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STEVE FISHER

1912 - 1980

Writing as: Steve Fisher, Stephen Gould, Grant Lane


According to the bio on Wikipedia: "Stephen Gould Fisher was an American author best known for his pulp stories, novels and screenplays. He is one of the few pulp authors to go on to enjoy success as both an author in "slick" magazines, such as the Saturday Evening Post, and as an in-demand writer in Hollywood.

Steve Fisher was born 29 August 1912, in Marine City, Michigan. He was raised in Los Angeles, California, where he attended Oneonta Military Academy until running away to join the Navy at the age of sixteen. Fisher spent four years in the Navy submarine service, during which time he wrote prolifically, selling stories to U.S. Navy and Our Navy.

After Fisher's discharge from the Navy, he settled in Greenwich Village, New York, where he decided to pursue writing as a career. The first few months proved difficult. Fisher could not sell a story and suffered eviction from two apartments, and once had his electricity shut off. In March 1934, however, he would publish his first story, "Hell’s Scoop," in Sure-Fire Detective Magazine, beginning a career of considerable literary success.

Fisher's "Mistress Death" was the cover story on the May–June 1936 issue of New Mystery Adventures. Fisher published extensively in pulps throughout the 1930s, ‘40s and into the ‘50s. Magazines that featured his stories include Spicy Mystery Stories, Thrilling Detective, True Gang Life, Detective Fiction Weekly, The Shadow, New Mystery Adventures, Underground Detective, The Mysterious Fu Wang, The Phantom Detective, Ace Detective, Saucy Romantic Adventures, Mystery Adventure, Detective Tales, The Whisperer, Headquarters Detective, Hardboiled, Doc Savage, Feds, Federal Agent, Popular Detective, Clues, Detective Romances, Crime Busters, Pocket Detective and Detective Story Magazine."



Series Books
Steve Fisher
 
Sheridan Doome Murder of the Pigboat Skipper (1937)
  The Tattooed Skipper (ss) (1935)
  Pigboat Peril (ss) (1935)
  Wrecked Wings (ss) (1935)
  Dollars of Death (ss) (1935)
  The Yellow Cat (ss) (1935)
  Genius of Murder (ss) (1935)
 
'Big Red' Brennan Death Maneuvers (na) (1936)
  Murder on a Pigboat (ss) (1936)
  The Devil's Squadron (na) (1936)
  Night Flame (ss) (1937)
  Sabotage (nv) (1937)
  Hospital for Murder (ss) (1937)
  Peril at Panama (ss) (1937)
  Ah Fu Goes to Sea (ss) (1937)
  Battle Condition One (ss) (1937)
  Riot at Dawn (ss) (1937)
  Murder on Parade (nv) (1937)
  The Keeper of Codes (ss) (1937)
  Murder at Pensacola (ss) (1937)
  Alias the Captain (ss) (1937)
  Singapore (ss) (1938)
  Appointment in Hollywood (ss) (1938)
  Battleship (ss) (1938)
  Shanghai Renegade (ss) (1938)
  Shanghai Renegade (ss) (1938)
  Hulu Town (ss) (1938)
  Espionage Island (ss) (1938)
  Don't Say a Word (ss) (1938)
  Spies for Sale (nv) (1939)
  Wave a Flag (ss) (1939)
  Thunder in Paradise (ss) (1939)
 
Other Be Still My Heart (1952)
  The Big Dream (1970)
  The Hell-Black Night (1970)
  I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
  Image of Hell (1961)
  Murder on the S-23 aka Murder of the Pigboat (1937)
  The Night Before Murder (1939)
  No House Limit (1958)
  Satan’s Angel (1935)
  Saxon’s Ghost (1969)
  Winter Kill (1946)
 
Stephen Gould
 
Sheridan Doome Murder of the Admiral (1936)
  Time Out for Murder (ss) (1937)
  The Man in the Rubber Suit (ss) (1937)
  Death in the Rain (ss) (1937)
  The Target (ss) (1937)
  Murder in Avalon (ss) (1937)
  Shanghai Transport (ss) (1938)
  S.O.S. (ss) (1938)
  Sweet Sue (ss) (1938)
  The Broken Wrist (ss) (1938)
  Boy Kills Girl (ss) (1938)
  Sailor in the Air (ss) (1938)
  Death Before Dusk (ss) (1938)
  War Games (ss) (1938)
  Rain in Panama (ss) (1938)
  Murder Without Regret (ss) (1938)
  The Devil Take You (ss) (1938)
  Cops and Robbers (ss) (1939)
  Murder of a Lady (ss) (1939)
  Girl from San Pedro (ss) (1939)
  The Beautiful Brenda (ss) (1939)
  Cruise to Nowhere (ss) (1939)
  Four Hundred a Week (ss) (1939)
  We Don’t Like Spies (ss) (1939)
  The Vessel of Mercy (ss) (1939)
  Navy Yard Runaround (ss) (1939)
  Death of a Sailor (ss) (1939)
  Only Death Shall Pass (ss) (1940)
  Dead Men Don’t Breathe (ss) (1940)
  Murder Blackout (ss) (1940)
  The Magic Lantern (ss) (1940)
  Treasure Hunt (ss) (1940)
  Death Squadron (ss) (1940)
  Murder Manifest (ss) (1941)
  Crash Dive (ss) (1941)
  Murder in Paradise (ss) (1941)
  Suicide Fleet (ss) (1941)
  Death Command (ss) (1941)
  Turn to for Murder (ss) (1941)
  Convoy (ss) (1942)
  Crime on Sands Street (ss) (1942)
  Murder by Request (ss) (1942)
  Murder of a Sea Gull (ss) (1942)
  A Picture of the Victim (ss) (1942)
  Killers Always Burn (ss) (1942)
  Salvage Job (ss) (1942)
  The Death Code (ss) (1943)
  The Corpse Died Screaming (ss) (1943)
  Death in Panama (ss) (1943)
 
Other Homicide Johnny (1940)
  Murder of the Admiral (1936)
 
Grant Lane
 
Other Spend the Night (1935)