
Bill Pronzini
13 April 1943
446 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
Bill Pronzini (born April 13, 1943) is an American writer of detective fiction. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. Pronzini is known as the creator of the San Francisco-based Nameless Detective, who starred in over 40 books from the early 1970s into the 2000s.
Most-read books

100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories
4 · 1978 · 48 want to read

The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural
4 · 1981 · 38 want to read

13 Short Mystery Novels
4 · 1984 · 35 want to read

100 Malicious Little Mysteries
1981 · 36 want to read

Microcosmic Tales
4 · 1980 · 23 want to read

Shadows
5 · 1960 · 21 want to read

Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural
1985 · 18 want to read

101 mystery stories
1986 · 10 want to read

Hound Dunnit
4 · 1987 · 9 want to read

Speculations
1982 · 11 want to read

The Ethnic Detectives
1985 · 8 want to read

Locked Room Puzzles
3 · 1986 · 8 want to read

Great Stories of the American West
4 · 1994 · 7 want to read

Witches' brew
4 · 1984 · 8 want to read

Dangerous vegetables
1998 · 7 want to read

Quarry
1992 · 5 want to read

Laughing Space
1982 · 8 want to read

Detective duos
1997 · 6 want to read

Who done it?
1980 · 6 want to read

The gallows land
4 · 1983 · 6 want to read

13 Short Espionage Novels
1984 · 6 want to read

Mystery in the Mainstream
4 · 1986 · 6 want to read

Voodoo!
4 · 1980 · 6 want to read

Hard-boiled
1995 · 7 want to read