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== photo of William Haggard ==


{{Image|William Haggard edited.jpg|left|100px|William Haggard on the back cover of [[The Conspirators]], 1967}}
== a list of all the crime writers you are documenting? ==
Okay, [[Michael Gilbert]], [[William Haggard]], and  who else now?  Having seldom read crime fiction, I'm new to them all and it would be fun to see a more complete list of the authors whose opus you've been cataloging. [[User:Pat Palmer|Pat Palmer]] ([[User talk:Pat Palmer|talk]]) 01:50, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
:Here's what I wrote on my home page YEARS ago, and I really haven't updated it much. Except for extensive articles about [[Richard Condon]] and his novels, many of which certainly fall into the thriller mode ([[The Manchurian Candidate]]) or crime ([[Prizzi's Family]] and the three other Prizzi books). Also maybe some stuff about [[Victor Canning]] -- as you may have noted, Gilbert, Haggard, and Canning are all Brits, as is [[Michael Innes]], whom I always MEANT to do articles about but have never had the energy. So many great Brits, so little time.... I also meant to do the mystery writers [[Rex Stout]], [[Ellery Queen]], [[Raymond Chandler]], and [[John Dickson Carr]], but never got around to it....
*'''Mystery novels'''
**[[The Interlopers]], featuring [[Matt Helm]]
*'''Mystery writers'''
**[[Catalog of prominent mystery writers]]
**[[David M. Alexander]] -- a personal friend of mine, but certainly not a prominent mystery writer
**[[Manning Coles]], creator of:
***[[Tommy Hambledon]]
**[[Michael Gilbert]], creator of:
***[[Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens]]
**[[Donald Hamilton]], creator of:
***[[Matt Helm]]
**[[Collin Wilcox]], another personal friend, creator of:
***[[Lieutenant Frank Hastings]] [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] ([[User talk:Hayford Peirce|talk]]) 16:01, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
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::Awesome, Hayford!  I've done my own reading of American equivalents, such as [[Tony Hillerman]] and [[John D. MacDonald]] (and there are many others--it isn't really ''my'' genre, but those are just two who caught my interest at some point).  I see that there exists a brief master article on [[Crime fiction]] and that someone has already created three catalogs there: [[Crime fiction/Catalogs/Famous books|famous books]], [[Crime fiction/Catalogs/Famous detectives|famous detectives]] and [[Crime fiction/Catalogs/Prominent writers|prominent writers]].  The list of prominent writers seems extensive, but the list of famous books needs attention (sorting by date, maybe--and shouldn't it include the very best example from each highly successful writer?).  The list of writers would look a lot more interesting if it were reformatted to use, instead of simple links, the <nowiki>{{r|Article name}}</nowiki> kind of formatting; they would display the /Definition page contents even if no article exists yet.  I will add this to my list of things to work on, but since it's your area of expertise, maybe you could also work on those catalogs too?  I love what you are doing.  I think it has great value.[[User:Pat Palmer|Pat Palmer]] ([[User talk:Pat Palmer|talk]]) 18:58, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
:::Thanks for your comments, I'll see what I can do. I've read a lot of the MacDonald books, but like the [[Travis McGee]] ones more than the others. My friend [[Jack Vance]], a cult figure and truly great writer in the science-fiction/fantasy field also wrote at least a half-dozen mystery novels, a couple of which are really outstanding. If I had nothing else to do for the next two centuries I would have to deal with him also. [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] ([[User talk:Hayford Peirce|talk]]) 19:07, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

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