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John Dann MacDonald, better known as John D. MacDonald, launched his writing career with a stroke of good luck. His wife submitted to a magazine one of his short stories, and the magazine published it. During the next forty years, McDonald wrote hundreds more stories as well as his series of detective novels. MacDonald was born in 1916 in Pennsylvania. He enrolled in the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, but left without completing his degree. He later finished his undergraduate degree at Syracuse University and received an M.B.A. from Harvard University. MacDonald served in the OSS in Asia during World War II. MacDonald's novel The Executioners was adapted into the film Cape Fear. MacDonald was named a grandmaster of the Mystery Writers of America and won the only National Book Award awarded in the mystery category. He died in 1986.

Books by John D. MacDonald

The Deep Blue Good-By 0449132528 Book Cover

The Deep Blue Good-By

John D. MacDonald

$5.39 - $189.79

Nightmare in Pink 0449126765 Book Cover

Nightmare in Pink

John D. MacDonald

$4.39 - $56.19

Purple place for dying 0449125947 Book Cover

Purple place for dying

John D. MacDonald

$4.99 - $85.39

A Deadly Shade of Gold 0449224422 Book Cover

A Deadly Shade of Gold

John D. MacDonald

$5.29 - $47.99

The Quick Red Fox 0449134032 Book Cover

The Quick Red Fox

John D. MacDonald

$5.29 - $108.49

Bright Orange for the Shroud 0449224449 Book Cover

Bright Orange for the Shroud

John D. MacDonald

$5.39 - $60.49

Darker Than Amber 0449129705 Book Cover

Darker Than Amber

John D. MacDonald

$4.19 - $41.39

The Lonely Silver Rain 0449125092 Book Cover

The Lonely Silver Rain

John D. MacDonald

$5.69 - $15.89

One Fearful Yellow Eye 0449224589 Book Cover

One Fearful Yellow Eye

John D. MacDonald

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The Long Lavender Look 0449224740 Book Cover

The Long Lavender Look

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Cinnamon Skin 0449128733 Book Cover

Cinnamon Skin

John D. MacDonald

$5.39 - $18.20

The Turquoise Lament 0449142000 Book Cover

The Turquoise Lament

John D. MacDonald

$4.59 - $28.29

Pale Gray for Guilt 0449224600 Book Cover

Pale Gray for Guilt

John D. MacDonald

$5.49 - $28.29

The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper 0449123979 Book Cover

The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper

John D. MacDonald

$5.79 - $26.49

Five Complete Travis McGee Novels: A Tan and Sandy Silence/The Dreadful Lemon Sky/The Empty Copper Sea/The Green Ripper/Free Fall in Crimson 0517059487 Book Cover

Five Complete Travis McGee Novels: A Tan and Sandy Silence/The Dreadful Lemon Sky/The Empty Copper Sea/The Green Ripper/Free Fall in Crimson

John D. MacDonald

$13.29 - $27.49

Dress Her in Indigo 0449132935 Book Cover

Dress Her in Indigo

John D. MacDonald

$4.19 - $68.29

The Scarlet Ruse 0449224775 Book Cover

The Scarlet Ruse

John D. MacDonald

$5.09 - $23.19

The Green Ripper 0449224813 Book Cover

The Green Ripper

John D. MacDonald

$5.19 - $26.99

A Tan and Sandy Silence 0449136353 Book Cover

A Tan and Sandy Silence

John D. MacDonald

$3.89 - $28.29

Free Fall in Crimson 0449224821 Book Cover

Free Fall in Crimson

John D. MacDonald

$4.59 - $28.29

The Empty Copper Sea 0449141497 Book Cover

The Empty Copper Sea

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$5.79 - $19.89

The Dreadful Lemon Sky 0449224791 Book Cover

The Dreadful Lemon Sky

John D. MacDonald

$5.19 - $19.79

The Executioners 0449131904 Book Cover

The Executioners

John D. MacDonald

$4.19 - $26.89

Slam the Big Door 0449132757 Book Cover

Slam the Big Door

John D. MacDonald

$5.69 - $27.63

Barrier Island 0394554272 Book Cover

Barrier Island

John D. MacDonald

$5.09 - $5.69

The Brass Cupcake 0449128857 Book Cover

The Brass Cupcake

John D. MacDonald

$5.99 - $19.19

The Girl, the Gold Watch, & Everything 0449142965 Book Cover

The Girl, the Gold Watch, & Everything

John D. MacDonald

$5.39 - $91.59

A Flash of Green 0449126927 Book Cover

A Flash of Green

John D. MacDonald

$4.99 - $50.49

A Treasury of American Horror Stories 0517480751 Book Cover

A Treasury of American Horror Stories

John D. MacDonald

$8.69 - $9.09

Murder in the Wind 0449129977 Book Cover

Murder in the Wind

John D. MacDonald

$13.69 - $28.29

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