of Invention) |
1966 | The Curious Facts… |
| Teamwork | 1966 | Shell Scott Mystery Magazine |
| The Perils of the Sky Rangers | 1966 | Cavalier |
| Domestic Intrigue | 1966 | The Saint |
| Devilishly | 1966 | Signature |
| Cool O’Toole | 1966 | AHMM |
| The Sincerest Form of Flattery | 1966 | AHMM |
| The Sweetest Man In The World | 1967 | EQMM |
| Sniff | 1967 | The Saint Detective Magazine |
| It | 1968 | Playboy |
| All Men Are BeaÉ | 1968 | Argosy |
| The Winner | 1970 | Nova 1 |
| The Ultimate Caper: The Purloined Letter | 1975 | New York Times |
| This Is Death (aka In at the Death) |
1977 | The Thirteenth Ghost Book |
| Ordo | 1977 | Enough (M. Evans) |
| A Travesty | 1977 | Enough (M. Evans) |
| The Girl of my Dreams | 1978 | The Midnight Ghost Book |
| The Mullingan Stew | 1978 | EQMM |
| Ask a Silly Question | 1984 | Playboy |
| Interstellar Pigeon | 1982 | Playboy |
| Re Porter | 1982 | EQMM |
| Dream a Dream | 1982 | Cosmopolitan |
| Heaven Help Us | 1983 | Playboy |
| Don’t You Know There’s A War On? | 1983 | Playboy |
| The World’s A Stage | 1984 | Playboy |
| Hydra | 1984 | F & SF |
| After I’m Gone | 1984 | EQMM |
| A Good Story | 1984 | Playboy |
| Breathe Deep | 1985 | Playboy |
| Hitch Your Spaceship to a Star | 1985 | Playboy |
| Horse Laugh | 1986 | Playboy |
| Here’s Looking At You | 1989 | Playboy |
| Too Many Crooks | 1989 | Playboy |
| The Dortmunder Workout, or Criminal Exercise | 1990 | The New York Times Magazine |
| A Midsummer Daydream | 1990 | Playboy |
| Love in the Lean Years | 1992 | Playboy |
| Party Animal | 1992 | Playboy |
| Last-Minute Shopping: A Tinsel Tale of Love and Larceny | 1993 | New York Times Book Review |
| Give Till it Hurts | 1993 | The Mysterious Bookshop |
| Jumble Sale | 1994 | The Armchair Detective |
| The Burglar and the Whatsit | 1996 | Playboy |
| Skeeks | 1995 | Playboy |
| Take It Away | 1997 | MHCMM |
| Now What? | 1999 | Playboy |
| Art & Craft | 2000 | Playboy |
| Spectacles | 2001 | Playboy |
| Come Again? | 2001 | The Mysterious Press |
| Fugue For Felons | 2004 | Thieves Dozen |
| Walking Around Money | 2005 | Transgressions |
NON-FICTION BOOKS: |
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| Elizabeth Taylor (as John B. Allan) | 1961 | Monarch Books |
| Under an English Heaven | 1972 | Simon & Schuster |
NON-FICTION ARTICLES: |
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| John Mac Donald: A Remembrance | 1987 | Mystery Scene Reader |
| Peter Rabe | 1989 | Murder off the Rack |
| The Tarnished Knight | 1990 | The Armchair Detective |
| Introduction | 1990 | The New Edgar Winners |
| Foreword | 1991 | Thurber on Crime |
| Tricksters, Lovable and Otherwise | 1998 | The New York Times |
WRITING AS RICHARD STARK |
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NOVELS: |
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| The Hunter (aka Point Blank, Payback) | 1962 | Pocket Books |
| The Man With the Getaway Face (aka Steel Hit) | 1963 | Pocket Books |
| The Outfit | 1963 | Pocket Books |
| The Mourner | 1963 | Pocket Books |
| The Score (aka Killtown) | 1964 | Pocket Books |
| The Jugger | 1965 | Pocket Books |
| The Seventh (aka The Split) | 1966 | Pocket Books |
| The Handle (aka Run Lethal) | 1966 | Pocket Books |
| The Damsel | 1967 | Macmillan |
| The Rare Coin Score | 1967 | Gold Medal |
| The Green Eagle Score | 1967 | Gold Medal |
| The Dame | 1968 | MacMillan |
| The Black Ice Score | 1969 | Gold Medal |
| The Sour Lemon Score | 1969 | Gold Medal |
| Deadly Edge | 1969 | Random House |
| The Blackbird | 1971 | MacMillan |
| Slayground | 1971 | Random House |
| Lemons Never Lie | 1971 | World |
| Plunder Squad | 1972 | Random House |
| Butcher’s Moon | 1974 | Random House |
| Comeback | 1997 | Mysterious Press |
| Backflash | 1998 | Mysterious Press |
| Flashfire | 2000 | Mysterious Press |
| Firebreak | 2001 | Mysterious Press |
| Breakout | 2001 | Mysterious Press |
| Nobody Runs Forever | 2004 | Mysterious Press |
| Ask the Parrot | 2006 | Mysterious Press |
| Dirty Money | 2008 | Grand Central |
SHORT STORIES: |
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| The Ledge Bit | 1959 | Mystery Digest |
| The Last Ghost | 1959 | Mystery Digest |
| The Curious Facts Preceding My Execution | 1960 | AHMM |
| Just a Little Impractical Joke | 1961 | AHMM |
WRITING AS TUCKER COE |
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NOVELS |
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| Kinds of Love, Kinds of Death | 1966 | Random House |
| Murder Among Children | 1967 | Random House |
| Wax Apple | 1970 | Random House |
| A Jade in Aries | 1970 | Random House |
| Don’t Lie to Me | 1972 | Random House |
WRITING AS SAMUEL HOLT |
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NOVELS: |
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| One Of Us Is Wrong | 1986 | Tor |
| I Know A Trick Worth Two Of That | 1986 | Tor |
