By the time of his passing, he had written nearly 100 books and short story collections. Macdonald 19161986 was an american writer of novels and short stories. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Macdonald was born in pennsylvania and married dorothy prentiss in 1937, graduating from syracuse university the following year and receiving an mba from harvard in 1939. The green ripper won the 1980 national book award for best mystery hardcover novel. Each book in the series is a whole story with a beginning and an ending, however there are references to prior stories in the series.
By the age of thirty, macdonald had attended college, worked in new york city, earned. Hell help you find whatever was taken from you, as long as he can keep half. Reacher is like a fully detached version of travis mcgee lee child. Macdonald, author of 78 books, including the famous travis mcgee series. His works include the travis mcgee series and the novel the executioners, which was adapted into the film cape fear.
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