The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

Selected Works:

DKA - Sories Involving Dan Kearney and Associates:

Spade & Archer - 2009
Glass Tiger - 2006
Cons, Scams & Grifts - DKA; 2001
Stakeout on Page Street and Other DKA Files - DKA Short Stories; 2000
Cases - 1999
Speak of the Devil: 14 Tales of Crimes and Their Punishments - Short Stories; 1999
Contract Null & Void - DKA; 1996
Menaced Assassin - 1994
Dead Man - 1993
Mostly Murder - Short Stories; 1992
32 Cadillacs - DKA; Edgar Award nominee, Best Novel; 1992
Wolf Time - 1989
Joe Gores Interview - Audio Book; 1987
Come Morning - Edgar Award nominee, Best Novel; 1986
Gone, No Forwarding - DKA; 1978
Tricks and Treats - Editor with Bill Pronzini; 1976
Hammett - 1975
Honolulu: Port of Call - Editor; 1974
Interface - 1974
Final Notice - DKA; 1973
Dead Skip - DKA; 1972
Marine Salvage: The Unforgiving Business of No Cure, No Pay - 1971
A Time of Predators - Edgar Award  - Winner, Best First Novel; 1969

Selected Short Stories:

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine - stories involving Dan Kearney and Associates
Inscrutable - 2001, The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology
Summer Fog - 2001, Flesh and Blood
Ishmael - 1993, New Mystery
Sleep the Big Sleep - April 1991 Danny Durant
Dance of the Dead - Spring 1991, The Armchair Detective; Neal Fargo
File Number 12: Do Not Go Gentle - March 1989
Detectivitis, Anyone? - January 1988 aka Plot It Yourself
Smart Guys Don't Snore - 1987, A Matter of Crime Number 2; Bonecrack Krajewski
File Number 11: Jump Her Lively, Boys! - July 1984
File Number 9: Full Moon Madness - February 1984
Rope Enough - 1976, Tricks and Treats
Kirinyga - March 1975
File Number 8: The O'Bannon Blarney File - 1973, Men and Malice
Raptor - October 1983
File Number 10: The Maimed and the Halt - January 1976
Watch for It - 1973, Mirror, Mirror, Fatal Mirror
The War Club - May 1972
File Number 7: O Black and Unknown Bard - April 1972
File Number 6: Beyond the Shadow - January 1972
You're Putting Me On—Aren't You? - 1971, Adam's Reader, 1971
Trouble at 81 Fathoms - June 1971
Force 12 - January 1971
The Andrech Samples - September 1970, Swank
The Bear's Paw - April 1970
The Criminal - 1970, Adam 14, No. 12
Goodbye, Pops - December 1969  - Winner of 1970 Edgar Award for Best Short Story
Quit Screaming - November 1969, Adam's Reader 41
Gunman in Town - October1969, Zane Grey's Western Magazine
File Number 5: The Maria Navarro Case - June 1969 aka Be Nice To Me
South of the Moon - January 1969
File Number 4: Lincoln Sedan Deadline - September 1968
File Number 3: The Pedretti Case - July 1968 aka The Three Halves
The Golden Tiki - June 1968
Olmurani - February 1968
File Number 2: Stakeout on Page Street - January 1968
FileN umber 1: The Mayfield Case - December 1967 aka Find the Girl
Odendahl - December 1967
The Second Coming - August 1966, Adam's Best Fiction
Kanaka - 1966, Adam 10, No. 11
The Seeker of Ultimates - November 1965
A Sad and Bloody Hour - April 1965
My Buddy - 1965
Sweet Vengeance - July 1964, Manhunt
Sweet Vengeance - July 1964, Manhunt
The Price of Lust - April 1963, Manhunt
Darl I Luv U - February 1963
Trouble in Papeete - April 1962, Rake
The Main Chance - April 1962, Gent
Muscle Beach - March 1962, Rogue
The Mob - December 1961, Negro Digest
Night Out - October 1961, Manhunt
Sailor's Girl - August 1961, Manhunt
You Aren't Yellow - January 1960, Mike Shayne's Mystery Magazine
Down and Out - June 1959, Manhunt
Killer Man - June 1958, Manhunt; aka Pro
Chain Gang - December 1957, Manhunt

Selected Screenplays:

B.L. Stryker: Blind Chess - Airdate: Mar. 27, 1989
T.J. Hooker: Death Trip - Airdate: May 14, 1986
Magnum, P.I.: A Pretty Good Dancing Chicken - Airdate Apr. 4, 1985
Remington Steele: Let's Steele a Plot - Airdate Dec. 18, 1984
Kate Loves a Mystery - aka Mrs. Columbo: Love, on Instant Replay - Airdate: Oct. 18 1979
Kojak: Case without a File - Airdate: Dec. 17 1977
Kojak: Bad Dude - Airdate: Jan. 25, 1976
Kojak: No Immunity for Murder - Airdate: Nov. 23, 1975; Edgar Award  - Winner, Best Episode in a TV Series.                          

Worked for 12 years as a real-life private investigator for San Francisco's David Kikkert & Associates.