John D. MacDonald (1916–1986)

Author of The Deep Blue Good-by

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About the Author

John D. MacDonald was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania on July 24, 1916. He received a B.S. from Syracuse University in 1938 and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1939. During World War II, he served in the Army. His first novel, Brass Cupcake, was published in show more 1950. He wrote about 70 books during his lifetime including the Travis McGee series, Condominium, No Deadly Drug, Nothing Can Go Wrong, and A Friendship: The Letters of Dan Rowan and John Dann MacDonald. A Flash of Green was adapted into a movie by the same name and The Excuse was adapted into a movie entitled Cape Fear. He received numerous awards including the Ben Franklin Award for the best American short story in 1955, the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere for A Key to the Suite in 1964, the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award in 1972, the American Book Award for The Green Ripper in 1980. He died from complications of an earlier heart bypass surgery on December 28, 1986 at the age of 70. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: John D. MacDonal, JOHN D. MACDONLD, John D. MacDonad, MacDonald John D., MacDonald D. John, JOHN D. MACDAONLD, John D. MacDonald, MacDonald D. John, John D. Mac Donald, John Dann MacDonald, Dzhon D. Makdonal'd, John D.). (MacDonald, John D. : Editor MacDonald

Also includes: MACDONALD JOHN (1), Scott O'Hara (2)

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Please do not combine this page with that of John D. McDonald. Note the different spelling of the last name. These are two different people. Thanks.

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Other Times, Other Worlds (1978) 94 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: MacDonald, John Dann
Other names: Farrell, John Wade
Henry, Robert
Lane, John
O'Hara, Scott
Reed, Peter
Reiser, Henry
Birthdate: 1916-07-24
Date of death: 1986-12-28
Burial location: Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA
Place of death: West Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
Cause of death: complications of coronary artery bypass surgery
Places of residence: Sharon, Pennsylvania, USA (birth)
Sarasota, Florida, USA
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (death)
Piseco Lake, New York
Education: Syracuse University
Harvard University Business School (MBA)
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Occupations: author
army officer
Organizations: United States Army
Office of Strategic Services
Awards and honors: MWA Grand Master (1972)
American Book Award (1980)
Ben Franklin Award (1955)
Guest of Honor: Bouchercon (1983)
Short biography: Married to Dorothy Prentiss, with one son, Maynard.
Disambiguation notice: Please do not combine this page with that of John D. McDonald. Note the different spelling of the last name. These are two different people. Thanks.

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A Key to the Suite: A Novel by John D. MacDonald

I obviously read an earlier edition, so the book was written in the 1950's. Our point of view character is arriving at the company sales convention. No one will be shot, several careers get destroyed and several marriages will also end. Though there are no shootings, there is a lot of destruction breaking out.

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DinadansFriend | 5 other reviews | May 11, 2024 |

The green ripper by John D. MacDonald

so much darker than his previous books... if I didn't know better (i.e., I was reading it when it was first published) I would say this is the end of McGee. And in some ways, it is.

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