| What I tell You Three Times Is False | 1987 | Tor |
| The Fourth Dimension Is Death | 1989 | Tor |
WRITING AS ALAN MARSHALL
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NOVELS: |
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| All My Lovers | 1959 | Tower Publications |
| Backstage Love | 1959 | Tower Publications |
| Sally | 1959 | Tower Publications |
| Man Hungry | 1959 | Tower Publications |
| All The Girls Were Willing | 1960 | Tower Publications |
| The Wife Next Door | 1960 | Tower Publications |
| Virgin’s Summer | 1960 | Tower Publications |
| A Girl Called Honey (with Lawrence Block) | 1960 | Tower Publications |
| So Willing (with Lawrence Block) | 1960 | Tower Publications |
| All About Annette | 1960 | Tower Publications |
| Off Limits | 1961 | Pert Publications |
| Call Me Sinner | 1961 | Pert Publications |
| The Sin Drifter | 1962 | Pert Publications |
| Sin Prowl | 1963 | Corinth Publications |
| Passion Doll | 1962 | Corinth Publications |
| The Sin Losers | 1962 | Corinth Publications |
WRITING AS EDWIN WEST |
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NOVELS: |
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| Young and Innocent | 1960 | Monarch Books |
| Campus Doll | 1961 | Monarch Books |
| Brother and Sister | 1961 | Monarch Books |
| Strange Affair | 1962 | Monarch Books |
| Campus Lovers | 1963 | Monarch Books |
WRITING AS CURT CLARK |
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NOVEL: |
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| Anarchaos | 1966 | Ace Books |
SHORT STORY: |
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| Nackles | 1964 | Fantasy & SciFi Mag |
WRITING AS JOHN DEXTER |
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NOVEL: |
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| No Longer a Virgin | 1960 | Nightstand Books |
CO-WRITING AS ANDREW SHAW |
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NOVEL: |
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| Sin Hellcat (with Lawrence Block) | 1962 | Nightstand Books |
CO-WRITING AS BARBARA WILSON |
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NOVEL: |
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| The Pleasures We Know (with Larry Mark Harris) | 1964 | Domino Books (Lancer) |
WRITING AS TIMOTHY J. CULVER |
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NOVEL: |
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| Ex Officio | 1970 | M. Evans and Co. Inc. |
WRITING AS J. MORGAN CUNNINGHAM |
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NOVEL: |
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| Comfort Station | 1973 | Signet |
WRITING AS JUDSON JACK CARMICHAEL |
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NOVEL: |
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| The Scared Stiff | 2002 | Carroll & Graf |
FOR THE SCREENS |
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| Feel of the Trigger (story) | 1962 | 87th Precinct (TV Series) |
| One on an Island (story) | 1968 | Journey to the Unknown (TV Series) |
| Cops and Robbers (screenplay) | 1973 | DEW Novel |
| Express to Terror (story) | 1979 | Supertrain (TV Pilot) |
| Hot Stuff (screenplay) | 1979 | Original Screenplay |
| The Stepfather (story/screenplay) | 1987 | Original Screenplay |
| Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (teleplay) | 1987 | TV Movie |
| Why Me? (screenplay) | 1990 | DEW Novel |
| The Grifters (screenplay) | 1990 | Jim Thompson Novel |
| Fly Paper (teleplay) | 1995 | Fallen Angels (TV Series) |
| Ripley Under Ground (screenplay) | 2005 | Patricia Highsmith Novel |
| The Stepfather (story) | 2009 | Original Screenplay (remake) |
FILMS FROM BOOKS |
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| Made In USA (France) | 1966 | The Jugger |
| The Busy Body | 1967 | The Busy Body |
| Point Blank | 1967 | The Hunter |
| Mise a Sac, aka Pillaged (France) | 1967 | The Score |
| The Split | 1968 | The Seventh |
| The Hot Rock | 1972 | The Hot Rock |
| Cops And Robbers | 1973 | Cops And Robbers |
| The Outfit | 1973 | The Outfit |
| Bank Shot | 1974 | Bank Shot |
| Come ti Rapisco il Pupo (Italy) | 1976 | Jimmy the Kid |
| Jimmy the Kid | 1982 | Jimmy the Kid |
| Slayground | 1983 | Slayground |
| Le Jumeau (France) | 1984 | Two Much |
| Why Me? | 1990 | Why Me? |
| Two Much | 1995 | Two Much |
| La Divine Poursuite (France) | 1997 | Dancing Aztecs |
| Payback | 1999 | The Hunter |
| Jimmy the Kid (Germany) | 1999 | Jimmy the Kid |
| A Slight Case of Murder (TV Film) | 1999 | A Travesty (novella) |
| What’s the Worst That Could Happen? | 2001 | What’s the Worst That Could Happen? |
| The Hook (France) | 2004 | The Hook |
| Ordo (France) | 2004 | Ordo (short story) |
| Le Couperet | 2005 | The Ax |
| Payback: Straight Up – The Director’s Cut | 2006 | The Hunter |
| Parker | 2012 | Flashfire |
