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LAWRENCE BLOCK

1938 -

Writing as: Lawrence Block, Lee Duncan, Jill Emerson, Chip Harrison, Paul Kavanagh, Sheldon Lord

www.lawrenceblock.com


As entertaining as his Evan Tanner spy series is to read, Mr. Block's far more recognized series deal with 'former' burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr and private investigator Matthew Scudder. Mr. Block was born in Buffalo, New York. He attended Antioch College in Ohio for a time but left before graduating. His foray into writing began with porn paperbacks written under pseudonyms. His big break came in 1976 when his first Matt Scudder book came out. In addition to the three series already mentioned, he has Chip Harrison, modeled on the Nero Wolfe series and Keller, a successful hitman who has a conscience.



Series Books
Lawrence Block
 
Evan Tanner The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep (1966)
  The Cancelled Czech (1966)
  Tanner's Twelve Swingers (1967)
  Two For Tanner (1967)
  Tanner's Tiger (1968)
  Here Comes A Hero (1969)
  Me Tanner, You Jane (1970)
  Tanner On Ice (1998)
 
Other After the First Death (1969)
  All the Flowers Are Dying [Matthew Scudder] (2005)
  Ariel (1979)
  Babe in the Woods [Lou Largo, with William Ard] (1960)
  Batman's Helpers (1999)
  The Burglar in the Closet [Bernie Rhodenbarr] (1978)
  The Burglar in the Library [Bernie Rhodenbarr] (1997)
  The Burglar in the Rye [Bernie Rhodenbarr] (1999)
  The Burglar on the Prowl [Bernie Rhodenbarr] (2004)
  The Burglar Who Dropped in on Elvis [Bernie Rhodenbarr] [NV] (1999)
  The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling [Bernie Rhodenbarr] (1979)
  The Burglar Who Painted like Mondrian [Bernie Rhodenbarr] (1983)
  The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza [Bernie Rhodenbarr] (1980)
  The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart [Bernie Rhodenbarr] (1995)
  The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams [Bernie Rhodenbarr] (1994)
  Burglars Can't Be Choosers [Bernie Rhodenbarr] (1977)
  The Case of the Pornographic Photos aka Markham / You Could Call it Murder (1961)
  Cinderella Sims (2002)
  Code of Arms (1982)
  A Dance at the Slaughterhouse [Matthew Scudder] (1991)
  Deadly Honeymoon (1967)
  Death Pulls a Doublecross aka Coward's Kiss (1961)
  The Devil Knows You're Dead [Matthew Scudder] (1993)
  A Diet of Treacle (2008)
  A Drop of the Hard Stuff [Matthew Scudder] (2011)
  Eight Million Ways to Die [Matthew Scudder] (1982)
  Even the Wicked [Matthew Scudder] (1996)
  Everybody Dies [Matthew Scudder] (1998)
  The Girl with the Long Green Heart (1965)
  Grifter's Game (2011)
  Hit and Run [Keller] (2008)
  Hit List [Keller] (2000)
  Hit Man [Keller] (1998)
  Hit Me [Keller] (2013)
  Hit Parade [Keller] (2006)
  Hope to Die [Matthew Scudder] (2001)
  In the Midst of Death [Matthew Scudder] (1976)
  Into the Night (1987)
  Like a Thief in the Night [Bernie Rhodenbarr] (2011)
  A Long Line of Dead Men [Matthew Scudder] (1994)
  The Lost Cases of Ed London (2001)
  Lucky at Cards (2007)
  Mona aka Sweet Slow Death / Grifter's Game (1961)
  Out on the Cutting Edge [Matthew Scudder] (1989)
  The Perfect Murder: Five Great Mystery Writers Create the Perfect Crime (1991)
  Random Walk (1988)
  Ronald Rabbit Is a Dirty Old Man (1971)
  The Sins of the Fathers [Matthew Scudder] (1976)
  Small Town: A Novel of New York (2002)
  The Specialists (1969)
  A Stab in the Dark [Matthew Scudder] (1981)
  A Ticket to the Boneyard [Matthew Scudder] (1990)
  Time to Murder and Create [Matthew Scudder] (1977)
  A Walk Among the Tombstones [Matthew Scudder] (1992)
  When the Sacred Ginmill Closes [Matthew Scudder] (1986)
 
Lee Duncan
 
Other Killing Castro aka Fidel Castro Assassinated (1961)
 
Jill Emerson
 
Other Enough of Sorrow (1965)
  Getting Off (19..)
  Sensuous (1972)
  Threesome (1970)
  The Trouble with Eden (1973)
  Warm and Willing (1964)
  A Week As Andrea Benstock (1975)
 
Chip Harrison
 
Other Chip Harrison Scores Again [Chip Harrison] (1971)
  Make Out with Murder aka Five Little Rich Girls [Chip Harrison] (1974)
  No Score [Chip Harrison] (1970)
  The Topless Tulip Caper [Chip Harrison] (1975)
 
Paul Kavanagh
 
Other Not Comin' Home to You (1974)
  Such Men Are Dangerous (1969)
  The Triumph of Evil (1971)
 
Sheldon Lord
 
Other Kept (1960)